4th of July

We had such a fun time for the 4th of July, I thought I would post it. I know this makes 2 posts within a week, so if you know me, and only check once a month... because that is all I post... please see below for their 9 month post :) We had the whole family at the cabin. I didn't get any pictures, but Jen and my mom did, so I will get some from them, or maybe Jen will post some later.

Family at the cabin
Jared, Jen, Matt, Zach, and Aiden
Dana, Kimo, Ty, Kade, Jay, and the lone niece Tobi
Erica, Heber, Kale and Toby
Cassie, David, Connor and Skyler
Kristy and Mom

We started off with breakfast at the park where we got to see a lot of distant relatives and old friends. Then we made our way to the parade where Skyler fell asleep. The Hatch town parade consists of a fire truck, a couple of souped up cars, a tractor and about 15 kids riding bikes pulling tin cans behind them. The ALL throw candy, and my family made out like bandits. Then we went to the carnival (by now both kids were asleep) where they had foot races for all ages, Kade and Kale competing in the picture above. When the boys finally woke up we took them to the swings and put them both in the same swing at the same time. They had such a ball I had to take pictures. We ended the day with a beautiful firework display worthy of a Las Vegas debut. We all kinda sat around in the backs of cars until it started. This was WAY past our kids bedtime. In the car we have David with Connor, Cassie with Skyler, and in the middle are Kade and Matt. The boys really liked the fireworks too.

Fun little story: Right before we got up to the cabin I called my brother to see what was going on, or if we needed to bring anything. Well he told me he was on his way to the Panguitch hospital because he was in a motorcycle accident. I asked what happened and he said he was hit by an antelope. I totally did not believe him (with good reason my mom said), and then I felt totally bad when I found out it was true. Needless to say he was pretty banged up with 3 broken ribs, and like 4 separated ones and plenty of bruises and road rashes. He was pretty cool about it, and we all thought it was funny.

On Saturday I went for a run with Kristy and we did well, and had fun. After I was holding one of the boys and bent down to pick something up, and in the process I totally messed up my back. I couldn't even pick up the kids the rest of the day. Today I feel better, but I think I am going to take a break from running for a few days.

Also, a couple of weeks ago we had the opportunity to meet up with David's brother, Randy's family. We had a lot of fun with them and went to the new pool. It was fun to see them growing up (they live in Wisconsin, so we don't get to see them very often). David and Randy hit golf balls in a driving contest, off the back yard and into the ravine or mountain behind our house. In the picture are Elizabeth, Rebekah, Alan, Joshua, Skyler, Connor and Joshua.

9 MONTHS OLD

The boys are now 9 months old and virtually UNSTOPPABLE!!! I always thought that children were supposed to develop, advance and learn at the same rate, and it took my TWINS to totally prove me wrong. You would think that if ANY two kids should develop the same, it would be twins, right..... WRONG!!!! Our boys are so totally different, it isn't even funny... well actually it is.

First lets start with the similarities: They are both crawling, or scooting, both like hand clappers as their toy of choice. They both talk a lot, both like the water, love to smile and laugh, steal each other toys, and other baby's toys. Oh.... side bar... I have learned that twins are really good about getting their toys taken away, they don't care if I do, dad does it, brother, or anybody. But the problem is, they have no sense of territory, so they will just go and take somebody else's toy. I think I might have two kleptos on my hands! They also are both interested in their surroundings. Both Connor and Skyler are now reaching for us to pick them up, which is kinda cool. Oh, and they both are starting on the separation anxiety stuff, along with jealousy over my attention, and it is driving me BONKERS!

Now for Skyler... Skyler is still just the happiest little boy, He got his 2 bottom teeth this month. He learned how get into the sitting position by himself. He loves books, he always goes for books on the ground, and loves to be read to and flipping the pages. He is kind of starting to give me hugs. Skyler learned how to clap last month, and this month he learned how to do it on demand, we either say, "clap, clap, clap" or "Yeah" very enthusiastically and he will clap. He interacts with me a little more than Connor, who is always on the go. Skyler is starting to learn how to pick up finger food and put it in his mouth.

Connor is so interested in everything around him. He wants to know how it all works. He is fascinated by handles and such. He wants to know if he pulls on it, what will happen. He is constantly opening drawers and cupboards, draining the tub when he takes a bath, and other stuff. He is also doing very well with finger foods (the little puffs, not quite ready for adult food yet), and getting them to his mouth. He pulls himself up on everything and anything he can, and even tries to climb it if he can. In the last few days he has started to crawl up on his knees. Oh, and he is FINALLY getting hair, not much to brag about though. He still loves his walker, but has started to loose interest in the jumper... for the time being. He is finally sitting up on his own now!

Both of the boys fell asleep in the funniest positions the other day, so I had to share



I also feel the need to gloat that I ran more miles than David in the month of June. I topped off the month with 52.8 miles and David had 48.52. Both of us should be doing better than that, but it is a work in progress. If you would like to ever check out our running progress you can visit Cassie's running blog or David's running blog.