Simon is One!

I have said that we are going to have a huge party if Simon makes it to his first birthday. Calvin just loves Simon a little too much. Everytime I turn the corner, Calvin is sitting on Simon. The other day Calvin tried to "baptize" Simon in the bathtub (its a good thing I was there to rescue Simon). We had a good little birthday party up here in Oregon.

We started off on Saturday the 28th by cheering dad on at his "Competition not Conflict" race. They had a race for the kids too. Calvin wasn't too excited because he was too afraid of the mascots that were running around.
We ended Sunday night by baking a cake for Simon and letting him eat it.

A little about Simon:
- He is little but he is a mover. He is always on the table!
- He has two teeth and one other poking through on the top
- He talks on the phone, and folds his arms for prayer
- He says mommy, daddy, Milo and Dog (working on Calvin)
- He started walking at 11 1/2 months
- He doesn't sit down in his highchair (even if you tie him down, he gets out!)

This is Simon, on his birthday, with the U of O duck. You cant see this but I am holding Calvin while I am taking the picture. Calvin is clinging to my neck.

Calvin not too excited to race. You have to realize what field we are on. This is the famous Hayward Track and Field Stadium. World Champions have raced on this track.

Simon ready to race.

Notice Calvin is not in the picture. He wasnt too happy.

They gave them ribbons after the race. The kids and I ended up missing Bryce's race because we were at a LDS Law Students party, but Bryce's CRES team ended up losing to the UofO Cheerleaders and Soccer team :)I decorated a Lightning Mcqueen cake for Simon's birthday. I don't know who's birthday it was Calvin's or Simon's. Calvin was so excited.The finished project. It turned out pretty well.

We gave Simon a train for his birthday. Once again... Calvin was really excited!

My Family

We had family pictures taken before we left for Oregon. Once again, my cousin Kristi did an amazing job! I love how she drives us to where she is going to take pictures. I always wonder what she is thinking until I look at the pictures and realize how amazing she is. She has an eye for color and light.

We are Finally in Oregon!

Bryce in front of The U of O football stadium.

Our cute little house. We are working on the yard.

One of the problems we had when we arrived in Oregon was that we had to buy a new dryer. After buying and taking back 3 dryers, we finally bought a new one! So this is the dryer box. Bryce instantly new it would be a great play box.

More Summer Fun!

This is "Johnny Tractor." Grandpa Huff bought it from the D.I. for $5 and fixed it up. Calvin rode it every day. He loves Johnny Tractor!

Simon loved Johnny Tractor also. The problem was that Calvin didnt like to take Simon with him. He kept saying to me "Simon is done!" or "Simon doesn't want to ride!" They were pretty cute together.

We had our annual Huff family retreat at Pineview after the Fourth of July. This is us tubing. (sorry the pictures are small... they are from my phone)

Good food at Pineview!

I dont know how many otter pops Calvin and Simon ate at G&G Baggaley's. This is them sharing one.

We went "fishing" at Smoot Park with the Huff cousins.

This is Grandpa Huff pulling Calvin on his bike. Calvin misses all of Grandpa Huff's contraptions.

We went to the drive in to see Toy Story 3 with Uncle Daniel.

We love and miss everyone. Thanks everyone for such a fun summer and putting up with us! We will always remember the summer we lived at Grandpa and Grandma Baggaley's and Grandpa and Grandma Huff's.
Calvin keeps playing with his toys and he make believes that they are Cora and Bella, Uncle Daniel, Keller, William and Julian. It makes me sad and miss everyone. Please come visit!

Summer Pictures

My mom and Simon at Wheeler FarmSimon loved this watermelon.

We went to a water park in Highland with my brother Trent and his family.

Brandon and Calvin playing in the water

Our hike by Snowbasin. This was in June and there is still snow on the mountains.

This was our hike up Shoreline trail. We hiked half way through and then decided to hike all the way to our house. We ended up hitching a ride. We did about 3 miles and Calvin walked most of it.

Snowbasin trail

shoreline trail

My roommates from college came to lunch. We tried to get a picture with all our kids together but it didnt turn out quite how we wanted... as you can tell.

Calvin's haircut at Granpa and Grandma Baggaley's

Simon's first haircut

We loved the water park so much we ended up taking our Huff cousins to it. This is Josh, Calvin and Joe

I know these are a bunch of random pictures but I had to catch up on my blog. They aren't in any certain order. I probably will post more random pictures so be ready. We love you all and miss you. I will post about Oregon too... dont you worry:)