Dylan's first fish!

Dylan caught his first fish today! He helped Dad reel in a Brown Trout on the South Fork of the Snake River. He also caught lots of snails and flies -his favorite thing is catching bugs.

Salad Time

I''m sure you're all sick of seeing these lame garden pictures, but I had to take this one with our baby potatoes, carrots, lettuce and our first tomato of the year - which was delicious! Wishing I had a cucumber to add, but hopefully by the end of the summer . . .

Important Business

Thought this was a cute shot of Dylan on the potty. Of course, being the ham he is, he began posing for me to take more pictures of him. I swear, he is going to be a model when he grows up. He loves the camera.

Memories

So I just dug out a little video I made of Dylan after he was born and thought I'd try to put it on my blog. Some of you have seen it, but I had forgotten about it and wanted to share it again. Make sure you have your volume on.

Painting!

Grandma gave Dylan these cute shirts and hat and some paints so he could paint on them! So today, we got them out and he made a shirt with lots of spiders, worms and snakes on them. I made him a shirt with a monster and also decorated his hat for him. Lots of fun! Can't wait til' they're dry and he can wear them! Thanks Grandma!

Yummy!

So my garden is turning out to be so fun! And very little work! No weeding yet (other than a few strands of grass). We've gotten lots of lettuce, spinach and peas and several yummy strawberries! My carrots are just now starting to be big enough to pull. In the near future: tomatoes and cherry tomatoes. Also, very excited to see that my very tiny cucumber plants have flowers on them and my small pumpkin plant has SIX blooms on it!! Duds: watermelon - not doing much, very tiny and turning brown along the edges. Not sure why. New crops planted: peas, beets, lettuce/spinach, and another batch of carrots!

A great gift!

At VBS this year, Dylan played non-stop on the toy horses they had set up as part of the decorations. So my pastor's wife, Jen, said she had an old one we could have. So this week, we went by and picked it up! It was a great gift and he loves it! Thanks Pastor Roger & Jen!

Dylan's 4th Birthday!

Dylan had his first "friend" birthday party this year and he had a blast! Guests included his friends: Colton & Clayton Peters, Noah Carter, Auntie Brooke, Seth & Dillon Henderson, and Sydney, Luke & Mackenzie Legler! (and mom's too!) First we had cake (which you can see my awesome cake decorating skills). Then we opened presents - and when I say "we" - I mean everyone! It was pretty much a mob of kids grabbing at presents! ha! Then we went outside for a "spongebob square pants" piniata - the kids had fun whacking it and actually stayed behind the danger zone until candy started to fly. Then it was a free for all! But luckily no one was hurt! Then they all hopped in their swim suits and played in the sprinklers! All in all, it was great! Wild and fun - just like my boy! I was blessed to have my good friend Staci Legler in town so they were able to come!

Later after dinner, Grandpa and Grandma Jones picked up Dylan and took him out to eat at a mexican restaurant where they gave him a large sombrero to wear while the waiters sang happy birthday. He wasn't sure what to think of that. Then they took him to "Toys R Us" and he picked out a bunch of toys (snake, dinasoar, alligator, sword, etc.) So he had a blast! Thanks Grandpa!

The weekend after, we all went over to Pocatello to see Grandma and Aunt Alyssa. They had another birthday cake and tons of presents for him! He even got his own camera from Alyssa! Lots of fun!

On his birthday, he woke up and after confirming that he was indeed 4, he said, "Mom, it feels much better to be 4." The day after his birthday, he said, "how many more days until I turn 5?" Already starting the countdown!

July 4th Block Party

On the Friday before July 4th, our neighbor, Kaye, went with us to a neighborhood block party. They had a big jumpy house for the kids to play in and Dylan loved it! Each house on the culdesac had something different (popcorn, hot dogs, cotton candy, ice cream) one house had face painting, one had a band playing, etc. It was actually pretty fun even though we didn't know many people. The kids were doing fire crackers in the street. Dylan thought it was fun to eat all the yummy stuff!