Island Park

We went to Island Park with Cody's family in July. What a beautiful place! We were surrounded by mountains and wild flowers. The little boys had a great time exploring, playing in the dirt and water, and going on four wheeler rides. It was great to get away and spend time together. It's kind of sad looking at these pictures again because it makes me miss summer!



Mesa Falls










































































The four wheeler ride put all the little ones to sleep!

Our trip to NYC

Cody had some business in New York for work and I tagged along for the trip . You can't beat free air fare, food, and hotel rooms, right? I've wanted to go to New York for FOREVER! Thanks so much to Barbara for watching our little bubba while we were gone! We had a blast and I think New York is something everyone should see at least once. We walked our feet off, ate lots of yummy food, and tried to see as much stuff as possible.


Times Square. You better really not mind your personal bubble space being invaded in this place.
























We saw two musicals, the Lion King and Rock of Ages. Can you guess who picked what?




Lots of fun shopping on 5th Ave.




















We rode the subway a lot which always proved to be an interesting ride full of crazy characters.






Little Italy.





















We went shopping on Canal St/ China town where you can bargain for knock offs.







Grand Central Station
















Top of the Rock












NBC studios. Lady Gaga performed on the Today Show while we were there.













Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cool building. I love all the architecture and modern design in New York.











Crazy cabs!













My dream apartment if I lived in New York.

























Central Park. We got to see A LOT of this because we got lost trying to find the Met. :)

Family Pictures

Heritage Days parade

We love the Syracuse parade! It's a great parade because they throw lots of candy and it's only 2 minutes away from our house. Gavin liked the parade a lot more this year and got lots of prizes and treats thrown to him. He had fun putting them in and out of his sack. We'll have to bring a bigger bag next year.






Gavin and Daddy












Likes to wear (bend)
my glasses.























Riley's 1st parade!

A few of his favorite things

Gavin turned 18 mos at the first of June and I thought I'd post some of his favorite things, so in 6 months I can remember what they are!



Favorite food





Gav loves Baby Signing time. We watch it several times a day and he gets so excited and dances around when it comes on.


Signs crackers, milk, more, thank you, bath time, eat, drink, tree, flower, airplane, and frog. Starting to really copy what we say and tells us "no-no" all day. I wonder where he heard that from?



Loves to throw anything but lately loves big and little balls.





I have a lot of guilt over this because as a SLP, I KNOW that this should be long gone. :)









Gav's one true love. He's like Linus from Charlie Brown and takes this blanket wherever he goes. I wish I could find another one like it so I could occasionally wash it.























I'll find Gavin in his room sometimes just looking at books. He's starting to identify pictures and loves lift-the-flap, home-made, and books with babies.





Mommy's helper















Loves to look at himself in the mirror and brush teeth....












Even if it's not his toothbrush.
























Gavin has a special drawer where he likes to keep all of his treasures.






















Likes to chill with Dad on the couch and look at his i phone and watch sports on TV. It's funny because Gav will cheer and clap his hands when they score.





















Loves the water, being outside, getting dirty, rocks, and being a boy.












We love this boy even if he's a little more sassy and opinionated than he used to be.