Just because

A picture of Damen on his new birthday scooter (thank you Cheesemans). He loves anything with wheels! And a picture of him being silly at the dinner table, we're working on Taking BITES, not shoving the entire thing in his mouth, it's a work in progress. . .

Where's the ketchup?

On Saturday we got Damen's 2 year pictures taken at Sears. To round out the trip we decided to go out to lunch at Rubio's, one of our favorite places. We ordered Damen a quesadilla and as he was eating it he noticed Dustin and I dipping chips in salsa and of course wanted some. We oblige him by getting him his own cup of mild salsa to dip his quesadilla in. After three or four salsa drips down the front of him (wearing a nice "picture" outfit) I swiftly moved the salsa to my plate when he wasn't looking. He noticed it right away, looked all over for a minute then said, "OH NO! at appened? (what happened) Kebup!!(ketchup). His concern was so genuine Dustin and I couldn't help but giggle uncontrollably at Damen's lost ketchup. Thankfully he got over it quickly and continued to eat his quesidilla, minus the "ketchup".

Oops!

I have to apologize real quick to our friends, Dan and Melissa. I had the wrong URL connected with their link so you could only see their first post. All this time I thought she wasn't updating her blog! Sorry, now you can see all their updates.

Busy Busy Busy!

Wow, what a crazy busy summer, and it's not even half over yet! I thought I'd just mention some highlights so far of the things we've been up to. Not in any particular order, because I can't recall exactly what came first.

We babysat a rabbit, Damen LOVED it and it turns out, I'm allergic. Otherwise a rabbit would be a great pet.

We also spent a Saturday at the beach with Dan, Melissa, Olivia and Melissa's brother Blake. They spent a lot of time building a beautiful sand castle that Damen then got to destroy. Damen loved the waves and seemed mesmorized by them going in and out.
















Some friends of ours gave us this playground stuff at the begining of the summer, Damen absolutely loves it! Too bad it gets too hot to play on after 9am!













Just last week we went to the San Diego Zoo with Tiffany, Justin, Shelby and Baby Brock Cheeseman. We had a really nice time, the weather was just right and the kids were great!


And when it gets too hot (around 9am), we just head out back to cool off in our new hand me down pool. We invited Olivia and her foster brother Richard over last week. Damen and I are in it at least once a day! Love it!















So if you're trying to reach us and having a hard time, just know that we're probably in the pool, at the beach, or out with friends, whatever we're doing we're having a good time!

Good child care!

So a few weeks ago our FAVORITE babysitter went off to BYU and left us completely helpless! She was our go to girl, very reliable and always available, even at our usual short, short notice. And even though Damen would cry and try to push her out the door whenever she showed up, deep down he really liked her too. So, here's to you Karyann! Thanks so much for caring for our precious child. We wish you well and if you know of anyone as funloving as you that wouldn't mind coming over to watch Damen in about 15 minutes, that would be great!

4th of July!

The day after Damen's birthday we traveled to Utah to attend our good friends sealing and to enjoy time with Dustin's parents and brothers and sisters. We stayed with Sari, Dustin's sister, so did the rest of the family, all 25 of us! It was lots of fun, we really had a great time. Damen loved playing with all the cousins, especially Lincoln(15 months) and Ryan(18 months), the other two "babies". He especially loved playing in the water in the backyard and eating junk food.








We got to see a lot of old friends on the fourth at the Murray Days parade.



It goes right down the street we used to live on so all of our old neighbors and people from church were there. Our good friends the Yardleys came too with their daughter Whitney. We also had time to hang out with my high school friend, Allysia and my sister Christi.



















Our friends, Dan and Melissa were sealed to their daughter Olivia on Saturday, she's been featured in the blog as Damen's bff, it was really special and we were so glad to be there with them.


We drove there and back and learned that Damen doesn't much like long car trips. We thought ahead and brought a portable DVD player which was a lifesaver, but Dustin and I are pretty sick of "Cars", we must have watched it about a dozen times!
We're so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends. Thanks Sari and Brett for your hospitality, and thanks to EVERYONE else that had to travel to see us (Blake, Terra & Josh, Evan & Ashlee, Mom & Dad, Sean & Stacy, Trevor & Jen)!!

Damen's 2!

My how the time has flown by! I can't believe it's already been two years since this little wonder came into our lives. Damen is absolutely wonderful, he's definitely a toddler now and all that that entails, but we still love him.
On his birthday, July 2nd, we had a bunch of friends over and filled up the water slide pool, had cake and presents, it was lots of fun.
Damen really enjoyed being the center of attention! The one present I'm most excited about was the underwear we got him, we are done with diapers, so any potty training advice would be great! I can't wait to get started. We have been so blessed with Damen in our lives, we have learned a lot and grown a lot these past two years, and it's all thanks to him. Because of Damen we get to be parents and we couldn't have asked for a better son!





















About the cake, this picture was taken AFTER a giant bouncy ball bounced into it. I fixed it up and I don't think Damen cared too much. Red frosting is really hard to make, (Damen is obsessed with "Cars"), so it's Dinoco Blue instead.