Bike Rides

So as I mentioned we got bikes as part of J.J.'s father's day. I think I've been enjoying mine more than he has his, but that's mostly because he's tired from work when I go for rides. The other day we did get out as a family and rode over to the park. I was nervous over how Kyler would be, he does not like having anything on his head, and when we put his helmet on he fought us until we got going, but he was then in LOVE! If we stopped at all, he'd start to cry....yes he is now starting to throw fits which is not something his mom likes at all! But he was sure cute during the ride, and would just jabber and start singing as we went around the park. Here is a few pictures of him while we were out!

Father's Day!

I hope all the Father's out there had a great Father's day Sunday! I am very grateful for my dad and everything he has done for me! He's always said I was his "favorite daughter" since I was the only girl and it was usually followed by one of my brothers calling one of the others a girl! I may have hoped and prayed (every night!!) Rhett was going to be a girl but now I'm thankful I was the only girl in our family and that I got to be Daddy's little girl!!
I am also very grateful for a wonderful father-in-law! he has always made me feel so welcome and loved! I am so thankful to him for the example he has been to JJ and the things he taught him.
I am also very grateful to have know both of my grandfather's and even a couple great-grandfather's during my life! 3 of the 4 I have know have past away..but I have such amazing memories of them all and it makes me smile when I think about them all! I was very very close to my Grandpa Jones, with JJ's grandma passing away this week alot of the feeling came back to me I felt when my Grandpa past and all the memories I have with him! I miss him everyday and hope he knows how much I love him! One of the best memories I have with him was going upto Malad and getting into his Old Red pick up truck and driving to Cherry Creek, we'd park the truck at his brother's house and walk down to the river. One of the times we went someone had thrown out a bunch of trash onto the side of the road he picked up some of it and made a boat out of it and we let it go into the river and watched it float away! Almost every time I saw him after that even to the day he died he'd ask me how far I thought it had gotten? Its times like that I miss so much and am so thankful to have had with him! And I am so glad my little boy and future kids have Grandpa's who I already know are going to make memories like that with him!!
My grandpa also always told me that before I got engaged he had to approve of the guy I married and he didn't care how many he had to beat off with a baseball bat! He didn't live long enough to meet JJ, but I know without a doubt he would approve!
I am so VERY VERY VERY thankful for JJ!! He does so much for our little family and I can't express enough how much I love him and appreciate him. He is such a good Daddy to Kyler. Even on the days he works 12 hour shifts he is very patient with him and is always telling him how much he loves him. He says Kyler is a Mama's boy but I disagree with that! He loves his daddy so much and lights up every time he sees him! It melts my heart when I see him cuddle into JJ and see JJ smile because he enjoys it too! I love my two guys so much!!
Now that I have the sappy stuff out of the way, I'll talk about the actual day. JJ works over the weekends so he got home Sunday morning at 6:10 a.m. and had to be back in at 5:30 p.m. so he didn't get to enjoy to much of the day. When he first got home Kyler was already up so we had him open his presents. We had gotten him a grill with all the accessories, and then we had also decided to get bikes. I had also found a site that made some really cute ties that you can personalize..so I order him and the grandpa's one from Kyler and then he got a few other little things. He went to sleep while we went to church and then we headed to his parents house for dinner, and then it was off to work for him! He said he had a great day though..and I hope he did because he deserves it!!

We Love You So Much J.J.!!

Grandma Harris-Plowman

This past Friday JJ's Grandma Plowman past away! We are sad to see her go, but happy at the same time that she won't be suffering anymore and that she will be able to be with his grandpa again! She was such an amazing woman and I am very grateful to have met her and to be part of her family!!

The last time we had seen her was about a month ago, we went over with JJ's family to go to dinner and to visit her. Kyler had been cranky from teething but still snuggled with her for a few minutes! I don't think I will ever forget that now..I am glad he was so cute for just those few minutes with her!! The picture is from when he was about 4 months old..there was one taken last month but I haven't got a copy of that yet. I am happy we at least have one with the four generations of Harris' at least for our family:)

We will sure miss her! And hopes she knew how much we loved and appreciated her!!

Class of 2011

Thursday was Graduation for Bear River High, we had my brother Derek, and J.J.'s sister Kellie graduate that day:) I wasn't able to get a picture of Kellie because my dad was messing with my camera when her name was called so I had to pull one from facebook. It was a nice ceremony and we are so proud of each of them!! Kyler went with us and I couldn't believe how good he was, he started to cry twice but it was short lived. He would start dancing any time music came on or the Madrigal's sang it was so cute. Here are the pictures of the Graduates:)

Hogle Zoo

Last Friday we went to Hogle Zoo. We had a blast and so did Kyler. He really didn't care much about the animals, but he loved seeing the dinosaurs and riding the carousel and train. He also loved when we would put him on things to take his picture. I think the animal he actually looked at was the tiger, and it was right up against the fence, I didn't get a very good picture of it because people just swarmed to it. When we went into the gift shop there was a little stuffed tiger and that was what Kyler grabbed for so we bought him that and a sippy. He was so happy the whole day and I think really enjoyed being out of the house. Right before we left we saw the water ball and took him over too it, we were lucky because there was only 2 other kids there at the time. He didn't want to leave that, he kept trying to climb up on it, it was hilarious. It was alot of fun getting out as a family! We haven't had a day like that in along time, it makes me even more excited for our vacation:)

Outside Fun

I've been on the hunt for a slide for Kyler since before his birthday, I just wanted a small one that wouldn't take up much space. I finally found one that folds right up and was a decent price. Since today was pretty good outside we decided to go out and play. He loved it! He tried to climb up the front of it and started to go down it on his belly(not head first of course). He also loved to hide under it and and play peek-a-boo. He also liked to play with the grass. He pulled a piece out of the ground and just stared at it, and then tried to eat it. I'm so happy its starting to get warm so we can go outside more often:) We are planning on going to the zoo tomorrow so we'll probably have another post from that, but for now here are the pictures from today!

Here's the Proof

I finally got video of Kyler taking steps tonight while we were at my mom's house! He is starting to do it alot more:) He was even catching himself from falling tonight, even though once he gets to where he's going he'll fall as you'll see. He was getting so excited and would try to run but would end up falling down. He's such a cutie!! He was very proud of himself tonight to, and would start clapping and laughing after he made it to someone. He started to take off from things by himself to, which has been the battle. If we would hold him and let him go he would be fine, but if you tried to get him to walk from the couch to you by himself he wouldn't and would just crawl. But today he started to take off, I'm sure it'll be anytime now, that he'll be walking and running all over the place. Which makes his mommy very nervous!!