Brock Walking

The day before Brock's birthday Ty and I went to Lagoon with my family. As we were on the big ferris wheel Cody called me to see how we were doing. He also mentioned that Brock had started taking steps. I told him to stop him right then. He had to wait until I got home. Cody was not about to do that. We had been trying to get him to take steps for quite a while with no luck.

The next day he wouldn't do it. He didn't do it again for a few days but finally started practicing again. Brock was so proud of himself. Within two weeks he was done crawling and only walking. I can't believe that my little baby is growing up.

Camping at Coalville

Growing up we went camping at a campground in Coalville all the time. I have such fond memories of that place. If I ever get skin cancer I will attribute it all to the swimming pool at the campground. I got more that one bad sunburn there. Anyway, Cody and I decided to take our kids camping there a few weeks ago.

The campground we go to is full of RV's. There isn't much but RV's. When we got there we had to stop and check in. I went in and was giving the lady my card and she was filling out paperwork. She asked me what rig we were in. I told her a Toyota Sienna. She asked me again what we were in. I told her a minivan (we had just bought it that day). She looked really confused and said what are you in again. I pointed to the van and said that van with the little boy's head out the window (Ty was a bit excited). Then she said well where are you sleeping. I told her a tent. She said Oh, a tent! It was pretty funny.

We stayed 2 nights with five of us crammed into our 4-man tent. We were nice and cozy. The first night it was kind of cold so Ty and Paige both ended up sleeping in our 2-man sleeping bag with us. We were toasty warm and couldn't move at all.

Becky and Scott came up on Friday and spent the day with us. We went swimming and had a great time. We went and watched them feed the fish at the pond and then ran around taking pictures. Later we built a fire and Scott led us in a campfire program. Trust Scott to keep the conversation rolling and interesting.

We came home pretty early on Saturday because the sky was pretty dark. Thanks goodness because we pulled the last few things in the house in the pouring rain. It was a really fun time. We are going to have to do it again.

Brock's Birthday

June 12 was Brock's first birthday. I remember thinking a year ago that if I could make it through that first year of his life while my kids were so little I could do about anything. I made it through the year and I am just as mean a mom as ever. I guess the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

Even though the last year has not been the easiest for me I wouldn't trade it for anything. Brock has been worth it all! He is just the happiest child. The other day I was doing the boring job of folding clothes while thinking what a boring life I lead and how other's lives are so exciting. Then Brock came in and just smiled at me. That was all it took for me to remember how great I have it. My heart just melted and I had to stop folding clothes and hold him for a minute.

For Brock's birthday we had Cody's family all come and celebrate. We had dinner and then opened presents and had cake and ice cream. Ty and Paige could not wait for Brock to open his presents. They were so excited about it all. Paige kept saying it was her birthday and where was her present.

Brock wasn't too into his cake. Unlike Paige he doesn't always eat everything in sight.

A couple days after Brock's birthday we had my family come and celebrate both Ty and Brock's birthdays. The kids loved the Elmo cupcake cake. The only problem is that the frosting was extremely RED! They were all red by the time it was over. We hosed them off outside and then provided some stain stick for their clothes.

We had such a good time celebrating our little Brock! We love him very much and none of us would be the same without him.