Benj, Melinda, Jason, Kaitlin, and Samantha

It's hot today!

Vacation

We decided to make a fast trip to Utah for the 4th of July. Benj's family was all going to be there and we had his brother and sister-in-law's baby Clair and my brand new nephew Davis who was just born a week and a half ago to meet. We also got to see my parents in the Tri-cities along the way and my grandparents in SLC. I was VERY nervous about how everyone would do in the car, but our kids were wonderful thanks so some books on CD, Where's Waldo books, and naps. I wish we could have stayed longer, but we did get to hit at least some highlights while in Utah like going up the canyon, watching the parade in Provo, eating at Cafe Rio, and seeing all of the new buildings at BYU.

And, after traveling for 14 hours last Tuesday to get home Jason said "that was not too long!"

On the way home we stopped at Multnoma Falls to stretch our legs.

My nephews Isaac and Micah holding their new tiny and cute brother Davis.

Watching the parade.

Sleeping at the park.

Cute cousin Eliza.

Cousin Clair with my girls.

Summer has begun!

With the record amount of rain we have been having here the sunshine today was wonderful! We spent the afternoon outside. Jason played in the water, the girls lounged in their stroller watching kids play, and I got to spend the day with Benj who is officially free for the summer. It was a good afternoon.

Happy Father's Day to me

I’m the luckiest dad in the world and I’ve spent the last couple of days with my family waiting on me hand and foot. Check out my father’s day gift. Melinda let me go to Home Depot early Saturday morning and pick up some supplies and then watched all the kids for 4 or 5 hours while I built myself a workbench out in the garage. My wife is amazing, I mean, check out that garage real estate, that could have been shelving or something but she wanted me to have a little work area. I think I’ll stay up late tonight just to relish the last few hours of what has been a wonderful father’s day.

Picture Overload

Growing like a weed!

We measured Jason yesterday and discovered he has grown 1 1/4 inches in 4 months! I was surprised until I remember that all of his pants look like this.....

Time to go shopping again!

Jason Loves His Cousins!

First Food and Laughter

As a side note.... Can you believe this was a year ago exactly!? Time has flown by. It is amazing what a year can bring.

Photos at the Park

I have been wanting a new family photo with everyone to hang in my new kitchen so we went to a gorgeous park by our home and took some pics. Here are some of my favorite.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

Benj did it! Today was the last class of his masters program. I am so proud of him and all the hard work he did. He is graduating with a masters in Educational Technology and with a 4.0 to go with it. Congrats honey! I love you! Thank you for working so hard for us and being a wonderful husband and father at the same time.

Eating Some Breakfast

Lately the girls have discovered their bottles and love to "help." This means that their little hands go crazy while they eat as they try to hold their bottle, tip it up for the last bit of milk, or swat it away when they are finished. They are pretty cute and it makes feeding two at a time even more eventful.

Kaitlin

Samantha

Smeeza Baleeza

Jason loves stories. We spend lots of time together telling silly stories to each other. Today as we ate lunch Jason came up with a funny story and asked me if we could make it into a book. I thought that was a wonderful idea! I pulled out my laptop and told him to tell it to me again. He talked and I frantically typed to get it all down word for word. He then sat on my lap and we looked up funny pictures on the internet to illustrate his little story. He was so excited and I thought I would share. So, enjoy Smeeza Baleeza, by Jason Lloyd dot com (his author name haha).

Firsts

Yesterday we had a couple of firsts..... Jason changed his first diaper ( two actually), Kaitlin rolled over onto her back while she was on her belly, and Samantha held her own bottle while she ate! It was a good day.

House

Ok so we do not have too many pictures of our new house yet. This is due to the mess, the camera being packed, and us just being way too busy but, here are a few. When we moved into the house the kitchen and bathrooms were painting a really dark thick red. This red was EVERYWHERE! Ceilings, fixtures, outlet covers etc. We have been busy painting the red away. Here is a before and after picture of our kitchen.

Also our girlies had their 4 month check up. Here are the stats:

Samantha is 14lbs 6 oz. and 24.75 inches long. Kaitlin is 13lbs 10oz. and 24.25 inches long.