Summer Time

Let me just say that way too much has been going on this summer! But that way too much does include a lot of fun! It's just hard to know where to start. Well I guess it all started with Justin getting a new job! He is managing "Firehole Trading Company" in West Yellowstone. Yup, West Yellowstone. And we do live there now so if you are in town, give us a call! But it was about a month and a half before we moved, so I am glad to have my husband back around. He was gone 4 hours each day just traveling, plus all the hours he was working. Hard times! Glad that is over.
My sister and her family came into town from Philadelphia! I had been looking forward to them coming for months! And it was great! I can't wait until they live closer. My whole family got together and had a lot of fun. We went to Ross Park, had a great BBQ, enjoyed fireworks at my parents house provided by Justin, family pictures, birthday parties with amazing cakes made by my talented sister Kim, and lots of fun! Oh and did I mention a great night of lightening! Check out this picture I took! We all got some great shots! It was actually kinda scary. That thunder was bone chilling!

Here is a pic Justin took of me and my sisters. Kristin, me, and Kim! Wow! We are definitely related! I never thought we all looked that much alike, but here is the proof!

This is a picture taken from my back patio in West Yellowstone. I really didn't know what to think when Justin first took me out to our new home. I was in disbelief. I didn't think I would ever be living in the forest. But here we are! We have seen all sorts of wildlife and birds are always landing on our porch. It is amazing!

We also went to a great reunion with Justin's family! It was a blast! We had Spencer in a hat pretty much the whole time and we wore him right out. Sleeping in a tent made me nervous because I didn't know what to do with Spencer and our tent wasn't going to fit a play yard, but we made it work out! We used a doggie bed and it was great!

And I think my favorite part of the reunion was the Olympics! The games were a secret until it came time! This was the froot loop toss! And yes that is Justin covered in cool whip! We won this game if you couldn't tell! Another game we played, I had to cover my nose in vaseline and pick up cotton balls with my nose and put as many as I could in a bowl without using my hands. There was a hula hoop contest and much more! It was very inventive and fun!

And what was supposed to be a surprise for my birthday, we went to the cabin with Eric and Cori! I figured it out of course...older and wiser, what can I say! It was so much fun! We went there last year for Cori's birthday and it was a blast. And this year was also a blast! I got totally spoiled! Kent and Holly (Cori's parents) came up on my birthday and made us the best dinner! Yummy steaks, scrumptious spinach salad, and great buttered bread! And then they brought out this massive chocolate cake that was to die for. My mouth is watering as I'm thinking about it! WOW! I hope that we can make it to the cabin every year! I think that would be a great tradition!
We put Audrey and Spencer in the sink(bath) together and as you can see Spencer was hungry, but check out those long eyelashes.

And this was our attempt at a hike! We took off and it was looking great until we hit a huge pile of snow on the path. But it was still fun and beautiful! Good times good times!

And last, but not least here is a video of Spencer. He is just growing up so fast and lately he has been talking so much and it is just so cute! So this is a video of him talking. Enjoy!

Spencer has really been growing and it is bittersweet. I love that he is more active, but he is growing up too fast. He loves when we just talk to him. He is more interested in his toys and he has been smiling a ton. It just melts my heart. He really has the cutest smile!

He also has the longest eyelashes.

Justin and I actually had a morning together (sorta uninterrupted) so we made one of our favorite breakfasts... German Pancakes... YUM!!!

I really think he is so precious when he gets into that deep sleep. I told my dad that I thought Spencer looked like an angel and he said, "that's because he is an angel". How cute is that!

He is a tough little guy! He is really good at holding his head up and getting better at sitting up. I've been surprised how strong he is. Now I know why it hurt so bad when he was kicking while I was pregnant. He gets so stiff sometimes and is unbendable. He rolled over at just 2 weeks while I had him on his tummy. Crazy!

Here is Justin and Cade (our nephew). He really loves his Uncle Justin and Justin loves him. All our nieces and nephews love Justin because he loves to play with them. They even get horsey back rides sometimes!

We got pictures taken of Spencer (soon to come) and some family pix too. And since we got all dressed up nice, we took some pix with our handsome son!

Here is Spencer with his cousin Kenzie! My parents think she looks a lot like me when I was a little girl. I think it's the dark hair and freckles!

This is Tate, Zack, and Spencer. Zack was born in December and Spencer is only 9 days older than Tate. These are the cousins on Justin's side.

