Exercising

When daddy comes home form running he usually does some push-ups and sit-ups. You want to be just like dad and exercise with him.
You love your dad more than me some days. I like to sit back and watch you two interact.

(32 and 33) months

*You love tackling dad. When you go tackle his back you say, “Super Dave.” We have no clue where you got that from.
*You are always asking questions, “is this blue, is that a truck, is this mommies?”
*You are our little parrot, we will be talking about something and you will repeat it back. 
*You are learning my name, you will once in a while call me Stacie and I have to correct you and say mommy. When I call out daddy's name 'Dave' you will chime in and repeat what Dave. Then I have to correct myself and call 'Daddy'. Silly boy.
*Octonauts is your favorite show.
*You are Mr. independent which you have always been, you insist on using your potty with out reminders, brushing your own teeth, and climbing on the chair to get into your high chair.
*You hate it when I do your hair. I have to chase you around just to wet and comb your hair.
*You love to go to nursery. It only took a year and half but you will let daddy leave within 3 minutes or just drop you off and leave.  We are proud parents.
*You are still a very picky eater. For breakfast you usually ask for Nutella or cinnamon toast; for lunch you want only quesadilla with salsa, mac and cheese, chips and hummus or grilled cheese. For dinner you are served what we are eating.  Choice of drink, juice over anything then milk or water.
*You are growing like a weed and your 2t clothes and size 7 shoes are getting too small. It makes me sad every time I have to go get a size up in all your clothes. Slow down and stop growing.
*Your new favorite book is, Going on a Bear Hunt. While reading, when we get to, they can’t go under it, they can’t go over, they have to…. and you say," go through it.” When we get to it’s a… you say “a bear.” It makes me giggle every time.
*You are helping us pray. While we are praying you whisper, “thankful for my toys, thankful for my food, thankful my mommy, daddy.” Every prayer is different and we are loving listening to what you will be grateful for next.   
*You tell us when you don’t want to go swimming, “the wateo is cold.” You say this while shivering.  It makes us laugh every time you do it.
*Favorite sentences you say;
‘Spenco see me all time?’
‘Cuse me’. (excuse me)


Ryker,
Our sweet boy you bring so much joy and happiness. When we have a rough day all it takes is a hug and to hear these sweet words  'I wuv you ' to brighten our day. We were beaming from ear to ear when we first saw you and we are still.
With all our Love,
Dad and Mom

7 years

7 years ago I fell in love with my my best friend. We had our fair share of trials, joy, love, laughter and I wouldn’t want to do it with any one else.  This quote says it all, “Marriage is a gift from God to us. The quality of our marriage is our gift back to him.” –Elder Clayton

On our special day;
Dave worked until 3 pm and for the first time Ryker was babysat by someone other then my family.  I was a little nervous about it but he did really good.

I  meet Dave at Olive Garden. We were there early enough that we had a whole section to ourselves. It was nice to be able to sit and talk about our memories about our wedding day. Then we went to Marconi Grill and got their most delicious Lemon Passion Cake and ate it at home after little man went to bed.

“Love makes life a beautiful ride.”  -Author unknown I can’t wait to see where our life takes us.  Happy 7 years.

{31 months}

Wow, another month has passed by and every time I blink you grow another inch or two, you can talk in sentences and play with friends in the back yard by yourself.  Each new phase in life is so fun to enjoy.
 
We love you son.

-You still call airplanes; wanna
-You are 3 feet tall.
-You can count up to 6, sometimes it's right on, other times you mix the numbers around 
-You know what color blue and green are and if you're not sure what color it is you call it green.
- You are an Oreo lover and you call them “arrow” and you must always have 2, one for each hand.
- You always want mommy to put you to bed. You curl up beside me and suck your fingers while playing with my hair. 
- You love to hide under blankets and we have us find you.
-We have stopped with diapers and now you wear pull-ups.
-You want to do what the big kids are doing. Your favorite thing to do when your six year old friends came to play is chase them around and tackle them and they love it.
-You tried peas in the pod for the first time this Summer and you loved them. You must be related to me.
-You are really good at saying your please and thank-you's.
-One of our favorites you do is when you come and squeeze on our legs and give it kisses.
-While you stand on your tippy toes you say," Tippy toes, tippy toes.” It’s hilarious and we have no clue where you got that one from. Maybe Peppa Pig.

You would be potty trained already if it wasn't for a string of events that has kept it from happening. In June we spent a few days getting you used to using your potty and you were only three or so days away from being fully trained. Then I took you on a trip to New Mexico for a few days so we didn't work on training you at all; therefore, you reverted back to just using diapers. Once we returned we thought we'd have enough time to train you before our road trip to Canada, which was only two or three weeks away. Unfortunately, you got sick for a few days with lots of diarrhea, so we couldn't work on your training then. After that was over, the trip to Canada was too soon, and besides, we prefer you using a diaper for a long road trip. So we were planning on starting after we returned, however you broke your leg a few days before the trip was over. Being in a cast for 3.5 weeks put your potty training on hold even more. Hopefully nothing else will get in the way and we can have you potty trained by the time you turn 3.

