He's had enough...

After waiting all week for that little kidney stone to pass Jared decided he was done and we went in on Saturday morning to have it removed.

The kids got to go to the reservoir with all the cousins and Jared and I were at the hospital until about 6:00 that evening when we came home for the family reunion/50th Anniversary party for Dave and Janette.  Jared was even able to enjoy most of it.

Ready for a Party

So... Jared was dealing with a kidney stone and we were scheduled to have a ward party and a family reunion in our backyard.  Good timing, right?
Hard to see, but this was the fellas getting all the grills and tents ready for the Luau.

Despite the fact that Jared was drugged and in bed during the Luau it was a fun event and there was a pretty good turnout.
I told them to give us a few years and hopefully we'll have some nice shade trees and a higher ratio of grass to weeds.

Just for fun

When Ben was born my OB's office sent an offer for a free 8x10 so we finally went and got our picture taken.  I really liked the lady who did them and she even got both of them smiling. (Ben was smiling the whole time- Caroline is the tricky one)

First Munchies

Ben got to try out some oatmeal... he didn't really love it.

Day at the Lake

Poor Ben wasn't really a fan of the life jacket- but there was no way he was going out on a boat without one.  

Thanks to the Young Men and Young Women who let us crash their boating activity! :)

3rd Anniversary

Jared was in town!!!  We thought he was going to be out of town working  on our anniversary so we didn't plan to do anything too big, but we did buy each other a grill and then Grandma and Grandpa watched the kiddos while we made ourselves a dinner-using our new grill, of course-  and went for a little bike ride.

First French Braids

The wonders of Curious George- she sat still long enough for me to get done.