THE WEDDING/ANNIVERSARY/AND THEN SOME

We went to huntington this last Monday and enjoyed the day at Natalie's house. A little later we ended up going to a little water park that they have in Huntington. Daxen didn't really like it but it was fun to be there.

Stevie and I have been married for 2 YEARS. I cannot believe it. It has gone by so fast but I am so glad to have a great husband who stands beside me in everything that I do. We just went to dinner that night and I made Stevie a video from our wedding. It was great to get out with him and just spend the night together. He is such a wonderful husband and I am so glad to have him in my life.

Halee and Schylers wedding. Yesterday my sister got married. I was so excited to be with her and share in this experience. She is the greatest and I love her so much. I am so glad that we are so close to one another! I am going to miss her tons when she moves back to North Dakota but hopefully she will make her way back to UTAH:) I love you sis. You are amazing and we are so happy for you!

Uncle Chad and Daxen

Our family at the temple

BEST FRIENDS!! I love this girl

Aunt Halee and Daxen

Dancing together.

Dancing again

and again. Daxen took over the dance floor. When the music started he didn't stop until it did. He would shake his bum, clap, and then walk a little bit and spin in a circle. It was so cute:) I love him so much he just makes everyone laugh.

Our family at the reception.

We had a fun week and we can't wait to go on our cruise with one another:)

OUR FUN WEEKEND

Friday morning I woke up around 7:30 in the morning. I walked outside to see these hot air balloons! It was cool. Not that I haven't seen them before but it was fun. Stevie and I decided to go down and see where they were taking off and landing. We were able to see them land and take off! It was a good way to start the day.

This one was right above us! They are a lot bigger than what I had thought.

This weekend we were able to go and have a family reunion. I have not seen my cousins for quite awhile now so it was fun to get together and hang out! We had fun riding 4-wheelers, going wake boarding, tubing, and having a carnival!

We took Daxen out on the tub. He liked it at first and then by the end of it he was ready to get off. Halee came with me first because Stevie was taking pictures but then half way through wanted to get on. I have to tell you, I was laughing pretty good at Stevie because he weighs more than Daxen and I combined so he was weighing down the one side of the tube. So it was kind of folding in half he continued to yell "BABE THE TUB IS DEFLATING"...when in all reality we were just fine he was just heavier than us!

Stevie and I on the tube

Stevie and Halee

Steve wake boarding. He did such a good job!

Until...well he looks like he is doing a trick when in reality he ended up doing a complete belly flop.

Daxen and I on the boat.

Sleeping. He stayed on the boat for about 3 to 4 hours and did PERFECT. Took two naps while we were out there. Played in the water. Didn't even cry once! He is such a wonderful baby.

Stevie and I

Daxen at the front of the boat with Dad.

Right after he woke up from one of his naps.

Me wake surfing. This is my favorite thing to do. I did get up but not for very long. For some reason it just was not working out for me that day. Hopefully I will be able to go and do it again.

Daxen driving with Dad. We just sat in the boat on the way back from the lake. He loves his steering wheels.

Aunt Halee and Daxen

After we ate lunch. We go ready to have a little carnival for all of the kids. It turned out great and they had a blast. At every game they got tickets which could be turned in for Prizes.

Daxen winning the limbo contest!

Picking out ducks.

Playing ski ball...(he just cheated a little bit)

Not sure what the name of this game is. But he dropped the rings into the holes.

Ring the alligator!

Tossing the rings!

Daxen splashing Dad with sponges.

I love this picture. He was trying so hard to fit all the way through or maybe just showing that his muscles are just as big as the guys on there.

This is how Daxen falls asleep in his car seat. He was so tired on the way home. It took him about 5 minutes to fall asleep.

Daxen's Birthday Party

This weekend we celebrated Daxen's birthday at my Mom and Dad's house. Once again didn't really know what was going on but liked ripping the paper off of his presents. He didn't do as much damage as I wanted him to on his cake but he did a pretty good job! Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated with us! He has so many people who love and care about him!

Opening presents

His beautiful cake that Aunt Halee and I decorated.

Not sure what to think

Cut a piece out and then he took the knife from me and that is how he destroyed his cake.

Not the safest object but it worked!

HE WAS TOTALLY DONE BY THIS POINT!

THE FINISHED MESS!(with a little help from MOM)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAXEN

Today for Daxen's birthday we took him to chuck-e-cheese! Amy, Jason, Dawson, Carter and Sean came with us! It was a lot of fun! Daxen was pretty chill and didn't really care that we were there...but us grown ups probably had the most fun! The boys were in competition of ski ball...Jason came out on top! It was fun and we had a blast! Thanks again for coming everyone!

Daxen was just not sure what to think of him...they had a time where the threw tickets out to everyone who was there and Daxen did nothing but stare. He might have noticed that mysteriously Chuckie shrunk about 4 inches from the first time we saw him!

Didn't seem to impressed by this little ride. It took him in a circle and well he almost fell asleep.

He loved driving the cars. That was his favorite part!

LOVE THIS! and yes folks it only took us one try!

All of Daxen's prizes from the tickets that we got!

Later that evening we went with Hongtao to go on a hike. We were going to head up to one that I thought would be cool but of course it was on some kind of private property! Well needless to say we headed back down the mountain (But why would it saw on the Internet that you could hike when you need a code to get in? LAME) But we had fun. We went to bridal veil falls just right off of the road up Provo canyon. It was fun to hang out there for awhile.

Crossing the stream...with the streams:) oh yeah...always have wanted to do that with our name!

We went back to the car were Stevie ate Dumplings that Hongtao made for us! BEST COOK EVER! He is so much fun!

Again favorite thing to do! DRIVE CARS

Stevie was teaching Daxen to bang his head on the window....well sure enough, Daxen followed just like a good little boy and banged his head pretty hard on the window which made him tear up a little bit!

I cannot believe that Daxen is already one. It has gone by way to fast. I still remember that days saying that he will never grow up and be able to do those things. But he did and it came faster then I ever thought. Some things about Daxen and 12 months:

1. He can crawl...its an interesting crawl but it gets him to where he needs to go.

2. He is walking...he is just a chicken and won't let go of things unless he knows someone is right there to catch him.

3. When I clean and do laundry I crank up the music and we dance. He loves to shake his booty.

4. Loves his blankets. Whenever we pick him up from the crib he is either holding it or when you grab him and he doesn't have it he points to it until you pick it up for him.

5. LOVES HIS DADDY!

6. Loves food. Except vegetables...still working on that one! He actually took beans the other day and ate about 10 of them until he realized what he was eating!!:)

7. Does the hulk impression.

8. Loves to get things out of the cupboard and push them around on the floor like he is driving a car.

9. Loves Steering Wheels!

10. Never shows much emotion on his face. You are pretty lucky if you get a smile out of him in a public place.

11. No longer has a bottle! He did very well with just going to whole milk.

12. Loves to cuddle right after he wakes up from his naps.

13. Loves animals...when he sees them he gets so excited he does the hulk impression.

14. Loves to brush his hair when I am doing mine in the morning time.

15. Loves to pull the toilet paper off of the roll...which now sits on our bathroom sink!!

16. Likes to play the piano..and sing!

17. Is starting to like reading books more and more!

18. Is the chillest kid ever!

We love Daxen so much and are so grateful that he is in our lives! We are so blessed to have our first child be so chill and lax. He is exactly what we needed so that we could learn to be good parents. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAXEN!! WE LOVE YOU!