3 Months

Yes, I know my baby is 4 months old, but I never posted his 3 monther- so here goes... He has had quite the eventful 3rd month. He is now an accomplished roller- loves to do it, but doesn't love to be on his tummy, so he just rolls right back. His favorite game is peek-a-boo. He is learning to put his binky back in when it comes out- an art he is still perfecting. However, if the binky just won't go, toes are always a good substitute... hungry anyone?? We took him on his first camping trip- which lead to his first four wheeler ride (he slept through the whole thing- all 2 minutes of it!). He has been testing out our new swing set and playing on Grandma Liechty's. His favorite book is Five Little Monkey's Jumping on the Bed; he always listens so intently. He has started laughing- how dang sweet is it to hear your baby laughing? I can't get enough of it. What an adorable little monkey!

Crazy Good Time

We had so much fun over the week of the 4th. Dustin and I both had Thursday and Friday off so decided that we had better take advantage of the time. We went to Bear Lake on Thursday. Justus was so cute in his little swim outfit and the lake was beautiful. We went to the Hyrum City fireworks that night. We always have great seats at Dustin's Aunt Brenda's house. Justus managed to sleep through the whole show.

Friday was the car show, and that is a "never miss" event at our house. It's so fun to see all the classy cars. We hit the Logan City fireworks that night with Dustin's family. Justus slept through that show, too.






Saturday, the 4th, was my mom's birthday... Happy Birthday Mom! We went to the Hyrum City Parade, which Justus loved. He just hung-out, watching all the crazy people. We had a stop for lunch at Sherryil's before we headed down to Provo. Nicole and Jess were up with their families; so fun! We had a barbecue at Brent and Kathy's house and headed to the Stadium of Fire... can you guess, Justus slept through that whole show, too! Funny boy, he was such a good sleeper those days!

Sunday, they blessed our two new nieces. Ever Ray was blessed by her dad, Brent, and Bella Rae was blessed by her dad, Bartley. They are such sweet babies! Ever was born 12 days after Justus and Bella was born 4 weeks later. How fun when they get together!

It was so great to see the family! We had such a good time! You have to love summer- there is always something fun going on.

Six Fun Filled Years

Happy Anniversary Dustin! In honor of 6 great years, I wrote a list of 6 random things I love about Dustin.

1- He loves pizza as much a I do, and we both agree no one does it better than Papa John's.

2- He gave our son his good looks (what handsome boys I have!). I know, this isn't really random, it's just stating a fact I can't deny.

3- If I'm feeling stressed or frustrated he squeezes me tight and won't let go until I give him a kiss (or two).

4- We can't go see a movie without getting popcorn- this was always considered and overpriced indulgence when I was growing-up so at first I was taken back by this perpetual need, but I've come to realize a $10 overpriced indulgence is one of those little things in life that add to the experience as a whole; definitely worth the $10 (plus, he always shares :) ).

5- He refers to spiders as "bugs" to not cause me to panic- which I would. ie. Me: "Dustin what are you doing over there?" Dustin: "Oh, there's just a bug over here I'm taking care of." Me: "Oh, great." Had I realized it was actually a spider, the conversation would go much differently and would include some irrational screaming and running on my part.

6- He thinks he's a cowboy. This thought is only exacerbated when he goes with the Mangums to round-up cows. He always comes home with a swagger and a need for a horse and saddle. Why is this on my list? I think it's funny. I can laugh because he doesn't actually dress like a cowboy (it would cease to be funny at that point and crossover onto another kind of list), although he would love to get himself a nice pair of boots. I know as he is reading this, he's thinking that I am the one that is country. After all, I use phrases like "ya'll" and "fixin' to." I blame that on my backwoods college education. One thing about it all, we both love country music (even if we have different opinions as to what is classified as "good" country).

We haven't stopped having fun yet and I can't wait to see what the next six years bring!