I want to catch up the past few weeks with Carter. Before talking about anything else, I want to thank everyone for being so kind and thoughtful to our family the past month. We really appreciate the visits, meals, gifts and kind gestures from family and friends. It's really made the past month easier and more enjoyable. Thank you all!
The week after Carter was born, Pauline came over and took some pictures of him. Here are some of my favorites. Thanks for the wonderful pictures Pauline; they're so precious! You're amazing!
Sunday June 19th, was Father's Day. Steve took Nyles to church and I stayed home w/ Carter. Steve said they gave the kids candy to give to the dad's, but of course Nyles wanted to eat it himself. He did the same thing for Mother's day. How can you blame a kid though right? Here are some fun things Nyles said about Steve. The first he filled out at church and the second I helped him with.
Nyles driving an ATV.
Steve being the Hulk and lifting Nyles up.
The men being Super Heroes.
Brandon-Iron Man, Dave-Captain America, Steve-the Hulk, Jeff-Spiderman, and Phill-Batman.
London, Conor and Nyles playing on the trampoline.
Stacie and Ethan holding baby Carter.
The guys dipping Chandler into a bucket of water-he deserved it needless to say ;)
Joann holding baby Carter. He slept the whole evening and enjoying being held by everyone ;)
The next day we got the pool out and played in the back yard. It sure was hot outside, but Nyles had a blast playing in the pool. First he ate a Popsicle, then he loved playing a game "pour water on daddy." He even poured a bucket on himself. Silly kid ;)
On Tuesday, June 20th Barbara came down from Idaho w/ her 6 kids to visit. She stayed w/ Pauline for the week, but came over to visit that night. The kids stayed at Pauline's house while Pauline and Barbara came over to hold baby Carter. They could only stay about an hour, then had to get home to get the kids to bed.
The next day Steve drove out to Pauline's house w/ Nyles and went w/ Pauline and Barbara over to Herriman Reservoir to swim. Steve said the water was a little cold, but Nyles still had a great time.
Friday morning we decided to go up to Silver Lake since it would be cooler up at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon, and we wouldn't be as much in a crowded area (for Carter's sake only being 2 weeks old). It was beautiful up there as usual and the weather was wonderful. We had a good walk around the lake, then had a picnic lunch afterwards. It was nice to get out in the outdoors and take Carter on an outing. Rose was gone at Girl's Camp, otherwise I'm sure she and the girls would have joined us too.
Taking a stroll around Silver Lake.
All the kids: Carter, Calley, Abby, Mikey, Ryan, Nyles, Brady, Charlotte, Dallin and Ezra.
Carter enjoying the ride. He slept the whole ride up and around the lake.
Charlotte taking Nyles hand, Barbara w/ Calley and Abby.
Our picnic lunch.
Pauline, Barbara and I.
Steve and Nyles waiting and enjoying the outdoors while I fed Carter before heading down the canyon again.
On the 28th it was Rob's birthday. We had him over for dinner and made him a cake. He picked out a strawberry cake w/ strawberry frosting (since he'd never tried it before he said). It was surprisingly good. We all liked it; it was really moist!
Nyles refraining from blowing out the candles for Rob.
Nyles going down the slide, now Conor.
Steve and Nyles going down the slide.
We've been working on the house some more, a little here and there as well. Steve painting the formal living room after fixing a few spots we had to patch up on the wall.
Steve also planted more flowers in front of the porch.
Steve had 2 tree companies come over and tell us about our trees. They suggested cutting down several of them, especially our Cottonwood trees in the back. The main reasons for that is that they are getting really big and ruining our back patio cement area, plus they're hindering the growth of other trees. There are also unwanted runners growing everywhere from the trees all over our yard and lawn. We will likely cut them down eventually, we just haven't decided when. They also suggested cutting out our tree in the front. They called it a junk tree. It has grown a lot since we've moved in, and will continue to do so they said. After getting the advice, Steve decided to cut down the smaller trees himself.
Steve getting his chainsaw ready.
The Elm Tree we cut down in the front.
Steve cutting it down.
All done.
Steve cutting down some other trees in the back yard.
Nyles being a big helper carrying the branches away.
Carter just being cute.
Steve had two lucky days you could say. He said he wanted to get Nyles out of the house and let me rest, and I'm sure he wanted to get out of the house as well. The first day he went to Scheels and ironically they must have had a "free day." They let Nyles and Steve ride on the Ferris Wheel for free, and do some games like shoot the ducks. Nyles had a blast! You can't beat free entertainment either.
The next day Steve decided to go to Cabelas and let Nyles look at the fish. As they were entering the store an employee asked Steve if he would take a survey and by doing so he would get a $100 gift card. Steve asked how long it would take and the guy said about 30 minutes. Since they weren't in a hurry, and Steve could easily think of things to spend the money on, he said he would. He asked if they could take the survey outside so Nyles could play on some of the rafts outside, and the employee said sure. Well, after about 20 minutes, Steve was done w/ the survey, and they gave him a $100 gift card to Cabelas. Steve then went in the store and found something to spend his money on. When he got home I could hear loud thunks as Steve came up the stairs. As he came into our room he was carrying a large box. He then told me the story of how he basically got a gun safe for free at Cabelas. Lucky boy again!
The gun safe.
Nyles at the dentist. No cavities, yeah!
Some pics of Nyles. He loves his fireworks shirt :)
June was great! Thanks again everyone for your kind deeds! Love ya! :)
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