It's BATMAN

Treyson got this new cape for his birthday from Grandma Cheetham and thought it was so cool, he had to wear it! I tried to take a picture of him "flying" by, but couldn't get him fast enough... Thanks for the present!

Birthday 4 Fun!

Birthday morning, about to open all his presents from mom and dad.
I asked Treyson the night before what his favorite breakfast would be and he says... PIZZA! When I finally got him off the pizza idea (because that's what we were having for dinner) he said, donuts! So off we went early (OK, it was like 9am) the next morning and off we went in search of the sprinkled donut. Luckily we found it right away!! Check out his new Spiderman hat and Batman watch!
As creative as I could get on the invites, with not so much time!
I tried my hand at creating a dinosaur themed cake! I was so excited to FINALLY find some trees (after many stops!) and we stumbled upon candy rocks too that really made the cake! Treyson LOVED it! Yah for moms!
Opening presents!

Treyson is finally 4! After many, many, many days of asking, it finally came and he can officially and proudly say that he is 4 now. He was so excited for his DINOSAUR birthday party in the park and I was excited to not have it at my house. We played "Stick the horn on the 3 horn" and even dug for dinosaurs in the sand! It was just the right about of fun. Treyson is already talking about when he turns 5.... lets be 4 for at least a week!

Bath Time

Brotherly love
Cru loves that rubber ducky!
BIG brother... he actually looks pretty skinny in the picture!

Just some fun pictures during bath time, you have to have those every once and a while. Cru is a HUGE lover of the bath and gets way excited when the water gets turned on and he tries to get himself in --clothes and all. It's a good thing that he isn't tall enough yet! ... And then we have Treyson who would always go a least a week or more and not have a bath, he is not a fan!

Cru is 11 months old!

Our Cru is 11 months old already! We can't believe he is almost a year old already. It was a huge task to take this picture and I think it turned out just like he is... HAPPY. He is such a sweet little boy and he just loves life. He cruises around the house creating messes around every corner, but he's so dang cute you just have to smile at him. His favorite mess is to unroll the toilet paper and tear it to shreds, real fun to clean up! We love him... and so does Treyson, even though sometimes he doesn't want to admit it! I secretly hear him tell him that he is his best friend, so cute.

Labor Day

Treyson and Daddy

Having lots of fun on the boat.
A pair of real cute cousins!
Cru LOVING his red vines, just like his mom.... and aunties!
Treyson and Grandma
Aunt Annie, Shelby, and Aunt Molly

A little late, but I thought I'd share some pictures of our last Labor Day trip to the lake! If you want any... Annie or Molly... let me know! It was a blast --like always! Enjoy the pictures.

Tagged

I've been "tagged"
So I was "tagged" by CASSIE....so I have to post some info on myself.

Here are the rules:Here are the rules. I did not write the rules. Someone else wrote them.

1. You have to post these rules before you give the facts.

2. Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of their middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had.

3. When you are tagged you need to write your own blog post containing your own middle name game facts.

4. At the end of your blog post, you need to choose one person for each letter of your middle name to tag. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Okay here goes... I don't think this is fair I have a long middle name! It's TERESA, which sometimes I'm not a huge fan of, sorry dad.

"T"... I have to say TEETH, because right now it is our life! Matt just opened up his dental practice here in St. George and we are working hard trying to get patients in to get their TEETH worked on! And I also think it's appropriate because both of us are obsessed with teeth. Being in dental school for four years contributes too.

"E"... EASY. I'm not always one to take the easy road, but with two kids and a busy life, anything that says easy is the one for me! Too bad there wasn't an "easy button" for parenting.

"R" ... RELAX. I may not get too much time to relax because of my children, but I sure like to do it! Give me an afternoon nap, or an evening to just hang and I am good! A pedicure is a great relaxer too!!!

"E" ... ENERGY. Who doesn't wish for more energy? I have two kids who don't seem to run out of that quickly so I have to have as much as I can get. I've been trying to ride my bike more trailing the kids and it hasn't happened as much as I would like because it's so stinkin' hot here that I can't make it 3 blocks without sweating like a pig. We'll try harder!

"S" ... START over. Most of you know that Matt graduated dental school, we moved, and opened up a new dental practice. I would say that starting over suits just right with our situation right now. New environment, new friends, new church, new life!

"A" ... APPRECIATE. Getting a wee bit older I've come to appreciate a lot more things in life. Not only with family and friends (they are GREAT!), but with nature's beauty (Gorgeous Mt. Rainier and green in Washington, beautiful fall colors in Cleveland, my new "back yard" of Red Rock...). I appreciate small things people do for me or say. I love life.

