Elaine, my Sweetheart

Elaine's Birthday is tomorrow! She's turning 24! That is still pretty young but she keeps saying that she's getting old;) I'm pretty sure she thinks I don't know how to put anything up on our blog, in fact if you don't read this pretty quick after I post it, half of it might get deleted when Elaine finds out...
I just wanted to tell her happy Birthday and show a couple of my favorite pics of her.
This on is on our wedding day. I know she's pretty:)

This is just a cute one of Elaine in the field by our old house.

She's always been rather adventurous.

The Nutty Putty caves. Since she was smallest she would check out the holes first. If it was a dead end and to tight to do anything we would drag her out by her feet;)

This is after a little four wheeling at the family reunion.

She's so muddy because she tipped her quad;)
and if you look real close you can see what's left of a black eye from when she got hit by that truck the week after our honeymoon. It's a scary thing to get a call two weeks after your married saying your wife is in an ambulance on the way to the hospital. But that is another story...





Here she is trying a little coconut milk in Brazil.

Here is a little Jaca, or jack fruit. The stuff is weird, but Elaine seems to like it.

Elaine working hard.






And she can sure cook too.

I love that she likes camping too.

And as crazy as I am is always willing to follow.

In fact sometimes she gets there before I do.

She even likes to fish.

And of course she catches the fish.

And being pregnant never slowed her down.

Not even a little.

Well maybe sometimes, it is tiring you know.
I love this picture. She was such a cute little pregnant woman.

Tucker couldn't ask for a better mom.

They have too much fun together.
Your a lucky man Tucker.

And so am I.
I love you Elaine
Happy Birthday

Babysitting

About two weeks ago we got to babysit this cute girl for 3 days. Her parents are our neighbors and good friends and they were headed to Zion for a few days, so we offered to babysit so they could have a fun weekend away and not have to worry about taking her camping. She was so easy to babysit, she slept through the night, kept Tucker entertained, and also made us very glad that we only have one baby.


They had a lot of fun taking a bath together, although Tucker's splashing was a little overwhelming to her sometimes.

She has the longest eyelashes, I love them! But she also has big, chubby cheeks. In this picture she's like, "I don't want water poured in my face! Don't mess with me, or else..."

We were feeding Tucker dinner one night and we decided to give Avery a little bit of food. Her parents have started feeding her some food, but not a lot so we thought she might like it, we were so wrong. This is what she did when we gave her some oatmeal

And then she gagged on it and and refused to swallow it. It sat on her tongue until she gagged and spit it out. It was just oatmeal, I promise!

Tucker has never, ever hated a food as much as she did, but then again he is a hungry boy just like his dad. He will eat just about anything you give him if he is hungry enough. I have a feeling that Avery is going to be a picky eater.

Boys and Trucks

Sheldon's parents just bought a new truck. So exciting for them, Sheldon and I were just a little jealous. Every once in a while we miss Sheldon's little red truck, but then we drive our nice Yaris that has air conditioning and gets 40 mpg and we don't really miss it all that much. I think Sheldon's parents got a Ford Ranger, but I don't really know my trucks that well. I think Tucker is already a big fan of trucks, he had lots of fun standing up in the back and playing. We even went for a spin while he was in the back and he just rolled around, totally just kidding ;) I'm so glad Sheldon's parents finally have a nice, new car to drive around! It's always nice when you don't have to worry about your car breaking down all the time.

Scooter

Since Tucker isn't very close to crawling, this week we decided to see if we could teach him to scoot along while sitting up. He thought it was so much fun and laughed and laughed. He even started trying to do it on his own, but he isn't quite to the point where he can move around yet. I think he may just skip crawling because he now just grabs your hands and wants you to walk him around everywhere.

I love this picture of Tucker because you can see his two little teeth coming in!

Happy Graduation Terrell!

This is from almost 2 weeks ago, but I have been so busy that I haven't had a chance to post about it. My brother graduated from USU 2 weeks ago with a Bachelor's in Accounting, emphasizing in Tax Law. I know, ewww. But it is definitely nice having someone in the family who can do our taxes. He is going to get his begin schooling for his Master's at USU in the fall. Congrats, Terrell, we are so excited for you! It was so fun to see my family even though it was only for a short time. We went on a picnic on Friday and played Bocce Ball, even though the weather wasn't the greatest we still had a good time. Daniel is going to hate this picture, but it's hard to get a good picture where you are smiling and not playing on your iphone :)

Not the greatest picture of Sheldon, sorry honey, but I love Tucker's expression.

My dad was always excellent at getting him to go to sleep, he never falls asleep in my arms like that!

The whole fam at graduation, such a rainy, cold day.

Tucker loved Terrell's Tassel.

We also stopped by to visit my cousin Jewel. Tucker had so much fun playing with her many stuffed animals, especially this big camel.