Goings-on as of Late.

I finally got to meet my new niece Holland! She's over 2 months old already! My sister and her family are out here from Las Vegas, and little miss Holland had her blessing on Sunday. She is adorable!

Gray has loved all the time he's had to play with his favorite cousin Rowan

Thatcher has loved playing with his favorite cousin Holland :)

There's been lots of playin in the play house

Lots of swinging on the swings

Big news! JD and Kenna are getting MARRIED!!! :D We all love Kenna, and are so excited to add her to the family!

Gray and Rowan playing with Hudson and Finn at our Lowe/Tribe/Speechly BBQ on Labor Day

Cute Gray playing in the play house after his first day of preschool :) 

A Day Out With Thomas

What a fun day! We went down to the Heber Valley Railroad and got to ride on Thomas the Train! Grayson LOVES all things Thomas, so he was in heaven :) 

Daddy and Gray with Thomas! (I promise Gray really was happy, he just doesn't like me taking pictures)

They loved walking on the train tracks

Gray loved these big bubble wands

They had a bunch of train tables there, and of course Gray loved those! He always names all his trains after the Thomas characters anyway, so it was fun for him to have the actual trains to play with. He got so excited every time he found a new one, and would shout their name out loud. 

Riding on Nanni's lap for the train ride

It wasn't the most thrilling of rides, but it was fun for the 3-year-old :)

It was fun for the 4-month-old, too -- especially when Daddy made him "fly"!

Thatcher was made a Jr. Engineer! He was so honored.

Clapping for joy :)  He kept saying "You did it!"

Our friends Shayne and October came down, too! So fun to have you guys!

Poppa was having as much fun as Gray :)

The weather was better than expected, and we had such a fun time!

A Fun Night at Fat Cat's

Steve and I just had a much-needed date night with our friends! We decided to have a flash-back-to-high school night, so we went to Jake's Over the Top for dinner, then went bowling. We tried to go to WSU first (this is usually where we went in high school), but they closed at 7 "for the holiday" --what?! You close early on Saturday for the holiday on Monday?? Especially when the holiday is LABOR DAY!? This makes absolutely no sense to me. Whatever. So we went to Fat Cat's instead. Which wasn't in existence when we were in high school. But in the spirit of acting like high-schoolers, we bowled like nerds (ok, Steve and I bowled like nerds), went mini golfing, and rode the bumper cars! Ahh what fun, what fun! Here are some pictures I took, so you can enjoy our fun times too! Feel free to laugh.
Kandis and Derek

Jessica and Adam

This is my sexy husband, aka "The Claw" -- he was so excited that we were going bowling, he wore his bowling shirt -- it has "The Claw" embroidered on the front. And "Chicco's Bail Bonds" on the back. Preeeetty snazzy. And so is this pose.

Remember the nerdy bowling I mentioned? Here is the proof...

... and even more proof.

Cute Jess

Action shot of Derek's skills.

Silly Jess! We get pretty silly/weird/dorky when we get together. What can I say? We've been friends forever! :)

A super-good shot of our mini golfing adventure. It's the only one I took, so it's going on the blog. (I especially like Adam's hot pink purse in this picture -- the boy knows how to accesorize!)

The fun-ness that is bumper cars!


Yay! Thanks, guys, for coming up to O-Town to play with us! It was super fun, and we need to do it more often!
And thanks, Jeanne, for watching Grayson, so we could have such a fun night!! :) It was nice to do something fun without being pulled a thousand different directions by my toddler! :)

Oh, and in case you were wondering, Steve won everything. He beat Derek in bowling by ONE POINT (!), and won by like 7 points in mini golf. He even beat Adam in the one arcade game they played! He was on a roll! Good job, honey! Ya made me proud :)

Cabin Fun!

Tyson and Jacque invited us up to Tyson's family's cabin on Saturday! It was so fun! We hung out, relaxed, watched movies, ate yummy food, ate lots of junk food, and had an all-around good time! :) Thanks guys, for letting us come up with ya!

Sitting on Tyson's head! I love Grayson's face -- like "No big deal."

My cute boys!

Look at that view! Gorgeous! Also, look at my dork husband taking a picture of Jacque's dork husband taking a picture!!! Hehe! And that's Jason and Lindi in the background -- more friends that came up there, too! Fun people! :)

More of the gorgeous view!

...And more!

... And MORE! Such a pretty place!

Tyson and his cute baby Jackson -- and Gray hangin in there, too.

More of Tyson and Jackson

Jacque, Grayson, me, and Tyson all marveling at Jackson's cuteness! Gray was quite enthralled with him! I think he doesn't know what to do with someone smaller than him! He gave him some very soft pats, though, and was very sweet! :)