I love seeing the boys playing together.
I've missed these cute little baseball slippers!
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Nolan looking cute in the shirt Aunt Banana got him in Rhode Island.
Getting really good at climbing!
This was such a fun night! We got Hires Big H burgers and fries to go and ate at Mountview Park. Nolan wanted to chase and tackle me and we just laughed and laughed. Nights like this are the best part of being parents.
Nolan always gets out of the car, goes and sits on the second step, and waits for us. As we pass he announces that, "he will close the door." It's a pretty darn cute routine.
A crazy saturday morning with daddy!
It's always a little bittersweet when softball season comes to an end. On the one hand we look forward to more nights at home and not being so busy, but on the other hand we miss beautiful summer nights at the park and playing with friends.
Our ward threw a really fun summer party at the field behind our meetinghouse. They had food, a bouncy house, and candy cannon!
I was impressed that Nolan wasn't scared at all of the animals. He went right up and petted them all!
Waiting for the candy
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Justin's good friends from Seattle, Greg and Sarah came to Salt Lake on vacation so we got to hang out one night. Nolan and Emily found some dirt to play in.
I hope you always keep the temple in your sights Nolan and Branson ♥
Let me in! ☺
At the dinosaur play area at City Creek
Alex was so cute with Baby Branson and always wanted to be near him. So cute!
Crazy kid is already such a climber
Get him Branson! He loves his big brother so much, and my heart bursts with joy to see them playing together. Nolan is really learning to be a good sport.
It was closed, but Nolan still wanted to look in the windows of the Disney store.
"The temple!"
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You know I'm obsessed with baby feet. I'm just getting a little mad they are growing too quickly into toddler feet :( Still cute though hehe.
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Annual Big Blue Bash celebration. Justin can't wait for football season!
Playing with the Paulson kids
Cutest littlest Cougar fan
Getting some autographs. Coach Sitake.
Nolan got bones from Coach Reno Mahe.
Well I think we have a small idea of how sitting on Santa's lap will go this year haha.
Nolan did finally give Cosmo bones. As long as daddy was holding him sufficiently far away.
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There was a solar eclipse this year! It was pretty cool to see.
What was most intriguing for me was feeling how much the temperature dropped during the eclipse and the cool lighting it caused.
Eclipses in the shadows
A picture Justin took from his office
SO handsome!
My high school friend Maggie. She is an assistant head coach for the U of U softball team and sometimes subs for our rec team. It's always fun to see her!
I have the best friends! They are so good to my boys ♥ (and so patient when we have to pause our show a million times to deal with tantrums or pajamas or dinner, etc.)
All the standing this kid does!
Branson likes to help me play the piano ☺
Nolan is my best kitchen helper (it's no contest and Justin knows it). He mostly prefers baking. Ok, that's about all he likes to do ☺ When I first started having him help me I taught him to put his hands behind his back whenever the mixer is going (i'm terrified of him sticking his hand in there). The cutest thing is that he remembers, on his own! Before Justin took this picture I started the mixer and Nolan immediately put his hands behind his back. So cute.
The boys love going to Gm and Gp Bailey's house!
Especially because they always give Nolan lots of corn ☺ It's his favorite!
The kids colored pictures of themselves at Toddler Time and Nolan asked Jeanni to put glasses on his ♥
Speaking of glasses - Nolan went in for another checkup and they were SO impressed with his knowledge of letters at his age. The doctor went out and told several of the assistants about him #proudparentmoment. More importantly though, they are very happy with his eyes. The glasses seem to be doing their job so far so we're hoping to avoid patching or surgery, yahoo!
This is my dad's cousin Lanette and her husband Brent. (For posterity, Lanette is Stan Brown and Claudia's sister and the daughter of Lois, my Gm Mathews' sister). We randomly ran into each other one afternoon on Temple Square. I can't even believe how many random things had to happen in the exact order they did for us to meet. Check this out: 1. It was the day we had Nolan's eye doctor appointment so I didn't even get to work until probably 10:30am. If I got there at the normal time I would have missed them. 2. I walked from the Conference Center and was about to cross the street to Temple Square when I realized I forgot my badge and had to walk all the way back to my car. If I hadn't, I would have missed them. 3. They live in South Weber and happened to be coming to SLC that day. 4. They weren't sure what to do first so they just wandered in front of the temple, which is where I ran into them (on my second walk in to work). Crazy! (there might have even been more on their end, but I forgot). Anyway, he's in a bishopric with a guy that also works for FamilySearch so we all had lunch together at the Nauvoo Cafe. I love my family!
♥ Summer nights ♥
We had a free night so I thought it would be fun to take Nolan out on a little date and let daddy and Branson have some time together. We got shaved ice (which Nolan was so excited to 'pay' for) and went to the park!
Nolan has always been a little hesitant to go on this ride (understandably), but he LOVED it this time! Luckily it was towards dusk so it wasn't too busy and he got to ride lots of times.
Each time he yelled, "buh bye bad emporer!" as I pushed him ☺ (talking about Star Wars when DV throws the emporer down the shaft haha)
Catching mommy
What a special evening for Nolan and I (and Darth Vader). We didn't want to leave!
I just adore this picture!
Branson is looking like, "ugh, this is my life."
Gm and Gp Bailey went to Education Week and got to go to two of my cousin Mark's classes! Lucky ducks!
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Lastly, I'm sad to note that our dear friend and neighbor, Nancy Asay, passed away. She never married, and had lived in the same apartment for 30 years. It was the apartment right below #6 (where I lived with Brittany Gilson for a few years). Even though we have lived in such close proximity for so long, I regret that I didn't really get to know her until just a few years ago. I can't even recall how we struck up a friendship, honestly it was probably when I got pregnant with Nolan. She loved kids and thought Nolan was just the cutest thing. She always sat in the same spot in the foyer during sacrament meeting on Sundays and would always say hi and ooh and ahh at Nolan when we walked in. One night we were really in a pinch - we had a late softball game and Nolan was getting big enough that he had a regular bedtime so we didn't want to take him as he should already been asleep by the time we left. I took a chance and asked if she minded coming up to to our apartment to sit with him while we went to the game. She didn't mind at all and ended up helping us out many times over the next two years. She always came a bit early to chat and we enjoyed her company. She also saved us when we needed a few quarters or ran out of a spice for a recipe. Such a sweet lady.
A few months before she passed she texted me and asked if I could pick up some things from the grocery store. She didn't have a car and couldn't get around without help from someone in the ward, and she wasn't feeling well. About a month after that we found out that she had stage 4 cancer and had been moved to Holladay Health Care as basically a hospice. It was definitely a punch in the gut to find out that not only was she sick, but probably wouldn't live much longer :(. When Nolan heard Jeanni and I talking about her he said, "Is my friend Nancy coming over?!" Awww. We got the chance to talk with some of her family members as they came by to clean out her apartment. It was sweet to meet them and see how loved she was and to hear from them that Nancy had mentioned us as her friends.
It took us way too long, but we finally went to see her on July 31st and I'm so glad we did. Nolan and I made a fun sign for her with pictures of the boys. When we got to her room she seemed so happy to see us. She even had a picture of the boys I had sent her a couple of weeks before as the wallpaper on her phone ♥. She passed away on August 9th and we were able to attend a beautiful memorial for her. She never married or had children, but considered the hundreds of 7-8 yr old primary children she taught in the Holladay 14th ward as her children. She considered it a privilege to teach children just as they were preparing to make their baptismal covenants and kept the same calling for over a decade. She had an incredible testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We will miss you Nancy ♥
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