We love the 4th!!

We had such a fun 4th of July weekend, which for us went from July 2nd to July 5th. We did so much and had a lot of fun so there are lots of pictures.

Wednesday Josh unexpectedly got this day off so we were able to leave earlier than we had planned so we decided to do something that we have been wanting to do ever since we moved up here to Logan, go to Hill Air Force Museum. It was really cool and we are so glad we finally had time to go.

Aspyn in an ejection seat. She had more fun playing with all the buttons and levers then smiling for the picture.

Aspyn in the cockpit of a fighter jet.

She thought it was a lot of fun.

Mommy and Aspyn in front of one of the big planes.
Thursday We went to see the Hot Air Balloons, but we got there a little late and so they were already up in the air. But Aspyn still loved looking at them (balloons are one of her favorite things). Then we went to Discovery Park for the annual Wilde Family Water Fight. Aspyn and I stayed on the swings for the most part and then she had fun with some water guns and played on the playground.
Aspyn in the swing. She loves to swing and gets really mad when I take her out.

Playing with the water guns.

Trying to suck water out of the guns.

Looking through a window in the playground.

Going down the tube slide with Daddy.

Trying to go back up the tube slide.

Aspyn playing with the chimes.
Friday This was a big day for us. Josh and I ran the 5K but we don't have any pictures because they are on his Aunt's camera so we will get those later. Then we went home and got Aspyn and went to the parade. She loved the parade, especially the marching bands. She would stand up and dance and clap, then she would try to follow them. She was pretty cute. Then there was a bar-be-que and that night we did fireworks. I thought that the loud noises would scare Aspyn (because other noises scare her) but she loved every single minute of it. She would get so excited when they would light some and clap when they finished and then she would cry until the would get some more lite. I wish I would have gotten it on camera.

Rollerblading to the parade. The best way to get there because then you don't have to deal with traffic after it's over.

Aspyn at the parade wearing mommy's medal from the race. And showing people her belly button (her favorite thing to do).

Watching the parade go by.

This picture was too cute not to post. She just looked so cute with her hat and sunglasses.

Watching one of the marching bands go by. I can't believe how much she loved them.
Saturday We had a bar-be-que with my family, went swimming, and played the Wii. But unfortunately we complete forgot to take any pictures of all our fun this day. That was our fun 4th of July!!

Here is Aspyn in her swimming outfit. I have been meaning to post this for a couple of days and so I thought I would just do it now. She loves to go swimming and being in the water.

One Year Pictures!!

We took Aspyn and got her One Year pictures done last week. Unfortunately she didn't take a very good nap that day and so she really didn't want to be there and she really didn't want to sit or stand still very long. So we didn't get all that many but here are the ones we did get of her. Enjoy!!

Random!!

I have been meaning to post some new pictures for a while now. So there is a lot of them now. Hope that you enjoy!Helping us plant our "Garden". Really it's just some flowers, tomatoes, and peppers in pots.

She loved that this shovel was just her size.

Helping Daddy make cookies for the first time. Right after I took this picture she put the spoon in her mouth to test out the dough.

Our first hike of the summer. Aspyn wasn't too sure about staying on Daddy's shoulders. She really wanted to get down and walk by herself.

This is a picture I took of the place where Josh works, The Utah Water Research Laboratory (it's the building in the middle at the bottom of the lake).

It was such a pretty view from the top, you could see everything.

Mommy and Aspyn on a bench.

After our hike we went to see the ducks at First Dam Park. Aspyn loves to watch them swim around the lake.

Walking along the "beach" with Daddy.

Last Sunday we took a walk and Aspyn decided that it was really comfortable to sit in her stroller like this. She sat like this the whole time we were walking.

Mommy and Aspyn together. She looks so funny and it doesn't look that comfortable but she thought it was.

Aspyn's first owie. She fell in the parking lot on our way to get the mail. She was fine until I started to clean it and touch it, then it hurt.

Nothing is Safe Now!!

