Weekend Fun

For a quick Memorial Day getaway we met up with my sister Tami and her fam at a cabin in Timber Lakes. They went up Saturday afternoon but I was busy doing some food for a wedding reception (with loads of help from my mom and sisters. What would I do without my fam? Love you guys!!) We had planned on going up Saturday night after I dropped off the food at the reception, but by the time I got home and fed Asher it was getting late. Instead Rylan asked to play guitars. We pulled out the two guitars and the ukulele and made beautiful music (to the ears of a 3 year old anyways. I'm sure any neighbor that could hear was searching for ear plugs!).
Notice my little ukulele sitting on the couch...no, I do not know how to play :)

Since we already had a substitute for our primary class we headed up to the cabin Sunday morning. Kevin and I agreed that it didn't feel right not going to church but with 1:00 church and plans to already be at the cabin we skipped out anyway. Shame on us. We deserve the guilt. And we even missed out on hearing of some changes in our ward...new member in the bishopric and lots of new callings.

So we got to the cabin before lunch and that's when the relaxing began. While there we ate lots of food and played a couple rounds of the bean game and one game of "Settlers". Poor Kevin was disappointed that he didn't win a single game. (Should I not record this for posterity? Yes, I should because Kevin is very competitive and does in fact usually win his fair share of games. Not this weekend!! Sorry Kev!) But he did tie a game of beans with Garren.

Rylan had the time of his life with his cousins. Usually while at home he follows me around the house doing what I do or begging me to play with him. While at the cabin I was suddenly non-existent and much less important. He went to bed with the twins that night and when Kev and I were ready for bed Kevin moved Rylan into bed with us. When Ry woke up Monday morning he didn't even blink his eyes at me. He jumped out of bed and headed out to find his best friends. I'll admit that by the time we left on Monday afternoon I was missing my little Ry guy.

Rylan fell asleep on the way home and we had a hard time waking him up so we decided to end our holiday with a nice family walk. I don't think I share my love with our walking trail enough. I LOVE IT!
So, that was our fun weekend!

My little baby is growin up

Asher has his first tooth!

Asher is always putting things in his mouth, as is the case with most babies I suppose. This is something Rylan never did so it's something different for us. And he drools more than Rylan ever did, too...probably because he's always putting stuff in his mouth! Yesterday afternoon I was checking his mouth for a tooth but I didn't see one or feel one. No surprise cause I've been checking nearly every day for awhile now. So last night I'm at my mom's house with Asher and my sis-in-law Amy said "Oh look he has a tooth!". What? I had just checked that afternoon. So I snuck and a peek and sure enough there was a little tooth pokin through. Cute! Of course it's a little exciting but a small piece of my heart was saddened because I just can't enough of baby gummy smiles. Yes, the teeth are cute but there's just something about those toothless grins that makes me happy.

So in honor of this milestone here are some pictures of my sweet little one over the past few months in all his gummy glory (because I have no pictures of his itsy bitsy tooth nub and he's just too cute not to share some pictures!!)

My little baby is growin up

Asher has his first tooth!

Asher is always putting things in his mouth, as is the case with most babies I suppose. This is something Rylan never did so it's something different for us. And he drools more than Rylan ever did, too...probably because he's always putting stuff in his mouth! Yesterday afternoon I was checking his mouth for a tooth but I didn't see one or feel one. No surprise cause I've been checking nearly every day for awhile now. So last night I'm at my mom's house with Asher and my sis-in-law Amy said "Oh look he has a tooth!". What? I had just checked that afternoon. So I snuck and a peek and sure enough there was a little tooth pokin through. Cute! Of course it's a little exciting but a small piece of my heart was saddened because I just can't enough of baby gummy smiles. Yes, the teeth are cute but there's just something about those toothless grins that makes me happy.

Aaaahhhh...

Friday night
8:00 Rylan soundly asleep
8:30 Asher soundly asleep

This is so not normal at our house. Unfortunately Kevin is out having fun playing laser tag. Fortunately I have some girly movies tivoed (is that how you'd spell that?) and some ice cream in the freezer :)