The first..........haircut!

Isaac got his first haircut this weekend by none other than dad. I was so against and so apprehensive about giving Isaac a haircut, I mean all the hair he had had taken him a year to grow!!! But it was in need of a cut...and having Heather and Jen here (see below) they also convinced me to do it. In Jen's words, "it will grow back better, fuller and faster." or something like that! So you better be right Jen!!! :-)

Although, Isaac felt the same way about it as I did!

He did NOT like the razor! I don't know why, it's not that loud, but he was not a fan, so then I really felt bad! I mean....look at that face!
I couldn't just watch, so I got right up and held him and hugged him in hopes that he would calm down but he just held on to me for dear life!
The back side....so not that bad....:-)
Taylor told me that he was just going to trim it, but look at all that hair that he cut off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (And no Kim, I didn't save any of it.....!)
(Sorry, we didn't get a front facing picture for some reason....you probably wouldn't be able to tell anyway).

Visitors!!

This past weekend we had visitors!! We always love when people come to visit us--and this time it was Taylor's sister Heather and her three girls--Sydney, Morgan and Kendra AND our sister-in-law Jen and her daughter Brooke! It was so fun to have them!! We definitely had a full house but we loved it. They came Friday night and left Sunday morning. We had pizza once they arrived, Syd and Mo drew us pictures and the little ones all took a bath together.

Saturday morning we had breakfast, and then I had planned some fun Halloween craft/treats for Syd and Mo. We made ghosts, witches on sticks, and creepy crawlers. It was quite the project!
Then we watched a movie while Heather and Jen went to the grocery store--because they made us dinner!! I know, how weird is it for our guests to make us dinner?? But, really, I didn't mind because it was SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO good!!! I am still reminiscing the taste of it....yum!!!

Once dinner was done, baths were taken and the kids were in bed, we stayed up and watched a movie and had cookies and popcorn! YUM!

It was SO much fun to have our family come visit us this weekend. I LOVE LOVE LOVE watching Isaac interact with his cousins, granted he is still pretty young, but I am just so excited for him to be close to his cousins--something I never really had.

I also must note our sleeping arrangements. We had Syd and Mo on an air mattress in our room, and Kendra and Brooke slept in Isaac's room. It was pretty fun having all three little ones in the same room, but we managed. Poor Heather definitely didn't come for a weekend full of sleep--she most likely got the least amount of sleep....sorry about that!!! Cougar is partly responsible for that. On Saturday night, Cougar just didn't want to sleep, so he kept barking...well when there are three little ones in the same room below the dog and two girls in our room by the dog--we just couldn't let him bark. Taylor was up with Cougar most of the night taking him in and out of the house and Heather heard all of it....so it was a night of interrupted/no sleep. Why is it that these kinds of things always happen when you have company staying with you???

But all in all, we sure love our family and are so grateful they made the drive to come see us!!! We love you soooooooooooo much!!!

Isaac's birthday celebration Part 2

This past weekend we went to Colorado for the weekend. It was the first time not being in Utah for General Conference for who knows when....it was different to not be there, but good.

So, we flew in Friday night. On Saturday we went to the AFA vs. Navy football game, which is apparently a big game. My parents have press box seats and Isaac loved to stand on the ledge of the window.




On Sunday morning, Isaac was crawling around and he decided to crawl up on the ledge and just happened to sit right in front of the TV. It was SO cute! He thought he was pretty cool too.
Here he is checking out what he is blocking.

So cute.....
We did presents throughout the day, again, not too interested in unwrapping them.
...more interested in climbing on them....
Check out these ADORABLE cowboy boots!
Sunday night we did birthday cake!! (Sorry Kim, my cake is NOT even close to as good looking as yours!)

Isaac checking it out...
And before you know it....

HE LOVED HIS CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He grabbed it with both hands and got a cake-beard within seconds!



I have so many pictures of this that it was so hard to pick.

Then on Monday we went to Red Robin and they sang to him! He wasn't quite sure what was going on but it was so fun.
It was another great birthday celebration! Taylor and I can't believe we have a one year old!!! Thanks Nana and Papa for a great weekend!!!!! We sure love you and love all that you do for our family!

First "babysitter" night

I have to document a monumental night for us. Thursday night was a work party at Taylor's office. His boss was in the play "Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat" so his office went out to dinner and then the play. We decided to go but knew it wouldn't be best to take Isaac--especially since the play didn't even start until 8:00 (his bedtime). SO, we asked our close friends if they would watch him and they gladly accepted. It was our first official time leaving Isaac with a "sitter" for the night. It was so nice to know we left him in good hands, but it was so hard being away from him....AT THE SAME TIME...it was REALLY nice to be out just Taylor and I. So, it was a great night and we are very grateful to have good friends!

Isaac's birthday celebration Part 1

The last weekend in September, so about two weeks ago, we went to Utah to celebrate Isaac's birthday with Taylor's family. It was SO fun and SO busy. We drove down Friday night. First thing on Saturday, we went to our nephew Braden's football game and it was so fun! Here's Braden with "coach" Cam. (He really is one of the coaches).

Look how studly Braden looks in all his pads! Here's Theran, Taylor, Isaac AND Cougar watching the game.
During the game, Alexa and Isaac played together. Alexa made Isaac SO happy. It was so cute to watch. After the game Alexa told me "I like Isaac." It was so cute. :-) I love watching Isaac interact with his cousins.

After the game we went down to Spanish Fork where we had a birthday party for Isaac and Morgan. Kim made a double-tier, two-sided sports themed cake for the two. It was adorable! Here is Isaac's side...

And Morgan blowing out the candles because ISAAC FELL ASLEEP! I couldn't believe it! I was so geared up for the whole cake adventure, but right before we were about to have it, Isaac needed a nap, so we decided it was best to put him down. Maybe next year we'll be able to get a picture of him and Morgan with the cake!

Once he woke up we opened gifts. Isaac was less than interested, but we are so grateful to our family for spoiling Isaac with gifts and love!


Later that night we had my friend take some family pictures--which was very fun and we hope to have some good ones to choose from! And then we had to be back for church on Sunday, so we left that morning. It was such a fun trip and it is always so good to see Taylor's family, I truly love them and feel SO SO SO SO blessed to have such GREAT in-laws!!!

Here is a picture of Isaac on our way home, he fell asleep holding his spoon and drinking out of his sippy cup!

My cute son

Ok, this night was A-W-E-S-O-M-E so I have to document it. About three weeks ago we went to Idaho Falls for the night and we all went shopping, out to dinner and then home for a movie. Talk about best night ever! And these are a few of the cute personality shots I got of Isaac...he's so cute.
He's waiting for more food from dad accompanied by an "ahhh" sound. Hahaha...