New Toy

So a few weeks ago I bought a new toy for myself! It has been so fun! I bought the item shown below. Yes it was quite expensive and I am still paying it off, but Joe was way nice and let me get it. Reasoning for getting this camera was so that I could take my own kids pictures instead of going to a photographer every time. So everyday since I bought it I have been practicing with it and reading about how to use it so I could take Jace's 2 year old pics. And it has been a blast!


I have been practicing and practicing and finally got the courage to take Jace's pictures. So below are some of the 2 year old pics I took. I love my camera!

Ps. The pictures are a little fuzzier on here. I have tried to upload them different times hoping they would be clearer, but you get the idea of what they look like.

Pregnancy Update

Yikes! It's been 12 weeks since I last took a pregnancy photo. Almost a whole trimester! The last time was when I was 17 weeks Lol. I am not as on top of this as I was with Jace. Anyhow, here is one of me at 29 weeks. I am starting to get to the uncomfortable stage and am having a harder time sleeping at night, simply because it's hard to breathe. Um... other than that things are going good so far. I am on track for weight, but I am not at the end yet so I am not ruling out the possibility of retaining quite a bit of water again :S (please no). But I am crossing my fingers and hoping with everything I have that I dont retain as much as I did with jace and get toxemia! :S As of right now drinking a lot of water and staying away from junk as much as I can and such seems to be working, as far as water retention any way. :)

4th of July

We celebrated the 4th of July in my hometown like we always do, and I love it! I LOVE Blanding's 4th of July! It never changes and I love it! It's probably my favorite holiday.

Jace and Malin before the festivities. Jace LOVES Malin (my nephew). He calls him "My Malin"

Kia, Jace and Malin. These 2 are awesome babysitters. :)

Joe, Jace and Siah waiting for the Parade to start

Jace and I watching the parade. Poor thing, after we took this picture I realized how the umbrella wasn't covering him and adjusted it. haha I'm a great mother

The older grandkids after they got soaked by the fire truck.

Sander and Jace waiting for the Fireworks

My sweet, awesome family at the fireworks. I love them :)

Joe and Jace watching the fireworks. I don't think either were thrilled that I took this picture. The flash is pretty bright.

Balloon Festival

The Saturday before the 4th we went to the balloon festival in provo. It's super early in the morning but it was worth it cause Jace still talks about it all the time. He loved that we sat on a blanket on the grass, ate breakfast and watched the big balloons. Those are the 3 things he mentions each time. :)

Joe and Jace waiting for the balloons to come back

The pig balloon. Haha I kind of got it's rear-end. Still cool

Cola Bottle.

Birthday Fun

For Jace's birthday we had a pool party in our backyard and invited his little friends. Only a few were able to make it, but he still had a blast. Which is the important thing. He is still talking about it. This pool they are playing in was his main birthday present that he actually got it at the beginning of the summer. Best purchase ever! He loves it and never gets bored with it. Hopefully it will last a couple summers?

Jace and Gordon. Ps. Jace hardly ever smiles for pictures anymore he just looks at me. lol.


I dared joe to jump in and he did. :)


More fun in the pool


Taking a break, eating some chips.


And more water fun! Jace diving down the slide.


Ice cream cones!


Later that night we had a birthday party with a few family members. Thanks TaTa, Susan and Sterling for coming! We opened some presents and had cake and ice cream.

He got a lot of great gifts. Thanks to all who gave him gifts! He is really enjoying them.

My little MJ. lol. He loves this basketball hoop!


His car brithday cake! Disclaimer, I let jace help me ice the cake. However, even if he didn't, it still might look like this. lol

Yay! Happy Birthday!


And a few days before his birthday he got a new little cousin! She's a doll! He was so sweet with her. Hopefully this is the case with another little girl that's coming in the future :)