We love to see the temple

We met Cody down in Salt Lake to see the beautiful flowers at Temple Square. Gavin loved riding Trax and seeing "Jesus' house."

Easter 2011

The Easter bunny feels sorry
for kids with winter birthdays so he was extra
generous this year.


















Bubble fanatic!













Attempt #102. Gav is at
a funny stage where
he looks away and
then says cheese
for pictures.

Easter Egg Hunt

Holidays are so much more fun with little ones! Nobody tells you before you have kids how special it is to celebrate them as a parent. My sweet Nana does an Easter egg hunt every year and this was Gav's first year hunting for eggs. All week long Gavin wanted me to hide plastic eggs, so after a million trial runs, he was VERY prepared for the actual event. :) It was neat to share a tradition with Gav of one of my favorite things I did every year as a little girl.






















Waiting for the hunt to begin.
















































Expert egg finder.













































Gavin LOVES his dad.

















Sweet Riley and Gav.

March madness and a mission call!

Go Duke go!




























Detroit, Michigan!

{Merry Christmas}

Love, the Carpenters

Look who's 2!

2 years old, already? You've got to be kidding me! We are so glad that Gavin made it to our family and can't imagine life without him. Even pink eye couldn't ruin his special day. Here's some highlights from his party and a few things that we love about him lately:
*Loves to sing! Some favorites are Row, row your boat, Itsy bitsy spider, 5 little monkeys....
* Says "momomomomom" ALL day long! He likes to tell us "No way" when we ask him to do something followed by "why?"
* Loves his daddy.
* Is obsessed with watching sports especially football. He says "oh no", "oh yes" or puts his arms up for a touchdown depending on the play.
*Is a picky eater, is shy, and has the cutest laugh ever!




Car mat and ABC toy from Mom and Dad





































Lawn mower and
pillow pet
from Grandma Reed














Car from Gpa and Gma Carpenter

Lunch date with Dad

Gav asks me several times a day in his little cave man language where's "dada?" He loves Cody so much and can't wait to see him when he comes home. He doesn't really understand where he goes for hours every day. On Wednesday, we decided to go surprise Daddy at work and take him out to lunch. Gavin loved eating lunch at a restaurant and playing outside at the Gateway. We need to do this WAY more often!