June Update

Here are a few pictures from June. Unfortunately it was a pretty cold June so you will notice the boys are wearing pants and even some long sleeve shirts in these pictures!

Josh and Aiden are starting to discover that it can be fun to play together instead of only fighting over the toys that the other one is playing with. I love when they play together - they can make each other laugh and giggle over the simplest things!!

Sometimes I have to wonder what is going on inside Josh's head....I walked into the kitchen one morning to find this. Josh had moved our basket that holds our blankets from the living room to the kitchen chair and then proceeded to sit on it. Really?!!

Aiden can be so opposite in his moods....one minute cranky as ever and the next laughing and smiling like this! I far prefer these moments. Isn't he cute?

Near the middle of June we headed out for the Rigby Stampede Days Parade. Jen and Brynlee came with us to enjoy the festivities and we all had a good time. The kids made quite the haul on candy - I think they get more candy at this parade than the 4th of July parade. They quickly discovered that the more they waved and smiled the more candy they got. People can't resist cute kids waving at them!

Josh really likes to wear his sunglasses and Aiden tries to be cool with him (but really can't handle wearing sunglasses for very long). I managed to catch them both being "cool dudes" together! I love it!

We were doing a Costco run with my mom and while shopping the boys started to give hugs in the cart. I thought it was cute so I had to take a picture of course.

Then...Aiden started giving Josh one of his very rare kisses. Ummm, are these my children? Once again I love when they play nicely. Moments like this make up for all of the other unhappy ones right?

We had one or two warm days in June and after playing outside we came in and had popsicles. I think this is Aiden's very first popsicle by himself.....he REALLY liked it!

Random Cute Pictures

Josh went to the dentist to get his teeth cleaned for the first time. He did great! I had scheduled Brandon and Josh's cleanings at 8 and mine at 9 so I could go in with Josh for his first cleaning. When we got there we found they had scheduled us all at 8. I went and got Josh settled in the chair and then left him to get my teeth cleaned. They said he was so good...he opened his mouth wide, let them clean his teeth, and let the dentist come double check that everything looked good. I think they could have done anything to his mouth and he would have been fine - but only because he got to watch the TV on the ceiling. Who doesn't love cartoons, right? We were really proud of him.

Aiden makes the funniest faces and we captured one with the camera. It so happens that he was also finishing up his Oreos so he is super messy. Why must we put messy hands all over our head?

Josh and Aiden were each eating a banana for breakfast. It was the first time I had given a whole banana to Aiden. They were making each other laugh and I thought this picture turned out to be pretty cute. I love it when they get along!

Josh is kind of a bath bully - he moves around a lot and Aiden usually tips over then screams to get out. This was the first time Aiden discovered he could lay on his tummy and not be affected by the waves of Josh. Now they both love bathtime! (Is this too much bare skin? :) )

For some reason Josh has an Iron Man fetish. He can only watch the movie when Brandon can skip all of the violent parts so he doesn't even get to see very much of it. We had seen the costume at Walmart but refused to pay full price for it. When Josh had pink eye near the end of March we were perusing the clearance isle while we waited for his eye drop perscription and found the Iron Man costume on clearance. He runs around in it singing the Iron Man song (I.am.Iron Man, dunna dunna dunna dunna, Iron Man)! It's amazing how much help I can get from him when he is Iron Man!

Easter Egg Hunt

The Saturday before Easter my mom came over and we set up an Easter egg hunt for the boys. It was semi-warm outside so I scattered the eggs around the front yard and we set them loose. It was a lot of fun.

They made a good candy haul. Thanks Grandma Boehme!!

Aiden's 1st Birthday!

Aiden is 1 year old (this post is only 2 months late so that's not bad)! We started out his birthday with some muffins for breakfast. He actually blew out the candle all by himself!

We decided to throw Aiden a robot party. I used my cricut and set out to make the party invitations. I am still learning all the tricks of the cricut so the project took A LOT longer than I thought it would, but I am REALLY pleased with how they turned out!

