One happy family

One happy family

Thursday, July 12, 2012

It's gonna be a hot one!

Summer is officially here!! OK. So it's been summer for a while now ;) BUT, it's been super hot lately -we are talking in the hundreds, folks! Anyway. Here is a little update on our life this past week!
 I love this picture!! Evie loves here mommy, but she also LOVES her daddy!! She must be starved for male attention lately because whenever "Pampa" comes home she is stuck to him like glue. Then when daddy gets home she does the same thing to him!! This past Saturday the boys were working on Uncle Aden's truck. You can bet she was right there with them!! She was loving it :)
 She decided to pick out her own outfit.......yikes!! Some days she does really well, other days, not so much. As crazy as it seems she always wants to wear long sleeve shirts, even though I tell her it's too hot for them. I guess I should pack them away in her winter clothes, if I had a place for them. We are kind of limited on space for the time being.
 We took advantage of free swimming at a close neighborhood pool courtesy of my sister in-law. Thanks, JO! We had lots of fun :) Evie loves Zayne. She told me,  "I want a picture with Zayme, Mommy." Then she hugged him like this! So cute!
 Here he is sporting his Fourth of July swim suit, thanks again to Mary Jo!
 Most of the cousins swimming and having fun!
 Cousin Felicity. She has such a cute little smile!
 It was pretty hot for this little guy. I nursed him while we were at the pool and he was sweating up a little storm! We had lots of fun at the pool and none of us suffered any sunburns! I just accept the fact that I am fair skinned and will never have a natural tan. I look at it as an investment into my future. While everyone else ends up looking older than they really are, I will hopefully look younger! I made sure Evie and myself were covered with sun block!!
This is Evie eating a marshmallow. She gets one every time she goes pee pee on the potty! I was hoping that would fade out once she got the hang of potty training. Nope! She still wants one every time. Pavlov's dog, anyone?!

Next week we are headed to Washington to visit our friends! Evie keeps talking about all  of her friends back there. We are super excited to see everyone!!!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Zayne's blessing day and the Fourth of July

We had the opportunity to bless Zayne on the 1st of July! Owen gave a very nice blessing and we were lucky to have lots of family support us that day.
Our little family :) I am aware that I look fat in this picture. In fact, I vowed this pic would not make the blog, but alas, it is here. It doesn't matter how many people tell you how good you look for just having a baby.....it doesn't help when you are transitioning from maternity clothes to pre pregnancy clothes.
I got a sweet smile for this one :) Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Johnston for the cute  blessing outfit!

All of the cousins had fun playing in the back yard. We had lunch at my parents after the blessing. The weather cooperated beautifully!! It wasn't too hot at all~!
Daddy and Zayne after church.
We had an excellent Fourth of July!! I love my two handsome men and my Miss Ev's :)



All of the cousins minus Ruby, Felicity and Archie.......
All of the 3 year old girls with their ear muffs  :)

It gets pretty messy around here on the fourth ;) But we have fun! We had a run in with the police which resulted in only a warning..........and a run in with a jerky neighbor...besides for that it was a very great day!!
Mr. Zayners................love his little face!! Cutest baby in the world!!!!