Mary Jane Falls Hike

Ok- so these pictures are way out of order, but we went to Mary Jane Falls probably over a month ago for a hike. It was lots of fun. Dax had a blast...he walk a lot of it. On the way down right before you get to the parking lot on level ground i decide to trip and fall. My new capri's took the most of the beating along with my knee, but at least Cannons head didn't hit the ground. He came really close, but i saved him and he stayed asleep in the snugly on my chest.

now that i look at this picture it doesn't look half as bad as it did in person.

Me and the boys at the top eating our lunch

Bryan and the boys at the top

At the top of Mary Jane Falls there were lots of snow still. You also had to be careful where you sat at the top because the sun was melting the ice and snow and from time to time it would fall to the bottom where you sat at the end of the hike.

Dax had to pick up almost every pine cone he could get his hands on.

Getting ready for the hike

1st Cleaning and New Flowers

So i decided the other day that i haven't done any pictures of Cannon since he was 4 months. Now he is 9 going on 10 months. Where has the time gone. We just bought some new flowers for our front door...so i decided to take pixs of them. So here is Cannon's 9 month pixs! He sits up on his own, he talks up a storm, army crawls, loves real food (doesn't want anything to do with the baby mush) and just makes us smile all the time. I love him so much.

Dax also wanted to be part of the fun.

Dax had his first teeth cleaning. He did so well ( I think it helped that it was Aunt Dea) a little nervous at first, but he laid there and let her polish, do a fluoride treatment and even let her scrap some plaque off of his teeth. His favorite part was sucking the water out of his mouth. I am so proud of him.

Aunt Dea and Dax

Easter and Everything else

Easter was a lot of fun this year. Dax finally understands how to do the Easter egg hunts. Cannon just loved playing with Easter basket wrappings. We went to both sides of the family and ate so much we couldn't see straight. This next picture is a lemon blueberry cake i made.

I tried getting a new pix of the boys ... it is really hard.

Dax and Papa did the Easter egg coloring together and had so much fun.

Angel food cupcake with cream cheese frosting that had pineapple in it. YUMMY!

Our HOA Easter egg hunt

Cowboy Birthday

Wow!! I can not believe that my boy is 3 years old. He could not sleep all night. All through the night he would wake up and ask if the sun was up yet. We started the day off with breakfast scones. Then we headed over to the park to decorate for his party, but the weather had other things in mind...like wind-lots of wind. About 45 minutes before the party started we decided to move it to our house. So for the next 45 minutes i hurried and cleaned up the down stairs...including about 8 box's and bag's of canned food for a food drive. Once the party started Dax had a blast with all of his friends and that is what matters.

Birthday scones for breakfast. He was to interested in his TV show to smile for the camera.

His birthday gifts from us. i just love this smile he is getting so big.

The cowboy food for 3 year old. Apple slices, BBQ chicken bites, mac and cheese, rolls and root beer.

Table decorations...gold (we spray painted rocks from our front yard) and root beer candy

Party Favors

My brother in law Justin made these saloon doors out of cardboard and paint

He also mad the Root beer barrel

Papa, Dax, Bryan and Cannon in their cowboy shirts

Bryan and the boys

Bryan took them out for a ride

My cousin Wyndee and her two girls Peyton and Brynlyn

Dax and Jackson

Jackson and my sister Andrea

For one of our games we had them look for gold in the sand and then wash it off.

The other game was pin the badge on Deputy Dax

Grandma and Dax

Cousin Jackson

Elephant Shoes

My father in law works with a guy at the temple that use to work for Nike. Well to make a long story short... Nike was asked to make these shoes for an elephant that had feet problems. My father in law has been using this story in his talks... so the nice guy let him borrow them to use as a visual. We found the new bumbo for infants...its called a Nike Elephant Shoe.

We also received GREAT NEWS today! Dr. Ky (Cannon's Doctor) called today and told us that his CT scans came back normal. So he will be fine! There is no extra fluid on his brain and the bone structure is growing in the right direction. Thanks to all of you for keeping us in your prayers we do appreciate it!