Avery and Trevor

Aren't these first two pictures so cute? For Pioneer Day weekend Ryan, Brett's brother, and his wife Rachel came to visit us. There little boy, Trevor, and Avery had lots of fun playing together. This is at the mall and we told Avery and him to hold hands and Avery grabbed his hand and wasn't letting go and they ran around the mall together. It was so cute. The boys went golfing while we had fun shopping. Golfing has become Brett's new favorite summertime hobby. He loves to go and would go every day if he could. While they were staying with us we also went to the pioneer days parade in St. Anthony and just had fun hanging out and letting the kids play at the park.

They have a carousel at the park in Rexburg. It was Avery's first time riding it and she seemed to really like it. She didn't really smile real big or anything; just sat there and enjoyed the ride, but i know she liked it because we were at the park yesterday and she said to me "ride the horse, ride the horse" so we will have to take her again.

My little girl is getting to be so BIG! I can not believe that she will be 2 in October. Time Flies!

Camping!

This past weekend we took our first camping trip of the summer. The summer has seemed like it has just flown by. I really wanted to get to go camping and we did. We had lots of fun. It was a pretty quick little trip but we enjoyed it. My brother, Stephen, and his wife Lindsay went camping with us. We went to Heise Hot Springs, which is only about 20 minutes from Rexburg. We had never been there before so it was fun to go. They have nice shaded camp areas, a golf course (which sold Brett on going there), and the pools. It was the first camping trip that I planned and had to remember all the food and everything because every other time we have gone camping together we have gone on trips with our whole families that our wonderful parents planned. I did good though. I didn't forget anything too important :) We decided that maybe Avery could try her own sleeping bag this year so we got one for her and she loved to play in it. She kind of slept in it, but of course she ended up sleeping between Brett and I.
The joys of being a kid. You can just sit and eat cheetos while the parents set up camp :)

Steve and Linds making some smores

Avery got so tired during swimming she just passed out on the deck and slept for a little while.


These are just a few other fun recent picture...

I got my hair colored and went a little darker this time but there is still a lot of blonde in it. I really like it.

One morning Avery and I made Orange Julius. She had fun drinking it :)

It's a GIRL!!!

It's official we are having another girl! We are very excited. I have already got out all our little girl clothes from Avery and have been filling the dresser. I didn't realize I had soooo many clothes. It really is a blessing for us right now that we are having a little girl becasue we have everything that we need and since I will be student teaching and Brett will also be starting fast grad this fall we will have a little less money then usual.
Right now as I am posting this Avery is sitting beside me looking at the pictures and saying "baby, I love it, baby" so I think that she is very excited too! We are going to name her Oakley. Avery points at the pictures and says Oakie. It is very cute. It will be so fun to have a baby in our home again since Avery is growing way to fast. Here are the ultrasound pictures of our little Oakley. Enjoy! This first one is her side profile.

This one is the front of her face.

And this last one is of her cute little feet.

The docotor said that everything looks great! She is growing just how she should. We will probably plan a scheduled c-section for the 30th of November unless she decides to join our family before then!

By Request... 19 Weeks

So Nancy requested to see a picture of my belly so here it is. I think with Avery I probably already had 2 pictures of my belly by 19 weeks on my blog, but with this one it just isn't as fun to gain weight again so I haven't taken pictures. I am very excited to be having another baby and to get a big belly again but I am just at that stage that no one really likes :) My belly is much bigger at 19 wks with this one then it was with Avery, but I hear that happens :) We are very excited to find out if we will be having a boy or a girl this Friday the 9th so check back and we will have some more ultrasound pictures and the big news this weekend!

Soon to be Olympic Swimmer...

We got to take Avery swimming 3 times while we were in Burley. She loves the water! I am so glad that she does because I do also. She is such a good little swimmer already too. She was kicking her legs and moving her arms all by herself with the me holding her up of course. She loved to jump in from the side of the pool and she didn't mind when her face got wet. It was so fun to take her to the pool!Avery sporting her new swim wear.
I was teaching Avery how to blow bubbles. She kept trying when I told her to but she still needs some practice :)





I wish I could take her swimming everyday. I am going to teach her to be a good little swimmer!

Over the weekend we got lots of time to spend just hanging out with family. Brett even got to go golfing a couple times with my brothers which he really likes doing. We also took Avery to the 4th of July parade in Rupert where she got lots of candy and loved it. I love getting to spend time with my family and Avery loves to get to play with her cousins. Enjoy these pictures of us just hanging out...Avery and Mel were so sweet to each other... big hugs :)



Steve and Linds
I love my Brett!

Sum and Bri
Avery had so much fun playing on the tire swing at Grandpa's house!
Avery had a blast playing with Chase and the kitties. Thayne even brought his huge dog, Dugan, over one day. Avery liked him but not when he would wack her in the face with his huge tail.

What cute little girls having so much fun!


Grandpa, Grandma, and Avery just chillin in the swing :)

FireWorks!!!

Brett, Stephen, Lindsay, and I all went out and got some of our own fireworks to light off on the 4th. We just got a package of little fountain ones and really they weren't very good but it was still fun to have our own fireworks. And of course we got Sparklers! When we got to the fireworks stand the guy asked us what we wanted and linds and I quickly and very excitedly said sparklers so Brett then made the comment "two girls in there mid twenties need their sparklers." What a nice guy to make fun of us for liking sparklers. :) From my parents house where we did our fireworks we saw lots of other awesome fireworks all around us though. My pro sister-in-law linds and me!
These are our excited for fireworks faces
So we had a little accident with the sparklers. Avery didn't really want to hold one at first but I wanted her to so I helped her hold it and then she wanted to do it all by herself. When she was playing with her second sparkler the fire went all the way out and she grabbed the top of the stick where it had been hot and burnt her finger. She just got a little blister. We went and put cold water on it for a little and she was all better and ready to come see more fireworks. She is so tough :)

Linds and Steve doing their sparkler dance

These were the two who had fun playing with the fire.

Dad, Thayne, Amber, and her girls enjoying the fireworks

We watched the fireworks they do by the river in Burley in my parents front lawn. Avery was so tired by the end of the fireworks. She ended up falling asleep in my arms as the fireworks were ending.