5 months old

Benny is sweeter than ever. I am just enjoying him as a baby as much as I can because the time flies by so fast. It's even more bittersweet when it's your last baby. I love my little boy. He's growing so fast. Here's what he's been up to the past month:

-Rolls over both directions
-Scoots on his back across the floor
-LOVES his jumper - stays in it for up to an hour
-Eats cereal, fruits and vegetables (bananas are his fave)
-He loves to stand up while holding onto my hands
-He has started interacting with Lily, laughs and smiles when she "plays" with him
-Loves to be outside in the shade or take walks with Mommy and Lily
-Grabs onto my hair constantly (ouch!)
-Chewing on them tasty toes
-Loves to just sit and "talk" - cute little cooing happy noises

Beauty in the backyard

One great thing about summer is flowers. Before having kids, I took a lot of pride in taking pictures of flowers. The last 4 years I haven't really been taking pictures of them anymore. So I'm excited that I've started taking pictures of them again.



I've been pretty blue about living in Utah ever since my family moved to Tennessee 6 months ago. Brian took all of us up to the mountains and it was a great reminder of the beauty that Utah really holds. It really helps me feel better about living here when I'm reminded of the good things that are here in Utah. We went up Ogden canyon. We stopped at a really pretty campsite that I'm dying to go camping at now. It was right along the Weber River. I'm a really big river fan, so I loved seeing the river. People were tubing down the river and it looked like so much fun. Hopefully in a year or two I can enjoy a little vacation just 40 minutes from our house.
Then we went up to Causey Dam. It was beautiful. Once again I hope to be able to go swimming or boating in the water when my babies are bigger.

On the 4th

Our family

The 4th of July was a lot of fun. It was a surprisingly cool 4th this year. The high was only in the 70s and fabulous. We had the in-laws over for a BBQ. Then we did sparklers with Lily. She has been begging ever since to do more sparklers. Sparklers are incredibly fun with a slow shutter speed on the camera. We really did end up having a really good time that day. The icing on the cake was the fact I found out that day that my mom and Jimmy were coming to visit on August 3rd. I'm so happy and excited to see them.

Patriotic Lily

Smiley boy

My 2 amazing kids

Super planeGetting so big
Brian lighting some fireworks

Sparkler time

Two at once

I thought this picture was fun cause Lily is a ghost.