Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday Mike we love you.

UTAH

We were able to go to Utah for a couple weeks. While we were there we got to celebrate Dawson's first birthday. He got spoiled and had a blast with his cake. We went to Bear Lake, the pool, Mike golfed a lot and we were able to spend a lot of time with family. I was spoiled and got to have my sister come home with us for a week and we had so much fun. We love spending time with our families.

The birthday boy



The cute decorations









Ashley made some cute cakes and they were way good







Bear Lake









Dawson's new favorite toy is his little car. He rides it around the house and tries to stand on it.



I can't believe that Dawson is already 13 months. He is getting so smart and does the cutest things. He loves trying to open the door with my keys and he loves to vacuum. He has 12 teeth now and has been a trooper through the whole thing. We are so lucky to have him.

Birthday Boy!

My baby is one. How did that happen? He has been the biggest blessing. We are so lucky to have him. A few fun things he does now: waves, blows kisses, says mama and dada and lots of other mumble words, dances, and he has been walking for a couple weeks.

We are having a big party for him when we go home to Utah in a couple weeks so we decided to just go to Chuck E Cheese's today. Dawson loved the little rides that go back and forth.

Our summer so far

Fourth of July jammies



We got to go back to Disneyland for the fourth of July weekend. Dawson loves it and it's so fun to see him get so excited.




I gave Dawson a book to look at and he climbed up in his chair. It was so cute.



If you look closely you can see hair sticking up. He is finally getting some hair and it just makes him even cuter.



Dawson insists on feeding himself. He is getting a bit better but he still makes quite a mess.



We have been able to spend some days at the beach and it has been so fun.

Disneyland

We got to go to Disneyland yesterday and it was so much fun. We saw the new water show and it is awesome. Dawson's favorite ride was pirates. He was dancing the whole time.



I just love that little face. He has started walking and wanted to walk in all of the lines we were in. I'm sure that was a little annoying for the people behind us. :)



Best attempt at a family picture. I should have asked someone else to take one.





Best positions for naps.

My family followed us back to California to help us move. Mike got a job in northern San Diego county for the summer so we moved up to Encinitas. I am so glad they were able to come we couldn't have done it without them. While they were here we decided to do some playing to celebrate Jesse's graduation.

We went to a Padres game. It was way fun and the Padres won.









We spent Sunday afternoon at La Jolla Cove just walking around









We went to the beach. Sad to say that it was our first time to play at the beach since we moved here.



The towel didn't last long Dawson was crawling around getting sand everywhere. We are still finding sand in random places.



I shouldn't admit it but I love the bachelor/bachelorette so I was excited when I saw Kiptyn at Foot Locker in San Diego. For those of you who don't know him he was the runner up on the season where Jillian was the bachelorette. I was sad to admit that I recognized him because it meant that I must watch too much t.v but he was a nice guy and I figured I might as well get a picture with him. After all he is kind of a celebrity.



The last day my family was here the boys were able to golf at Torrey Pines. They were like kids on Christmas the whole morning which was awesome. The girls went shopping. We had such a fun week and were sad to see them leave.

Quick trip home

We were able to go home a couple weeks ago. Jesse graduated high school which seems so weird to me but we are so proud of him. It was a quick visit but we had lots of fun.




Dawson had his first ice cream cone and his thumb stuck right into it. He loved it and just left his thumb in there while he ate it.




We got to go to lunch with the Jewells before we left



We love being able to spend time with our families. I can't wait to go back in a couple months.