Bear Lake Vacation

This year, the Blackham's took a family vacation to Bear Lake. It was a lot of fun to visit during their Raspberry Days...yum! We rented a condo so we could all stay together, which was a lot of fun. Even though the water was a bit cold, we decided to take the boat out and go waterskiing and tubing. I thought Connor would really like going out of the boat, but he kept telling Grandpa to "Go Much Slower!" He also didn't like it when I went tubing...

this was his reaction when I fell off the tube...
I think he thought he'd never see me again. He eventually

got brave enough to go on a slow ride w/Mommy.

We had a lot of fun watching the Raspberry Days parade
Connor & Tanner on the playground
Cody & Mom (gotta love his spiky hair)

Playing on the beachConnor's special fishy kisses

Relaxing with Lucy after a long day

Cody - 7 Months Old

Can you believe Cody is 7 months old already?! He has been so much fun to have in our family. He loves rolling over, drooling, smiling, squealing, putting everything he can grab in his mouth, and playing with his big brother. He really does seem to genuinely love Connor. Every time he walks in the room, Cody gets all excited and starts squealing. We sure love him!

4th of July Weekend

Our 4th of July weekend was so much fun! We spent the day in Moroni with Jake's family.
My sister-in-law and I got up early to run the 5k Fun Run. Afterwards, we went to the city's pancake breakfast at the park. Then we took the kids to the parade downtown. Connor was in heaven...candy and popsicles being thrown at him for a half-hour! Then, Jake took Connor down to the carnival where he got to play in a bounce house and go down a huge water slide. We ended the day with a game of corn-hole. No fireworks though, too much rain and wind. My kids were worn out by then anyway! Here are some pictures from the day.

Cody w/Aunt Lucy

Me, Lucy, and Laurel
The Blackham gang (I love Connor's face)

Cody & Connor w/Lucy & Laurel watching the parade
Lucy's amazing corn-hole skills
Cody watching us play corn-hole

Connor & Laurel @ the carnival

Our Fun Summer

Since Jake has spent the summer down in Cedar City taking Organic Chemistry, we've spent and a lot of time at Jake's parents' house in Moroni. Here are some fun things Connor has done.

coloring w/Aunt Laurel

playing in the new sandbox w/Grandpaspraypainting the swingset w/Aunt Laurel & Aubrey

pouring an entire container of syrup on

his plate when no one was looking!

he must get his sweet tooth from his mom!

playing with Dad's chemistry lab set
reading w/Grandpa
eating his first icecream cone
tickling Codytrying on Dad's shoes
picking peas in the garden...he could do this ALL day! when he first picked one

and opened the pod he said, "Holy Cow, Mom! There are little balls in here!" :)

My Birthday & The Oquirrh Mtn Temple

Last Wednesday I celebrated my 26th birthday! Nothing too monumental, except now I think it's legal for me to rent a car. Unfortunately, Jake is two hours away taking a summer school class in Cedar City (the only place that taught the class in the whole state during the summer), so I couldn't celebrate with him. My in-laws were nice enough to drive down and take me to dinner though. They're so great!

A couple of days later we all drove up to see the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple. It was beautiful! Connor's favorite part was the big chandelier in the entryway and the 12 oxen statues around the baptismal font or the "pool" as he called it.

Connor & Cody with Aunt Lucy

Connor's First Visit to the ER

Last Tuesday was pretty scary for our family. While I was home alone with the boys and changing Cody's diaper, Connor pulled his flouride drops out of the bathroom drawer, somehow opened the childproof cap and drank the whole bottle. (For those of you who don't live in Utah, I guess the state of Utah doesn't add flouride to their drinking water like they do in many other states. Not having grown up here, it was foreign to me to have to give your child flouride in addition to their daily vitamins. But here you do...) So Connor comes into Cody's room to show me that he drank all of his "vitamins". I freaked out and was hoping he had just spilled them somewhere. I kept asking him, "Did you drink this?!" He kept saying, "I drink it all gone!" Like he was SO proud of himself.
Immediately, I called poison control and was told if he didn't throw up or have his stomach pumped, his blood could become toxic and his stomach could start bleeding and that I should rush him to the emergency room. Just what every mother wants to hear when she's home alone with her two kids! So I rushed over to my neighbor's and asked if she could watch Cody and put him to bed while her husband offered to drive us to the hospital. Luckily, Connor threw up two times before we left and once in the car on the way to the hospital (sorry Monica & Alex). After running several tests and determining that none of the flouride affected his system, we were able to come home around 12:30 am. Whewwww! So we learned the hard way that Connor knows how to open child-proof bottles and to never underestimate our kids!

Connor's New Toy

This morning, Connor found a new toy in the dishwasher. This may mean that Connor has been spending too much time with Mommy and needs to spend more time with Daddy.

Calling All Moms!

I think I'm going to soon attempt the daunting task of potty training Connor. For all of you experienced mothers out there, any suggestions on techniques I should try or books I should read? I'd really appreciate it! Thanks.

Connor Turns Two!

It's official, we have a toddler! Connor had such a fun birthday! He got lots of new books, some clothes, a golf club set, a Superman cape, and best of all, his very own riding tractor. He hasn't quite learned how to pedal to get it to move yet, but he seems content to just sit on it and operate the front loader. He sat on it for about 3 hours the evening of his birthday. We couldn't get him off of it to even eat dinner! He was so sweet, all night he kept saying "Oh thank you Mommy. I love it!"

As requested by Connor, we made froggie cupcakes. We used green frosting and for the eyes we sliced a green gumdrop in half, pressed white chocolate chips into the gumdrops and used a dab of black cake icing on the chips for the pupils. They turned out great!

We also moved Connor out of the crib and gave him a "big boy" bed for his birthday. I was worried he'd figure out that he can climb out of it and come and get us during the night, but he hasn't yet. Oh, for those of you wondering, what that big lump is on the side of his bed, it's a pool noodle. My friend Mollie told me that stuffing a pool noodle under their fitted sheets, helps keeping them from rolling off. How smart!

Easter Weekend & The Hogle Zoo!

Here are some pictures of our fun Easter weekend. We took a trip up to The Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake with Jake's side of the family. Connor had so much fun! It seems like every animal we stopped to see, he would shout, "I want to ride it!" I had to tell him not every animal is like a horse :)

Connor's first time painting Easter Eggs

Happy Birthday to Our April Fool!

Jake turned 30 today! I think it might have shocked his parents more that their oldest child was 30, than it shocked Jake that he was turning 30. On behalf of all of us, Jake, we're SO proud of all that you've accomplished in your life thus far. Thank you for being such a wonderful husband, father, and son. We love you and hope you have a great day!