24th of July...

What a great month July is!! I have always thought the fourth was fun with fireworks and the Stadium of Fire and such things. But I never really appreciated the 24th and Fiesta days until I got married and moved to Spanish Fork. I have decided that the 24th is one of my favorite holidays. I love the rodeo, parade, BBQ's with the family and the fireworks. Last year we didn't really do anything for the 24th because our kids were brand new but I think we kind of lived it up this year. I started off the holiday weekend on Thursday by going swimming the Whitney and Katie and their cute little girls. It was fun to catch up with them and play in the water, which Ashton and Addy loved.



Friday night we went to the rodeo with Jesse's family. It was tons of fun and the kids were completely entertained until the got too tired and crashed.











Saturday morning we watched the parade. I can't say that Ashton and Addy were too interested but it is always fun to see the floats and hang with the family.








When we got to the parade we found out that Jesse's little sister Brittney had gone into labor and was at the hospital. Her due date was the 24th and she went into labor on her own. How often does that happen??

After the parade we headed over to the Jesse's sister's house for the BBQ and pool party. The food was good and hanging out with family was way fun. We kept waiting for the news that Brittney's baby had arrived and took bets on how much he was going to weigh. So, finally, Ritter Kyle Durfey was born around 5:00 (I don't remember exactly what time), he weighed 7 lbs 3 oz and was 18 in long. Jesse guessed the weight right on. Bummer I forgot the camera for Brooke's house. After the BBQ we went home and relaxed for a while before we headed out for the fireworks. The babies fell asleep on the way there so me and Jesse and Jordan and Karen sat in the back of Jesse's truck and watched the fireworks. The fireworks are always my favorite. It was such a fun day and it is definitely one of my favorite holiday.

Family Pictures

We had family pictures and pictures for Ashton and Addy's first birthdays too. I loved how they turned out. It is so hard to get good pictures of them because they don't want to hold still and for sure they don't want to smile but we did get some good ones.

Payson Lakes

Awhile ago we went up to payson lakes with some of our neighbors for the afternoon. We sandwiches and our neighbors had a canoe and raft and we just hung out for the afternoon. It was way fun and Ashton and Addy loved being outside.

Happy Birthday!!

Oh my goodness my babies are one!! Where has the time gone? I can't believe all that has happened since the day my babies were born. I learned so much about being a mom and I have experienced a kind of love for my kids I didn't know was possible. They are everything to me I love them!! They are so much fun right now and so much work!! They are into everything. They aren't walking yet but they are close. They love to pull things out of drawers, closets, basket and just make a mess in general. They like to fight over toys and Addy bites when she' mad. They wake up ridiculously early but I'm adjusting and they love to eat everything. We had a little birthday party for them last night with our families and friends. Ashton and Addy were very impressed with their new clothes and stroller and toys but their favorite part was eating cake!! They made a fabulous mess that took me a very long time to clean up. It was a very fun night and we appreciate all our family and friends for coming. It was a great year with some hards time and even more wonderful times. I can't wait for the next year.





Their cakes




Ashton really enjoyed his cake and made a huge mess!

Finally an update!

PIctures for you Baloo!!

Easter

This year at Easter Ashton and Addy weren't way interested in hunting for eggs or the Easter bunny, or new Sunday clothes but it sure was fun to have our littles kiddos to give us an excuse to do all of the Easter-y stuff. Sharon had a Easter egg hunt, she tended the babies and me and Jesse found their eggs and they enjoyed a little candy after we collected them. The Easter bunny brought them each a new toy and new clothes. They were way excited about the toys and didn't really notice the clothes. I really wanted them to have matching clothes but Jesse loved her dress and the boy can't wear pink...so they don't match but they sure do look cute!