Ben turns 1

Ben turned one the end of July.  It has been a long year and it was full of ups and downs but his cute little smile made it all worth it!!  We LOVE you Ben!

Ben getting checked out in the NICU

This picture makes me tear up.  This is how Ben looked the first time I got to go see him.  He had was breathing really fast so they had to put him in the NICU for eight days.  It was the longest and hardest eight days of my life.  It is hard to be in the hospital recovering from having a baby and not being able to take care of the baby...and then to have to go home from the hospital without your baby...makes you feel horrible to have to leave your baby!

Ben LOVES water so we got him a water table.  He loved it!

I think this picture says it all!!  He is the first one of my kids to LOVE his cake on his first birthday!

A Visit to the Zoo

No trip to Utah is complete without a visit to Hogle Zoo.  This year they have a new exhibit called Rocky Shores.  We loved seeing the new animals up close!

This Polar Bear LOVES to swim right up to the window and pop up.  I have heard lots of people say they have seen the bear do this.  The kids LOVED it!  I think the bear likes to hear the kids all scream!!

Andrea needed a picture with the wolves because that is her school mascot.

I took this picture a little too soon so you can't see everyone.  It did get Josh and his buddy Joey!  Josh loves going to visit his boy cousins in Utah...he talks about Isaac and Joey all the time.

We LOVE playing at Grandma and Grandpa's House!!!

Lazy Summer Days

I miss being able to relax outside in the evenings and sitting in a backyard full of grass, trees, and other green things!! This is why I took the kids and escaped Las Vegas to spend a few weeks at my parents house!

Who needs Sprinklers?

My kids were going to run in the sprinklers today...Mother Nature decided to provide the sprinklers for us!!

Beautiful Sunsets

This picture doesn't do it justice but it was all we had. One thing about wildfires is they produce beautiful sunsets!

Ninja

While cleaning the toy room, Josh found these foreign objects...He decided they must be Ninja Gloves!