Monday, July 13, 2009

Home Again, home again

Family pic in St. Tropez. It was windy that evening, but the boys were so happy.
Stella, Liza and Anne.

Marketing in St. Tropez. Daniel was a great sport.


Oma and Opa with Daniel at the beach.




Congrats to Erik on his graduation. (Isn't he cute??)We are so glad that we could be there to celebrate with you!!

Yes, we are here! I can't believe how long it has been since we posted. I have been slow getting back into to the swing of things back here in real life. We had a great trip, but it is nice to be home too. Especially when the family from Germany follows us home and we get to play with them some more!

I am hoping that Scott will write a trip report soon that we can post and then add pictures to it. This weekend, I think.
Daniel took his first steps last Sunday, July 5th !! He walked a few steps to daddy, and he is getting braver all the time. A few more weeks and he will be walking all over the place.
We also celebrated Daniel's FIRST birthday on July 11th. He is growing so quickly. We'll have to give ya the stats next week after his checkup. We had a fun day on Saturday having a party for him. We made a puppy cake and let him eat it- he picked off all the candy and had some frosting. He didn't start throwing it til Uncle Curt laid him on top of the cake and then squished his hands in it. Then he really went to town! See video below:





We did webcam with Grandma & Grandpa Johnson in Greece saturday morning. Both the boys had fun playing with Daniel's ball-popper and crawling around. Nathan has a hard time understanding the whole birthday-present-for-the-birthday-boy concept. He thinks that he has full rights to the new toys. But Daniel is not so keen with Nathan taking over his toys. He really whines when Nathan gets on his train and rides it away. So, time to work on sharing!


Nathan is having fun in the sun- we got a little pool for the backyard, and he has had fun taking toys out to play in it. He also likes putting the slide in to it! And yes, he does wear his swim trunks!! Daniel is more of the in and out type. He likes to crawl over by the plum tree and scavenge for fallen plums. (never mind that they aren't ripe yet!)
We are enjoying the summer, we went camping last weekend up in Heber. Saturday we went to Jordanelle and rented a waverunner for the day, along with a tube. It was a blast, although Scott and I were so sore the next day! We could hardly get out of bed, and were taking turns picking up toys, etc from the floor.
I have been able to work a few shifts this month, it has been so nice that I can just do a few every month. Thank goodness for Scott's great job and his hard work at providing for us! The days after I work are hard, but I think Nathan likes that he can watch TV a lot of the day!