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!

March-April 2011

In March we celebrated Isaac's 1/2 birthday with cupcakes...he just licked the frosting. We also decided to take a job at Interstate Battery in Redding, CA where Sawyer's brother-in-law was able to give us something temperary and we are really grateful for that! We moved in on April 11th and I left a week later for Utah for an exciting road trip with Erin, her kids and Shannon. There was only a few minor mishaps like 7 out of the 11 people in Kelsey's house had the flu and was throwing up one by one the whole week. Other than that it was really fun seeing lots of family and having a really good Easter.

Maya and Isaac are good friends and Maya loves to play with baby Isaac. She is such a good cousin!

On Saturday we had an Easter egg hunt and Isaac was really into the easter baskets! Just wait until he knows whats in them!

Two of my nieces were blessed on Easter! It was a busy Sunday. We started in South Salt Lake in Jamey and Dave's ward blessing Avery Jill Hulsberg at 9:00AM then we had muffins and juice and jumped in the car to get up to Logan for Clara Tolman's blessing in Rock and Jen's ward at 1:30PM.

Here are some of the things that Isaac is doing lately:
-rolling over both ways
-rocking back and forth on his hands and knees (hopefully crawling soon)
-eating gerber snacks and lots of baby food
-puts his pacifier in his mouth all by himself
-he loves going on walks outside
-he loves his giraffe (see picture)
-loves seeing daddy and gets really happy (gets bored with mommy all day)

He is growing so fast and it makes me sad and happy at the same time. I miss the times he used to cuddle and fall asleep on me but he is so fun and always smiling and laughing. Being a mom is hard work and I admire all of the moms out there especially the ones with more than one kid! I don't know how you do it!