Grandma Kristy's Zoo Party

Grandma Kristy invited all her grand kiddies to a day at the zoo with her. What a fun day for the boys! Jack was a little disappointed the giraffes weren't out and about, but the lions and elephants made him feel a bit better. The best part for me was seeing Jack and Brockster have fun with their cousins. 

All the little tigers...

Lil' B LOVED the carosel. Jack... not so much.

See ya later alligators!

Project Green Grass = Complete!

I think one of my most favorite moments of this entire year is seeing this...

turn into this...

And this view go from yucky clay-brown....

to come roll on me luscious-green...

Project Green-Grass took longer than building our house. We finished our sprinkler system over a year ago, but with problems with our water pressure we had lots of investigating and digging to do before I would have my day with the lawn mower. Spring came and went and still couldn't figure out why we didn't have enough water pressure, so I prayed for solutions to come. I had been craving some outdoor play space for me and my boys. Sounds like a silly thing to pray for, but I know Heavenly Father cares because after a new main line was installed we had enough pressure to run a sprinkler zone and the kitchen sink! 

After clearing our weed jungle, planting a few more trees, spreading compost, and a little more waiting this beautiful load pulled up in front of our house on June 9th...

 

We ordered with our wonderful neighbors The Winsors and practically had the entire neighborhood helping us lay 20 pallets of sod. Tara and I started at 2:30 and with everyone's help we finished at 9. I went to bed exhausted and overwhelmed with gratitude.  Grateful for the color green and being surrounded by caring people. 

Let the playing begin!!

Simple Moments : Jack the Babysitter

This last week, our house seemed to be babysitting station. We watched three of our neighbors kids on three different days. Jack loves having friends over to play and honestly, so do I. Both my boys much better behaved and happier with other kids at our house. Surprisingly, Baby Tanner even kept my little rascals attention. I saw Jack's tender, protective side come out while Tanner was at our house. He didn't leave Tanner's side the entire 30 minutes and held him for at least 5. Jack makes a great big brother and loves babies. The Captain was glowing as he held him, kissed his forehead, shared his tractors, and read to him. I didn't encourage any of it because I was busy keeping Brock from licking or sticking his finger in Tanner's eye (that's the Brockster foot in the first picture...).
These little moments were heart melting.

"We Go See A Snowbird!"

Our annual trip to Snowbird with all the Bleazards was a blast. Jack loved every minute of the trip. Even though he was confused about where we were going, he was clearly excited even before we left. Heath told me we were going to snowbird, so he asked, "what a snowbird say?". Confusion still lingered after Heath explained Snowbird is a mountain. "Hey Mom, we go see a snowbird! You comin'?" Throughout the trip Captain informed us every bird we saw was a snowbird. Here's some of our fun...

On our stroll to church, Jack copied everything Easton did. I don't blame him. Easton is one cool dude.

We played

and played...

and played...

and played some more...

at the park. 

Jack's first tennis lesson with dad was a success...

No surprise there...

Brock practiced his standing and taking a few steps...

and being clingy to his mama...

Jack took on Easton for a little soccer match...

Easton has got skillz...

Hank and Jack snuggled while

we all watched Planes...

And the gang of 7 boys under six just did boy stuff the rest of the time...

Sadly the we didn't make it to the pool this year. It was pretty windy and too cold for my Goldielocks boys. We did take a beautiful hike, eat fabulous food, and simply relax. See ya next year Snowbird!

Four Down. Eternity to Go.

Number 4 has come and gone and I feel like I just blogged about our 3rd anniversary. I remember my Young Women leaders always telling me the older you get the faster times goes by. Each year I understand a bit better what they meant. Which is why I'm still blogging about May and its August...

We both admitted this last year of our marriage has been our favorite. Not that we have many years to choose from, but I think we're finally starting to figure out what marriage is all about. We still have innumerable more things to learn and thankfully an eternity to do so. John Lennon says it best in one of his songs, "Grow old along with me. The best is yet to be. When our time has come, we will be as one..." It takes hard work, forgiveness, humility, charity, and in our case, graham crackers and milk to become one. Maybe one day I'll be able to share my milk with Heath...I'm still working on that. I'm so grateful I am married to a man who is determined to have a celestial marriage. I love you Guap.

To celebrate our love for each other, Heath and I took on a ropes course 50 ft above the ground at Utah Olympic Park. We loved it! Thanks to my parents for watching our little munchkins.

Happy 4th To Us!