June-SummaTime!!!

Once again I have to say What a GREAT month it's been for us. The beginning of the month was a little iffy because of the rain, but soon enough the sun has decided to shine and brighten our days with it's warmth. We've been able to enjoy camping and playing outside.
Our highlights this month are:

We went on our first camping trip of the summer! We had tons of fun doing that with some of our close friends. Porter did great and loved being free to roam and explore outside. Patrick took him fly fishing and Porter loved catching fish. He'd shout ISY-More! And now whenever we go near a river/stream he thinks of catching fish.We were also able to use our new tent for the first time and boy do we LOVE it! It was great because we had ours set up by the time everyone else was laying their tents out flat getting ready to set up.

We were also able to enjoy a wonderful evening of BBQ with our friends the Tuttles and out to  a concert in the park with Jon Schmidt and after wards some fireworks to celebrate the city Nibley.  Porter was a little ill that day so he was a very mellow kid that night. Yet, he loved the concert and would bop his head to the music and say NANO! He also found it fun to clap and cheer and share his excitement of listening to the music. The best was when he did it all on his own and nobody else was clapping or cheering. He all of a sudden clapped and said "WOOHOO!" I think everyone in the park heard him! It was so cute!

I was able to take the kids down to visit family and go to a good friends wedding one weekend. We celebrated Fathers day and Porter sang I'm so glad when daddy comes home to him, even though he was super sick! He did a great job. So as I mentioned Porter was sick, he had a double ear infection AND strep throat on top of that. He was miserable! He's never been so sick before and it broke my heart to hear him come to me and say "Mommy...hurt!" And because it was all just the flu symptoms of sweats and chills and the aches there really wasn't much I could do to help him. We did a lot of cuddling and watching movies on the couch.

We've also been enjoying the nice warm weather, Finally, in the pool. Porter loves to play in the water! I don't think we've ever heard such a tantrum from him when it was time to come inside for dinner. He LOVES playing in the water outside.

Kinley turned 5 months old this month and has learned how to roll over! She can only roll over from her back to her front on the left side, but it's still a milestone being reached. Right now we are working on sitting up on her own. We've started her on veggies and she gobbles those down. She really likes the Green beans! Everyone tells us she is a feminine little Porter! We agree! She has such a contagious little laugh and a smile that could brighten anyone's day!

May 2010

May is yet another crazy full month for us. At least this year it has been. With Graduation, our Anniversary, vacationing, and all of the fun things to do now that summer time has come around we have been busy!

This month we started out by celebrating Patrick’s Graduation. He Graduated from Utah State University with his Masters in Business Administration.  We are so proud of him and couldn’t be happier for him and this major accomplishment.  Bragging rights are that he graduated with a 3.9 GPA! He put so much time, hard work and effort into his schooling and has done a marvelous job.  Lots of family came to the Hooding Ceremony to support Patrick and this great accomplishment.  We thank them for coming and supporting Patrick through his school years.

We also had the opportunity to go with some great friends of ours to their Ranch in Aurora, UT.  We  spent about 3 days there and had tons of fun. We went hiking, 4 wheeling(mule riding with Kinley), Patrick and Porter went horseback riding,  to the sand dunes, and we got to shoot some guns with clay pigeons and still shooting.  We had such a great time while we were there and enjoyed our time with our friends and getting to know them better. 

Over Memorial Day weekend we spent our time with family.  We took some flowers to London and My Dad’s Graves.  Had a bbq with the Christensen family. Everyone was there – Brandon and Holley =( That was real sad, but also great to be with everyone.  Then we spent time with the Munson side of the family.  Played outside and played games. We just had a lot of fun relaxing time over the memorial weekend. 

Patrick has gotten our garden all planted and is doing well to take care of it! We’ve gone to feed the ducks up the canyon. Had lots of Picnics and block parties and played at parks. Patrick also took Porter on a Father and Sons Camp-out. Sadly it rained on them the entire time! They came home FREEZING!  Kinley and I stayed home and did our own girl things! Haha! Even at 4 months old Kinley and I bonded that night!

This month has been a wonderful month! Full of lots of fun with family and seeing where our life is taking us!