One of the days we were there we went to the beach and played. Avery love playing with Brooke.

Here are some fun pictures of Avery playing in the sand at the beach.

Avery and daddy walking in the water.

Daddy and Kaden enjoying the sun.

Skyler’s grandpa brought his 4-wheelers for people to ride on. Avery really wanted Skyler to take her for a ride.

She was afraid that they were going to fall in the lake, even though they were no where near the lake, so Skyler stopped and turned her around so that she could hold on to him.

By the time they got done Avery was smiling and had a good time. She told me that she kept saying, “ahhh!”

More cute pictures of Avery playing in the sand.

My beautiful little girl.

Me and Kaden relaxing in the sun.

We had a great time at Bear Lake and look forward to the reunion next year!

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This is all of us waiting for the parade to start. The parade was really long. Skyler and Kaden got really hot so about half way through they went to the car to cool off. Avery had a blast running out into the road with Nicole to get the candy that was thrown.

Later that day Skyler and I took Avery to the carnival; Kaden stayed with Grandma Call. We purchased 10 tickets for Avery and then were given about 10 more from other people there who were leaving and had a couple extras. The first ride that Avery went on was the “green roller coaster”. I got her strapped in and told her to hold onto the bar in front of her. The ride started and she got really scared. Every time she came around she would look at me and say, “Mom I want to get off”. I felt so bad because there was nothing I could do to help her.

The next ride that Avery went on was the cars. She really like this one. She sat next to this cute little boy who talked to her and made sure that she was okay.

She loved this one. I think she really enjoyed being able to hold the steering wheel and pretend she was actually driving the car.

Uncle Blaze was at the carnival. He had purchased an all day pass so he could go on as many rides as he wanted. This worked out really well for us because he could go on the bigger rides with Avery so we didn’t have to purchase more tickets for Skyler and I to go with her.

The train was another one of Avery’s favorite rides. Blaze looks like he is having so much fun!

This ride was a fun one. I remember this ride being there when I was a kid. Avery really enjoyed this one, she was the only child on the ride.

This one was fun for Avery because she got to control whether she was up in the air or down by the ground.

Avery enjoyed the yellow slide so much that she wanted to go on it a second time. This time she wanted me to go with her. It was fun!

Look how happy she is!

For the last ride of the day she chose to ride on the cars again.

We had a great time at the carnival!

I stayed at the bottom with Kaden while Skyler too Avery on the slide.

When they got up to the top Skyler called me to let me know that they would be coming down soon.

When they got done I asked Avery how it was and she said that daddy went too fast. She said that she kept telling him to slow down and that she wanted her mommy!

She had a good time with her daddy and she keeps telling me that when Kaden gets older that he will go on it with dad and she will go with me. She is so cute!

Grandma Call loaded Avery in the car and took her to the mall. I met them there so I could be a part of the fun too.

Avery already knew which bear she wanted so that part was really easy. She pulled the bear out of the bin and hugged it so tight.

She took it over to one of the employees to stuff it. She pushed the black peddle with her foot to start the machine.

The employee handed Avery a small red heart so that she could give it her love before putting it inside the bear. She rubbed it between her hands and blew on it to make it warm and then gave it a kiss.

She put the heart into the bear.

When the bear was all stuffed she took it over to give it a shower (an air shower).

Aunt Lacey put some of the sunglasses made for the bears on Kaden. Doesn’t he look cute?!?

Choosing which bear she wanted was easy. Choosing the outfit for the bear, however, was a lot more difficult. Avery had tried several outfits on the bear before finally choosing the one she wanted. When the bear was all dressed it was time to pick some accessories for it. Avery chose a blow dryer (it really works), a brush, and a mirror.

When her bear was all dressed and accessorized we went over to the computers and put in her bears information and made it a birth certificate. We then went to the counter to pay for the bear. The employee at the counter gave Avery two purple bows for her new bear’s ears. Avery had a great time. Thanks Grandma Call for taking Avery to build her bear. She loves it so much and takes it everywhere with us!

Like most of you probably did, we celebrated 4th of July three time this year.

We went to see the firework show at Thanksgiving Point on Saturday. Kaden loved watching them but Avery was tired and complained that they hurt her eyes. After the show was over we walked to our car and got it at 10:25. Because of all the traffic it took an entire hour to get home; a drive that normally takes about ten minutes.

On Sunday we celebrated with the Call family. Grandma Call invited us over to her house for dinner and to light/watch some fireworks. She asked us to all wear red, white, and blue so that we could take some family pictures together. For dinner we enjoyed some yummy dutch oven chicken and potatoes. We tried to make homemade ice cream but it took about 3 hours to make and even then was really runny. We still ate it though. After dinner we went to the amphitheater near the LDS Mount Timpanogos Temple to take pictures. Here are some of the pictures we took:

Me and my kiddos.

