Blessing

Grey's Blessing Day

July 3, 2011

We blessed Grey while we were in Idaho. It was so wonderful to be able to share the day with so many members of our families. All of my brothers and my dad were able to help with the blessing along with Ben's dad and brother Richard. We also had lots of cousins and extended family members there. Our house was definitely full of love. It was so sweet and special. We love this little guys so much and we feel beyond blessed to have him in our family.

Idaho

We spent 2 weeks in Idaho over the 4th of July like we usually do. We had the BEST time, like we usually do. Idaho in the summer is beautiful. My entire immediate family was there and tons of my cousins and aunts and uncles. We did fireworks, BBQS,went to the splash park, blessed Grey, ate tons of delish food (Carrie-Anns Gelati anyone?!)and just spent quality time together.

IT WAS HEAVEN.

Griffin was SO excited to fly in an airplane to see everyone. I bought him this hat the day before we left. He called it his "Idaho hat" and seriously didn't take it off the whole trip. I forgot my camera charger so only got pictures from the first few days. I was SO mad at myself for forgetting the charger. The real kicker is that 2 weeks later as I was re-packing to fly home I found the charger in my bag. Nice. So I don't have many pictures of our trip- but we will always have the memories.

After we landed and my parents picked us up from the airport Griffin was yawing in the car and my mom asked him if he was ready to go to bed. He thought for a minute and said, "No, my bed is far away"- little smarty pants. Needless to say he didn't get away with not going to bed. BUT he did get away with lots of other stuff.

We spent a ton of time in the front and back yards watching the kids play and doing fireworks. I like my dad in the background hangin out on his motorcycle in his pajama pants.

If I had a dollar for every pop this kid drank in those 2 weeks I'd be a millionaire. Don't judge me. Blame it on my parents.

Griffin, Van and Jack watching my dad do a

mini firework show for them

Once again don't judge me. My dad let Griffin "drive" his truck home from church. Only in a small town right?

Blame it on my dad.

The uncles playing with G in the yard.

Love this action shot of Joe

The only picture I got at the parade before my camera died. As you can imagine the fire trucks blew Griffins mind this year. He also took a trip to the fire house with my dad one night.

del mar fair

Last Saturday Ben's brother Brian called to see if we wanted to go to the fair. We weren't sure we wanted to go on a Saturday and brave the crowds, but then he told us there was a fire truck expo and we knew we HAD to take Griffin. I'm glad we did- we had the best Saturday we've had as a family in months. It was so fun to watch how excited Griffin was to see all the fire trucks. He got up close to a bunch of them and got to talk to real fire fighters. We spent most of the day at the fire expo, but did venture out to take him on a few rides and of course to eat some deep fried food. We ended the day by watching the demolition derby. Both the boys were gems, which is unusual especially since Griffin skipped his nap. Best day with my boys.

grandparents

cookies

I've always wanted a daughter. Its no secret. Someone I can bake and shop with and who will want to come home to me for the Holidays. It's probably not going to happen and I'm getting to the point where I'm ok with that. What I'm learning is that I can do some of those things with my little guys. Griffin helped me make cookies the other night and we had the BEST time together. He was absolutely darling and was a big help in the kitchen. I wore my apron and so of course he wanted to wear one. He looks pretty cute in pink. He loved to "read" me the ingredients and ate way too much dough. It was a night I won't forget. So now that I've got the baking thing down...on to dance classes and shopping.