Happy Birthday to My Boys!

I decided it would be fun to celebrate Miles and Lamar's birthdays together with a trip up the canyon. We roasted hot dogs and had s'mores and all that good stuff. It was so nice to be up in the mountains. Miles especially loved opening his presents and eating his little birthday cake.
Oh, and Lamar showed him how to throw rocks into the water. Miles thought that was pretty cool. Happy Birthday to my very special guys!

Bathtime Fun

Dinner Guests

We had a great time this evening when Grandma Tony and Grandpa Pugmire were able to join us for dinner. Miles had such a fun time playing with them, and it was nice for us to catch up. One of the funniest moments of the night was when Miles thought Grandpa's ear could "whistle". Miles would put his hand up to Grandpa's ear and his hearing aid would whistle. Miles just loved it and then he went around trying to see if Grandma Tony's ear could whistle, and if Daddy's ear could whistle. Miles also had a lot of fun trying on his great grandparent's missionary badges.

A Summer's Evening Hike

Before and After

I finally took some pictures so I can post a "before and after". Here they are!

Living room

Living room

Upstairs bath (complete with carpet and pink toilet)

Dining area and old entrance to kitchen

Kitchen

Master bedroom
View to patio
Miles' room

And here are the "afters"!

Dining area and kitchen

Kitchen with view into living room

Miles' room (still waiting for decorating)

Living room (where the blue built in couches were)Master bedroomMaster bath

Kitchen looking into laundry room

View of living room from dining areaUpstairs bathroom (counter still needs finishing)Another view of kitchen and dining area

So there you have it! We are so happy to be all moved in. We love our new place!!

Pictures and Updates

Sorry it has been a little while since the last post-

Here are some pictures and updates to help catch everyone up:

Miles loves his husky dog from Gma and Gpa Breshears!

Some of you may remember my friend from Florida, Kelly and her daughter Annie (who won her battle with cancer!!) They were in town and Miles and I were able to go to Annie's 4th birthday party. What a joy it was to see them and spend a little time with them.

We went to Lagoon a little while ago. I was excited to have Miles ride the little rides. At first he was pretty freaked out, but after a few tries he started having so much fun. Unfortunately, Lamar was out of town and couldn't be there. We'll have to go again sometime soon.

An update on us:

The biggest thing is that we finally moved into our condo!! We are so happy to be in our own place. There are still some odds and ends that need to be completed, and we still have quite a bit of organizing to do...but we are happy to be there anyway. I think we appreciate the condo even more because we saw the whole evolution. I'll work on getting some current pictures of the condo so I can post a "before and after".

Lamar has been working hard as usual. He has been out of town quite a bit lately. He left this morning for a training school in Minnesota. He will come home Wednesday night. I am also so proud of him because he has been studying to get his mortgage license, and he takes his exam this Saturday. He really is becoming a jack of all trades.

Miles is as happy, active and curious as ever. He really loves being in the pool. He used to have a nice cautious attitude around the pool, but that has been replaced with a certain amount of confidence. We think he will be a really good swimmer like his daddy was.

Miles is getting better at sleeping in his new toddler bed. I feel that we are finally settling into a new sleeping routine after the major upheaval that occured a couple weeks ago. We are learning little by little!