Family Pictures

I have been wanting to take some family pictures ever since Blake was born (mainly just to put an updated picture on my piano). Since I am WAY too cheap to pay someone to take our pictures, we convinced my sister in law to come to a park with us yesterday and take some for us. I knew it would be almost impossible to get two small children to cooperate, but I think some of them turned out really cute. With a few of these pictures and Jesse's photoshop editing skills, I think we should be able to come up with something cute to use to replace the old picture on the piano :)

Zach and Amy's visit

My brother Zach and his wife Amy came out to visit us this past week and we had a blast hanging out with them! The kids loved playing with them, and Brynn especially loved having Aunt Amy tuck her in everyday for her nap and at bed time! We had a VERY busy week, and I am still trying to recover from it! Last Saturday, my sister Mer and I went to a session of General Conference with Zach and Amy which was amazing!

Then we met up for lunch with some friends from PA (the Palmers).

oOn Tuesday evening, Zach and Amy were able to go through the temple for the first time, and chose to go to the Salt Lake Temple. I felt so honored to be there, and to be able to be Amy's escort...what a special experience!
On Wed we headed to the Aquarium in Sandy. Brynn loved seeing all of the fish and the penguins, and especially loved the fact that Uncle Zach and Aunt Amy let her pick out a toy from the gift shop :)



Wed night we ate dinner at Cafe Rio (so yummy), and then headed to Mer and Jeff's house to play Beatles Rock band. And in between all of that, I was able to sneak to the hospital to visit my friend Lori and her new baby!
On Friday we spent most of the afternoon at Incredible Pizza up in Draper. We ate lots of food while watching the original Cheaper by the Dozen Movie in the Drive in room, and played lots of fun games! Jesse and I played a game of mini bowling and lazer tag, and he took Brynn on the go-karts (which she hated)! All in all, it was a very busy week, but so much fun! We miss Zach and Amy already, but are so excited to go stay with them over Thanksgiving!

Random pics...

My boys :)

Brynn has discovered how to climb into Blake's crib which is not a good thing!!!
Brynn standing next to the sunflowers she planted in the garden.

Blake's first hair cut

Blake had his first hair cut almost a month ago (on September 18th). Above is the before picture, and below is an after pic. I wish I would have taken some during...but of course I didn't think about that!!

Hello Solid Food!

I decided to start trying some solid foods with Blake a little over a month ago and it has been quite the journey!! He wasn't very interested in rice cereal, so I waited a few weeks and tried again. Still wasn't too interested so I tried some other more flavorful baby food. Some days he likes it, and other days he hates it. He would much rather chew on a pretzel or a nice biter biscuit! I think he will love they day when he can have "real" solid food! I have also slowly started to wean him to formula, and am hoping to be done nursing soon. He doesn't mind having a bottle at all which is great, he just has a really sensitive tummy so I am trying to find a formula that works well for him!