Idaho and 3 years old

We were so happy to go to Idaho for a couple weeks last month.  It was a great time to escape Arizona’s heat from Heck and spend time with our families.  One of the first things I did when we got there was walk outside and take off my shoes and walk in the grass.  The grass is so soft in Idaho.  Arizona only ever has crunchy, yellow grass.  Ha ha.  We were even able to celebrate Jacoby’s third birthday while we were home.  I’m glad we could celebrate with all of his cousins!  We did a little celebrating in Arizona.  Jacoby was really excited to finally get a train track and some more trains.He loves puzzles and games right now so this puzzle has been fun for him to put together.  We celebrated with the Long’s the night before his birthday.  We did a train party.  Olivia helped me with the cute freight cars.   Jacoby got so many nice presents from his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Thank you!

This picture is pretty blurry but I thought it was so funny because Eden looked like she was telling Jacoby something pretty important.  Maybe some sneaky plan she had.

Cupcakes at Grandma and Grandpa Roe’s.  Jacoby had a great couple days and loved all the cupcakes and presents he received.  One really fun thing I was able to do while we were home is go to the temple with all my siblings and parents.  I sure love all of them and was happy we could all do this together.  Thanks for planning that, Mom!

Tyler and his family were able to float the Hoback a couple times, too.  They were so nice to invite Annie and my parents to go.  They loved it.  Jacoby and I got some fun pictures of them going through some huge rapids.

The kids loved to play in Grandpa Mike’s garden.  They helped themselves to peas and carrots.  One day when Becca’s family came over, Jacoby wasn’t wearing a shirt and neither was Trey so Johnny took his right off so he could be just like them.  I had to get some pictures of the studs.  Trey and Johnny are showing their big muscles.

We had a lot of things we wanted to do and because we split our time with out families we had to make a schedule of everything we wanted to do.  My dad gave me a hard time that he had to ask me to go to the bathroom because of my schedule.    We went to Reed’s Dairy a couple times, did famly pictures with both families, bike rides, yummy fresh raspberry milkshakes, Love at First Bite cupcakes, my good friend, Jason’s wedding, camping at Rigby Lake, bbq with my dad’s amazing French fries, volleyball, Portrayal, snow cones, Leo’s a couple times, Rexburg Rapids, ramekin round-up, boating, staying at the Parry cabin, Pinterest party, pedicures, Eden’s 4th birthday party, croquet, Olive Garden Dinner, seeing Lyndsi and Maecie, visiting Jess at her school, and my birthday party.  My parents were so nice to ask me if I wanted to have a party for my birthday before we left. They asked what I wanted and I couldn’t help but request my mom’s peach cheesecake.  It is the best.  My dad made salmon and it was amazing.  I feel so lucky and blessed for my wonderful family. 

Unfortunately our trip had to come to an end, but we sure loved every minute of it.  We were so happy that Tyler was able to come with us the whole time.  Thanks to our families for everything and for putting up with all of the things I wanted to do.

Tyler started school right after we got home.  Here is a picture on his first day.

A picture with my little buddy on my birthday.  I love this sweet boy and can’t believe he is three.  We are so blessed to have him in our family.  I realize that more than ever.

One last then and now picture of the kids over two years ago that I snapped.  Look how much they’ve changed.  I’m so glad Jacoby could spend so much time with his cousins.  It makes me really sad that he doesn’t get to see them very often.  We love you guys!

Jacoby the Fish

Today Jacoby wanted to try swimming without his water wings so Tyler let him give it a try. He did really well. He just loves to swim/doggie paddle!

Jacoby, you are funny part II

Awhile back I did a post on some funny things Jacoby is doing.  Here is a part II to that post and a scrapbook page I did of some of the pictures.  He sure keeps us smiling!  We love you, Jacoby and are so happy you are in our family.

He said his trains wanted some carrots, grapes, and Teddy Grahams. 

Here he is tucking his teddy bear in and giving him a kiss.

He loves keys like most kids.  I washed some keys for him and put some keychains on a ring so he felt like he had some real keys.  Our locks are the really easy kind to unlock and he figured out that if he puts his key in and turns it, it will unlock. Pretty clever, huh? 

what we’ve been doing this summer

We have had such an awesome summer mostly because Tyler has been able to spend so much time with us.  He is working, but still has so much free time.  Jacoby loves having him home to wrestle and play sports with.  I know he will have a hard time when Tyler goes back in a month.  I’m glad we have had so much fun!

For the Fourth of July we were really missing home.  It was unbearably hot here but we still tried to make the most of one of my favorite holidays.The day went like this: breakfast with some of our good friends, going to Cars 2, going to dinner, playing games, and watching the fireworks.  We had fun together, but nothing can top what we’re used to.  We really missed our families!

Olivia was able to come stay a week with us.  We loved having her here.  I felt bad that the weather was so hot and miserable, but she seemed to not mind, except for the day I was dumb and decided we should go to the zoo. We did a lot of shopping and she found some cute school clothes.  We also ate some good food: In-N-Out, Slurpees, Krispy Kreme Donuts, Dippin' Dots, and homemade Snickers.  We went to the waterpark that is nearby two different days and spent some time at our pool.  I’m so glad she was able to come and hope she will come again soon.  It was fun to spend some one-on-one time with her.  She was always so nice to help with Jacoby and read or play with him.  Thanks for coming, Livi!  We go home pretty soon and can’t wait to see our families!  We miss you. 

San Diego

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We were so happy to have some visitors for a couple weeks.  Taylor came to visit for a week and then Terry and Debie flew down to stay for another week.  We stayed here for a couple days then headed over to San Diego.  We have never really been on a trip as a family so we were pretty excited.  The first afternoon we got there we went to Joe’s Crab Shack.  I have always wanted to go there and it was yummy.  The next day we went to Sea World.  We had been telling Jacoby about Sea World for a long time and he was so anxious to go.  I haven’t been since I was about six but I still remembered the shows.  They were just as amazing as I remembered with these huge killer whales and dolphins jumping out of the water and splashing the audience.  Jacoby was so good during the shows.  The weather was perfect and a little overcast so we were able to stay all day and not get too worn out.  Jacoby really liked the few rides and toys they had too.  Taylor even got to swim with the dolphins and feed them and do a few tricks.  It was really fun to watch.  We got Jacoby a little killer whale animal to take home that I will have to post a picture of.  It was fun because that is the same thing I got when I came to Sea World.  Jacoby was just the right age to take him and we had a blast. 

The next day we grabbed some donuts and went to the beach to eat breakfast.  It was so beautiful.  We didn’t wear our swimming suits because it was still pretty cold, but we splashed around in the water and found sea shells.  Then we went to find the San Diego Temple.  It was so beautiful; I have always wanted to see it. Later we went to the Braves game.  Tyler has been wanting to go to one of their games for a long time.  When they were playing here it happened to be finals week!! Are you kidding me? He felt pretty bad, so I’m glad we were able to come over to San Diego to watch them play.  Taylor, Terry, Tyler, and I all went and Debie watched Jacoby at the hotel.  It was a lot of fun and Tyler got us some sweet seats!  Unfortunately they lost by quite a bit, but we still had a good time. 

The next day we did a little shopping and made the drive home.  We had such a good time with Tyler’s family.  We are so happy to have people come visit so come on down everyone!!  

Happy 4th of July!  I’m really missing home right now.  It is WAY too hot here for me!