Birthday Pool Party and BBQ

The Saturday following Blakely's Birthday we threw her a "Pool Party" and a BBQ with the family. We had the party at my brother's house and he so kindly let us make messes of his place. (my brother and his wife are amazing)
He had three mini pools filled, a slip N slide, and sprinklers on the lawn and tramp. It was a perfect day for a water party since it was 100 degrees!!!
Blakely played with her cousins in the water for a couple hours before the BBQ and Birthday Party. After dinner we Blakely opened gifts, blew out candles and we had some cake!

It was such a fun and exhausting day for her and everyone! We are so grateful to have such a fun and supportive family.

Baby turns ONE!!!

Wowsa! Blakely is ONE?!!! I can hardly wrap my mind around that concept! It seems just like yesterday when we saw her sweet little face for the first time. I can't believe how quickly time goes when you have a little one to take care of. She has been such a blessing in our family and she brings us so much joy. We just love her so so much!!!

For Blakely's FIRST BIRTHDAY we partied and played ALL day long! As soon as she woke up her Daddy sang "Happy Birthday" to her and that got her happy day started. 
First she played outside in her Jammie's and rode her new bike and danced. Next, Mommy and Grandma made her special "Mickey Mouse" pancakes. Then we headed outside to play in the pool with her cousin Lexi. After swimming and a nap we headed to McDonald's for lunch and to play. Blakely had her first "Happy Meal" and she felt so grown up!
Later, when Daddy got home we opened a present, sang "Happy Birthday", and she ate her first cupcake. She thought it was so funny when we were singing to her she was laughing and being a bit bashful. We placed the cupcake in front of her and she stuck a finger in the frosting and tasted it  and then the next thing we saw was her devouring the thing! Seriously, tiny fistfuls of mostly frosting going in about as fast a she could go. I thought for sure she would puke later but she didn't.
After the cake was cleaned up we headed to Herriman Pool for the finale of her special day. Herriman pool is seriously the coolest place EVER! They have an entire "kiddie" pool that gradually gets deeper and is soft flooring so little feet don't get destroyed. It was shallow enough that she was able to crawl and walk around. They have tiny fountains and slides for babies and toddlers. She had a blast and was grinning from "ear to ear" for an hour and a half! Love, LOve, LOVED IT!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL!

FIRST BIRTHDAY BREAKFAST

SWIMMING WITH LEXI!
Not a fan of the cold water:)

RIDING AND DANCING IN THE POOL IS PERMITTED
Placing her bike in the pool relaxed her and she started enjoying herself!

McDONALD'S AND A TIRED BOO!
She enjoyed her food and loved watching the kids play. She wasn't a huge fan of playing though, I guess she'd rather be a spectator. The whole afternoon exhausted her!

PRESENTS, CANDLES, CAKE AND SWIMMING
Equals a baby who doesn't make a peep the rest of the night!

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June: around the house

Stuck!

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May & June Travels...

 ...Anyone else feel like you are on a Carousel and life is just flying past you? The last 4-6 weeks have been insane for us for many reasons but a big one is all the traveling we've done.

We've had birthdays, two weddings, father's day, and missionary homecoming events. Not to mention two family reunions and Grandma's 80th party in Idaho coming up. Needless to say we've spent probably half of of the last month in Utah and in our Honda. It's been crazy fun and just plain crazy! (not to mention some other crazy business that is happening that we are excited to announce soon)!

Obviously the blog/journal has been the LAST priority but since I never  rarely write in my journal or scrapbook, I thought I better back log a bit of the last month.

So this is the beginning of the beginning of our summer!

We headed south over Memorial Day weekend and spent a week with family. While we were down there my nephew, Damion, returned home from his mission and we had some fun family parties. I was also able to participate in my nephew, Jake's, fiance's endowment in the Draper Temple. I was also able to watch a couple of my nieces dance and one play in a soccer tournament. Lots of fun!
Monday was my 30th Birthday and as usual Brock had some fun things planned for us. We got up early and headed to American Fork Canyon to hike. Everyone and their DOG was there since it was Memorial Day! Fortunately, we were the only ones on that trail head at that time so we had a lovely hike with just the three of us! ( nice not worrying about bears=no gun or bear spray)
After hiking we scurried home and cleaned up and Brock took me clothes shopping. He practically forced me... I've been resisting because I'd like to lose some more weight! I admit, I am glad to have some fresh items in my closet!
Then we headed to my nephew's missionary BBQ where they surprised me with an "Over the Hill" party. Brock had our friends, who own "One Sweet Slice", make me an awesome tombstone cake. It was amazing and delish! It was a super surprise.
Wednesday we had my nephew's wedding, luncheon and reception. It was such a beautiful day to be in the Temple and to spend with our loved ones. It was such a beautiful wedding!
We headed home after that set of parties, unpacked, did laundry and packed up again and headed back down for some more fun!
Thursday my sister had her Bachelorette party which was super fun and relaxing. Friday we did some running around and Saturday was the wedding. The wedding was so lovely and we are so happy for Lynette and Earl. They are going to have their hands full with the blended family thing but it will be awesome:)
Sunday we headed down to Brock's parents for a few days. We had a fun family dinner and s'more roast the first night we were there. The next day we headed to Palisade Lake for the afternoon followed by Kaleb and Kadence's baseball games. We had an awesome time with the family!

Here are some pictures from the last several events! Warning, picture overload!

Bree's soccer game!




Living Aquarium-touching baby sharks

Blakely and Liam watching the otters swim!
My Birthday Bash!

 Tibble Fork Res

Tibble Fork Resevoir

Welcome Home Elder Bennett!!!

Damion's BBQ

Cousin Christian

Cousin Jake

 Jake and Kenzee's Wedding!





 Luncheon!

Nick flew in for the day! :)

Meeting cousin Nick

Meeting cousin Damion!

Grandma, Mom, and Baby


Headed Home....Finally!

We stopped in Blackfoot for a picnic at the park and to get out and crawl!
 (What a good daddy!)

I think she has a pretty sweet set up back there...I think she would argue that!
 (thank heavens for Nemo).

Home for enough time to do laundry and pack up again!

Playing fetch with the dogs, she's always way far behind. We're pretty sure she thinks she's half puppy.

Coming home to these lovelies makes my heart happy.

She loves to play in the flowers

We had three baby birds living in our tree, so cute!
They are all grown up now and have "flown the nest".

Waving at the garbage man...we take waving and the removal of our trash seriously here.
 

What a "tree hugger"

Flowers from her friend Gabe

 

Lynette and Earl's Wedding

 

 

 

My Dad

 

 

All the Bennett Grankids (Minus Earl's 4)

 

 

 

 

 

Earl's 14 year old daughter made the wedding cake!

 

 

MAYFIELD!

 

 

Shortly after this, Blakely had sand in her hair! :)
(I guess there's not much mystery to what Stets was thinking)

S'mores

Brock went riding with his bros

Palisade Lake

Snuggling with Grandpa Belnap

HOME!


Rainbow on the way home through Big Sky...I guess Montana is our treasure at the end of the rainbow:)
(Storm Castle)

Exhausted Baby! Sleeping with her monkey and glad to be back in her crib!

Our Baby Birds grew up while we were away!