Summer 2012

Ive been MIA in the blog world for the last oh 4 months.. I guess thats what summer does to you! Heres a 10 min update on our lives for all those friends and fam who actually read this :)

May: Our big girl officially became a toddler. She goes to Nursery all by herself and has quite the vocabulary! We took a trip to Moab with the young single adults in our ward, which was a lot of fun. My cute sister Noelle and fam came to visit!! it was soooo fun I miss them so much! Now that i think about it, they were here in June, but you get the picture..

June: I officially quit my full time job on June 1st! I now work about 10 hours a week, give or take if I need to sub or not.. this is the best most amazing decision we have made. I honestly dont know how I juggled working 40+ hours a week, school (when I was in it), being a mom, and a wife and my calling, before now.. Its amazing how busy a stay at home mom can be! It sure does feel great to not be so stressed anymore though. To celebrate my retirement (lol) Cassidy and I went to Denver for a weekend to get away and relax. We made it to a Rockies game, which we always have fun at! 

July: I celebrated my 23rd bday! We did some camping, some dirt bikin, didnt have any fireworks because of the fire ban in CO, I went to Baton Rouge to visit Ashley!, My dad came to visit, we went to the rodeo, and so much more! 

August: We were busy with softball and recovering from the month of July.. July was seriously like a blink and it was over.. so august was pretty low key. Daddy skipped work one day and we went fishing (Bentley is in her car seat, in her life jacket, on the boat) such a safety freak..We went camping one weekend which bentley cant stop talking (and praying) about.. ("bless caaaaamping, amen") 

September: Now we are home for the summer! at least i hope..2 weeks ago, Caleb (Cassidys brother) got married in Las Vegas! Talk about a quick weekend! It was a beautiful ceremony and we are so happy for Caleb and Shelby! We took Bentley to the shark reef, which she LOVED. Then last weekend was the montrose reception which we were busy prepping for. Then of course since family was in town, we had to do something fun aka go jeeping! which resulted in a blown up tire.. we wont go there..

Our girl is growing up SO fast its hard to believe.. She will be 2 in 2 short months.. She is such a sass and her little personality is just hilarious. Shes such a sponge, anything you say, will be repeated. She tells me what she needs now and I can have a full on convo with this chick. She insists on picking out her own outfits everyday. She wears the same 3 shirts over and over and over.. She is obsessed with "sharkies" shark week is now her favorite time of year. She loves her "cart" (her mini stroller) and her rubber "nake" (snake) which got taken away in Nursery last Sunday for scaring other kids..She thinks every color is piiiiink, and she loves putting on "erfume" (perfume) every morning. She is such a girl but such a tomboy all at the same time. She has someone in her life named NINA? we have no idea who she is, i think it may be her 1st imaginary friend. Her best friend is "deesy" her dog.. she loves going to target and shopping for new things. "buy me sumting" is all i hear while she sits in the cart.. She HAS to wipe the cart with a clorox wipe at stores, or she throws a fit. She def has hit terrible 2s. DRAMA is her middle name. she doesnt just say no, everything is "no way" or "no way dude" favorite food is "mamamellows" (marshmallows) and "sa sa" applesauce in a tube that she squeezes out. Bentley says the prayer every night and at every meal.. "Father, bless food, bless dees, family, camping, jesus, amen".. And the most spiritual part of bentley is at church before the sacrament comes she YELLS "HERE IT COMES BREAD!!" or "HERE COME THE WA WA!!" She is such a hoot and we are having too much fun with our little miss b! 

 22 months, with her "nake" of course