We took Aspyn to the doctor's for her one year check-up this week and here are her stats:
Weight - 18 lbs. 6 oz. (20th percentile)
Height - 30 inches (85th percentile)
She is one skinny but tall girl. This means that now nothing is safe. She can now reach up and get things off of the kitchen table that she wants, I now have to make sure that anything is away from the edge. She also has gotten good at letting us know exactly what she wants, if she wants a drink she goes to the fridge, if she wants to eat she goes to her high chair, and if she wants to go outside she walks to the front door and knocks. She's pretty funny. One funny story about her is our prayers. She knows how to fold her arms and when she is suppose to do it. She will fold them when we all sit down at the table, when we are done reading scriptures, or when the song in church ends. She's pretty much figured it out. But if you watch her during the prayer she will play around and as soon as you start to end the prayer she will fold her arms again so that it looks like she had them folded the whole time. I think that we are in for trouble with this smart girl!
I just thought that I would add this picture of her chasing a poor unfortunate duck who decided to take a rest on our front lawn. It obviously didn't know that we had a little girl that loves to chase things in our house. Like I said, nothing is safe now!!

Catch Up!!

A couple of weeks ago we went down to see family and have some fun. I have been meaning to post these pictures for a while but Aspyn has been sick for the last week and a half and so most of my time has been devoted to holding a crying baby, wiping a runny nose, and sitting in front of a vaporizer. But now that she is feeling better I can now post all of the fun things we did.

THE CABIN
We went down to Josh's family cabin with Jon, Emily, Sarah, and Ben. We stopped at the Fairview Museum (a nice break from the car for the kids), we rode the 4-wheelers, and just had lots of fun being up in the mountains. Here are a few pictures of our adventures in Sanpete County!

The big mammoth!! It's HUGE!!

Aspyn in the old phone booth, she loves to talk on the phone.

Riding the 4-wheeler with Daddy!!

Aspyn loved to ride with Daddy and watch Mommy ride in front of them. She just kept laughing.

Out on the deck, watching the sunset.

The view from the deck.

Aspyn loved being outside (nothing new there)!


THE PARK
We went to the park that Josh used to work at and Roller bladed around the trail and played on the playground. Aspyn had a blast, as you can tell.

Riding around the trail, this is the life!

Playing on the playground with Daddy!

Going down the slide. She can now do it all by herself, what a big girl!

Swinging, her favorite part! She always cries when we leave.


THE WEDDING
Josh's cousin got married on the Saturday when we were there. We went to the reception and they had a dancing and a band (the funny part was the band was The Fat Old Professors from Snow and I got to see one of the institute teachers that helped with the accompanist in LD's, lots of fun). Aspyn loves music and loves to dance. She had so much fun.

Dancing with Daddy!

By her face she doesn't look like she is having fun but she really was!

We would put her down in the circle and she would dance for everyone. She was a hit!! I even saw one of the band members pointing at her and smiling. Such a cute little girl.

I didn't get any more pictures of the rest of our weekend because Aspyn got sick and we didn't have much fun after that. But we did go and talk to my little brother and parents on Mother's Day (Terry is in Kentucky and my parents are in Indonesia on their missions) and if Aspyn would have been feeling better she would have had so much fun with her cousins. But for the few days she was feeling good we still had fun.

Aspyn's First Birthday!!

We celebrated Aspyn's First Birthday this week. I can't believe that it's already been a whole year, time flies by fast sometimes. But we had a fun day. We waited to do any celebrating until Daddy came home from work and Aspyn woke up from her nap but we managed to fit everything in. We went to the Logan Zoo, to the park, opened presents, and had cake. Here are some pictures of everything (I tried to narrow it down but there are still a lot, sorry).Aspyn's Presents

Aspyn coming out and seeing everything (she really was only excited about the balloons)

Playing with her balloons

Opening presents

Stacking cups

New and bigger clothes

A big red ball

Baby dolls

She loves to carry them around and feed them their bottles

At the Zoo, looking at all the animals

She loved looking at this little duck

It was fun to see her eyes go so big when she saw something new. She loved all the animals.

Her own cake

Her birthday outfit

Eating the cake

She just destroyed her cake and wasn't really interested in eating it

One messy girl