Pioneer Day

Our Bishop held a ward party for Pioneer Day at his house. They have a beautiful pool area and a huge yard so everyone was able to enjoy a wonderful evening doing whatever they wanted...swimming, volleyball, eating...and in Alexa's case, swinging. She fell in love with this swing hanging from a big tree in their front yard. She's still a little too small to swing on it by herself but she enjoyed just playing with it and then swinging with mommy and one of her many admirers from our ward, Victoria McAuley (all the young women love her!!).

Friends

These are Alexa's new buddies, Quincy & Olan Carter, my friend Taffney's boys. Alexa LOVES them. She gets so excited whenever she sees them and they keep her entertained! This picture was taken sometime earlier this month I think, Taffney took it and emailed it to me, so I had to add it to the blog. She doesn't look too happy in the picture but she really does love them!

Having some fun...

I'm just playin around with the picture program on Picasa....what beautiful eyes Alexa has!!

Alexa is now 20 months old and talking non-stop...some of it understandable and some not! Her favorite thing right now is saying "da-da bye-bye busth" since she knows her daddy goes bye-bye on the bus each morning. She even knows how to say school "coohl" but whenever I ask her where daddy goes on the bus, she just says "busth"...it's pretty cute. She's running around all over the place and amazes me every day with new things she can do. She's starting to play really well with other kids and loves to be outside. I really wish we had a yard to play in at our townhouse but since we don't, we enjoy venturing out to the pool, the splashparks, the zoo, other friends' houses...you name it, we'll do it!! We're not sure what we're going to do once the warm summer days are behind us, but we're trying not to think about that too much right now! She's back to napping only 1/2 an hour each day so we have a lot of hours to fill. It is tiring for her mama...but she is such a huge blessing in my life and brings me (and her daddy too) so much joy, that I can't complain too much!! ;-) Although, if anyone has any tips on how to get a toddler to sleep longer...PLEEEEEAAAASE let me know! Both sets of Grandparents are coming for a visit in August so it will be fun for them to get to know Alexa at this stage where she's so much more interactive and independent. Hopefully she won't play shy too long. Happy 20 Months Alexa!!

More Summer Days

We really do enjoy being outside (as evidenced by all the posts dedicated to our outdoor adventures)...and therefore take advantage of the sunny days to play outside in the water, wherever we can find water!! Today was with Amanda and Karter Graves. Karter graciously shared his little pool and Alexa had sooo much fun with the hose!

It really did keep her entertained the majority of the time...Karter too...for awhile they were fighting over it and Alexa and I had to have a little "discussion" about sharing!! :-)

I absolutely LOVE this picture! Amanda took it on her wonderful camera, thanks lady...for both of the last 2 pictures! One day I too will have a fun camera to play with!

Summer Days

We LOVE the downtown splashpark and thus go there quite often. Today was with Rachael and her little guy, Nathan. Alexa loves Nathan...and they play so well together.

If you look really closely, you can see Nathan peeking at Alexa through the tube!

Found you!

Oh what fun you can have when you add water to the equation!!

I love the pure joy on their faces!

Thanks Rach for taking the last two pics (I copied them from her blog!!).

Our little baller...

I don't remember where we got these little shorts, but I do remember thinking...they would be so cute for Alexa to wear since her daddy has several similar type basketball shorts. And I was right, she does look so cute and she enjoyed being just like her daddy.