California trip

We had a wonderful trip to California with our family! We left Friday, the 2nd, and stayed that night in St. George. On Saturday we drove straight to Newport Beach to spend the day there.

Bridger fell in love with the beach immediately even though the weather was chilly. He couldn't get enough of playing in the sand and in the water!

Jake took Bridger out into the water and got him soaking wet. Bridger loved it!

On Sunday, the 4th, we spent the day in San Diego at Ty and Kathy's house. We got to meet baby Joshua for the first time. He is a tiny little thing and he's so adorable!

Bridger and BJ got pony boy rides from Grandpa. Josh is still a little too small for this.

Kathy is the cutest mom and she takes such good care of little Josh.

Grandpa and his three (soon to be four) grandsons.

Grandma and Grandpa and all their grandkids.

Our whole family (except Brooke 'cause she's taking the picture).

On Monday we spent the day at the Wild Animal Kingdom. It was a fun place and the kids enjoyed seeing all the wild animals.

Tuesday morning we got up early and drove back to Newport beach to spend the day. We started off at Ruby's Diner where we ran into the rest of the Hart family.

Jessie, Tanner, and Cade buried all the little kids.

Bridger and Madie

Jake dug a big hole and then Gabi and Jessie buried him in it. Bridger saw this as a good opportunity to get his Daddy! He scooter right over to him and threw handfuls of sand in his face. Luckily Jake was wearing his visor so he could block most of it.

Our little family at the beach. It was another cold day and the sun didn't come out until around 4:30 pm. Needless to say, I did not spend much time in the water. I had to wear my sweatshirt the whole time!

On Wednesday we went to Seaworld with Brody and Corine's family, my mom and dad, and Barry. The weather was perfect and we had a great time going to the shows and looking at all the sea animals.

Makenzie, Jake, Bridger, Eliza, and Ivy enjoying the Shamu show. Bridger was more intrigued with the seeing eye dog that was sitting in back of us than he was the big whales.

That night Jake and I drove to Las Vegas and spent the night at his sister Brandy's house and the next day we drove back home. We had such a fun trip! Too bad they always have to go by so fast.

28 weeks and counting...

I can hardly believe I am already 28 weeks along in this pregnancy! The time goes by so much faster with the second pregnancy. If you asked me how far along I was when I was pregnant with Bridger, I could tell you exactly "28 weeks and 5 days" or whatever. With this one people ask me and I have to think about it really hard. I usually just say, "around seven months."

This pregnancy has been even easier than my first one (which was very easy as well). When I was pregnant with Bridger I got some kind of arthritis in my wrists but luckily I haven't had that this time. I am so blessed to have such smooth pregnancies--no morning sickness, no cravings, no getting grossed out by smells, nothing. I guess it just means I will have to have lots of kids. We'll see!

I'm so excited for this little baby to come. I love him so much already and I can't wait to see Bridger and him together! Bridger will be the best big brother and I'm sure they'll be best buddies.

Pres. Monson

One of the many perks of living in Salt Lake City is that you sometimes run into the Prophet at dinner! We went to Little America with Jake's family and while we were eating dinner Pres. Monson was on his way out. He saw the kids at our table and came over to say "hi." The first thing he said when he came to the table was, "Where did that boy get his red hair?" (to Bridger). Braxton and Kobee got to shake his hand and give him high fives. He asked Braxton when his birthday was and when he told him Oct. 7th Pres. Monson told him that date is also he and his wife's wedding anniversary! What a neat opportunity for those boys. They will definitely have something to brag about when they get home.

Here he is talking to Braxton and Kobee

This shot didn't turn out too great but at least I grabbed my camera and took some pictures! It was so fun seeing him in person. I was pretty starstruck. He's the only "celebrity" I would care to meet.

Happy Father's Day, Jakey!

We had a fun Father's Day! We didn't start off with breakfast in bed because I had an early morning meeting. I decided to do brunch in bed instead. So I left a menu on Jake's pillow that he had to fill out and hang on the door (you know, like room service at a hotel). He got Bridger ready for church and they wore new ties. I wanted them to match but couldn't find some that matched exactly. Oh well, they still looked great!

After church I made Jake's brunch and told him to go lie down in bed so I could bring it up to him. Bridger wanted to eat in bed too but it was a bad idea. I love this picture where he's going crazy and Jake is trying not to spill the drinks all over the bed!

Yummy brunch in bed! Jake chose pancakes, scrambled eggs, apple sauce, chocolate milk, apple juice, and peanut butter m&ms for dessert.

