Week by Week 8

On our way back to Utah from our second family reunion we took a detour to my Grandparents house. My grandma Green is the most AMAZING cook ever! Brian salivates just thinking about going to her house. She did not disappoint this time. We had an amazing lunch and hung out with them for a few hours. And most importantly, John-Luke got to meet his great-grandparents for the very first time (it was James' second time). Unfortunately we don't make it out to Burley, Idaho nearly often enough. Here we all are together.On Monday, August 17 Brian blessed John-Luke at my parents home. He looks so handsome in his suit. He was very good and Brian gave him an awesome blessing (and name).
Here is J-L with his daddy. (This week I did a lot better in the picture taking).
All the men at the blessing.
Me and Brian with "littlest" as I sometimes call him.
And our whole little family. James was so not interested in taking a pic and Cap'n was only interested in getting his hand into his mouth.
Brian's family members that were able to attend the blessing. His mom and the twins (Trevor and MaryJean). We were so happy that they were able to be there for J-L's big day.
After the blessing we stayed at Brian's mom's house for the rest of the week. We did a lot of relaxing. We played "Reach." Reach is a game where James stands back and attempts to give us something while we reach forward saying "reach" in funny voices.
He really loves it.
Especially when it is daddy playing.
John-Luke being an angel.
We continued our quest to see some more of Utah. We took a little trip to the Hill Air Museum in Ogden. They were doing a lot of flights from the base close by and both Brian and James were fascinated by the planes. (The flying ones).
And the non-flying ones.
An attempt at a good self pic of me and Brian.
More overhead flights.
James was very interested in the rocks. He loves rocks.
Me and my boys. Yes, Littlest is sleeping.
But he woke up right when we were leaving. He wasn't happy to be put into a carseat instead of being fed. People often comment on how "chill" John-Luke is. He generally is but here is proof that occasionally even he gets irritated. It is only when he is hungry or tired. I try not to let those things happen too often.
We also played outside in Grandma Shelley's backyard. James liked playing with the hose. We don't have one here in Geneva and James loves the water. Here he is all wet after playing for a bit in the water with daddy.
Grandma and the baby.
John-Luke. Have I mentioned that the weather was great? It was.
Another thing that James loved was stealing Grandma's i-touch to watch "Elmo's Song." He has never seen Sesame Street and he already loves Elmo. Go figure. He still asks for Elmo all the time.
Just a cute picture of a cute boy. He is eating a carrot.
I love this picture of the boys. James is so excited to hold his baby and John-Luke is looking at him with an unsure look. James was very soft with the baby. He really loves his baby a lot.
He also loves yogurt. He now refuses to be fed and only wants to feed himself. One of his favorite phrases is "Bubba do it."
Brian decided we should try out the new family fun center by his mom's house. It was fun. We bowled. Here is James getting some help from daddy. Roll.
Watch.
Celebrate!
They also had some little electronic cars that James just had to ride. We are suckers for the kid. He got to ride a few times.
Oh, and J-L slept through the whole outing.
Brian had to fly out again that Saturday. We were so sad for him to go and we missed him so much till we got home. James was constantly asking about, "Daddy, daddy, daddy!"
Stay tuned for more updates to come soon.