The Many Faces of Maddux

Maddux 's new favorite thing is to bring me the camera and then he says "cheese"...meaning, that he wants me to take pictures of him.

The funny thing is that he makes all these crazy faces, wants to see what they look like on the camera, then he laughs at himself and wants to do more.

The problem is that I can't get a decent smile out of him anymore! So frustrating. I try to tell him to just smile normal but he squints his eyes...says CHEESE...and does this silly grin! It is hilarious.

I hope it's just a phase because he really does have a super cute and normal looking smile.

A Day at the Lake

Our friends, the Almonds, invited us to the lake last weekend to hang on their boat for the day! It was beautiful outside, except for the wind, but we had so much fun! Maddux loves being anywhere near water and is almost too brave. He wants to do everything by himself even though he can't and gets frustrated when we won't let him. Greg was able to wake board and wake surf while I just soaked up the rays and swam a little. Here are a few pics of our day...for video of Greg surfing and wakeboarding you'll have to check out our Maddux videos blog.

Maddux Driving the Boat

Greg Wakeboarding...such a good looking man!

Maddux in the car ready for a day on the lake

Madisson and Maddux on the boat!

Girls Day

I recently went to Las Vegas to have a spa day with my Mom and two of my sisters. It was so much fun! I took Maddux down and my Dad spent the day with him while us girls went to the spa to work out, swim, and get massages and then we went out to eat after. It was nice to be able to relax before I head back to school...and Maddux loved hanging out with Grandpa for the day!

Here we are ready for our workouts!

Maddux hanging with Grandpa in their chairs

My Mom and Maddux...he is so lucky to have such great grandparents

In the car...he was showing how excited he was to get home and see Daddy!

BBQ at Woods Ranch with Friends

We decided to head up the canyon one night with friends for a BBQ, Fishing, and Smores!!
Maddux loved being outside exploring and was busy the whole time getting dirty, catching fish, and eating marshmallows. I love living in Cedar City during the summer time because of nights like this...

Family Picture by the Fishing Pond

Maddux posing on a rock...I am lucky I got this shot right when we got there because he was way to busy for pictures after that.

A big tire by the picnic area for kids

The very best part of the night was when Maddux got to help reel in a fish...he LOVED it and he LOVED the "fishy" he kept saying "eyes" and trying to touch the fishes eye. We ended up just catching and releasing it and Maddux still is talking about how the
"fishy gone...bye bye"

4th of July Weekend

We were lucky to have Greg's parents come and visit us in Cedar City for the 4th of July!

Here is what we did while thery were here...

Fireworks in our favorite spot...it's tradition to watch them here

Maddux at the fireworks showing us how he closes his eyes...notice that he really just squints because he wants to see your reaction. He did better than expected with the loud fireworks.

We also went to an indoor swimming pool in St. George that is really kid friendly. Here he is floating..he was so relaxed in the pool.

This was his favorite thing at the pool it was a "Froggie" slide that he could do by himself. I think he would have gone down it a hundred times if he could have...he cried when we would take him away from it.

Loving doing "bubbles" with Grandpa in the back yard

Also, Greg and Ralph (the Harris Family Studs) ran in the Enoch Day's 4th of July Parade and did awesome! Greg finished 1st overall and won $10 and a 4th of July Decoration. Ralph also won $10 for finishing first in his age group.

It was a great 4th of July!

Almond Wedding

Recently Dyllan, the son of my best friend Kim got married in the Salt Lake Temple. Greg and I were able to go up to Salt Lake by ourselves for the weekend and attend the endowment and the wedding. It was so fun to be able to be a part of it.


Here is their Family Picture

Madisson, Connor and Jaxxon

Family Vacation

We decided to take a family vacation this summer to the beach. We rented a really cute condo on the beach and the three of us spent a week there. We went a few beaches, swam in the community pool, and spent a day at a really cool outdoor mall. It was relaxing and a lot of fun. It's the first big vacation we have taken since having Maddux. After a week at the beach house we visited Greg's parents for a weekend and were lucky enough to welcome a new niece into the family. Greg's sister Taryn had a baby girl. They named her Macy she was 6lbs. 11 oz. and is just the sweetest little thing. It was so much fun to be able to spend this time together relaxing and then end the weekend with family. Here is a little movie of our whole trip. Hope you enjoy!

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