Updated Aine Pictures - She's Truly a Toddler Now

You'll notice that alot of the pictures we take of Aine are when she is sitting in her chair. This isn't really because she is eating all the time, but because this is the only time we can get her to sit still long enough for a picture. :)

We got free "longboard" popsicles with our dinner from Costa Vida and we silly parents decided to let Aine eat her whole popsicle by herself. This picture doesn't quite do it justice because she had already taken and eaten a big bite out of it before we could get this shot. By the time she was done eating it her hands were all red and she was shaking. I don't know if that was from all the sugar or because she was cold. I threw her straight into a nice warm bath and the shakes stopped. But she was running around like crazy after the bath. *Sigh*
Aine loves the phone and she has started to say more understandable words and phrases. Just this week she has transitioned from saying "Hi" to "Hel-l-lo".

Notice the scratches and bruises. Aine is still playing harder than her poor little 18 month old body should have to take. When they told me we are having a baby boy I thought, "You know, having a boy can't be rougher than Aine." But maybe that's just asking for trouble! :) We love you Aine, you are more entertaining than anything else!

God is Good

Spencer has began his internship with Miller Motor Sports Park that will give him some experience in his field. It will also give him the hours he will need to graduate with his associates degree next spring. Today, I received the go ahead to be able to do most of my job from home when I go on maternity leave. So, we may actually financially make it through my leave. We'll see how juggling everything goes. One thing I know for sure is that God's hands were in all of this and I've got to trust that He will help to make everything else okay.

1 to 13?

This morning was very interesting. While Faith was getting ready for work, Aine was standing on the couch reaching for the light switch and I told Aine that was a no-no for standing on the couch and I sat her down. Aine then got off the couch and ran into her room and shut herself in her room. Faith and I both got a laugh out of it. It seems like like Aine is acting like a 13 year old already. Aftewards it took Aine a few minutes to calm down and not be mad at Dad. I can tell that the teenage years are going to be interesting between Dad and daughter.

Aine and Ice Cream

Here are some great pictures of Aine enjoying ice cream. She went back and forth eating Mom and Dad's ice cream.

Updated Pictures of Aine

Here are some recent pictures of Aine. I hope you enjoy.

Flaming Gorge

On Thursday Faith, Aine and I made the drive up to Flaming Gorge to spend some time with my family. When we arrived my sister and her family were getting ready to leave for home. It was sad to see them go. We had a great time. The water was great to ski on especially early Friday morning. I even dropped a ski. I'm sorry we don't have pictures of this event. Aine enjoyed herself as well even though she cried a lot when we put her in the water. I did some cliff jumping with Dad and my brother Seth. My brother Nathan was missed on this trip. It was fun to hang out with family and enjoy my Mom's good dutch oven cooking. All of us boys had fun playing horse shoes. I think I even set a personal record of 5 ringers in one game.

4th of July Weekend

For the 4th of July weekend this year we traveled up to the mountains of Heber and stayed in some nice cabins along with a nice pavilion to gather as a family and eat meals. These cabins are for the Young Woman of the church who come up for girls camp. The camp also had a lake to go canoing, along with horse shoe pits and sand volleyball courts. We all had a great time. Later on in the evening of the 4th Faith, Aine and I traveled out to Grantsville and watched the fireworks. We had a great holiday weekend. I hope you all enjoy the pictures that we took.