Family :)

Happy 4th of July!

 A very RARE occasion!  All 7 grandchildren (minus 2 not born yet) together at the Steenblik cabin!  These kids had an absolute blast together!  So glad we got to see everyone (except Jeff; we missed you!)!  I do not get to see all these cuties often enough! 

 Alicia, Brooklyn, and baby

 Travis enjoying the total cabin experience

Grandma and her birdseed helpers

 Trav and Colette

 Look at this dirty little face; can you tell he played hard?

 Clark hoping for a drive....he never got one

 Brooklyn

 Rub a dub dub three cute boys in the tub!

 On the porch swing with their popsicles

 Braxton

Rebekah

Uncle Dalton comes for a race (and a visit)

Above is Dalton after he ran the race and took a shower.  He fell asleep and Braxton took the opportunity to pile things on him; thus seen by the dog and chips on him.  Uncle Dalton came to run the Spartan race here in UT.  It was probably rough due to smoke and especially because he wound up with food poisoning the night before! We had a fun time getting to know him better and Braxton especially loved having someone else at the house to wake up to!

Braxton

 Eating chocolate cake in the office chair.  He REALLY went to town on this cake.  It was leftover from Mother's Day. 

Papa Jay and Braxton.  Ever since Papa Jay babysat (a lot!) for a few months last winter Braxton lights up when he sees him every time.  I love this picture of the two of them.  Thanks for all you do Papa Jay!

Braxton's birth and first year....yes I'm just getting around to this...

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Happy 4 year anniversary!

Isn't he so cute? Now I do this to Braxton all the time.  I still do it to him once in a while too. 

 Getting custard at Farr's Fresh (before dinner!)

 We were lucky enough to get to stay at Hines Mansion B&B where I work.  We got a great deal!  I (tried) to surprise Patrick by having some balloons and his gift waiting in our room.

Just after a yummy breakfast right before we left.

We had a fun anniversary that would not have been made possible if not for the love of Grandma (who babysat). We actually went out to dinner and a movie!  This is something that we do about every six months so it was great!  And thanks to my co-workers for decorating our room (even more than I did) and for the delicious cupcakes! 

Mother's Day- who knew?

 My Mother's Day gift this year was one that I will never forget and one that I hope gets passed down in our family.  Patrick lied...yes lied to me and told me that he was going into work one day when I went up to Bountiful to hang with my peeps.  He spent all day working on this for me and a few other hours the weekend leading up to Mother's Day.  I got kicked out of the house a few times. He said he had to go to Hobby Lobby three days in a row.  When Patrick puts his mind to things he can be super organized and very highly creative.  I asked him if he had seen this somewhere else before and he said no.  He is seriously more  creative than I am!  I just love copying others ideas most of the time.  I won't go into the details of this piece too much except to say that this painting did not come from one picture, but from about three or four pictures put together!  This was the sweetest gift I could have asked for and it was perfect.  How grateful I am for a husband who has this view of motherhood (including me!) and expresses it to me! I am forever grateful for the man I married and who is a great father! 

 Close up of Braxton.