So far, July has been a busy, fun one. Here's so far:
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| Exploring a nearby trail that runs along a clean, little creek. Kids loved it! |
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| Jaylen is crazy about "fishing with Daddy" lately. We laugh because Aaron wasn't even sure he knew how. Jaylen was clearly desperate for some fishing time with his Dad, so we picked up some fishing poles to surprise Aaron when he came home from work. They caught TWO fish on their first trip. It was adorable. Jaylen was so excited. Gavin and I showed up later with dinner and I loved watching my two boys happily fishing together. Jaylen's wish come true! |
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| This patio set gave us quite the morning. I went to pick up this set off Craigslist. As I was attempting to awkwardly load it into the car, Jaylen tried to get into my phone (it's locked because he texted my new boss at Summit, "I. Love. You." many times). Apparently after you try too many times, it'll only allow you to dial emergency numbers, so while I was loading, Jaylen was calling 911 for ten minutes. As I squished everything in, and told the man I bought it from, "Whelp, I just can't get pulled over on the way home!" Jaylen comes up to me telling me the phone is for me. | | |
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"Hello? Is this Cera? Is everything okay? This is 911 and we've received numerous 911 calls from your phone for the last 10 minutes." After I explained to her the situation, my boss starts calling through. "Cera? Are you okay? Have the police found you yet? They've been here looking for you."
SERIOUSLY JAYLEN?
So after I get the kids stuffed in around the patio furniture (Jaylen's sitting sandwiched in between chairs and Gavin's car seat is tipped to the side), two police cruisers pull in. "Excuse me maam. Are you Cera Edgley? Is everything okay? Are your children okay?" Yes, they are fine, BUT PLEASE DON'T LOOK IN THE CAR! Ha... I left out the back after explaining and luckily made it home with no problems.
Oh Jaylen, the situations you get me in to. I hope I have many chances to pay you back. :)
The fourth of July was fantastic! We had 6 of my nieces and nephew over for a sleep over on July 3rd. We swam at the pool, made and ate pizza and watermelon, and enjoyed some delicious fondue. It was really fun to spend time with them. We've missed them since moving down to our home!
In the morning, the three oldest girls and I set off to Leeds where Jenny was in charge of the 5k race. It was fun running with my brother and nieces! I came in first for the women and 3rd overall. I was happy, considering I can hardly breathe and sweat like a pig in the heat!
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| I love our beautiful country. I'm grateful to be living the life I want to be, with who I want to, where I want to. America is truly an amazing place. I'm glad I can be with my sweet family here. |
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| We ate breakfast at the Leeds park, enjoyed a fire hose slip in slide and water games, snow cones, swinging in my brother's back yard, a dance and fireworks later. It was great to spend the day with family. |
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| Gavin would just sit by a bunch of kids like they were long lost buddies. So cute! He was nervous about the fireworks at first, but got excited after realizing he wasn't dying. |
We drove up to Salt Lake City this past weekend to attend Jordan and Estefi's wedding in the Salt Lake Temple. What a beautiful day, ceremony and experience.
We haven't seen Jared and Star Berry since we had kids- it's been probably 7 years. WAY TOO LONG. They were gracious enough to let us stay the weekend with them. We had fun catching up with them- they are so fun to be with. We're happy to live closer to them. Our kids played well together!
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| Gardening |
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| Kids at the pool during cousin time! |
Sorry, these are clearly out of order.
Here is the beautiful couple!!
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| I loved seeing my lil sister. She's such a cutie. I miss her something fierce. |
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| We haven't met my cousin, Tyler and Leilani's, daughter yet. So we stopped by and got to play for a minute. Such a gorgeous family. We will miss them when they move to MAUI! |
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| Aaron took the boys to a color festival. They came home to covered in color and happy as can be. |
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| I love that sweet smile. |
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| Gavin woke up from a nap, came in to Aaron's office, stood there, went back for his blanket and Aaron found him like this later. Such a tired, sweet boy. |
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| Oh, sweet Gavin. His smile takes my breath away. Such a happy boy. |
Gavin is growing up so fast. Some highlights from lately:
He says "I DID IT!!" in the cutest, most proud voice after doing cute things like, putting his shirt on by himself. Or closing the garage door.
He'll ask for "Scratches, peas (please)" when he's sleepy, just like his brother.
He'll say, "I'm not poopy, I'm pee-pee!" in the cutest tone when we change his diaper. He even shakes his head to go with it. It's so adorable.
He's starting to say Jaylen a lot more. He also loves to say, "moooooom---MEEE!"
He is in to everything, eats half of everything, snacks constantly, makes a mess everywhere, and loves to annoy Jaylen however he can. He always loves to mimic what Jaylen does (which is SOOO frustrating most the time).
He loves to ask for "baby songs." It's an app on my phone that plays children's songbook songs with pictures he can flip through. He's crazy about it. He especially loves the ones that have little babies in them. He'll go, "Awwww, cute little baby!"
