What Did We Do This Summer?

Seems as how it's been forever since I've posted anything, I figured I'd do a quick post on what we've done since I posted last. Life's been super crazy getting ready for the arrival of baby boy, and blogging just had to take a back seat. So bare with me here...

Landon and Carter took swimming lessons for 6 weeks this summer from my great friend Melissa. Ethan and Alivia were in their class with them, and they loved it. I personally feel much better with them in the water, especially when I am alone. Thanks Melissa!


Kelly played his trumpet with Wasatch Winds, for their summer concert in the park. Wasatch Winds is a community band that his High School band teacher instructs. He loves playing with them, especially because his Dad, sister Kris Anne, and brother Greg also play with him. Not to mention two of his best friends Dusty and Jim.


We took another family vacation with the Johnson's. We went to Zions, and Bryce Canyon for the 4th of July weekend. We had a great time, and did lots of sight seeing, and even a little hiking in Bryce. It was a great trip!


I took a much needed girls trip to Colorado with Kim, Shelley and Amy. We went and stayed with our friends we went to Forks, WA with in their cabin just outside of Durango. It was fantastic!


We've watched and played with Cayson (my sister Morgan's son) and had a great time with him on various occasions. Cayson loves Landon and Carter. He follows them everywhere they go and he attacks Carter whenever he gets the chance. It's hilarious to watch. Carter just lets him attack, and waits patiently for someone to save him.


We spent the 24th of July with my family in Heber. We set up a little pool for the kids to play in, and the boys got to play baseball with Grandpa. That was the highlight of the day.


We got together with family for a Johnson FHE and went up American Fork Canyon and had a BBQ. It was great! We loved spending time in the mountains, and eating with everyone. We had a great pic-nic spot right by the river, and the kids loved throwing rocks into the water and running around.


In August we went camping at Palisades State Park for a few days. We swam in the lake, and Kelly did some 4-Wheeling and golfing. The boys loved being able to ride their big wheels everywhere and play with their cousins. It was a great little trip, one that I'd love to do over again.


Last but not least, we went to the zoo with the Tolboe's. The kids had a great time, and so did Kim and I. It's so fun to see how excited the kids get when they see the animals. They all LOVED the giraffes, and the elephants, and the monkeys. They ran from one exhibit to the next. A lot of the animals were hiding, but some of the bigger ones, like the tiger was in plain sight, and they thought that was super cool! We let them ride the carousel and the train, and as you could guess, they loved that too.


In a nutshell that's some of the fun things we've done this summer. We've played with friends and had some great BBQ's, and done all the normal stuff too. I'm glad that summer is almost over and fall is approaching. But more than anything, I'm most excited to get this baby out of me! I'm hoping to get a baby post up sometime soon... just don't hold your breath, because who knows when that will happen.

Baby Bryce's Blessing

Marty and Emily blessed their newest addition to their family Bryce Allan Johnson on June 28th. He's such a beautiful and well behaved baby. We love him so much!!

After the blessing we gathered together for a small breakfast at a park near Emily's parent's home. It was so nice and we loved being able to spend time together.

Emily and Bryce

The Marty Johnson Family

The flower the boys picked for me.

The flower the boys picked for Kelly.

Marty playing ring around the rosies with the kids.

Parade

We met up with the Martin's last Saturday for the parade in Lehi. Julie went early and set out blankets so we had a great front row view of the parade. It was the first parade I've been to where all the ward's entered a float. The floats were super creative and very cute. The boys didn't quite understand that they needed to be quick at picking up candy when it was thrown, and there were a whole bunch of vultures (other kids) around us. So they didn't end up with hardly any candy, which was fine. They didn't really care. They loved playing with Eleanor and the squirt guns John and Julie brought for them. They thought that was great! They of course loved all the motorcycles and fire trucks, and Kelly and I really enjoyed the many bands and marching bands. It was a great parade, very long, but also very fun.

The Farm

I took the boys to the farm at Thanksgiving Point this week with Kim, Shelley, and all the kids. We had never been to the farm before, so the boys were really excited. They got to see lots of animals including baby chicks, pigs, a very noisy goat, geese, ducks, turkeys, goats and so much more.

Their most favorite part of the park had to be the pony ride. Landon and Carter were so excited when they saw the pony's and immediately ran over to them. Landon was so brave and rode all by himself. I thought that Carter was going to do the same, but once I got him on and started to walk out of the arena he got scared and started to cry, so I walked along side him.

They loved riding, and spending time at the farm. I look forward to taking them back again and next time taking them on the horse and carriage ride... if they'll go for that.

3 Year Old Stats

Landon and Carter had their 3 year check-up this week. They were both really good boys at the Dr.'s office and didn't even cry when they got their Hep A shots. I was so proud of them.

Landon's Stats
Age: 3 Years Old
Date: June 24, 2009
Weight: 37.8 lbs - 90%
Height: 39 1/4" - 75%
Age: 8 Days Old
Weight At Birth: 5 lbs 7 oz
Height At Birth: 17 1/2"


Carter's Stats
Age: 3 Years Old
Date: June 24, 2009
Weight: 29 lbs - 25%
Height: 36" - 10%
Age: 8 Days Old
Weight At Birth: 4 lbs 5 oz
Height At Birth: 16 1/2"

20 & 26 Week Baby Bump's & Pregnancy Update

So I've obviously been slacking with the Baby Bump pictures. My pregnancy is going really well. I've really gotten big (at least it seems so to me) in the last week or so. Traveling to Nauvoo was hard on my body, having to turn around and help the boys as often as I did. But I made it and only had to rest for a few days after getting home. For some reason I had a hard time walking, I was really sore where my incision from my c-section is. Now I'm doing much much better.

At my last Dr. appointment (24 weeks) we had to have another ultrasound. During the one at 20 weeks they weren't able to get a good view of baby boy's heart, and therefore had to try again. He was still on his belly but the tech was able to get a good enough view, and everything looks great!

The best news that we received from the ultrasound is that he's measuring bigger, and so they moved up my due date. Instead of being due October 3rd, my new due date is September 29th! HOORAY!! That's 4 days earlier!!

The 20 Week Baby Bump

The 26 Week Baby Bump
...Please pay no attention to how awful I look in this picture...