Isaac's 1st Birthday

Isaac was so spoiled for his first birthday. First he had his aunt Morgan and Grandma Tolman here to visit the week before and they gave him some cute presents! Then we had a little family party on the day of his birthday where we took him to his favorite restaurant (red lobster lol)where he got to pet a lobster! Then we came home and opened some more presents and had cake and ice cream. He LOVED his cake and wanted to share too. That weekend we went to Sacramento to celebrate with his cousin Emmett(his birhtday is 2 weeks later). He got a lot of construction trucks and a real soccer ball from dad and a few clothes. I'd say he was very spoiled for not even remembering it in a couple weeks!

Sawyer's Birthday!

Sawyer's Birthday was on Aug. 19th. It was a friday and we celebrated by going on a date to all you can eat seafood and the local casino! We definately ate all we could then tried our luck on the tables! Just kidding we watch people bet their money away so that was more fun than loosing the money ourselves. The wednesday before his birthday we had a mutual activity that was a surprise birthday party thrown together at the last minute. I wanted to make him a cool cake but I didn't want to have to eat it all so we shared with the youth. I also made him a candy cake and it was my first one and it was really cute, it would be a good present to anyone.

Triathlon Season

This summer Sawyer has really gotten into riding his road bike. He has been looking for races and he decided to do a few triathlons where you swim, bike then finish with a run. He did his first one with his brother and friend. It was really fun to watch and he did really well! Then a few weeks later they had talked the girls into doing one! It was a sprint triathlon so it wasn't as long but it was still hard and fun! It was 1/4 mile swim, 8 mile bike and 2 mile run. Sawyer, me, Robby, Cami, and Shelby were all in it. It was miserable at the time but now I look back and say it was fun!


Getting ready and really nervous!

The girls starting. We are in the middle in two black tanks (me and Shelby) and Cami in pink







Our cheering section!

Fun in the Sun!

This summer has been really fun for us! We have gotten to do a lot of fun things with family and friends and most of them were outside under the sun.

One of the first things we did when we got to Redding was went to see Burney Falls, and the Lava Tubes. They were both really pretty and Isaac loves seeing new things, he is very observant.

























On one of the many trips to Sacramento we went to six flags. Isaac was a very good boy given the circumstances of being really hot, not riding any rides and getting pushed around in the stroller the whole time. It was fun to ride a few rides with the other kids though and we saw lots of animals and a whale show!
















Next was the Tolman Cabin Trip. Sawyer wasn't able to go with us this year so it was mom and Isaac flying to St. George for 4 days! The plane rides were amazingly really good. Isaac slept on almost every plan. (we were on four different planes, 2 there and 2 back) He even had his own seat on one and was making sure he knew what to do in an emergency! Here are a few points about the cabin that you need to know. There is good food, good hiking, and playing lots of games! It was fun to see everyone and Isaac loved going on hikes.

Shasta County Fair (saying it with an accent is more fun!)

We took Isaac to his first fair last night! It was so fun. He loved seeing all the animals and tasting all the fried fatty food! We looked all over the park for a ride that he could ride but they were all too big. Next year he will be going on a lot of rides! Sawyer and I took a turn on one ride each and I chose the scariest one! I loved it, although it was a little wierd riding it by myself. Sawyer chose the gravitron which he said was his favorite growing up so he needed to see if he still liked it...he did.


Sawyer's Ride

My Ride (it did a full circle)
















The area that we live in is so beautiful that we have started a fun little tradition of a sunday drive. Our backyard is the mountains and Shasta Lake so it's fun to look at the beautiful creation Heavenly Father made. Isaac loves to get out and look at the lake and watch the boats go by.













New things with Isaac:
-He is turning 9 months this month:( (it goes by so fast!)
-HE CAN CRAWL!!!
-He loves food. I rarely feed him baby food anymore because he will just eat with us.
-He still loves his walks
-He likes riding in the bike trailer and laughing at daddy while he is pulling him up hills
-He likes to walk holding on to our fingers
-He loves his sippy cup and drinks lots of water and juice from it
-He waves bye bye and night night.
-He points with his chubby fingers
-He is still the cutest baby ever!!




Daddy made yummy cookies!




I found him like this and he played under it for a long time!