Summer Fun and Brooke turns ONE!!

We had such a great summer this year. Lots of family and town and lots to do. It was so much fun for Isaac to have his cousin Royal in town all summer too. We had lots of play groups and fun parties. Today we were talking about how much fun we had with all the Linthorst's together as we got ready for Trevor and Ali's wedding. There was so much going on I can't even list it all. Here are all the fun pictures to prove it!

Royal and Owen 4th of July!

I loved this face..it was nice to enjoy the fireworks this year versus last year being stuck inside because of Mr. Scaredy Pants!

All the Radford Cousins enjoying the park!

Mia and Brooke, we love to dress them up!

Isaac surprised Coleman with a automatic Nerf gun and he could hardly stand till Coleman got home!

We found this tiny lizard on the driveway and Tank was the brave one to carry it around!

Days of 47 Rodeo.

Cute Cousins!

Brooklyn's Birthday!

Brooke turned ONE on the 27th of July, we had a party for her that coming weekend but let her open her gift on her birthday. It was so hard to decide but we went with a baby and a stroller. I have been waiting for the day I would be buying a baby doll. She loved it and surprisingly knew exactly what to do with it.

Day of her party!!

Grandpa Wes and Isaac!

The start of the cake!!

At first she wouldn't touch it so I had to put her hand in it and have her try it. It took her a good 15 to 20 minutes till she finally started digging in!! Loved every second of it! I still can't believe my baby girl is 1!

So Cool!

She got this darling shopping cart from the Linthorst Family and she piles all her babies in there and scoots around. She is not walking yet but it should be any day now. She looks like such a big girl pushing her cart around!

More to come...

catching up...

The next weekend we were able to go up to Idaho Falls for Kesley and Miles wedding. Such a cute wedding and we had fun road tripping with Ali and Trev. They were married in the Idaho Falls temple on Friday. We finally got to meet Mitchell and Lindsey Strasburg's little girl Jocelyn. We also got to catch up with the Hinshaw's. It was a short trip but so worth the drive!

Isaac also started his first year of soccer. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen. He was very hesitant at first and every game would come home sad because he never scored a goal. But finally scored a goal and was so excited to be out on the field soon after that. We can't wait to do it again later!!

Mr. and Mrs. Westover

I love this pic because Isaac is trying to wink. He winks at every person he passes. It was the best when he would be on the soccer field winking at his coach as he would run by!!

Cousin Hannah got to come to one of his games.

catching up..

Easter was a little sad this year. Both my kids were sick and all family was out of town. So we spent a quiet day at home and had a small Easter egg hunt in the living room. A couple weeks before we planted Easter grass in our baskets and then set them out for the Easter bunny to bring the goodies. They turned out so cute!! Brooke and Isaac both had colds so we missed church too. Due to being out of town the next weekend, they didn't get to show off their Easter outfits till a few weeks later. They did look super cute and I am glad they both had smiles on their faces instead of sick faces.

And finally...

OK so to continue..In March Trevor was ordained an elder and my mom was able to come and visit. It just so happened the Westovers were in town at the same time. We had a great big dinner over at the Linthorst house and played games. It was a ton of fun. Trevor's girlfriend Ali and her parents were able to come down for his ordination also. We had lots of fun with Grandma Mary in town and my kids got spoiled rotten with the granny suitcase she brings filled with goodies. Isaac got to read a new book with Grandma Mary every night. It was definitely his favorite part of having Grandma Mary stay at our house! Just a few weeks later Brooke started crawling and now we can't keep her out of anything. She always wants to be following someone and now she is trying to pull her self up on everything. We love it and hate it! Brooke also loves her big brother Isaac. She has to be around him any chance she gets. We love it!

At the beginning of April we celebrated Ali's birthday with pizza and cake at our house. The exciting news was that day before Trev proposed in Moab to her. We are so excited to have her in our family. They plan on getting married here in Salt Lake, August 6th!!  Another big Linthorst party, yay!

And of course the best part of this blog are the last few pictures! Isaac is way into stealing my camera. I never knew why because how would this kid know how to take a real picture, right? Well this week I discovered what he has been up too! CHECK IT OUT!!



The whole gang!

I love these faces!!

She's a mover!

Cute Cousins Mia and Brooke!

Happy Birthday Ali!

The happy couple!

And the best part....

What a little dork, this was only a portion of them!!

Have a great week!

February and March were busy months for us! Valentines Day came quickly and we were able to have a wonderful family and friends dinner over at the Linthorst house. As a family gift for Valentines Day we got Isaac a Wii. I am not sure now if that was such a great idea. He loves the game Just Dance 2. It is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. He specializes in the Charleston..everywhere we go!! Our little niece Hannah had her birthday party and Isaac enjoyed every minute of it at Classic Skate. Adrianne made an amazing cake for her part. She chose an army themed party. Those of you who don't know, at the time, her dad Steve was going through basic training. He graduated just a few weeks ago. We also had a cousin wedding on the Radford side and the kids were loving themselves some treats!! And of course we got lucky to see the Ricker's in March. They came to town for a few days so we got pupusas in and of course The Pie pizza!! It was so much fun to see all our kids together.

More to come!!

Owen and Brookie on Valentines Day!

The cousins playing at Discovery Gateway!

Isaac enjoys frosting a little to much!

 The cousins at the Radford wedding.

All the babies!

Long Past Due!!

I know I've been totally lacking on the blogging. I didn't realize it had been since January and here it is April. So I am slowly but surely going to catch everyone up about the past few months. Life has been busy but fun. Still waiting on our spring weather, or at least NO MORE SNOW!! Brooke was 6 months at the end of January and started eating solids. She took the veggies very well but it took her a few weeks to eat the fruits without getting squeamish. Isaac got to enjoy some fun activities with his cousins either at Discovery Museum or the Dinosaur museum. There were a few days that we were able to get out and enjoy the sun. Isaac loves his scooter and because Brooke was in her stroller with sunglasses on, Isaac had to make sure he had his on too!



First bite of baby food!

Brooke on her 6 month mark, just home from church!

Fun at the dinsaur museum.

Brooke loves bath time. She loves to be cuddled in her towel!

Isaac and Brooke ready for a walk!