June

We (and when I say we I mean Ryan) started off the month in June finishing these awesome bookcases.  This was a in the process pic, I didn't get a good before picture but just imagine nothing to...

this... Cool "built-in" bookcases! We found a blog that showed how to buy book cases from Ikea and make them look built in and they turned out awesome.  Hopefully I can get this room finished this year and do a blog post on actually finishing a room!

 Then we had the awesome Bell family reunion (except for missing mom/grandma) at a cabin near Park City.  The kids had fun playing together, and the adults had fun after the kids went to bed playing games.  One of the highlights was definitely the film festival!

 Ryan took Tristan out to do a photo shoot while at the cabin and this is the result. This kids cracks me up!

 Ivory turned 8 months old and we went to the Lehi City parade, it was so fun.  Tristan just loved the bands and most importantly the candy!

 These two are best buds and so goofy together:)

 The same day of the parade we went to Taylorsville days which we do every year with Ryan's sister and some of their friends.  It is the best fireworks show of the summer! And Tristan just thought the fireworks were the coolest thing ever he kept laughing hysterically and calling out to his cousin "Ashy, see, see"

Tristan gets tackled by his cousins

He may have started it...

 This is just a random pic of me and the kiddos that I think is kinda funny!

Happenings of late and going private with the blog

We have decided it is about time to put the blog on private finally, not sure how to go about doing that, but I think I need your email to allow you to view it, so if you want to partake of our super exciting blog  send me your email address..

 Here's a little of what we have been up to lately...

We've been hitting up the Thanksgiving point scene a lot recently.  Tristan loves this airplane at the new curiosity museum and this shovel thing, more meltdowns have occurred when leaving said items than any other time or place I think

On Mother's day weekend we ate at Kneader's (because mom's got free french toast and its delicious) and then went to the aquarium.  Notice how Tristan notices this huge fish by him and gets further and further from it in each pic and his cousin actually gets closer and closer.

Ryan looked out his window at work which overlooks their studio and sees Big foot knocking down a nazi soldier... What?  All in a day's work I guess.

Bowling at the Provo Beach Resort with the Bells and Perkins

Went to St. George to buy our Honda Pilot from Ryan's sister, this is the only pic we took apparently, but its cute :)

Memorial Day Hike

Park Time

Learned to sit, right around 6 months

This is a common occurence now

Falling asleep holding on to her favorite (and only) car toy

Eating in the high chair

Fhe activity going to see Adobe #TristanLoveshiscousinsandPenny

Easter 2014

This was a fun Easter, Tristan  was definitely old enough to enjoy it.  We started off the festivities with our  neighborhood egg hunt which was less of a hunt and more of a grab as many eggs laying out as fas t as you can.  Tristan was so funny when they released the children he took off running passing about 10 eggs to get to this one particular one he had his eyes on. Once he realized there was candy involved he quickly got into the spirit of things and grabbed as many as he could.

Now onto the 2nd Easter egg hunt of the day with the Egans.  Grandkid pic just as all grandkids pictures turn out

Family Pic

Egan Family pic

 After the egg hunt and bbq we decided to hurry over to the tulip festival at the gardens before it closed, the kids are pretty tired by this point.

 EASTER MORNING!!!   Tristan follows the Easter bunny tracks

 and finds his Easter basket in the pantry.

 Checking out their goodies

 I think he's pleased, the highlights were the chocolate easter bunny and dinosaur

 What's this Easter thing you people talk of, I guess its alright says Ivory

 Oh my goodness this little girl is cute!!  And ps I love having a girl to dress up!

Me and the kiddos

 We finished the day out with a most yummy afternoon dinner with Ryan's family and then desserts at our house with the Perkins and Bells.

Oh I also made this delightful # for breakfast... it is French toast so technically eating the leftovers don't count as a dessert for the health challenge, right family???