Houston Here He CoMeS!

Derek AKA Elder Danklef left on his mission to Houston TX on Sept 2nd!! I can't believe that this day came and went:( I am so sad that Derek is gone. I think that I took it a lot harder than I thought that I would. But I am so proud of him for actually wanting to go. Derek has always been a little bit of a mommas boy and we have loved him for it:) But when he first started to talk about going on a mission I will be honest I questioned if he would last! I feel terrible saying that now! Derek has already grown up so much preparing to go that I could hardly recognize him before he left. He was to ready to go and so excited. When he got set apart he bore his testimony and I was blown away! At that moment I knew that Derek was not only going to stick out his mission but he was going to touch so many hearts! The bishop said it best when he said that Derek just has a humble confidence about him that draws people in! I love Derek so much and am so proud of him! He has always been a good kid and always did the right thing. He never got caught up in the High School stuff and it just seemed easy for him to Choose the Right! I really admire Derek for that and I can't wait to hear from him and see him in 2yrs! Love you Derek

Hating Work:(

I am going on my third day back at work!!!... I know it is the worst/hardest thing that I have ever had to do! I always knew that when I had my baby that I was going to love him more than anything, but you can't imagine it until it actually comes! From the moment that I held by little boy I dreaded the day that I would have to leave him to come back to work. I really wish that I
could be home having Tummy Time!!

My Friend Jossie!

My friend Joslyn came into town from Cali. I can't believe that it has been over 2 yrs since I have seen her!! Time has flown by and my life has changed so much in those 2 years. I am married with a baby?!! What?! it was kind of weird for her to see I am sure. When I lived in Cali I had convinced my self that all men were pretty much evil and that I never really thought I would get married or cared to. But only a short while after moving home I met Colby and boy did that change! I love him and love our little boy more than anything:)

Although my life is much different now, I am glad that I have still kept contact with Joslyn and was so glad that she finally got to come out and meet my hubby and baby! After I picked her up at the airport we went to lunch at Zuppas, ran some errands and then we home and watched a movie and relaxed that night. The next day we went to see 'The Time Travlers Wife' But stupid Thanksgiving Point had the wrong time on the internet so we ended up missing it:( I am so mad and I have still not seen it. But that night my mother in-law watched Kade and we went to Wendover and taught Joslyn how to gamble, she was a little hesitant at first but by the end she was loviong it and was doing pretty good playing roulet!

The last day before she left we took her up to Park City to ride the Alpine Slide and eat dinner! We met my sister up there with her boys. It was so fun but so so cold for some reason I couldn't believe it. It really felt cold enough to snow in Aug! ha ha

Anyways I am waiting to get some pics e-mailed from Josyln, but for now here are some from the Alpine Slide. I hope she had fun and I can't wait to visit her in Cali soon.

Lagoon!

We went to Lagoon on Saturday, my dad had his work party there and the whole family decided to take advantage. It was so fun, I was a little worried about going on a Saturday because I thought the lines were going to be so long and all we would do was roast waiting to ride the rides. But suprisingly it was not really bad at all. We were able to get right on some rides and we had help from my family so they were able to watch Kade while we rode some rides. It worked out good, I have to say that I love the 'Wicked' I haven't been to Lagoon since like 9th grade so I had never been on it! It was so scary but my favorite. Kade was such a good baby, he was so good even though he was sweating half to death:( Poor guy, we kept getting wet napkins and putting them on his head. He was in heaven! But I still felt bad for him so we went to the gift shop and bought him a little monkey fan to try to keep him cool! Everyone was laughing at me, even strangers but I don't care, I just love him so much:)

Colby got to play some of the games at Lagoon too and he won a bunch of prizes! The picture is just some of them he had a bunch more back at the car! He is so funny! Such a kid at heart.. I swear he the games were his favorite part of Lagoon! I got to hand it to him though, he was amazing at the fast pitch! Such a stud!!!

Camping

For the 24th we decided that we were gonna go camping, my sister was up at Fairview Lakes and we were originally just going to go up for the day and ride 4wheelers and go fishing but once we got up there we had so much fun that we decided to try to stay the night. We stayed up and talked my the fire and made smores, Colby was helping Braxton and Dawson and it was so cute. He is so good at making smores, he is patient. I suck at it and always burn the mallow or start it on fire but O well!

After a while we decided to hit the hay and attempt to sleep. Since we didn't plan on sleeping there we had gone to the dollar store earlier and bought some pillows and blankets to sleep in the back of our car! I know, we are crazy but it wouldn't have been that bad but we were smooshed so close together that I was so afraid that we were going to suffocate Kade in the middle of the night so I didn't sleep really but all in all it was a great little trip!

George Strait

On the 17th Kade got to go to his first concert! We went to George Strait with Colbys mom and Steve and Andy and Brandy! We had so much! I have always wanted to see him and now I can check it off my bucket list:) Kade was so good too! He didn't even cry at all! The only downfall of the night was that we paid $20 for a burger and a chicken sandwich and they were dry, discusting and cold! What a rip off!

Bad Bad Blogger:(

So I have not been very good at blogging our life since Kade, but I am gonna try to be better! The 4th of July was ok for us. We didn't really lite fireworks and for the first time since I can remember I didn't have sparklers.. .they are my favorite but fireworks and a newborn really don't mix!! But we did have a BBQ at Colby's moms and then we watched our own fireworks. And that was pretty much it:)

Fathers Day was good too, Colby got to celebrate his first Fathers Day as a dad and I hope he had a good one! He is a great dad and husband and I love to watch him with Kade! Its better than I ever could have imagined! We made the rounds to see all the great dads in our lifes and then we just chilled!

Other than those holidays we have just been being parents and loving it! It is so exhausting at times but I can't imagine life without Kade now! He is so cute and he just makes us want to be better people.... We love him!