Landon's New Obsession-Football

Landon has recently discovered football and absolutely loves it! In the picture below Troy was looking at some stats on the computer with Landon next to him getting excited to see football players on the computer. When it was time to close the laptop and get ready for church, Landon threw a fit and ran upstairs to our room, turned on the TV, and flipped through the channels until he found football. He stopped crying and sat down to watch it while we got ready for church.

These next two pictures have become another habit of his. For breakfast and lunch he thinks he needs to eat his meal on a towel, on the floor, while watching football. He now also gets excited for baseball and hockey. I only wish I had been recording these for tomorrow's long flight!

Might I add how proud his Father is of him.

Grandma came for a visit-well over a month ago!

My mom helped me fly home from Utah this summer and stayed for a few weeks. We had a lot of fun. Here are some of the highlights:
Miniature golf

The Beach

How many Grandma's do you know that will strike a pose like that?

Is she really a Grandma, or is she one of the kids?

I love NYC! Especially shopping in Chinatown with a mom willing to spend some moola!

The view from the Top of the Rock! This was such a good find. It's the same price as the Empire State Building without the LONG wait!

We even made it out to Hershey Park......on an overcrowded weekday. We gave up on rides and went to the waterpark only to find that they had hours of lines just to get into the pools. Landon was able to ride lots of kiddie rides and had a great time.

We had a great time with Grandma and can't wait to see you again next week!

Utah Trip

Finally, here are the pictures from our trip to Utah. I know there are so many. No need to examine each picture, just keep scrolling so you get an idea of what we did while we were visiting.

Happy Pioneer Day!

Anyone who has spent time with us this summer knows how much this kid loves water. He doesn't bat an eye which worried me while staying at my parents house with a swimming pool in the backyard. He did really well though and never tried to go out on his own, thank goodness, but we did go for a swim every day!

My sister, Megan, blessed her baby while we were there. Baylee Rae Hoffman.

Oquirhh Mountain Temple open house.

Baylee's cute crib bedding.

Feeding the ducks in Megan's backyard.

Swimming at the Bountiful Rec Center.

This is Landon's favorite-floating. He has such good control in the water.

Playing in the water feature at Gateway Mall.

I got to see my college roomate, Katie, and 3 of her 4 children!

Playing in the slip and slide with cousins.

At day at the cabin and a boat ride which I have no pictures of. I left my camera somewhere else. The boat ride was a blast.

Isn't Baylee cute?

Four generations.

The view from my Grandparent's backyard is so pretty.

Landon found my Grandma's swimming suit hanging over the railing and put it on and kept saying "water, water, water".

Don't my Grandparents look great?

This picuture tuned out so cute. It was taken on my parents front porch after church.

More swimming.

We got to go to Park City and ride the alpine slide. This is such a blast. Here we are on our way up the mountain.

Here's the view from the top.

Grandpa!

Megan

Landon and I!

This is what we slide down!

Ta Da!

Emily and Jackson's visit to PA

I know I haven't blogged in a LONG time but here is what we've been up to the last few months. My cousin, Emily, and her little boy, Jackson, came to visit us for 2 weeks in July. We had a great time showing there where we live. Here are some of the highlights of their visit.

Going to Valley Forge

The Philadelphia Zoo, America's First Zoo! Much thanks to my friend, Jenn for going with us. Her pass allowed all of us in and saved us a lot of money. Thanks Jenn!

We toured Philadelphia in a day! Troy took Landon home halfway through the day which helped us be able to tour faster!

We got to see Troy at work in the Foot and Ankle Clinic.

Had to have some cheesesteaks!

Beach Day!

These two boys got along great. Jackson was sure great to put up with Landon copying everything he did.

Rita's water ice-another must have food.

Soft pretzels are also another must have food while you visit Philadelphia.

We even made it to Intercourse, PA to Amish country!

couldn't leave without out a buggy ride.

A day at the pool.

A day trip to NYC. Again, poor Troy got stuck with Landon, so we could really maximize our sight seeing. We saw just about all of Manhattan and even managed a broadway play-The Little Mermaid, which was wonderful!

We had a great with with you guys and hope you come to visit us again another time. Landon and I flew home with Emily and Jackson to UT which will be ny next post!

4th of July Weekend

We had a great four day weekend in DC over the fourth of July. We went down to meet up with my cousin Emily and her little boy, Jackson, and stayed at her Grandpa's house. The weather was fabulous! We did get caught in a major rainstorm with no where to get shelter. We were drenched through every layer of clothing! That's happened to me more than once this year.

Hollocaust Museum

The Eternal Flame in the Museum

Korean War Memorial

Vietnam War Memorial-with two sleeping boys!

World War II Memorial

Washington Monument

Jefferson Memorial

On July 4th we had a pancake breakfast with Bill and Sheridan's ward and played on the playground, horseshoes, and volleyball. Then we relaxed for a while at their home and enjoyed each other's company. In the late afternoon we headed into the District and left Landon with Bill and Sheridan. They offered to babysit him and take him to their neighborhood fireworks display which was so nice of them.

The boys loved Millie the dog!

On the drive back to Philadelphia we stopped at the Washington D.C. Temple. It is beautiful and the visitor center was great. Emily and Jackson came home with us and have been here for the last few weeks!

Happy Birthday to Me!

My Birthday was yesterday!!!! I am now 27 yrs old. Landon and I went down to the city to meet Troy for lunch at Jim's Steaks on South Street. They are ranked one of the best cheesesteak joints in the area. We thought they were so good. They said they go through about 500 lbs of meat a day! I believe it too, because the line was down the block.

Later on we had friends over for cake and ice cream. I don't have a picture of everyone, but there really were adults at my party, all you see are the kids! Also, look at how many cakes there are! I've always had the carrot cake (the cake with the big blue candle) for my birthday but this year I have fallen in love with a lemon cake that I talked about on Mother's Day. I we made both, and then my friend brought over a Chocolate Peanut Butter cake. I've never had that much dessert on my birthday! I had a great time with everyone, thanks for making me feel special! And thanks for all the phone calls from friends and my family.

here is the recipe for the lemon cake http://bakeforlife.blogspot.com/2009/04/fabulous-lemon-cake.html

Playing in the Rain

I don't know about your neck of the woods, but ours has been raining just about every single day. It's getting quite old feeling like April has never left us. Anyway, to spice things up a bit the rain we had on Saturday was like a Texas rain storm! My friend and I were out shopping when it hit and the water in the parking lot came higher than our ankles and when we reached the store it looked like we had just gotten out of the swimming pool with our clothes on. These pictures really don't show what we really had but Troy and Landon were only out there for a few minutes and they are that soaked!