Saturday, August 22, 2009

Our Summer

Grandma Ricks came to visit
We started off the summer with a visit from Grandma Ricks at the end of June.

{photos to come}

Colorado

We left for our month long summer get-a-way on July 4. We started out our stay in Colorado with Josh's family.


Jordan & Jessica's Graduation



Kandis, Josh, Kalee, Joe, Jessica, Hayden, Jordan Carla, Jamison, Jayson, Jensen, Sherri
Kylah, Malachi

Josh & Hayden
Our Little Family
Justin, Denise & Kalee's Race

Denise

Kalee
Playing in the Park
Grandma & Grandpa would put Hayden in the backpack and walk down to the park to play. Hayden LOVED it!
Hayden & Grandpa
Swinging with the help of Grandma
Uncle Jamison
Jamison might not have liked being awakened at 6am by Hayden, but he sure loved hanging out with this cute little guy. It was so cute to see them play together. Grandpa & Jamison would spend hours playing outside with Hayden & their dog, Tolstoy. Hayden LOVED it!

Jamison refused to let me take a photo of them together ...this is the only one I could steal

Hanging out eating ice cream with uncle Jordan. after every bite he would say "mmm"

Jordan, Tom, Josh, Hayden, Jamison

reading with Uncle Jayson

stories with Grandpa


Auntie Kalee & Hayden

Loves sunglasses


sharing his smoothie
or more like Aunt Carla sharing her smoothie

more sharing...what a nice boy!

This...
is how Hayden woke us up every morning. He would wake up and look over his pack and play at us sleeping in the bed.

usually he was much more lively than this, but this photo was taken on our last morning and we had to wake him up at 6am. He had been waking up at 5am for weeks. Why this was the day he chose to sleep in I don't know!


Idaho


Leanne's Birthday
While I was there we went to Leanne's and took her out to lunch for her birthday.

Me, Mom, Leanne

Leanne & Me

Hanging out with Grandpa

Playing on the 4-wheeler

Grandpa & Hayden riding the tractor

checking out the motorcycle

and the other motorcycle

Hanging out with Grandma


Grandma Larson & Hayden

reading


Coloring with Grandma

Sara
I LOVE my friend Sara. She's the kind of friend I could live next door to and never get sick of! I spent the day with her one of the days we were there.


Sara & Me



Hayden, Sara, Parley

These cute boys are a month apart



Playing at Grandma's


too cute!

swinging




texting uncle troy



Hayden sucking his toes on one of our many drives

Feeding the calves






Rexburg
We went to Rexburg one day. I took Mom & Leanne to one of my favorite Rexburg food joints Millhollow. I love their sandwiches & frozen yogurt! We went and saw my good friend Jenn & her family. I always LOVE any time I get to spend with Jenn, she's awesome! We also saw Josh's grandparents. It was their first time meeting Hayden.

Hayden & Aunt Leanne


Me & Jenn



Hayden, Me, Jenn, Candace



Great-Grandma Winn, Hayden, Great-Grandpa Winn

Grandma Winn, Hayden, Grandpa Winn, Kylie, Kody
Photo Shoot
Of course we had to take some last minuet photos before we left.
Mom, Me, Hayden
Dad, Me, Hayden, Mom
Leanne, Me, Hayden, Mom
Grandpa, Hayden, Grandma
Back to Colorado
After a great week in Idaho Hayden & I headed back to Colorado to be with Josh again.




Boards
Josh took the National Dental Boards on July 28. It was a long stressful day. We're so glad it's over!

I walked into our room while he was studying & saw this. I couldn't help but take a picture especially with Hayden's monkey!


Lunch in the Park
Most days that we were there Josh would go to Colorado College with Jayson & study for the boards while Jayson was in class. We would go meet them for lunch a few days during the week.

Hayden looking cute while exploring



Bowling
One evening Josh took some time off from studying and we went bowling with Jayson & Carla. I beat Josh in the first game but then lost the second game. Josh still thinks he's cool because his combined total was better than mine...he thinks that means he won!

Josh

Jayson

Jayson & Carla


Josh & Me

Friends

We met up with some of our friends from Comfort Dental... the dental office where we worked while we lived in Colorad Springs... for lunch.


Steph, Kalee, Dr. Miller, Josh, Hayden, Me



Carrots with Grandma
Everyday at least once Hayden would share a carrot with Grandma Ricks. He liked them on his teeth until they weren't cold anymore and then he would make her take a bite. Silly boy!






Helen Hunt Falls
In Colorado Springs there is a really pretty water fall that Josh and I took Hayden & hiked up one morning. It was so pretty and so fun to get outside after most of the summer Josh spent studying for the boards. Hayden LOVED playing in the water.

Josh & Hayden


Me, Josh, Hayden

The view

the falls




chill'n by the river


Hayden & Mommy


Daddy & Hayden




splash splash splash


Hayden loving the water!




The Best of Camping

One night we went up to the woods and had hot dogs and smores. It was so fun to hang out but then when we were done we packed everything up and went back and slept in our beds. The funnest part about camping is hanging out and the food. So we got the best of both worlds!




Kalee, Me, Josh


cooking hotdogs

eating smores



Uncle Jayson & Hayden




Hayden & Aunt Jess




Auntie Kalee & Hayden


Aunt Carla, Hayden & Uncle Jayson

2 comments:

Joe and Ellen said...

You guys are busy busy busy!! I hope that you are feeling well and all is going well. Hayden is getting SO big!!

Howells Fam said...

That may have been the longest post I've ever seen...and it was great! I wish we were doing all of those fun things! It is so weird to see my Good Ol' Bus Driver in these pictures - tell your Dad hi from "Barbie" (I'm sure he doesn't remember, but it obviously stuck with me). Hayden is so adorable - I can't wait to meet the newest member of your family!