Tate's Superhero Party

A few days after getting back from the Windy City we had a big bash for Tate's 4th birthday! It was not the most organized party, but it turned out all right! I will do a lot more preparing next time! My sister in law Tonya was so nice to let me use her sweet sewing machine for the capes! Thanks Tonya! He loved it his party, and that is the most important thing right! So here are some fun pics from he Superhero Party!


This is a game called Vaporize a Villain! The kids each got silly string and tried to knock down the villains (the balloons)The Lava Pit, the kids loved this!

Pin the Star on the Superhero!
Hot Krytonite
Then we just did a little obstacle course
Pinata - there is a reason and story behind me buying this ridiculously ugly pinata!
The Superhero Cake, I was struggling!
all the kids got their picture taken with the weight, I will do some cute thank you notes soon!
Tate got new golf clubs for his special day
So we put them to use at Cherry Hill that night!
Happy Birthday Sweet Tate!

Chicago!

Preston and I went on a little getaway to Chicago a few weeks ago! He won tickets to the PGA championship so I met him in Chicago for a few days! My sister and mom watched all of our kids! Thank you two! So here is a recap of our trip!
The first morning we got there we went on a really fun bike tour that took us all over the city! It was a great way to see everything, we loved it!


The first Playboy Mansion

Oprah lives on the top two floors..what up Oprah!
Lincoln Park! They have a free zoo here too!I didn't know that Chicago was on a lake, well pretty much an ocean! It has an amazing harbor and pier!
Outside of Wrigley Field
We went to see Shrek the musical, it was really cute!As luck would have it, there was this amazing Water and Air show on the pier the weekend we were there! It blows any air show I have seen

This is Preston on the PierWe are on our way to a White Sox game

The White Sox GameEvery Saturday night they do fireworks on the pier so we are just watching them! It was a really fun couple of days! PS, Preston got some gnarly cold sores while we were vacationing, poor guy!

Steel Family Reunion..oh man I am behind

At the end of July we were able to go to St. George for the Steel reunion! The first night we went to Tuacahn and saw Tarzan. The following day we went camping up in Pine Valley! We were all having fun until monsoonal rain came and kinda ruined the fun! We ended up packing up and going back to St. George and having more fun there! The Steel's always include tons of fun activities for the kids and adults! On Saturday we went to the Fancy Nancy tea party with the Atkin family! It was darling as always! We also did lots of swimming and just hanging out together!

Waiting in the car to get away from the rain!
My sister-in-laws always do the cutest things..Jodi made these cute backpacks and Tonya made them all cute jammies! I don't add much to the creativity!
Katelyn and Savana
This is what Ty did most the day

We did Minute to Win it games one night! Tate was the master of the Chocolate Unicorn game!
Hallie trying to get the oreo in her mouth!Me and Katelyn leaving for the Tea Party!

Ty at 8 Months!

Well my sweet baby is 8 months old...what in the world? The time has gone by so fast! We seriously love this baby! He couldn't be any sweeter, happier, or cuter! If I could have more just like him, I would give The Duggers some competition! He is getting really busy! He has been crawling for almost two months and is pulling himself up. He for sure is my fastest little baby so far...we have to keep our eye on him! We can't wait for the next months to watch him grow even more!

So to keep with the tradition, here are 8 things about Ty right now!
1. He growls a lot. When he wants something like food or to get through a tight spot...quite often! I am blaming it on Tarzan at Tuacahn because he started right after that!
2. He leans in to people for them to hold him, then he wants me to take him right back.
3. He likes to dive in pools. He hasn't learned the fear side of water yet.
4. He loves Graham crackers
5. He smiles all the time at pretty much anyone
6. He does Patty Cake but can't quite get his hands to meet together most of the time
7. He still loves him some garment and thumb to go to bed
8. He is getting a teeny tiny little bottom tooth and it really hasn't phased him, let's hope for the same luck with the other teeth!

Sweet Trip to the Candy Shop!

A few weeks ago me and my sister and mom took a trip down to Salt Lake to the Sweet's Candy Factory. We stopped in Centerville for some tasty pizza and then filled our tummies even more with candy! We learned how gummy bears, jelly beans, taffy, orange sticks and lots more...it was like a live version of Unwrapped! We had a really fun day!

They were very strict about hat wearing - even Ty, who has only a few hairs had to wear one!
The worker told us this was the cutest backdrop for a picture, not so convinced!


We let them all pick some yummy treats to take home!
Cute little girlies at the pizza place before! They love each other!