Sunday, December 21, 2014

October 2014

This picture was from a Polynesian Dance Show from July but I wanted to throw it in here. 
 My cute baby Vance (5 months)
 My Mom and Great Grandma Connie. She looks great for 92....I believe. 
 Sheehan and Lincoln coloring on his puzzle. 
 I grew a garden this year. I'd say it was a success! I grew pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, eggplant, and a strawberries (the bunnies ate all the strawberries though). I felt very accomplished. 


Here are the pumpkin ripe and ready for picking. They were BEAUTIFUL!





Playing with my boys in the Provo house in Lincoln's room. 
 As we were getting ready to show the house my Grandma Bev and Norm came over for a few hours to help me weed  the front yard. It was SOOO nice of them. Even Lincoln got workin...and baby Vance is sitting in his cute Bumbo seat. 
 Sometimes Lincoln boy shares with his brother and shows him whatever he is watching or playing on the tablet. 
 I've been trying to incorporate some learning activities with Lincoln so we've been doing packets for the different holidays working on gluing, coloring, and tracing. Lincoln's attention span lasts about 15 minutes which is probably due to my extreme inconsistency. Putting the house on the market and moving has thrown a wrench in my already inconsistent way of living. 
 Sometime in October we went to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point with my Mom, Lys and fam, and Ashli Gibbs. Lincoln loves this ride in the cow cars being pulled by a tractor. We rode it twice he loved it so much. 
 Clydie and Brittany came to visit so we went up to Snowbird. They were having a customer appreciation day running free aerial tram rides. It was okay. The view at the top was great for a quick pic then 5 minutes later we rode right back down. We waited in line for about 30 minutes so it was kind of disappointing and barren at the top. Especially since the teeny top of the mountain was taken over by construction. Oh well, it made for pretty pictures. 

 Lincoln is a crazy boy. I feel like half the pictures I take he looks like the superhero, The Flash. Out of focus and in motion. He loves the little couch his Daddy bought him. He's spoiled with his plateful of snacks and his bagful of cheetos. Spoiled boy. 
 We went on an impromptu trip to Ihop with the Perry's. It is so nice that these kids are getting older so we can enjoy going out to eat! 
 Lincoln and Lexi at the park by Lyssa's house. 

 Vance boy couldn't stay awake and fell asleep on Mommy's bed while we were tickling Lincoln right next to him. Poor guy. He looks so cute and chubby. 
 The night before Halloween we went over to Alyssa's to carve the pumpkins that I grew from my garden! My Dad tried a new technique using a drill on the pumpkin. All went well until he tried to embellish the Ana (from the movie Frozen) pumpkin and she kinda turned into a creepy looking witch/troll. I was extremely proud of my Curious George pumpkin. Lys made an awesome Elsa pumpkin and Sheehan did a very detailed Onsite Home Inspections pumpkin. 



 Frozen was the thing this year so Kiley was a beautiful Elsa, Lexi was an adorable Ana, Lincoln was the oh so handsome Kristoff, and Vance was the reindeer Sven. Cute little Frozen crew. 


 My Boys on Halloween. It was surprisingly warm. Great for trick or treating. 
Sometimes I'll give Sheehan a massage after a long day and the boys love to help. Here they are massaging his back and Vance has got the hair pulling on his head covered!
 We moved into a condo/townhome while we wait for our home to be built. More on that later... :) Here is the little playset behind our condo in Pleasant Grove 9 houses down from Lys and my parents. 

Uncle Sheridan and Jen were in town for Jen's son's lacrosse tournament. We met up with him in Orem. It was a crazy rainy windy day so we didn't get to visit as long as we wish we could have. 


Friday, December 12, 2014

Brothers - Photo Blast 2014

Lincoln takes lots of Selfie's when Mommy isn't looking

My sweet Baby Vance. How can you not love this face?!

Eating Solids for the first time - 5 months. 


 Sweet sleeping boy

 Lincoln playing outside with all his toys. He may or may not have sprayed innocent people walking by and poured a bucket of water on a young middle school girl sitting on the sidewalk in front of our fence.

Playing together nice...for once. 

Lincoln loves cooking. Cars and flour make the best bread. Not really but he sure thinks so. It makes for a mess but that smile can't get any bigger or the eyebrows any higher!!

Brother Love

 Lincoln loves hats. Everyone must wear hats if he says so and the baby is a pretty good sport. 







Pic of me when I was in Kindergarten and my best friend Jenna. 

Baby Vance and Mommy before bedtime!

Going to the library in our PJ's for bedtime stories and pancakes!

This little guy has been teething and got his first teeth on the bottom in the middle at 4 months! His next teeth (top middle) haven't tried to poke through until 9 months. 


Babysitting Reef dog. Once again Lincoln loves him (and maybe I do too). 




Lincoln passed out in the stroller. Another success!

Thomson Water Park

Having a newborn right before Summer I knew I would not want to go out a lot. Lincoln loves to play outside so my solution was creating my very own toddler waterpark. All the cousins and some neighbors enjoyed it with us! We set it up a handful of times and had a great time playing all together.




Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Family Photo Shoot 2014

My Mom took photos of us anticipating our 2014 Christmas Card. It's a little rough to get any good pictures with a baby and a toddler. We usually manage to get 1 or 2 shots and use a lot of editing.

I love this picture of Sheehan and Lincoln. Sheehan looks so handsome and Lincoln just loves his daddy.








Lincoln was being silly with my Mom (taking the pictures) so he pointed at her like, "hey Gigi!" One of my favorite pictures of all time since it shows Lincoln's personality.






My Baby Bances (that's what Lincoln has started to call him). He kept eating the leaves. He sure is cute though with my cheeks and his Daddy's ears. Love my baby!

Monday, October 6, 2014

Uncle Devyco's Cool Cars

Uncle Devyco always has the coolest cars! Lincoln loved this little one in particular.

Kiersten and Sheehan's Wedding Day! March 21st, 2009