August

Two random pictures from the month.

The beginning stages of learning to walk, and some sibling love. Poor girl haha.

I took the kids to Rexburg Rapids one afternoon.

I talked Aunt Bekah and Emily into joining us which was nice to have the help.

Hudson was a big fan of the slides, and Ella liked hanging out in the water.

They both loved the lazy river as long as they didn't get sprayed by any of the water features.

Emily bought ice cream for herself and Hudson.

Ella quickly conned her way into getting the ice cream from Ella.

It was a good thing we could go stick them back in the water to wash off the stickiness that wipes couldn't take care of.

The cutest little bumble bee ever.

While grabbing some things from Walmart one day I saw that their swing sets had gone on clearance.

We debated between getting the swing set or a trampoline and ultimately decided on the swing set.

I spent 2/3 of a day working on it by myself while Taylor was at work. Then Emily showed up and she helped for a few hours until Taylor got home.

Once Taylor got home we worked on it until flash lights just weren't cutting it anymore.

The next morning I had just a couple of little things to finish up and then it was done!

Hudson loved trying to help with his fake power drill and toy screwdrivers.

He really loved that we spent alllllll day long outside.

He was so excited to get his own little clubhouse, and spent many many hours in it the rest of the summer.

We spent one afternoon in Grace talking with Grandma Ella, taking a nice ride in the Rzr, and picking raspberries.

We learned that Ella is has more of an adventurous side than we thought.

She LOVED riding in the Rzr and was reaching for Taylor on his dirt bike much of the time.

Hudson really hates loud noises so he remained apprehensive much of the time, but he loved both the Rzr and riding the dirt bike with Taylor.

It was actually the first time either child had ridden on the dirt bike with Taylor.

I think we waited so long with Hudson just because he has such an issue with loud noises.

He still isn't a fan of how loud they are, but he didn't like the few minutes of riding with Taylor that he did.

I saw this shirt online and just had to make it.

Ella wasn't anywhere close to walking when I made this shirt for her.

1-2 weeks later she became a walking machine.

That's how it seems to go, isn't it?

At least she looked stinking cute in it during the few wears she got out of it.

I took Hudson (and Ella) to see his first movie in the theater.

Cars is his favorite movie so we thought he would really enjoy seeing Cars 3.

We waited until it was in the cheap theater because we had no idea how he would do.

I didn't realize that the showing we were going to was 3D until we got there.

I didn't think it would be an issue until Hudson refused to wear the glasses.

He had to pee at least three different times during the movie, but overall he didn't do too terrible considering he was watching it without the 3D glasses.

For anyone who still hasn't seen it, it's a cute movie.

We now own it, and Hudson loves Cruz and Miss Fritter.

Eclipse weekend brought in a couple different events to Idaho Falls.

The highlight of events for me (other than the actual eclipse) was The Brothers Osborne concert.

Tickets were cheap, and the music was pretty good.

I could have lived without the 15 different guitar solos, but overall it was good.

I've never been to a concert before with so many dang guitar solos, and I've been to quite a few.

All I'm saying is that neither Brad Paisley or Scotty McCreery didn't need that many guitar solos...

We let Hudson ride his bike for the first time instead of riding in the bike trailer while we went on a longish ride at the Snake River Landing.

Hudson did even better than we thought he would have.

He made it almost 1.5 miles and would have kept going except we made him stop because Ella was so ready for bed.

We were so impressed with him!

August was the month of the great total solar eclipse.

We were lucky to live in the path of totality.

There was SO much hype for this event.

While the crowds disappointed us a little bit (not that we minded), the eclipse did not disappoint at all.

Taylor parents surprised us and showed up for the eclipse, and Taylor surprised me by coming home from work for an hour or two to watch it with us.

The kids absolutely loved having everyone there so it was perfect.

We watched the moon go farther and farther over the sun from our front yard.

Hudson thought it was so neat.

He loved putting the eclipse glasses on and taking a look at the sun.

He could never get them to stay on, so every time he looked he held them to his face like this.

It was hilarious and so cute.

Ella didn't care too much about what the sun and the moon was doing.

She was just happy to have everyone around to give her attention.

The minute or so of totality was so cool!

We were impressed with just how dark it got and how cold it got.

In that minute or so of totality you felt like you needed a light jacket on a day that the high was almost 90.

After the moment of totality was over everyone left and Taylor went back to work.

The kids and I went to play some more with my Aunt and Uncle and some cousins that came to town for the event.

Hudson was in heaven with all the toys and big kids to play with.

Again, Ella was indifferent.

All in all, it really was such a neat thing to get to experience.

Living in the path of totality was such a blessing!

Hudson went to the dentist for the very first time!

He definitely wasn't the biggest fan, but he survived.

The dentist said that his teeth all look good, but they're a little close together so we need to start being really good about flossing them.

Hudson was pretty excited to get to pick out a toy, and he spent probably 3 minutes making sure he picked out the most perfect toy while I shot down half of what he wanted because I didn't want Ella to choke on them.