Mesquite and the 24th

While Halee and Schyler were down we decided to take a trip to Mesquite. Although not everyone in the family was able to go we had a blast. We missed everyone else who wasn't able to come. We split up into teams before we left to Mesquite for bowling. We decided to make t-shirts for our teams and man did we STAND OUT. We created our team names by combining our names together. Doug + Halee = Do-uglee, Rasmussen (Kaye) + Stream (Stevie) = Razzeam, and my team was Schyler + Meesha = Scheesh. It was a lot of fun! The winners were my Dad and Halee, with Schyler and myself coming in second, and then Stevie and my Mom coming in last! There are nicknames on the back of our shirt that we made up as a family!


Dad = Silent Killer Halee = Bahahahahahahaha

Schyler = Self High Fiver Me = Pebbles (That is really my nickname not just because I have pebbles on the back of my shirt)

Mom = Overly Clean Drama Queen (OCD) She really isn't a drama queen but that is all that we could think of! :) Stevie = Wanna be Arnold.

We came back from Mesquite Friday morning and met up with the rest of the family at my parents house. We did fireworks Friday night and then Saturday had some tournaments and let the boys play in the water. It was a fun weekend and I am glad we were able to spend time together before Halee and Schyler have to go back to North Dakota.

Life is Just CRAZY!!

It has been a crazy couple of weeks for our family. I didn't get a chance to say Happy Father's Day to my husband who is an amazing father to Daxen. Daxen loves him and wants to be with his dad every minute of the day. He is one sad boy if he Dad isn't there in the morning to give him a hug. I love you Stevie.

On June 25 Daxen turned two. We had a birthday party for him over at my Mom and Dad's house. It was a blast and thank you to everyone who came and enjoyed that time with us. Our big gift was a basketball hoop. He absolutely loves it and his Dad continues to teach him the correct way to shoot the basketball! The theme was CARS, Daxen loves this show and watches almost every day.


I was very proud at the way the cake turned out!!

The next week began another series of events with Stevie's family. It was time for our family reunion. It was great to have everyone there and enjoy our time together. We went to the Helper swimming after a poop accident at the Castle Dale swimming pool. It was fun, but we were only there for a little while because of lighting.



We also went to Lagoon. I have to say it is MUCH different taking a little boy there but Daxen had a blast. I was afraid that he wasn't going to like the rides at all but he loved every minute of it and wanted to again and again and again.








Stevie won this Jazz bear for Daxen. He made a little bet with the guy at the basketball hoop stand saying if he can make two in a row he gets the bear. Which also only cost him $1.

The next day we went to the Discovery museum at the Gateway Mall. It was amazing. There was so much stuff to do and Daxen just didn't even know where to begin.





We also enjoyed fireworks and the parade in Huntington. I think the favorite thing for the kids was launching the rockets they made and also the Candy Canon. Thanks to Scott for building it!!




Grandpa Stream trying to catch the rocket. It went right through his hand! :)

Halee and Schyler came down for a visit. The day they flew in we enjoyed the day shopping and going to the Aquarium in Sandy. The kids enjoyed it and Daxen loved hanging out by the sting rays. However he wouldn't touch it and would get scared if it tried to come up to him. But it was a great time and I am glad that Halee and Schyler are here to be with us. We miss them!!







We also had our family reunion as well. We went up to Joes Valley. We played did our flog tournament which Halee and Schyler won and Stevie and I came in a close second! :) We ate, rode 4-wheelers, went on a Scavanger hunt and just had a great time.

Our Little Guy is 2

Blogging has been the last thing to do for me lately. With us moving back to Price things have been crazy, oh and if you didn't know we are back in PRICE!! :) It was a quite a last minute thing and we wanted to be moved out as soon as possible! We are loving being close to family and have finally got (almost) everything put into its place. But other than that our little boy Daxen turned two on June 25. He is getting so big and we love everything about him. We went out and took his 2 year old pictures and he did really good considering all he wanted to do was play on the slides. I promised him over and over again if he was just take one last picture we would let him play over there:) Some things about Daxen:
1. He loves playing with cars, any type of cars, he takes them and lines them up and then when he is done lining them up there he takes them to another part of the house and starts all over again.
2. His Dad is his favorite person in the world.
3. He is talking a lot more and our favorite thing to do is have him say the prayer for us.
4. He is 32 1/2 inches tall and weighs 23lbs. Percentile 13th for height and 6th for weight. Short and Skinny.
5. Daxen loves being at either grandparents house. He is always asking to call Nana, Papa(Both g-pas are called Papa), and Grandma!
6. His favorite thing for breakfast is PANCAKES. He asks us right when he wakes up, pancake mom, pancake mom.
7. He loves being outside and would stay there all day long if we let him.
8. He loves playing with animals and is very happy that we have two cats that now live next door to us, so he sees them whenever we leave.
9. His favorite movies right now are cars, monsters inc, and the bee movie. I am not why he likes the last one so much but he loves it.
We love our little boy and he is growing up way too fast. We enjoy every minute with him and love that we can start doing more things with him! We love you Daxen and are so grateful to have you in our lives.

The Next Best Singer.....

When I clean or do laundry I always am listening to music and singing. I taught Daxen to use a microphone (pretend things that could be a microphone) for singing. He is so cute and yesterday he decided to really just sing with the song. The first video he really isn't singing but just being loud because the song is loud. But it still is singing to me. The next video he does a little better at getting some of the words out! He is so cute, and I love being home with him and capturing these moments on video:)

A fun night of sword fighting and exercising

This is what we decided to do tonight. Daxen is getting so big and doing a lot more things. He loves playing with his Dad and doing everything he does. He is the cutest when it comes to working out with us. He does push ups, runs in place, stretches, kicks, and a lot more. He is the best boy and such a joy to have in our lives. There is never a boring moment with him, he is always doing new things and making us laugh. Hope you enjoy it! :)

Ryan's Last Day & Lake Powell Trip

This last Sunday we were able to spend time with Ryan before he left on his mission. He is leaving today and we will miss him. Papa Doug read a story about a young boy who grew up to be a missionary. After that we played pin the tie on Uncle Ryan. Nana Kaye then gave each of the boys a pictures of them and Uncle Ryan, along with the a countdown for his mission. She gave them a box to start putting money in for their own mission as well. It was a great day and we enjoyed being able to spend it with Ryan.

Grandma Neeley and Daxen

Ry Ry and Daxen

Daxen with everything that Nana gave him.

Coloring the ties

Pinning the tie on Uncle Ryan


The Lake Powell trip was a blast. We loved every minute of it and enjoyed our time being together.

Stevie wants me to put "can you guess what I am saying" well I didn't say what you think I said but it was FREEZING and I really didn't want to get in the water.

Stevie wake boarding. Isn't he AMAZING!! I love my hubby.

Jumping off the rocks. It looks like he is standing on the one behind him but he really is jumping.

BEAUTIFUL!!

I love this picture :)

They played PIG behind the house boat. They were all FREEZING but were all troopers.



What Stevie did to keep himself warm. If you stayed at the top it wasn't so bad, so he always had his feet up.