Fathers Day...Taylors first official!

Can I begin with how much I love being married? Taylor is the best husband and father. He is the most patient and understanding person I know. He always gives people the benefit of the doubt and is so giving. It has been so fun to be a parent with him. I especially love watching him with Alexander. He is constantly playing with him, making him laugh and singing to him. He talks about things they will do in the future and adventures they will have. Taylor is the best man I know and I'm so grateful to be married to him. It's amazing to look back and see the miracles that brought us together. I am also so grateful for my Dad and for the high standard he set. He is such a great example of hard work and sacrifice. He is the most Christlike person I know. He is a wonderful dad and grandpa. I'm also grateful for the amazing Father-in-Law I have. I just love Vince. I could talk to him all day, everyday. He knows everything about everything and is such an easy going fun dad. I'm also grateful that he raised such a good man to be my husband. Taylor and I both have wonderful grandpa's and I love all of them so much too. Happy Fathers Day to all my favorite daddy's!

My two sweet boys!

 The candybar poster we made for Tay

Yes...these are bacon roses.

 Eating raspberry crepes before church.

Alexander is 4 months!

Oh how the summer time flies. I wish I could pause time and the season and enjoy the nice weather a little longer. I heard someone say that 4 months is the 'golden age' of babyhood. The baby is so fun and getting so big. At his 4 month checkup he weighed in at 17 lbs (88%) and 27"long (98%). We got him a playstation toy where he can sit/stand in it and twist around to play with different toys. We thought we got it early so he could grow into it and I didn't think he would know what to do with it, but right when we put him in he just loved it. Its so fun to watch him play with the different toys and discover how his hands work. He puts everything in his mouth. He is still nursing every 2-4 hours and still takes 4-5 naps a day. He can roll from his back to his tummy. He makes lots of sounds and blows bubbles with his mouth. He loves when Taylor sings to him and gets the giggles. He is so ticklish and he loves the bath and walks with mommy. We took these pictures for Taylor for Fathers Day..."I hope they call me on a mission"

Family trip to Ohio!

The last week of May we went to Cleveland for Taylor's brother Josh's graduation from medical school. It was such a blast and we made so many fun memories. I don't even know where to begin, but we took tons of pictures so enjoy! (The few below are pictures from out little camera...its so nice to have around, but doesn't take great pictures!)

The baby slept on the airplane the whole way there!

Niagra falls...

The "Maid of the Mist" 

The Indians Game...it was a blast!

We went to this sweet indoor water park. The baby loved the water

We played corn tossing a lot outside. The weather was great, not too hot or humid.

We drove up to Palmyra on Sunday after church. We started with the visitor center and Hill Cumorah. It was such a special place. 

I have like a million pictures of Paxton in his stroller...the poor babies spent a ton of time in those things! He was always so happy though!

We went to the Sacred Grove and the Smith Family Farm on Monday morning. Of course I LOVED this sweet sister, her testimony was wonderful and she did such a great job.

I love this picture of Rylee listening so intently

Oh the sibs!

Are we all matching? Yes...ha ha we took family pictures in the Sacred Grove. I'm too lazy to post them here too so feel free to check out my photography blog here.

Monday we also drove up to Niagra Falls. I had been before, but I loved it just as much again, and that probably was one of my favorite things this trip. Tuesday we had kind of a relaxing day. The boys headed to the NFL hall of fame and the girls went shopping. We went to the Indians game that night. Wednesday was the waterpark and here were are at Thursday at Amish Country. The pictures below are of a place called Rolling Ridge Zoo. Its run by Amish. Its pretty much a sweet zoo that you can feed all of the animals. I couldn't believe it!

The animals hear the wagon coming and all start running towards you! These little potbellied pigs were hilarious!

 This is Humphries the camel. He was NOT shy...

 I can't remember what this thing was called but he stole my bucket right out of my hands!

This was our cute little driver...he was pretty funny and even let Rylee drive the wagon.

Look at that tongue!

They also had a little petting zoo

Friday we visited Kirtland. It was neat to see the Temple. It is always so interesting to feel the difference in the Spirit. We had a great tour guide there. 

We went to the LDS visitor center next. Loved the sisters again:)

The NK Whitney store

The Mill

The Ashery

Weirdest picture of Taylor ever...the shadows hit just right. Ha ha

We then drove out to the John Johnson Farm. That was one of our other favorite things of this trip and Taylors #1. There was such a special spirit there and we had the coolest Senior Elder give us an amazing tour. Here are the little kids (and Josh) playing around after the tour. 

It was an amazing trip. We did so many amazing things and are so grateful for Taylor's parents. We loved being with the whole family. We laughed a lot and played a lot of games. It was fun to get to know Josh and Dina better. We miss them, but hopefully we can go visit them soon. They are moving to New Jersey for their Residency and hopefully we can go visit them and my sister Amy who also lives in New Jersey!