Craft Night

Tonight we had craft night with Nana and Aunt Charity. Connor loved painting and he really did well we were there for a couple of hours and he did great. Connor was so excited about the blocks he painted Connor showing me the paint on his face and hands

Connor painting his block

These are 3 of the 4 blocks Connor painted, I helped him peel off the vinyl but other than that he painted them without any help, he really did a great job and these blocks will be proudly displayed in his room.

Donut Falls Hike

Today we took a family hike to Donut Falls, it was a beautiful hike we all enjoyed spending family time in the mountains, these are the moments that I miss living in the mountains Connor getting some water on the hike

Donovan and Connor at the bottom of the falls. I absolutely love this backpack it is great for when Connor gets tired of hiking

Of course Connor wanted to walk down the falls himself, he finally agreed to hold our handsConnor inspecting all of the different rocks at the bottom of the falls

Connor and Nana enjoying the bridge

Connor wanted to collect pine cones and of course take some home, luckily I convinced him that they wanted to stay in the mountains with their friends :-)

We had such a nice leisurely hike it was a great family activity and perfect weather I love being able to spend quality time as a family enjoying the beautiful mountains

Nursery Sunday

Nursery at church has been a struggle for Connor, I was truly surprised when he reached 18 months that he would not leave my side and hated going to nursery. So as time has progressed we have tried many different tactics to get Connor to go to Nursery, including bringing things from home like a favorite toy or blanket but none of these things helped he still would scream until we they brought him to us, which was right outside the door, he only lasted about 1 minute before he ran to the door and usually got it open before the Nursery leader would see him. Well now Connor is almost 3 and finally we have had success. Although the funny thing is when he sees us put church clothes on he whine and cries and tells us that we just went to church, he does not want to go, and he can stay home by himself. I had no clue that we would have to tackle these responses so early in life. But I can say that this week Connor walked into Church himself, and walked straight to the nursery door and walked in and stayed the whole 2 hours not crying or asking for us once. It truly is a miracle and I am so thankful for the new Leaders that have been willing to help us out and get Connor comfortable with going to Nursery . The couple that teaches Nursery have really helped make Connor feel comfortable. They always greet him with a smile and welcome him into their arms. Connor is unfortunately stubborn like his parents but once he got comfortable he is doing a lot better. I hope that Connor will continue to go to Nursery only time will tell.

Cupcakes Anyone!!

Today we made cupcakes and Connor wanted to help So after we were done I let him have at the mixer

He could not get enough, these are the funny and happy moments I hope we both can remember and hold dear to our hearts

GO UTES !!!!!!

This Saturday was the rivalry game between Utah and BYU. We had some family and friends over for the game. It was a lot of fun especially since Utah stomped on BYU. It is sage to say in this family we bleed red!Connor loves to watch and play football, he would get so excited when we all would clap, scream, and cheer on the UTES Touchdown UTES
Connor practicing his football moves

Aunt Charity, Uncle Dan, and Connor enjoying our victory

It was a great game and lots of fun with family and friends

GO UTES!!!!!!

Utah State Fair

This afternoon we took Connor to the Utah State Fair, my parents and sister and brother-in-law went with us. Connor loves animals and had such a great time looking and petting all of the different animals

And of course we could not leave the fair without riding the ponies. Connor loves to ride ponies and gets so excited. The fair was a lot of fun this year and we enjoyed spending time with family

Hunting at the Cabin

This weekend Donovan and Anthony went hunting at the cabin, Connor and I drove up and met them on Friday, it was a lot of fun and Connor could not stop talking about going hunting with his daddy!

At the cabin there is a small wheeler for the kids to ride, this was Connor's first attempt at driving the wheeler


Connor anxiously waiting to go huntingConnor saw a deer and decided he was going to try and get itConnor pointing and he said "Oh no I missed it, Daddy go get my arrow", needless we can say that we were happy he missed it since it was a doe

Look Mom did you see it I almost got him

The hunting boys

Connor had such a great weekend hunting with his Daddy and Uncle Anthony I am sure this is just the beginning of many more memorable hunting expeditions

Lets Go Packers !!

My parents went to a Packers game this last weekend and of course we needed new Packers attire to start of the season. Thanks Nana and Papa