McKay and Nana

We've been in Ohio for five days now and I don't really have time to write a "proper" post so I thought I'd just post some pictures of my mom and McKay.

So happy to be with Nana

What's up with this face? Not sure, but I love it!

"Can we take her home with us Mom?"

Family Reunion (part 1 - Arizona)

Over the 4th of July weekend I took McKay on his first plane ride (which he did AWESOME on!). He and I traveled to Arizona where he met his great-grandparents, Ben and Jayne, as well as my aunt, uncle, and cousin. It was a little family reunion on my mom's side. My parents, Becca, and Lilly met us there. We planned this trip back in March and at the time the idea of going to Phoenix in July sounded great, but after we got there and spent a day in the 108 degree weather we wondered what we were thinking. Anyways we had a really good time together and we were all really glad that we got to go and be together (it ended up being good timing since my grandpa actually had a minor heart attack the day after we left - he's still in the hospital but is expected to be released in a couple of days). Next up, Ohio for 2 weeks! I love our summer travels!

Ben and Jayne with McKay and Lillia

(Becca being a dork!) Ben, Jayne, McKay and me

my mom holding the babies - McKay's trying to steal Lilly's pacifier!

Soooo stinkin' hot!

Papa with his babies before swimming

me, Mom, Becca

McKay, Andrea, Ben, Jayne, Kyra, and Lilly

Quick story

I got to see the sweetest thing last week so I thought I'd share it with everyone.

So last Friday at summer school this music group came to perform for the students. One of the singers got up to sing a "Hannah Montana" song and all the kids got excited. When the music started one little boy with special needs jumped up and shouted, "This is my favorite song!" He then started dancing and singing along at the top of his lungs. I felt kind of bad for the girl who was on stage singing because no one was even looking at her. Everyone was just loving watching the little boy have the time of his life. It was so sweet. His teacher eventually got him to stand in the back where he wouldn't distract the other kids.

Lucky us though, the last number was another Miley Cyrus song. I'm not a fan at all of hers, but I was so glad when they started to sing her "Party in the USA" song because I knew what was going to happen. Sure enough the little boy jumped us again and was busting out some awesome dance moves. It totally made my day.

BTW - summer school is going well. I only have 9 more days left of school and then I'll be traveling to AZ where I'll be meeting up my family and seeing my grandparents. YAY!

Our newest hobby

Let me begin by saying that Sean and I are not photographers, nor do we think we are. This is just something that we're having fun with. Okay, now I can tell about these pictures. Sean and I decided to get a "nice" camera after having McKay. We wanted a camera that would take great, sharp pictures and ones that wouldn't be all blurry whenever he moved around. So we got a Nikon and it's awesome.

Anyways so on this website that Sean likes, called Gizmodo, they have a weekly photo challenge. Usually about 200 people or so enter each week and they choose 8-10 pictures to feature. Sean's entered it twice and both times his picture has been highlighted. To see the actual site where they have the winners click here.

So here are his pictures that he entered:

This one was a "free-for-all" challenge where you could do whatever. He put a tube over the lens and then aimed the camera at a blue Gatorade bottle. Pretty cool.

Next was a self portrait. He set up the camera the night before and used a remote to take the pictures first thing.

This weeks challenge is the theme of oil on water (inspired by BP) so this one is actually my entry - not Sean's. I doubt I'll be featured, but that's okay. I think it's pretty.

Lastly, I HAVE to post a picture of my amazing cute baby. McKay has discovered that he can get his foot into his mouth. Don't you just love it when babies do this? I do. Especially when McKay does it.

6 months old

Happy 6 months to our baby! This has been the quickest 6 months of my life. Little Boy isn't so little anymore. We're taking him to the doctor tomorrow for his check up and shots. Poor baby boy.

BTW - Sean took this beautiful picture with our new camera. He is turning into quite the photographer. Go Sean!

Family Photo Shoot

Here are the pictures that my friend Janeese took while my family was here. I really like how they turned out. If you live in the Rexburg area and are looking for a great photographer, I recommend Janeese. Anyways here are some of my favorite ones.

Lillia and McKay

Family!

Becca, me, and the babies

Our little family

Sean and McKay

April = Family month!

We had a ton of family visit this past month. It was so much fun. McKay loved meeting / seeing everyone and he definitely loved getting extra attention. So, my family came to visit over Easter weekend. Becca and Lillia hadn't met McKay yet so that was special. Between the two babies on different eating and sleeping schedules we didn't really do a lot - that and the unexpected blizzard that came that weekend. We had planned on taking some pictures outdoors so that didn't happen like we hoped, but we were able to get them at my friend's house. Anyways here are some pictures from their visit.

Becca & my Easter Bunny

Westerville girls and babies

loving Nana time

admiring Papa's iphone

Our next visitors were Sean's mom and stepdad. They came up for Jamie's graduation. It was so nice to do family dinners with everyone and spend time together while celebrating Jamie's accomplishment. Unfortunately, I did not take a single picture. What was I thinking?! Sorry!

Finally, Sean's uncle Kent, aka Big Guy came up with his son Kenith to drop him off for college. It was a quick visit, but we were so glad to see him. We even went to their hotel pool and took McKay swimming for the first time He tolerated the water just fine.

Asleep with Big Guy after swimming