Paxton's New Backpack

We are so excited for Paxton to start preschool this fall!!  All summer we have been trying to get him prepared for school and of course the first thing that we had to do was to get him a backpack!  I am not a huge fan of "character" stuff so we decided to go for his favorite thing...baseball! 

I found this darling little backpack at Pottey Barn and got his name and a baseball patch put on it!  I was not too pleased when it came in the mail and was so small it couldn't even hold a folder but oh well Paxton loves it!  The next day I caught him taking pictures of his backpack and cup...these are 3 of about 20 pictures he took!

 He is so proud of his new backpack and has worn it everyday since...I don't know if it is going to make it clear until September! 

4 Years!!

For our 4th Anniversary we decided to leave the boys with my parents and head down to St. George!  Our first stop was to see Aladdin at Tuacahn!  I have never been there before and loved it (minus the 100 degree heat!)

 Part of the show was in 3D so we had to show off our 3D glasses!

 

 We stayed at the Wingate Hotel and I was pretty impressed!  I could easily trade my bed for this...

 

 And my bathroom for this!!

 

Happy Anniversary Babe!!  It has been an awesome 4 years and I am so glad that we get to spend many many more together!!

Speedy Spaniard

When Andy said he wanted to sign up for the Speedy Spaniard 10K this year I thought he was CRAZY!!  Who in the world wants to run 6.2 miles...apparently my husband!!

Andy hates this picture because it looks like he has no arms and only 1 leg!

I am so proud of him...not only did he run the whole time but he met his goal of finishing in under an hour with 59 Minutes and 6 seconds!!  Great job Babe!!

Spanish Fork Rodeo

We were excited to be able to take the boys to the Spanish Fork Fiesta Days Rodeo!!  I wasn't sure what to expect or if they would even like it...but I was pleasantly surprised!!

Tegan loved people watching (one of my favorite hobbies at these type of things) and charming all of the people sitting around us!

 And Paxton loved watching the cowboys and all of the animals!  I kept asking him throughout the night, "Do you want to ride a horse?  Do you want to ride a cow?  Do you want to ride a sheep?"  Every time he adamantly said "No!!"  Finally as the rodeo was ending I asked him again, "Do you want to ride a buckin bronco?"  He replied with, "No, I want to ride a duck!!"  Apparently we are going for a little safer smaller option!

 One of my favorite parts was watching the Charo (?), the cowboy from Mexico...he was pretty amazing!

Family Pictures 2012

I decided this year I wanted something a little different for family pictures...I had heard a lot of good things about Fotofly in Draper so we decided to give it a try!  I was pretty impressed...the photographer was great, the boys were showing off to the best of their abilities and that combination made for some pretty good pictures!  Here are just a few of the good ones!

THE FAMILY

THE BOYS

PAXTON

Age 3

TEGAN

Age: 15 Months

THE PARENTS

Paxton's 3rd Birthday Interview!!

Happy Birthday Paxton!!  We have been so excited for you to turn 3!  Three is going to be such a great age, you get to start preschool, you get to start nursery, you get to learn and do so many new things!  You are learning so much and never cease to amaze us with the how smart you are and with the funny things you say!  You are sweet, smart, so so funny, caring, and fun to be around...such a great boy!  Oh and you are pretty cute too!  We love you buddy and are so proud to be your parents!

Love, Mom and Dad

Paxton's 3rd Birthday Interview!

HERE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS!!

How old are you?  3

Favorite Color?  PURPLE

Favorite Food?  CHICKEN

Favorite Song?  ITSY BITSY SPIDER

Favorite Book?  I LOVE YOU THROUGH AND THROUGH

Favorite TV Show?  YO GABBA GABBA

Favorite Movie?  YO GABBA GABBA

Favorite Animal?  HORSEY

Favorite Snack?  CHEESE AND CRACKERS

Favorite Drink?  CHOCOLATE MILK SHAKE

Favorite Toy: CHOO CHOO

Favorite Thing to Wear:  JAMMIES

Favorite Sport: BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, SOCCERBALL

Paxton's Birthday Party

Paxton has been waiting for months for his birthday and this year he knew exactly what kind of party he wanted...a BASEBALL party!  Since we celebrated his birthday with my family in Richfield, we invited Andy's family over to help us celebrate our big boy baseball style!

We started off with a hot dog bar...sorry this is not a super appetizing picture but I totally forgot to pull out the camera until after everyone had eaten!

 Eliza came through big time with not one but 2 awesome baseball cakes...Paxton was so in awe as soon as he saw the cake he stood by it guarding it from all of his cousins until it was time to blow out candles!

 Now to the best part...opening presents!!  Paxton was spoiled as usual with so many great things from his grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles!

See that look on his face!!  He was seriously so excited about that cake!

 Happy Birthday Paxton!!

 Thanks again everyone for coming to share this special day with us!!  Paxton loved having you all here and talked about his cousins (and his presents) nonstop for the next few days!

 Once we got everyone out the door we couldn't help it and broke out a few of his presents (even though it was 11:00...those Hamberlin's like to party!!)

We played quite a few rounds of bowling (or bollyball as Paxton likes to call it!)

 And a game or 2 of baseball...he is getting to be quite a good little hitter!