Monday, August 14, 2017

Matthew at 8 months




Matthew is a mover and a shaker.  
He goes where he wants to go with his rather effective army-crawl. It's almost humorous to watch him try to keep up with Ben and Caroline and he often does try to follow them around. He has recently decided to like the Jumparoo and will do some pretty serious bouncing.
This last month he has mostly slept through the night.
He likes most every food I've given him and is even doing okay with the little puffs and small pieces of bread.
He does pretty well at sitting up.  Sometimes it seems like he forgets that he needs to balance though and tips over.  Other times he catches himself well.
He almost intentionally will say "ma ma" when he's sad.
He is a pretty happy little guy but does not like to be left by himself.
He's got two little bottom teeth that have made an appearance.

Saturday, August 12, 2017

Bear Lake






My Sister in Law's family has a house at Bear Lake and they were kind enough to let the Ridges crew take over for a weekend.  It was lots of fun watching the hummingbirds and watching the storms move in over the lake, having raspberry shakes, watching Moana, doing puzzles, and playing with cousins!
It would have been perfect if the weather and water were warmer... I'm a spoiled southern gal that still just can't quite get used to these cold rivers and lakes.  

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Christmas Meadow

Shortly after we got back from our South Carolina adventures the kids and I went for a drive with Grandma and Grandpa Ridges to Christmas Meadow in the Unitas.  It was a nice spot to spend an afternoon.







Tuesday, August 1, 2017

The rest of July

7.3.17 Good times at Sam's Club!

7.5.17 Painting!
 We loved having Adam and his family visit.... even if he did talk me into hiking the "Y".  I think he underestimated how slow we really would be going. But we all made it to the top.  Even Sophie who we think had a little altitude sickness. They stayed from Tuesday- Saturday and Caroline and Ben loved playing with their cousins!

7.5.17 Playing in the pool with Emma, Sophie, and Megan.
7.6.17 Adam and his family went up to Salt Lake for the evening and took this super awesome picture.  I love it!

7.7.17




7.7.17 We with Adam and his gals up the Canyon to play at the park and then we roasted marshmallows. It was a fun finale for their trip.

7.10.17 Jumped himself right to sleep.  

7.13.17 She said she didn't need a nap... 
7.14.17 Swinging in the big swings!



7.14.17 I went into the playroom and got a little worried because I couldn't find him.  He'd just rolled into the kids "tent."

7.27.17 The day after we got home from vacation.  It's what I wanted to do, too.

7.29.17 Caroline snapped this picture and I kind of love it.

7.31.17 Some friends of ours invited us to go rock climbing with them for FHE.  Caroline loved it!

I didn't really anticipate she'd be climbing or I might have had her wear something besides a skirt and flip flops.  She didn't seem to mind.

It had been a while since Jared had gone rock climbing.  He says he's been pushing too many pencils.