it's all coming to an end... or is it?!

First of all loving the OCTOBER weather! It is perfect temperature, don't you think? But sadly it is still October and Summer is coming to an end :( Don't get me wrong I love, love, love all of the seasons, but this was the first Summer I haven't worked up at the lake and I've actually gotten to do Summer "things". It has been so much fun this year with our little family, and I can't wait for more to come...

We went to Lake Powell a couple weekends ago with my brother and his family, and my cousin and his family. Sooooo much fun! Dad let us take one of his boats and we just camped out and had a blast, wakeboarding, tubing, fishing, and I even attempted to para-sail (didn't end well)! I ended up with my whole left side scrapped and bruised and G ended up with double ear aches, damn the wind!

The Kiddos:

Taylee, Brayden, Jaxon, and Tianna off the back there...

Alivia, Graidy, and Tianna

G is such a water baby, he loves to do anything and everything that has to do with water, I couldn't keep the kid out of the lake all weekend.

We went to a place called Defiance House it was so cool! It was 3 houses built on top of and inside the rocks. This has to be called Defiance House because these people defied all odds by living there. Of course no pictures of Brett and I together...

Justin, Andrea, and Journi a.k.a. "Jerky"-G

"cycle"

Before:

The after is on some else's camera, lets just say it didn't end pretty and thank havens I wear scrubs for a living. We also did some cliff jumping but that is on some elses camera too! My nieces are dare devils for sure!

Double ear aches in our house look like this:

Someone that hasn't had a binks in a year gets one.

This will be an annual vacation, Lake Powell is a way of life for sure!

Only regrets: I didn't get pictures of all of the adults together. I

love hanging out with my cousins, my siblings, and you all know I'm the best Auntie around so... I just love watching my nieces and nephews have a great time too!

This week has been awesome! I've gotten all caught up on school, work, unpacking, and I've been able to spend some quality time with my little man! We are loving the new place, Graidy has a really nice fenced back yard where he can ride his "jeep" to his heart content, and a big room for all of his toys! I thought for sure it would take some adjusting but he has slept really good in his new room. Here at the new place we don't have a bath, which I am not above bathing a little boy in the kitchen sink, but this 22 month old loves taking showers by him self!

(Yes that is mac and cheese on his face from dinner)

I've started planning his 2nd birthday party already, I'm psychotic, I know! But I've decided I don't have to much to look forward to in life besides spoiling Graiden so why not? Here is a sneak peak...

P.S. I'm brimming with excitement for Halloween it has to be my favorite holiday besides Christmas! I just watched a home video of last year, Graid was CRAWLING! What?! When did he stop doing that? Life is going by way to fast for me, I wish another babe was in the cards for us right now, but I'm super happy and content with my Graidy Monster.

The Times They Are A-Changing

(Great cover by Mason Jennings, love the film too)