15 months later

Dear Lincoln,

My dear sweet, temper throwin, stubborn, adorable, claw someone when you can, butt scootin, silly and did I mention stubborn child. You are now so close to your 15 month mark and are finally walking. You never had a desire to walk, therefore you wouldn't. I think you like all the attention you get from that awesome butt scoot you do so well. Who wouldn't? But I am happy/not sure I'm ready, for you to start this new phase. I can tell already how much happier you are that you can keep up with your big bro. Don't get me wrong, I am happy it took this long. Thank you for keeping my sanity in mind.

Love mommy :)

Surprise trip

Aaron didn't have to work this weekend and I had a few things planned so it was nice to have him with me. Saturday night we went out to Moapa for my cousins Reception/ homecoming. It was so nice seeing some of the Taylor family. Their house looked amazing! My cousin, Heather, catered it and it was basically the yummiest food and ever. She did awesome! I had a great time. We got back kind of late and I needed to prepare my lesson for church the next day. Last min, I know! Anyways, I was looking all over for the manual and finally I asked Aaron where it was and he told me the subs had it. It took me a few mins to realize what he was saying. So, I asked what was going on and he said "oh, I didn't tell you we are going to California?" Aw... I love him! He knew just what I needed :) We headed out the next morning bright and early and got to Laguna Beach around 1 ish. We...

contained Ezra for a moment

played with our friends

attempted to take family pics

ate some food

played in the sand

and played in the waves

We stayed with our friends sunday night. They were so kind to let us stay with them. Then monday we went to Huntington Beach and played all day. I didn't take any pics though. I'm not sure what I was thinking. Then headed home at 9:30. It was short but sweet! Aaron, I love you! Thanks for the wonderful mini vacation. You are the best:)

Red Rock

It's not very often that we are together as a family for a day, so on Sat. we decided to head up to Red Rock. We LOVE it up there! When Aaron and I dated we hiked up there all the time. We definitely have been slacking since we've had kids but we try. I'm becoming the crazy mom though. Ezra loves to climb and explore and it makes me so nervous. It's hard for me to relax up there because I feel like I can't watch him close enough. I know, I'm crazy! Lincoln loved it too. We put him in the backpack but he wanted in on the action. He wanted to climb and hike like his big brother. Unfortunately for him, he still isn't walking so that wasn't really an option. Aaron walked around with him for as long as he could. It was the perfect day to be out there. Oh, there is something I have to document. At the end we had to hike up this nice little hill to get to the car. At the bottom of the hill Ezra is exhausted and hurt his leg, so he will not walk the rest of the way. Since Aaron had Lincoln on his back I gave Ezra a piggy back ride. I didn't even make it half way up the hill and I told Ezra to get off. (Nice, huh) There was no way I could carry him up the hill without killing myself. So I was thinking I would take Lincoln and Aaron would take Ezra but no, Aaron carried both kids up the hill. And not only that, he beat me up the hill. Seriously, that's sad!