swimming in the swimming pool

brad has been swimming with the kids alot lately. wyatt is very comfortable swimming by himself. he loves the pool. nana and papa bought the kids some pool gear. wyatt seems to think his mask and snorkle make him float. he also got a cars kickboard because it matches his super cool cars swimsuit nana bought him last summer.

INDEPENDENCE DAY

the kids had a fun filled fourth. we were on the go all day. we started our morning with the ward bike parade. wyatt and monroe made about thirty laps around the parking lot. monroe finally stopped by my side and said, "mom can i stop for a minute my legs are so tired." we then spent the rest of the afternoon swimming at the thomson's with all the cousins. all the kids play so well together. after the swimming we met papa mark for dinner at wyatt's favorite, red robin. we ended the night at the sirmons house for some awesome fireworks. the kids loved the sparklers. brad and chris were like little boys setting off their illegal fireworks. it kept the night interesting.

kiDs SAy tHE DArnDeSt thINgs

It seems like everyday the kids say the cutest things and i always think i need to write this down. Here are a few of the most recent sayings. Monroe asked the other day, "Mom can me be a mermaid?" I told her,"Monroe you can be anything you want." She said, "Okay mom."

Her new favorite thing to ask is , "Mom when I be a mom can I ......." followed by whatever i am doing cooking, folding clothes, carrying Maverick or putting on make up.

Yesterday Brad was laying with Wyatt and he said, "Wyatt i dont want you to get bigger" and Wyatt said,"why dad?" and brad said, "because you will get married and move away from me and i want you to stay little forever." Wyatt replied, "I will always come back to you dad."

Several months ago Wyatt was playing with a purse of Monroe's that has tinkerbell on it. He looked at the purse and then at me he said, "Mom never in my life did i know tink had boobies. thats really wierd right Mom?"

A few weeks ago we were out for a drive looking at some large homes and wyatt said,"mom how much does that house cost like 20 dollars mom?" I said yeah maybe 25" he said,"what mom that is so much money mom they wont have any money to go to like costco or raleys."

Brad and I our so happy to have these sweet spirits in our home they bring us such joy. I cant wait until Maverick is talking.

swimming time

Wyatt has become quite the little fish. Brad keeps giving me a hard time about the kids not knowing how to swim. He says, "were'nt you a swim teacher?" So it has taken a few dips in the pool for him to get the hang of things and now he seems to be doing a great job. The other day he swam with uncle glen, auntie kelsey, and papa mark for hours. He got a rash on his armpits from his lifejacket.

Summer Fun

I know its been a while and i have been getting slack from all the pro bloggers

out there. So far our summer has been fun filled. We started with our memorial trip to clear lake with our super fun friends the Mendiola's. The kids had a blast catching blue belly lizzards although they seemed to think they were called blueberry lizzards. The kids loved taking turns riding the quads with brad. Wyatt loved the smores at the campfire. We stumbled upon a craft faire during one of our trips to town and Monroe got to try on this handmade hat from a woman who knits with wool from her own sheep. Maverick had so much fun crawling through the dirt at the campground the entire trip. He stood for the first time all by himself.

it'S a ...................

Yesterday was the big ultrasound day. Our appointment wasn't until 2:30pm so we spent the day killing time. We met papa Mark for lunch at chipotle and then took a long drive down salmon falls rd. Wyatt apparently thought the baby was going to be born because he asked, "how is the doctor going to get your stomach back together?" When we asked the kids what the baby was they were both adiment that it's a girl. Wyatt would say, "i know for sure that baby in your tummy is a girl baby and her name is Zella Claire." We have been having the hardest time deciding between the name Paisley Piper or Zella Claire if it was a girl. However the name Cash has held strong for a boy. I guess that should have been a clue of what was to come. Anyway to make a long story short on September 20, 2008 we will be expecting
CASH OLIVER BAILEY to make his grand entrance into this world.

hAPpy BIrTHdaY MOnrOe aNd mAVeRiCk

auntie kaisa helped the kids play pin the tail on the monkey

dont wyatt and london look so amazing in their face paint by auntie natalie

saturday was monroe's third birthday and sunday was maverick's first birthday. we celebrated with a carnival party. papa mark helped get ready for the party by building these super cute carnival booths. we had a round robin of games a bean bag toss, cotton candy knock down, pin the tail on the monkey, brad's magic show, and aunt natalie's face painting. the kids had a ball. we had a variety of fun foods gumballs, popcorn, and cotton candy the kids had free range of whatever they wanted. i think maddox ate literally twenty giant gumballs. wyatt and monroe never even got around to eating dinner. it was a fun day.

maverick was the cutest thing eating his cake. he was so hesitant to just dig in.

Wyatt At Work

Sometimes I take Wyatt to work with me just for one job or so. He loves to come when he can, and he helps keep me company.

Home From Our Utah Trip!!!!

Well we got back from Utah this past Monday. We had a great time visiting are relatives. This is are second year in a row. This time we took Grandma Byrd with us so so she could see her twin sister Rula who who just moved back their from Ione CA.

We dropped by the Hill Aerospace Museum in Roy Utah while we stayed with my uncle Shawn. We had a blast looking at all of these airplanes.

After being at Shawn and Jill's house for a couple of nights
we headed down south to Fred and Jill's new house in

American Fork. It was good to see them. While we were

there we were able to take the kids on a walk around the

Salt Lake Temple. That was allot of fun.

My Cousin Jeremy told us about a Pizza Place called The Pie which we were fortunate enough to try out after the Temple. And it was Delicious!

We had allot of fun on are trip. On the Saturday that we were their I was able to go shooting with Jeremy, Aaron Sanchez and a couple of Jeremy's buddies. Which turned out to be the highlight of the trip for me (besides going through the Salt Lake Temple of course).

On Sunday we took a little drive up Little Cottonwood Canyon and on the way up Shawny B and I got into a nice little snowball fight at a rest stop. Let me just say that guy has some pin point accuracy with a snowball. He just kept saying how he was so amazed at how perfect and fluffy the snow was for making snowballs.

Here is a little video of Wyatt learning about static electricity while we were at Fred and Jill's. It was taken with my phone so the quality isn't that great but its still pretty funny.

I bought Fireworks from this guy on our way home from Utah