Lake Trips

We have gone to the lake a few times this summer and everyone of them has been fantastic fun! Carys loves the water, Rob loves to wakeboard, and I like to sit there and do nothing. Maybe one day when I'm not still 20 pounds over weight Ill get on the wakeboard again! Here are just a few lake pictures from the summer! One with Rob on the board and me on the tube, one with Carys in her life jacket, one with Carys walking around the camp ground, and the last one is funny to us. We were driving home from the lake and Rob turned around and saw that Carys had taken a pair of his pants and put them around herself like a shaw! It was funny!

Thanksgiving Point Video

Here is a cute video of Carys at Thanksgiving Point. She gets so excited when she sees water! She flaps her arms up and down like she is going to take off flying at any minute! The color isn't that great since the video was shot on my digital camera, but you can kinda get the gist!

Thanksgiving Point

We had a fun day at Thanksgiving Point a few weeks ago! It was cute to watch all the nieces and nephews run around the gardens and mazes. The best part was Noah's Ark at the entrance. It was a huge ark with animals sticking their heads out the window and spraying water on the kids. Its made to look as real as possible, it was even in about a foot of water. Carys loved it and Riley was such a good helper with her! She loves her cousins!

~Random Cuteness~

Here are some totally random but cute pictures of Carys. We have her in a cute little pink and brown outfit that Grandma Angela gave her, she looked so adorable! There is also one of her drinking from the hose outside while we were working in the yard. It was cute! Then there is a picture of how she fell asleep one day in her crib, LOL! It was classic, and then last but most assuredly not least, is her and her gigantic drink. Rob got a slurpee from the Seven Eleven and gave her a drink. But then she didn't want to give it back...

Playing Dress Up

Having a girl is so much fun! We play dress up all the time now, much to her dismay! She doesn't quite like it yet, but I am confident she will soon!

Splash Pad

I know its been a long time since my last post, but these past few months have been busy! So lets get started!
They built a splash pad across the street from my house at the Magna Pool. I took Carys there hoping she would like it and she did! She didn't know what to think at first, but after about 30 seconds of watching the water, which she loves, she started having a blast!

Camping and Boating Trip

We spent Fourth of July weekend camping and boating! It was great! It was Carys' first time to camp and she did super! She also loved the water and playing in the sand! Rob wake boarded and I am too chicken so I went tubing. We can't wait to go again! Even Burton had a good time relaxing in the sun. Yay for summer!

Berkeley and Carys in the wagon.
Berkeley, me, and Carys playing in the sand and water.
Me and Carys just playing!
Mommy and Baby Girl!
Carys in her cute little babyGap giraffe suit! Stylin'!
Burton... he had his own personal umbrella on the sand next to the lake.

The Fourth of July

Carys was in the Magna Fourth of July Parade on Grandpa Jeff's float for his plumbing business! She got to ride with her cousins, Gracie, Dawson, and Marlie and her Aunt Amy! She was happy throwing candy over the side of the boat until some people started shooting water guns and got her wet! Her surgery was just 2 days prior and she wasn't very happy, I think a little water got in her ear. Other than her crying for a few minutes, it was cute and fun! Then we had a BBQ at Rob's parents house and she was tired so she took a nap in her bathing suit on Grandma's floor.

Carys' Surgery

For the past 3 weeks Carys has been very sick. She has had chronic ear infections since she was just a few months old and they just never seemed to go away. After finally having her scream for 3 nights straight, even after being on antibiotics, we took her to an ENT doctor and he said we should go ahead and put tubes in her ears. We scheduled her surgery for the following Wednesday, July 2nd. What was really hard was just the weekend before her surgery I got Bronchitis, and now I have double ear infections! Its been a rough few weeks at our house, but Carys' surgery went nicely and she seems to be in little or no pain now, and my bronchitis is just about gone! Just another few days of ridiculous pain in my ears and then we hope to be all back to normal!



Here is Carys laying on Rob when she was sick. She loves her Daddy.
Such a sad girl.
Not happy at all. I think she knows what is about to happen.
Playing with a few toys right before the doctor took her in.
In the recovery room trying to get her to drink a bottle of juice and calm down. This was a really tough hour.

DaDa!

I took this video of Carys walking around for my family in Texas to see. It was filmed on July 1st. Its short, but cute. She is way good at walking now, sometimes she gets so excited she tries to start running, once she does that we will put another video on!

Swimming with the Nelsons!

Yesterday we went swimming with Mandy and her two kids and two of the kids she watches during the day. It was fun, but hot!
Elsie and Carys just hanging out pre-swim time. Carys was drinking her apple juice and loving it!
Still sitting on the blanket just basking in the glorious sunlight! :0)
Carys HATED the water at first. She cried for 20 minutes. She finally relaxed and just laid back in her float and played with her toys.
She fell asleep literally 2 minutes after I pulled her out of the pool once she started whining again. She slept in the shade under a towel. The tree she was under had seeds that fall all over the place and she got covered!
Here is Ethan, Gatlin, and Jaxon. The three amigos. They are funny!

A Day at the Zoo

We had a fun day at the zoo! My sister in law Courtney and her daughter, who is 9 months older than Carys, Berkeley, came with us! They loved to look at all the animals and ride the carousel!

Carys and Berkeley in their strollers just hanging out watching the monkeys.

Me and Carys on the Carousel Ride at the zoo!

Courtney and Berkeley on the Carousel also

"Come on Berkeley, lets go ride the Carousel!"

The two girls watching the ride go round and round...