Tribute to Fathers

I love this incredible man. He is caring, treats me like a queen, a hard worker, awesome help around the house, and loving. He loves his son more than words can say and I love seeing his eyes light up after work when he sees him. We are both very lucky to have you in our life.


My dad has taught me how to show love to others, being grateful for what you have by keeping it nice, he was always there for me through happy and sad times, he is strong in the gospel and taught us the value of living the gospel and he loved my mom and showed his kids what true love is about. I love you dad.
 
My father-in-law is an awesome man, he raised David and he wouldn’t be the man he is today, he is a hard worker, and he is always there for us with good advice. He taught David how to treat and respect others from watching his father interact with his mother and siblings.

Orem fest Run

This is Dave's 4th race. Dave ran the Orem Summerfest Fire Deportment 5K. 
The morning was cold and windy and we weren’t prepared with jackets. I am glad I took a blanket and he curdled up under it while I was waiting for Dave to finish.
      
It finally warmed up and while we were waiting for the results, they had games for the little kids.

They were having some technical difficulties with the printer and computer so they only announced the top runners. They never put up the results online so we don’t know how well he did. He ran it in 22 minutes which is his best time for a 5K race.

He makes me proud every time I see him cross the finish line. With each race he is getting faster and he runs 6 times a week to train. I am so glad that he enjoys it and all I can do is be there to support him.

Sumer fun…

We have kicked Summer off with so many fun activities: eating ice cream for lunch, playing in the sandbox, going to the park every Monday and Friday with play group, and going to Seven Peaks on Wednesdays. 

And you my boy keep me busy and I am constantly looking for fun creative ideas. I found this on Pinterest so we put it to the test with a couple of your friends.  It didn’t last long before you guys were sopping wet.

You fill your mouth full of water…

then spit it out on the side and stomp in your little puddle.

Britnie's Birthday

I am so grateful to have such a sweet, kind, loving, and caring sister. We might be 4 years apart but we have always been best friends.  Britnie was always the adventurous one, I would follow her and do what ever she did.  We would make mud pies, try to catch box elder bugs, go explore the orchard for hours on end, find gardner snakes, play in the sand box, she helped me try to find my lost tooth in the grass after bumping into me and knocking it out, we also would chase our gerbils around the house we accidentally stepped on their tails and they fell came off.
I have so many good memories and I am so glad I have you as my sister.
Happy 31st Birthday.

Britnie's Birthday

I am so grateful to have such a sweet, kind, loving, and caring sister. We might be 4 years apart but we have always been best friends.  Britnie was always the adventurous one, I would follow her and do what ever she did.  We would make mud pies, try to catch box elder bugs, go explore the orchard for hours on end, find grander snakes, play in the sand box, she helped me try to find my lost tooth in the grass after bumping into me and knocking it out, and chasing our house rats while doing so we would accidentally step on their tails, then they would fall off. 
I have so many good memories and I am so glad I have you as my sister.
Happy 31st Birthday.

Utah Valley Marathon

On June 8th Dave ran his 3rd race, but this time it was a 10K which was his first time ever running that far since he was in High School over 15 years ago.
His results;
10K
Bib No. 2293
Age:32
Division: Male 30 to 34
Chip time: 48:09         Gun time: 48:32     Pace: 7:46/M
Overall Place: 35         Gender Place: 22    Division Place: 6

Mom, Ryker, and I were 1 minute late getting to the finish line and missed him cross the finish line in downtown Provo.  He told us it'd take him at least 55 minutes to finish the race. So he was shocked at how fast he did this first 10K. We are bummed that we missed him, but I am so proud of him and the desire he has to run.
 
I LOVE YOU!
   

2 buck Tuesday

We love it when August comes around, that means it’s 2 buck Tuesday at Thanksgiving point. I am over play group in our Hillcrest ward and I was pretty certain no one from our ward would show up. So, I had Spencer, Nana and Aunt Britnie come along. 

Kids Garden:

“look mommy fishes.” -Ryker

What is this I ask?  “It’s a frog mommy.”

What is this? “A cappiller".”

Playing on this massive Spider web jungle gym.
I love this picture it captures your friendship.

Cooling off  at the splash pad before they went into the Ark area. 

Doing a Superman pose.

At 11am they played in the water near the Ark. No kids aloud on the rocks. Spencer got caught climbing on it and a lady kindly said to get off. Spencer replays while she doesn’t know that I am a spider monkey. Oh the taughts of a 7 year old.




Simply Beautiful.



I love walking around the gardens it helps me to take a deep breath and enjoy God’s creations.

Having fun rolling down the hill.




“It’s the Ordinary moments that make life Extraordinary.”