Baby Giggles

My favorite sound in the world right now is baby giggling.  There's nothing sweeter!  The only problem is I cannot for the life of me get my baby to giggle for me!  He laughs at Dale non-stop.  He laughs for random people at church.  He WILL NOT laugh for me...until tonight.  I tricked him into it.  Dale was doing his normal goofy "ABOO" routine, and Trey was giggling up a storm.  Then Dale finished and I snuck in.  All I had to do was say "ABOO" and he gave me the HUGEST laugh!  He did it twice...then he realized it was me and stopped :(.  Oh well, at least I got 2 in!  My new goal is to get him to laugh without the help of Dale :).  

Healing Field

For the last 10 years there has been a "Healing Field" in Sandy Utah.  I had no idea it even existed until one of my Visiting Teachers told me she and her family visited it for FHE.  I was intrigued, so I made Dale go with me that very same day.  It's a field full of flags that represent those who died during the September 11th terrorist attacks.  It's an amazing sight.  On each flag is a short synopsis of who each individual was, or what they did.  The field had such a peaceful spirit about it.  In my eyes it exemplifies patriotism.

The Healing Field

These cards had the stories on the other side.

Dale reading to Trey

Gourmet Dining

A couple of weeks ago (yes, weeks...I need to learn from my friends Jessi and Erin's examples and be more on top of things :) our sweetheart husbands made us dinner.  Us girls got to relax with our kiddos while the guys cooked us a fabulous practically gourmet meal of feta cheese chicken, fruit salad, steamed veggies and dessert, the most important part!  Check out this feast!

Our Chef hubbies: Ryan, Dale, and Brett.  They humored us by wearing the aprons :)

The Dads showing off their boys :)

Dale awkwardly hugging Ryan :)

Dale and Trey

After dinner we played "The Celestial Dating Game."  Dale and I were a little behind.  Apparently it's hard to win when your husband says your favorite season is "Pepper" and your favorite toy is "Chapstick" :).  The Millers rocked the game with an awesome win!  The Hymers were a close second, and then there was us.  We came in third.  Dale and I are going to study up and then demand a rematch :).

Lovin the Luau

Dale and I have been looking for fun activities that force us to leave our apartment. We've become mild hermits since having Trey, and decided it's time for us to join society again. We just happened to come across an ad for "Luau Day" at Gardner Village. Lucky us! They had a bunch of activities for the kids, and had some good food and awesome entertainment!

Dale and Trey struttin their stuff :)

Obviously we got a kick out of this!

Daddy and Trey!

Mommy and Trey :)

My sister, Sam, and my little nephew joined us for a little while.

Sam doing the LIMBO!

Racheal and the baby boys

Cousins...not the best pic, but it will have to do :)

Preston was a little jealous that his mom was holding someone else.  He was gently "patting" Trey at first, then started pushing him away :).  Don't worry, they'll soon be best buds! 

Remembering

There are so many events I am behind with posting, but they can wait for one more day. Today I just want to remember.
Somebody somewhere once stated wisely, "Freedom isn't Free." I don't think I fully understood this statement until 10 years ago when I was in the midst of watching my dad pull out of the driveway to begin his first tour of duty in the Middle East. I think I understood it a little more shortly after that day as I watched America be attacked on September 11, 2001. And, I think I understand it even better today, on the 10 year anniversary of those attacks, as once again my dad is serving our country as an American Soldier. I think of him as he proudly hangs the American flag over his bed in Iraq, and as he wears his uniform in the 110 degree heat with honor. I think of him as he spends months away from his family in a foreign land. I think of him as he laces up his boots willingly. Why does he do all this? He serves today because "Freedom isn't Free."

Girls just wanna have fun

As part of my last big Hurrah before going back to school, Trey and I went to lunch with my Grandma, my mom, my sister, and my cutie nephew Preston. I LOVE girls days! Girls days + our handsome little guys of course :). Trey did great until we ended up at The Quilted Bear. Apparently he shares his dad's feelings about shopping. Oh well :)

Mums and Grandma

Racheal and I

Cutie Preston :)

My sweetheart Trey!

Dark nights and tin foil dinners...

A couple of weeks ago we went up to the mountains with the grand plan of making tin foil dinners and roasting marshmallows. We didn't anticipate it being dark by the time we got our dinners in the fire. I guess that happens when you don't get to your picnic site until 8:30 at night. My mom and sister were driving up from Parowan and were meeting us there. I guess it shouldn't have been a huge shocker when I called her at 4:00 and she said she was just leaving :). Needless to say, we didn't get to each much of our dinner. The site we were dining at had a 10:00 curfew. We had to dine and dash. Of course, Dale, the master Tin Foil Dinner chef, didn't get much dining in while he was taking care of everyone else. We ended up stopping at Taco Bell on the way home. Next time we're doing a picnic during the day :).

The Moose we saw while looking for a site!

Grandma Christensen holding Trey :)