And on my side of the family he has 3 more his age, but only 2 live close. This is Eli (born in Nov), Coy (born in Feb) and Spencer (in March)! Lincoln was born in August and he lives in Philadelphia, but will be here to visit this summer! Yahoo! I'm glad he will have so many close cousins, and all BOYS! How lucky is he?!

This is Coy and Spencer hangin' out after Coy's baby blessing. What a precious boy! Coy is wearing the blessing outfit that my brother (his dad) wore when he was blessed. How neat is that!

And last but not least, here is Spencer showing off how big he is. Well actually, I wanted to show him off. He is just so sweet and makes the cutest noises too. Enjoy!

Cousins, Graduation, and our little guy!

Here is Spencer just hangin out in his Easter outfit with the
blanket that Grandma Jo crocheted for him

Cousins just hangin' out. Spencer has lots of boy cousins his same age.
Here are Tate and Zack on either side of Spencer.

My handsome husband graduated! He hasn't gotten used

to no homework yet. I'm sure that won't last long.
We are so happy and we've been doing some CELEBRATEing!

It seems like Spencer gets bigger every day. He just
has the bluest eyes and cutest face. We sure love this little guy!

And here he is hangin' out with daddy. I love the
position of his hands. Sooo chill. Our little man.

We have been busy and really tired. It has been hard to function, but
life goes on. We have all been sick this week and it is just awful to hear
Spencer cough and wheeze. Hopefully it all passes soon. I can't wait for
summer to come. We are getting small glimpses of sunshine and I'm excited
for a nice change. Well, the weekend is here so we'll try to embrace it!

Spencer's 1st two weeks

Here are a couple more pix of Spencer. We have been a little "snap" happy, but we just can't help it because everything he does is just so cute. Just click here for your viewing pleasure!

Spencer Justin Wyatt
8 lbs 10 ounces
21 inches
March 14, 2009
4:06 pm

Welcome to the world sweet baby Spencer!

Obviously I had the epidural at this point :) Yeah for epidurals!

Our happy family!

He is just so cute! We can't get enough of him. He's a keeper!

The proud mama and her precious little boy!

Justin loves Spencer so much! What a good daddy!

Words just can't describe! It really is so amazing how much you love them and care for them. It's amazing how fast you realize you would do anything to protect them. Spencer is such a good baby boy. He has brought such a special spirit into our home. He is just so soft and cuddly and holding him close is so wonderful. I am so happy he is here. I told Justin that it is definately better having him out than in! I never knew it would be so great! He is just perfect!

WEREAVINABABYEETSABOY!

That's right folks! We are having a baby boy! We will now share the whole story (in short) with ya'll! I went to the doctor and had to take a pregnancy test and that is when we found out the big news! Justin and I were both in shock! We kept it a secret for quite a few weeks before telling our families and a little more time before telling friends! My first instinct was "boy" but I really didn't know if that meant much. We were so amazed at the ultrasound! It really was the coolest thing ever! He has a cute little profile and is definitely a boy! I am due March 16th! Exciting!

We had lots of fun at our yearly Halloween Party at Steve and Heather's house! We always look forward to the party because it is always so much fun! Justin and I had decided at the last second (like we always do) on costumes. We decided that Justin would be a grandma and I would be a grandpa! And lucky for us we hit an estate sale the afternoon of the party and found some pretty awesome costumes. But the funniest part of it all was when we went to try on the outfits! Justin mentioned to me how cool it would be if we found some MONEY in the pockets! And just then he was reaching his hand into the pockets of his moo moo and got this disgusted looks on his face...come to find out there were USED kleenex in the pockets. It was so nasty! But HILARIOUS!



Other than that we have been keeping really busy with work, church, school, friends, family, and everything else under the sun. It never seems to let down! But we will just keep running! We are looking forward to the holidays! I can't wait for the Christmas music to start! Get into the spirit! Is is great! Well, that is all for now!

Our Little Wyoming Getaway

Over Labor Day weekend, we went on a little trip with our friends, the Jeides! We went back to Eric & Cori's hometown and had a fun little visit. We got to go through Yellowstone Park and we got to see some grizzly bears. We stayed at C's families cabin and went on a beautiful hike too! It was such a fun and relaxing vacation! Thanks Jeides!

Eric, Cori, and Q

Justin and Q on our hike

Justin and I in front of Porcupine Falls