Gunner's Surgery 8/6/10

Can't tell he had a surgery this morning can you? This might be a little TMI (too much info) but I had to get this down for journaling purposes. Gunner had to have his circumscion 'fixed' this August at six months old. Tony still flinches when you even mention it, so we had one brave little man. :) We got some good pictures on our phones of him in the hospital waiting for the surgery, but we forgot the camera when he went. He had to be there at 6 am and couldn't eat anything for eight hours before so considering all of this, he was absolutely wonderful. He waved bye bye at us as the doctor took him to the operating room and only cried when he woke up because he was starving. He acted like his happy old self all day long and only needed a tiny bit of his pain medication. What a brave boy! It was a lot harder on me than it was on him. We're glad that's behind us!

Preston Rodeo! July 2010

Ready for another year of that Famous Preston Night Rodeo with Great Grandpa Jensen! (seems when I send the camera with dad, not many pictures get taken :) Grandpa loves the rodeo, so we will go as long as he is still willing to take us! This year, Tony, Hallie, Ben, Lauren, Steph, Kaden, Emily and Rachael all went with Grandpa. It poured rain that night for the first time in 20 years, but they still had a lot of fun. I'm so glad Hallie is old enough to get to go to the rodeo with Grandpa Jensen and now she'll remember it. I have such good memories of going with my siblings with Grandma and Grandpa to the carnival and the rodeo. We looked forward to it all summer! Hallie still loves cowgirls and horses so she has a great time.

And me and my little cowboy got to stay home and clean the house that night! I hope Grandpa can keep up the tradition a few more years at least so Gunner can go too!

Sitting up!

Here are a couple good pictures of Gunner sitting up all on his own! What a big boy! He looks so serious with his bink in his mouth!

The 5th of July

The 4th of July fell on a Sunday this year, so here are the kids ready for church on the actual fourth. We did Gunner's six month old pictures and Hallie's five year pictures in their fourth outfits and they turned our really cute.

And there you have pretty much all the pictures I got that day and no, none of them are the cutest! We did the usual on the fifth, went to the world's LONGEST PARADE EVER that famous Hyrum Parade, we had a cookout at Grandma Cathy's with the cousins after that and then to the fireworks that night. It was a fun day!

How does a boy make a Pink Bumbo cool?

Put on your shades and enjoy a game of ringtoss!

*The story of a the pink bumbo is actually quite frustrating to me...this spring there were no blue or green bumbos in this valley, but now everytime I go into Wal-Mart there they are, almost mocking me. Don't worry, my little man makes his pink bumbo cool! And it only got a couple months worth of use because he learned how to twist his way out of it pretty quick. So if anyone needs a practically brand new girl bumbo, I've got one!

BABY Boy

So the last time I posted this baby boy of mine was still just that-a BABY boy. Now he thinks he is a little man who does not need held and does not need anyones help doing anything. (Keep in mind we are only aproaching 8 months) I came across these pictures today while cleaning off the camera. Lookin back only a few months seems so long ago, when he was just getting the hang of his tummy and scooting. He's got a busy big sister to keep up with, which is why I think he learned to move a bit faster than Hallie did.

Such cuties! What on earth did we do with all of our time before they came along?? :)

Someday.....

Someday (soon!) I will update this blog. Do you hear me, Steph?