Grandma Call and Kaden.

Grandma Call, Uncle Landon, and Uncle Blaze.

My cute family.

More of my family.

The whole Call clan.

We woke up bright and early Monday morning to head over to Provo and watch the hot air balloons launch. It was really neat to see all the balloons up in the air.

Avery loved watching them. Her favorite balloon was the pink pig from Bank of American Fork.

It was a little chilly in the morning so I tried to keep Kaden’s blanket on him, but he did not want it on. He kept kicking it off. After the balloon launch and some breakfast at McDonald’s we went to the Provo Parade. It was really hot. Avery loved to watch the royalty floats and the “princesses” on them.

Later that evening we went over to Grandma Christiansen’s house for dinner and fireworks. My mom made yummy hamburgers and homemade ice cream. After dinner we went outside and played some games until it was dark. My mom didn’t want to play with us. She just wanted to play with Kaden.

Skyler and Kaden waiting for the fireworks to start:

My dad is really cute with Avery. Here he is helping her light sparklers:

There were some ants on the sidewalk near where Avery was playing with the sparklers. Aunt Nicole taught her to show the ants her sparklers.

My cute mom watching Avery and Nicole play with the sparklers:

Kaden enjoyed watching the fireworks.

Avery loves Aunt Nicole. This is them watching the fireworks:

Thanks everyone for making our 4th of July so great!

At Homestead my grandparents rent out two condos right across the street from the park. Avery loved playing in the sand with my cousin, Jessica.

My aunt, Heidi, always plans fun crafts and service projects for us to do while we are there. She brought bandannas and we got to decorate them. Avery didn’t want to decorate hers so I did it for her.

My bandanna.

My dad holding Kaden.

My dad loved playing with Avery and Kaden.

Skyler enjoyed relaxing outside with Kaden.

Kaden is always trying to be “so big”.

We took Avery on a walk to see the crater. She enjoyed riding on Skyler’s shoulders.

We had a ton of fun swimming, playing, and visiting with family at Homestead.

Avery had a blast playing in the water.

She loved playing with Layceelyn. I wish that they lived closer so that the tow of them could play together more, they have so much fun together.

Cute girl!

For this Father’s Day post I thought that since Skyler has been a father for 3 years now that I would write 3 things that make him a great father/interactions with our children that I think are cute!

1. I love to watch Skyler play with Kaden. After dinner he will take Kaden into our alcove and lay on the floor and they will just play together. I can tell that Kaden loves his daddy so much!

2. About a month ago we had a “Girl’s Night” in Park City for my mom’s birthday. It was just for the adult girls so I left Avery home with Skyler (Kaden came with me because I am still nursing him). Avery was so excited to have a daddy/daughter night.

Skyler asked her, “What do you want to do on our daddy/daughter night?”
Avery responded, “I want to go get a daddy/daughter ball.”
Skyler: “What is a daddy/daughter ball?”
Avery: “I don’t know”
Skyler: “Where do we go to find a daddy/daughter ball?”
Avery: “I don’t know.”
Skyler: “If we go to the store will you know what it is when you see it?”
Avery: “Yes.”

Skyler and Avery ended up spending some of their time that night at my dad’s house having dinner and then he brought her home and they watched a movie together, he even let her sleep in our bed with him. The next morning he got her dressed and did her hair and took her out and bought her a pair of Tinker Bell shoes because she didn’t have any cute shoes to go with her outfit.

I love that he took such good care of our daughter while I was gone, it is comforting to know that when I am not there that she is taken care of. I also love that he styled her hair!

3. Skyler is always trying to teach our children new things. He is teaching Kaden to be strong by helping him to sit up and hold his head up. He is teaching Avery how to speak properly by correcting her when she says something the wrong way and teaching her big words that are so cute to hear her say in the correct context! He also teaches me new things everyday. He teaches me by his example how to be positive.

Skyler is a great husband and father. I am so blessed to have him in my life. I love you honey!

Avery loved the one of the Disney Princesses. (She was being shy because there were a few girls waiting to have their picture taken with this one and they were watching her.)

Avery and Uncle Blaze

There were several of “Alice and Wonderland”. Avery loves “Alice in Wonderland”.

Avery also love the ones of Mermaids.

This one is from one of Avery’s favorite books. She loves the girl with the stripes!

Avery being silly with Kaden for the camera.

These are a few of my favorites.

We had a lot of fun!