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Jaden was helping me cook the other day and he wanted to create his own special drink. He spent a long time deciding what should go in it, and mixed it all very thoroughly. Jaden thought it was the best thing he had ever tasted. Here is his recipe:

2 C Water

2 T Milk

2 Tortilla chips

Diced red onion

Pear slices

Who can resist a spaghetti shot?!

Logan has figured out this walking business, he is also getting close to standing up on his own without a hand or a wall.

Of course if we are filming Logan, Jaden just can't wait for his turn. Here he is showing off his dancing skills. This boy has soooo much energy!

After dancing it was football and chest bumps

Hiawatha Trail

Yesterday we biked the Hiawatha Trail on the Montana/Idaho state line near Wallace, ID. The trail follows an old railroad path that spans 15 miles and takes riders through 10 tunnels and over 7 high rise trestles. I was really nervous about the ride since we haven't been able to ride our bikes very often this past month. I got even more nervous when we pulled up to the bottom of the rail and all the people around us were covered in spandex. We looked a little out of place with our kids and our cotton. I kept asking Scott if we should just drive back up the top and just coast down like most people do, but he said we could handle it.

It was awesome! We ended up only going about 25 miles rather than the full 30. The longest tunnel is 1.7 miles which is at the very top of the trail and we elected not to ride through that tunnel with the boys as we would have simply turned around to come back through and it would have been about 45 minutes riding in the dark.

I posted a ton of pictures, but it was just so gorgeous there that I decided to include most all of them!

What we've been up to...

Football season started a few weeks ago and we have two Washington State games under our belt. The boys do relatively well at the games considering that we go to all the pregame activities and then the game itself is a couple of hours. We've had a good time watching the cheerleaders and band also looking for Scott down on the field. The football game itself could use a little work, last week WSU lost 66-3... ouch!

We spent labor day in Yakima. Jaden wanted me to play dress up with him so I was sorting through the box when I saw the perfect dress hung up in the closet. Jaden thought it was really funny, but Scott's face was priceless when he got home from playing golf to find me in my wedding dress...it still fits!

I only have a month left until my baby turns one! Logan has put up with a lot of changes lately, but he is still the happiest baby in the world. This past week or two I switched him over to just one nap a day (I hated the twice a day schedule). He transitioned really well and we now have our mornings back! I also took his pacifier away except for sleeping, all last month it was glued in his mouth so I decided to kick that habit before he got any older. It was a struggle the first couple of days, but now he's doing great and I get to see his big smile all day long. I also gave in and gave him a big boy hair cut. I was sad to see it go, but he is still just as cute as ever.

Unfortunately, that darn double crown in the back of his head still makes what hair he has left stick straight up. I decided that he is going to have channel his inner punk... and rock the mohawk style for awhile.

Logan is getting really close to walking now. He stands alone all the time and will take about 4-5 steps before falling. This video doesn't show off his new skill at all but I love it because it shows how happy he is. Logan is seriously the easiest baby ever!

To cut or not to cut

I have frequently mentioned Logan and his out of control hair. It really does need to be cut, but I hate to do it because I know it is going to make him look so much older. I don't think I can put it off much longer though - it has finally gotten out of hand. Several times a day I am trying to get it to lay down but it always pops right back up. I took this picture of him this afternoon when he got up from his nap. It's time isn't it?

These are Jaden's before and after pictures of his first hair cut. Looking back I'm not sure how I let his go that long. Don't you agree that he looks so much older (and several pounds lighter) with the short hair?

Home Sweet Home

I'm finally back to the blogging world (although probably only my mom noticed my absence). We spent most of the month of August on the road. I spent about a week and a half in Yakima visiting with my family. All of my siblings were able to go home around that time so we were able to overlap our visits by a couple of days.

After our Yakima trip we had a couple of days home to unpack, wash, and repack our clothes before we took off on our Idaho/Utah trip. Scott's sister Kacey got married in the Logan Temple on Aug 15th and then the following weekend there was a Holt Family Reunion. The little boys and I were able to stay at my in-laws house in Preston, ID for the week while Scott flew home to work. During that time we also had our 5th anniversary. We celebrated by Scott going golfing with his dad and brothers....hmmm how did that happen?

It was a great several weeks, but I have to say that I am very happy to be home. It's so nice to sleep in our beds, not have to rummage through suitcases, and to be able to let my boys run free through the house.

All of these pictures are in chronologically reversed, but I'm too tired (lazy) to take the time to switch them all.

While Scott was on our anniversary golf trip I had Logan down for a nap and was enjoying talking to my sister-in-laws upstairs while Jaden was down playing with his cousins. I went down to check on him once and found him like this:

They were playing beauty shop and Jaden was loving every minute of it. Awhile later Sarah and Emma came up to show us that they were playing dress up and close behind was Jaden all decked out in what he calls his pirate costume. He wore that wig and hat for several hours that day. I told Scott that Jaden may decide to do theater rather than sports so he might want to start warming up to that idea.

Jaden and Emma dancing together at the wedding luncheon

Waiting for Kacey and Tyler outside the temple. Isn't his little pose adorable?

Scott's brother Mark and our future sister-in-law Halsey. It's nice to have people around that don't have kids of there own yet because they are always willing to hold ours. Thanks!

Kacey and Tyler are great together. We are excited to have him in our family.

Dallin, Carson, Jaden and Logan before the reception.

It may look like Logan just woke up, but that's pretty much the style he is going for lately. Notice how long his tie is!

My handsome husband showing off his muscles while setting up for the reception.

Jaden thought it was hilarious that they decorated Tyler and Kacey's car and tried to help out as much as he could. Let's just hope he doesn't try this one at home!

While we had all the Hatfield grandkids in one place we tried to get a photo. I think they turned out fairly well considering how many little kids there were.

So that picture before wasn't Jaden's first time playing dress up with his girl cousins. Here he is with Meagan and Mackayla playing with the princess clothes. He let me know several times that he was the king not a princess.


Growing up we spent most of our summers at a place called Sun Lakes Resort. It was so much to be able to go back with my kids for a few days.