More Naked Time!

What can I say...the boy is a free spirit! He took a bath and was so hungry he jumped up in his seat and started eating before I could grab him!

And here he grabbed his cowboy hat and ran down the hall! The picture missing is the one where he put the lamp shade on his head and ran away!

Seright Family Reunion...woot! woot!

We finally both took some much needed time off and headed north to Bear Lake for the big 2011 Seright Family Reunion! And boy did we build some memories! Here are just a few:

We arrived Thursday afternoon to a very breezy and cold lakeside camp site...we had just bought a new tent (that's another story), and as we set it up, Cecil realized his real strength...and the crapiness of the tent...and it broke-3 times while setting it up so we couldn't use it...wa wa wa. Fortunate for us, most siblings were late so an extra tent was brought for us.

We were right on Bear Lake and it was beeeeeeautiful! There were all these pelicans that kept flying so close to the shore. Ethan loved them so much that every time he saw them pass he would bolt to the rocky beach...







...and run right in...despite the freezing cold water!





Cecil's grandpa Douglas came with us. He is 95 years old but quite an incredible man! He did all the things we did including a hike through a cave including over 1,000 stairs! He was the oldest person to ever go through the cave and the tour guides were in awe!




This is where Ethan wanted to spend most of his time...

unless he was on one of these:

The boys just chillin' by the fire.

Cecil made fun of me for something so Ethan dumped his cup of water on Cecil's lap and started laughing! Thanks for the defense little buddy!


Kade caught being a mentor. Favorite dialogue between Uncle Kade and Brittany:
Kade: Do you know how to kill and cook a squirrel?
B: No
Kade: Well you gotta catch 'em and skin 'em and cook 'em over the fire. Do you like to eat squirrel?
B:No (with a disgusted look on her face)
Kade: Well you should try it some time.

Hiking in the reserve:

Face painting:

A beautiful night of skipping rocks...I still haven't improved much!


Reading with Grandpa Douglas:

What a great weekend and a much needed vacation! Thanks to all who helped made it special!

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No babies were harmed in this photo shoot...just daddy's pride.

The King Has Returned

Well it's been a while, but we are still here and alive and as you can see, our big boy is turning into a little man! He's 20 months now and gliding into his own ideas rapidly (turns out he does have a little of me in him after all)!

He loves swimming, eggs, being naked, wrestling with dad, yelling, driving the car and all his stuffed animal friends (seriously, they go everywhere he does)! He loves making faces...thanks to dad's great example, and every time he hears something outside that resembles the sound of a truck or a bird he motions "shhh" to me and then perks his ears to listen.

Easter!

We went up north to be with the family for Easter this year and even though it was freezing (not really even warm enough for an easter bunny appearance), the cousins had a blast! Ethan figured out how to tell if the eggs had anything in them and worked on prying the tape off to get the goodies!

The little guys:

Yea, we were surprised he found a buried egg that fast too!

Not a big camera guy.

This is his approach to get the eggs to crack:

Can you tell it worked?

Just wait 'til next year Easter Bunny! I'll get you for dopping up my kid on sugar!

Play Group Rocks!

In an effort to be social in this ward I started a little domesticated play group...

Bad news: I don't really have that much time and turns out I'm kinda a crappy hostess.

Good news: I met a sweet neighbor friend lady who happens to be the best hostess in the world and let's face it, she runs the show and it is great!

Good Example: Rachel threw a St. Patty's Day play group and hid little gold candies all over! It was a blast, we got more people than normal to come to play group, and Ethan got good practice for easter (believe me, he needs it)!

What Ethan learned:

Rocks are not what we were searching for, nor are they edible,

You must unwrap the candy before you eat it,

Unwrap it all the way,

But friends will help you...

Okay but maybe not at this age, better ask mom next time!

Snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow snow...

Well apparently Phil the groundhog was a bit confused when he said it would be an early spring because we just had a storm last weekend! It's okay though because Ethan has found a new love...eating snow!
At first I showed him how to dip your finger in the snow and eat it...

He quickly found he didn't like getting his little fingers cold so he used mine.