Brandon and I made a robot cake to match the birthday invitations. It was a lot of work - we didn't think through the fact that all sides of fondant would be visible. It turned out pretty cute anyway.

Aiden has always been an adventerous eater. Unlike Josh at age 1, Aiden had no problem digging into his cake and getting messy. He did a great job of eating his birthday cake!

I can't believe how grown up our baby is. He loves to explore and always wants to be a part of the big-kid action around him.

We love you so much Aiden and are so happy that you are a part of our family!

Josh's 3rd Birthday!!

Josh is now 3! I cannot believe it. How time flies! Josh decided that he wanted a Cars birthday party this year. He was so excited and told anyone who asked him about his party that it was going to be a Cars party!

I started looking on the internet for cake ideas and came across a Lightning McQueen cake that I loved. I told Brandon that we should do the same thing and I think he doubted our ability (especially since neither of us had worked with fondant before). It turned out very well and was a lot of fun to make. Brandon had a hard time cutting in to it, but isn't that what a cake is for?!

We made Josh his own miniature car cake while we were pounding out the McQueen cake. He ate almost the entire little cake on his own - he was a huge fan.

This is a picture of Josh with his cousins enjoying their cake and ice cream.

We had a really fun party for Josh. He was so happy that so many friends and family could come and celebrate with him! We love you Josh and look forward to another great year with you!

Two Cute Boys

Santa brought the boys a new Radio Flyer wagon for Christmas. We have spent many days/nights since giving rides around the living room. On this occasion Josh found his 2 hats from the Melaleuca summer picnics for he and Aiden to wear.


Brandon took Josh out to play in the snow and Aiden and I went to check on them. Of course Adien needed a ride on the sled with Josh. He was not good at hanging on and got tipped off one to many times for his liking.

Brandon's sister Jennifer made Josh and Aiden some Valentine's Day ties. We took a few pictures before we headed off to church.

I LOVE this picture of Josh. He looks so handsome and grown up!

Josh and Aiden have recently acquired the same bug jammies. We got them ready for bed and tossed them on the couch for a cute picture together.

We have two super cute boys whom we love very much. It's so fun to watch them grow and interact (most days). These pictures show the types of moments that make everything worth while!

The Christmas Post.....Finally!!

We had a really fun Christmas Day/break - too bad it has taken me so long to post about it. We spent the night at Grandpa and Grandma Squires house and Josh was so excited for Santa to come. Here he is checking out his stocking and its contents.

Santa brought Josh a shopping cart (which thankfully replaced the pink baby stroller he has been pushing around which was mine when I was little!) He was pretty excited about a new shopping cart and is still pushing it around full of all sorts of random things.

We had to wake Aiden up so that we could start Christmas morning....what kind of parents are we? Here he is sitting on Uncle Trevor's lap trying to wake up a bit. (It was not even that early I promise!)

Aiden did really well opening presents for the first time. He was a very typical 10 month old and probably liked the wrapping paper more than what was inside.

Josh had to take a few breaks to check out the new presents.

Here he is sporting his new backpack that holds his play mat and Tonka tractors. (Grandpa Squires is in the background showing off his new beanie.)

Aiden is a book lover like Josh - he is also checking out his new presents.

Brandon took the Monday after Christmas off work and we went bowling with his family. It was really fun and Josh LOVED it! It was his second time bowling (his first time being a year before) and he was so happy that they had bowling shoes in his size. This is probably one of the cutest pictures of him that we have taken for a long time - he doesn't like to pose for the camera for too long. You can tell just how excited he is about going bowling.

He started out rolling the ball down the lane all by himself and did pretty good. (It did take the ball a REALLY long time to make it down the lane.) By the end of the 2nd game he was using the metal thing you push the ball down. It didn't matter to him....he had a great time!

We had a really good break with Brandon's family over the Christmas holiday and it was fun to relive the holiday through Josh and Aiden's!