Fun at "Shramma and Poppy's"

We had a blast staying with Dean and Diane! I'm so lucky to have such great in-laws! Unfortunately, we were having such a great time, I was too busy to document it in pictures, but here is some of what I did get!

Movie and popcorn with Leah and "Rynee"-


Quite possibly Kate's favorite spot to be at Grandma and Grandpa's house-






Learning about the animals "manils" with Shramma-


Helping Grandma cut up the watermelon-


Kate fell in love with the hose-




And Blake got his first hair cut June 29th
Before-


After-


Blake with Grandpa Deano-

Picture Day With Grandma T

While we were in California, my Aunt Kathy hired a professional photographer to shot my Grammy with all of her family that could be there. It was a really neat day, one I'm sure none of us will forget. Here are some shots from my camera and my sisters.

Four Generations-


My stunningly beautiful Grammy-


Picture taken by my 7 1/2 year old niece!


My mom's family. Clockwise: Barbie, Marie, Joanie, Kathy, Vicki, Grandma, Eric. (Missing: Bobby, Jay, Judy)


Miss Kato-


Mr. Blake-


Kate and Grandpa Brown-

Blake's Blessing Day!

We were lucky enough to be able to bless Blake in Jason's home ward. It was a really neat experience for Jason to be able to bless his son in the same chapel and ward where he grew up. I was a basket case all morning, having anxiety about Blake crying through the whole blessing, or having his diaper leak through his white suit, but to my surprise all went well! Jason gave a beautiful blessing and I was told by someone who stood in the circle that Blake kept his eyes locked on Jason the entire time. The men in who stood in on the blessing: Grandpa Dean, Grandpa Brown, Uncle Rob, Uncle Chris, Uncle Mark, Uncle Karlin, Bishop Johnson and a long time family friend-Aaron Pratt.

The whole bunch:


Mr. Blake in his tux, that sorta looked like a football uniform!


I am so grateful for the priesthood and for all the wonderful men in our family who are worthy priesthood holders.


A HUGE thanks to all of you who made the special trip out for this and to Dean and Diane for opening their house to everyone. You all made the day really special for us!

California Vacation!

Hooray! Jason has finished his second year of dental school. He's halfway there and we couldn't be more proud of him. To celebrate his hard work, we took a month this summer to go to California and visit family!

Our trip started out at the beach! My sister, Mollie, did some research and found an awesome spot. We went to some tide pools in Little Corona and then off to the main beach of Corona Del Mar. It was absolutely gorgeous. We spent the day with my parents, my brother Mark, my sister Mollie and her family and my extended family on my Mom's side. I was busy with a little bub most of the day, so I didn't take many pictures, bummer, so here are some I stole from my sister!

Hike down to the tide pools:




Uncle Karlin and Krewser mingling with the locals:


Driving down the street that Little Corona was off of was like driving through a dream, each and every beach house was a vision!


Kate loved the water...if she was being held, so she spent a lot of time rolling around and digging in the sand





Blake with Grandma:



Can you believe I was at the beach all day and didn't get a single shot of the water???

2 MONTHS OLD (and one week)

Seems like I am consistently one week behind these days! Blake turned 2 months old last week. I am floored at how fast time is going by! Life has been crazy, but fun! He is 100% opposite of Kate when she was this old! Here are some fun facts about my little bud:
-He spits up more than any baby I've seen (Jason re-named him Mt. St. Helens)
-He LOVES to sleep on his tummy, not good I know, but he DOES NOT sleep when I lay him on his back

-He absolutely loves to be coo'd at and coo back in response
-He smiles a ton (well, maybe just as much as a normal baby, but Kate didn't smile until she was 3 months, so it's a lot to me)!





-He goes from 0-60 in .7 seconds and will let the whole population of Oklahoma know about it!
-His favorite spots are in Mommy or Daddy's arms, laying on his back staring up at one of our many ceiling fans or in his bouncer seat, being bounced by my feet!
-At his 2 month check up he was 12.3lbs and 22 1/2 inches long, so he's a short little chubster. P.S he did better than me when getting his shots!

We love our little Blakester!

Mother's Day Weekend

A pedicure:




An adorable card:





A delicious breakfast, dinner and ice cream cake that is already half devoured! And my personal favorite...an afternoon free from Kate to get some desperately needed house cleaning done! It was a wonderful weekend!

Cookie Monster!

The other day we had some friends over for dessert. Kate had already had a few bites of our cookies and ice cream and we told her no more. We placed the plate of cookies on the counter out of Kate's reach, but apparently not out of our friend's son's reach. Kate came out of the kitchen shoving the whole cookie in her mouth as quickly as she could! She is definitely her mother's daughter!