Cake

Gabrielle wasn't so sure what to do with the cake at first, but once she tasted what it was she had a great time! We had fun just all sitting around watching her have such a wonderful time. What a cutie!

Party

Gabrielle had a great time at her birthday party today. She wasn't as interested in opening the gifts as she was at playing with what was inside. Brandon I think had more fun opening them!

Zoo

We had a wonderful time at the zoo today, despite the 100 degree temps. Gabrielle loved pointing and watching and talking about all the animals. We went later in the day so a lot of the animals were taking their naps to get out of the heat, but we were still able to see and enjoy quite a few.

Happy Birthday Gabrielle

Today our baby turns one!! It is so hard to believe that a whole year has already gone by, time sure goes fast. We have had a wonderful year with Gabrielle, she is such a joy and continues each day to do the cutest things. We gave her two of her gifts this morning, two stuffed dogs. As you can see one is small and one is quite large. She wasn't so sure about the larger one, but once she realized that he wouldn't lick her like Gus she was OK. We are going to the Zoo this afternoon and then having Cake and Ice Cream tomorrow.

Hungry anyone?

Tired

While I was working on Sunday night Gabrielle and Brandon went for a walk before bed. This is what Gabrielle looked like when they got home!

Pool

We got a fun new pool for Gabrielle and set it up on Saturday. We like it because it is big enough for us to sit in as well. Gabrielle loved it and the cold water didn't seem to bother her that much except when she wanted to crawl. She learned to stand up all by herself instead of crawling to Brandon!

Timpanogos

We hiked to the Timpanogos caves yesturday and did the tour through. It was very fun. I have done it before, but it has been several years. We went very early in the morning to beat the heat which was very smart. I felt bad for all those hiking up as we were hiking down! There were no complaints from the kids and everyone seemed to have a wonderful time. Gabrielle loved riding on my back in the pack, she was talking and pointing at things and just enjoyed herself.


It has been fun having family in town. They are now up in Ogden with my Mom and will spend several days up there, we will try to join them next week for an activity or two.

Deer Creek

My Aunt Heather is in town from California with her children, also my Mom and neice Megan. They went on the Heber Creeper this morning and then the Alpine Slide and new coaster ride in Park City and then tonight we took a picnic dinner to Deer Creek and then played in the water. They said it was cold at first, but then you got used to it. Gabrielle love it! So much so that we are thinking we need to get her to a real beach! She just sat there conent the whole time playing with the rocks and enjoying the small waves that splashed her.

Ladybugs

Brandon discovered Aphids in one of our trees. There are two ways to get rid of them, spray or ladybugs. The more environmental friendly way would be the ladybugs. Brandon came home on Friday with 1500 ladybugs and released them in/on/around the tree and waited. They are supposed to eat the Aphids and then fly away to find other food. Each day there were less and less ladybugs, but still the same amount of Aphids, today I think are all gone. So now we will try the spray! It was fun to see the ladybugs, if that is all they were good for!

Weekend

I had a baby shower in Ogden on Saturday morning, so Gabrielle and I went and spent the rest of the day at my Mom's house and Brandon spent the day fishing, which he loves.

We found Scott's old swing and hung it in the lowest branch of the tree, which was pretty high, but Gabrielle loved it.

We also went swimming in an outdoor pool, a first for us. They had some really fun kids pools that are nice and shallow and Gabrielle loved crawling around and sitting underneath the showers! It was a beautiful day, suppossed to have been around a 100 degrees, so the water was nice.

Happy Fathers Day!

We love you!!

Carnival

There was a carnival in town this weekend, so we went by and walked around and rode the Merry-go-round.

MOO

Our first encounter with a real cow, which worked out perfect since Gabrielle has just started mooing!

Books

Gabrielle loves to climb up the stairs to her room, pull ALL her books off the shelf and sit in my lap while we read. I am so glad that we started early reading to her and that she loves books. It is fun to see her face light up when we read her favorites. She loves, "Doggies" by Sandra Boynton.

Soft

Gabrielle loves to hug and cuddle anything that is soft. It is so cute! The large monkey and bear, "Mork and Mindy", are from Brandon's childhood.