After we all took a nice nap we opened Jake's presents. He got a hat from Bridger that says "#1 Dad" on it, some new garments, and a cute picture book about him and Bridger.

He loved the book!

We went to my mom and dad's for dinner. We had fun giving Grandpa Jimmy his present. We made him a shirt that has a picture of him and Bridger making their bread. Their company is called Grandpa Bridger Bread Company and the bread they make is delicious!

My mom made my dad a cute picture book with all the grand kids in it. It's already outdated since Joshua was born so we'll have to make another one soon.

We didn't get to see Jake's dad, Craig, 'cause he was in Indiana helping Lynnadele get ready for the move. We'll have to celebrate with him later. We are grateful for our dads and hope they had a wonderful Father's Day too!

Lagoon

On June 5th, we went to Lagoon with my cousin, Scooter, his wife, Michelle, and Jake's work buddy, Russ and his wife, Emily. They got free tickets from work for making their sales goal that month. We got there at lunch time and ate lunch with everyone.

We had a yummy lunch from Quiznos.

We weren't sure if Bridger would be big enough to go on any rides with us but I looked on the internet before we left and found out he could go on a bunch of rides as long as he was with a "responsible adult." So we started off on jumping dragon. This ride goes around in circles and up and down hills. It starts out going forward and then slows down and changes directions. We didn't know what Bridger would think of this ride but he loved it! It went faster than we thought but he was a champ! I probably shouldn't have been on it since I'm pregnant but I wanted to see Bridger's reaction. I think he was the littlest kid on the ride.

Then we went on one called OdySea. I think this was Bridger's favorite. It went around in a circle and you could make your fish go up and down. I didn't go on this one 'cause you get wet but Bridger and Jake didn't mind a bit!

Bridger was even able to go on the Log Ride with us. He loved it but got a little nervous on the big hill!

He loved the Carousel! We also went on the train, on Puff the little Fire Dragon, the Haunted House, Tonhiki (or something like that), and then Tilt-O-Whirl. We had no idea how fast Tilt-O-Whirl went! It didn't look like it would be too bad but it was! Jake and I were laughing so hard and little Bridger just sat there not making a peep. I was really surprised they let little kids on some of those rides! But we loved it!

Bridger and I were about to leave but we decided to take him on the other Haunted House ride. While we were in line he just couldn't fight it anymore and fell asleep. So we hopped out of line and Jake walked us to the car. Jake stayed with the other guys so he could go on some bigger rides. We had such a fun day and Bridger was a trooper! I can't wait until next summer when he can go on some bigger rides by himself.

Ty and Kath are parents!

We have the most exciting news! Tyler and Kathy adopted a baby boy today! His name is Joshua Tyler Hart. He was born this morning around 7:30 am and weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz. We are so happy for Ty and Kath! They will be the best parents ever! Here are some pictures Kathy sent us of the new baby:

Don't they look great with their new baby?

Kath will be the best mom ever!

And Ty will be the funnest dad!

What a cutie!

Congratulations, Ty and Kathy! We are SO happy for you and we can't wait to meet your little guy!

What we've been up to...

A few weeks ago, we had a short visit from Aunt Misty and Eeva. Bridger and Eeva had fun playing together!

We've been shopping with Brooke and Grandma and Bridger got to ride the carousel. He loved it!

Bridger loves playing the piano with Uncle Brody and Daddy.

We've been to a few Real Salt Lake soccer games. We had so much fun!

We went to Jessie and Jason's wedding. Doesn't Jess look gorgeous?

We got to celebrate Grandma and Grandpa's birthdays.

On Grandma's birthday Bridger surprised Grandma with flowers and balloons.

One Friday, May 28th, Jake didn't have to work so we went to Boondocks with Eliza, Ivy, Grandma, and Grandpa. We had a blast going on the go-carts, eating a yummy dinner, playing the arcade games, playing miniature golf, and watching Jake and Grandpa at the batting cages.

Here's a picture of Bridger playing wac a mole.

The next day we went on a fun little hike with the girls, Brooke, and G & G to the "H" on the mountain.

We went to the cemetery with Cookie and Steve's family the Sunday before Memorial Day. We visited our Grandpa Hart's, Jeremy and David's, and Great Grandma and Grandpa Peterson's graves.

On Memorial Day, we went on a picnic up Parley's Canyon with my Uncle Bruce and his family. Bridger loved going down the slippery slide with Daddy!

After our picnic, we went swimming at Cookie and Steve's. We had such a fun weekend! I wish Jake always had four day weekends so he could play with me and Bridger this much every week!