Okay I'm done, now you're it! Annie, Molly, Stephanie, Janea, Tyra, and Elisa... tag YOU ARE IT!

Happy Anniversary MATT! Love, me

Happy Anniversary!
Here's a little look back at our last six years together...

Six reasons why I love you for the six years we've had together.
1. You are as cute as the day I met you!
2. Awesome DAD
3. You go shopping with me even though you don't
want to, but sometimes you have fun.
4. You are a clean freak and help me out with the
house when I need it.
5. You are very determined and work hard.
6. Did I mention that you are a great dad AND
a hot red head?!

I LOVE YOU MATT!!!
Love, Haley

MATT'S DENTAL OFFICE

Matt opened his brand new dental office this last week, and we are so glad to finally get going with work. In the three days he was open, he saw three patients, and on Monday he will be seeing five patients! Maybe now we can make some bucks to pay for the office! The office is so pretty and really has a tuscan-home feel to it...not your typical dental office. There are currently two patient chairs and on Monday, the dental supply company will be installing the last two chairs. Once they get finished with that, the office will be complete and we can have an official Grand Opening! Matt is so excited! Enjoy the pics and Matt's glamour shots too!

It DOES rain in the Desert!

Yesterday it downpoured on us... and that doesn't happen very often! Sooo, Treyson and I decided we would take our chances and run around in the rain! We had a lot of fun!!! It lasted a good 10 minutes and then we were ready to get dry and warm again. See... it DOES rain in the desert sometimes!

Adventures in Cru

Cru is growing up so fast! He has conquered the army crawl and now he's on to the real stuff... climbing. He's not too great at it so we have to watch him really close, but he thinks he's so big when he does it. He loves to help mom with the laundry (or just to be carried with all the clothes!) and he especially loves to play with his BIG brother and do everything he does.

Pioneer Day

On July 24th it's a holiday in Utah and for those of you that don't know, it's called Pioneer Day. This was my first Pioneer Day ever and we as a Primary were asked to help with a float in the parade. Treyson and I found the best clothes we could and dressed up. It was so fun to take part in the parade and although it was only a few blocks to walk I felt like those who came 160 years ago. I was also very appreciative to the "real pioneers" that walked across the plains to come here because those clothes are very hot!

Another Lake Trip

Mom and Cru ready to go!
Matt and Haley innertubing for their lives...
Cousins, Cru and Shelby, posed for picture, but Cru is more interested in Shelby's paci.
Uncle Jon with Treyson and cousin Shelby... with Haley waving to the camera.
Cru and Daddy just chillen on the beach.

Last weekend we went to the lake AGAIN... what can we say? It's too hot here to do anything else! We had a lot of fun. This time we brought the innertube along for the ride...

Idaho Trip

One of the few times Treyson was asleep on our trip.
We met up with some of Haley's old roommates for a little BBQ, there were 10 kids there and 2 on the way!
We met up with an old teacher Matt and Haley had at BYU-I (Anat. & Phys.) and his family. They were gracious enough to allow us to invade their home and stay for two nights, thanks guys!
Brooke's snake!!!

We took a little road trip up to Idaho and down through Utah to visit some old friends. We met up with friends from Cleveland (the Gronemans & Jacksons), Haley's old friends (the roomies and Hyrum and family), and Matt's friend that he goes to the Dominican Republic with (Len & family). Treyson had a blast hanging out with Len's teenage kids Griffin, Brady, and Connor. They were nice enough to take him to play legos and hit around some baseballs. It was a lot of fun to get away for a mini vacation, but we've figured out that the kids max for driving is maybe 6 hours, probably less. It's fun to now live "near" some old friends!

The Fourth of July

This 4th was sooo hot so all we did was go swimming and that night Treyson and Mommy went on a date to see the fireworks. We went to get ice cream before the fireworks and Treyson couldn't eat his fast enough! He had it all over him. We had fun together.

The Lake

Cru had his first taste of red vines... yummy!
Haley, Cru, Annie and Shelby.
Shelby and Cru hanging out on the beach in the bumbos, loving their spoons.
Matt and Treyson taking a spin on the water!
Haley and Treyson just floating around.

We went to Lake Mead one day last week and had a blast! It was

Cru and Shelby's first trip to the lake and they did great. They were

a little sleep deprived, but they loved to hang out with the family.

We managed to escape with no real big sunburns, yeah!

More Grad Party Pics

Marilyn and Grandma
Aunt Annie, Virginia, and Haley
Aunt Haley and Shelby