Our Summer Vacation- The Wheeler Family Reunion

For our first Wheeler Family Reunion, we met up at this really old house in St. George(built in 1870). Alyssa commented that she loved the house even though it was a "little creepy."

There were some nice perks to the house like the pool...

 (although we had to keep a close eye on these two)

the rickety old play set that these two spent so much time playing on(the toddlers weren't allowed on it with out an adult for fear that they would fall off of it)...

and the tennis court that almost everyone got to enjoy.

 Mostly it was fun to get the cousins together.

 Alyssa and Robbie are always good friends when they get together.

Ashley and Lydia were best pals and did everything together, even when it was something that the parents didn't exactly agree with(like chasing a cat into an empty field full of sticker weeds with bare feet. That certainly wasn't their best moment). But they sure had fun together.

Tyler and Tommy sure had a lot of fun together, as well. Kennedi had fun with them, too, but we don't have any pictures of her getting in on the fun.

 And everyone took turns holding Camden, even the kids.

One of the highlights of the trip was our hike in Zion National Park. We started on the river walk trail. Those who were able, continued on up the Narrows. We had borrowed a hiking backpack for Camden, so we were all able to continue on.

We needed help from others as Tyler was too little for some of the wading spots and Ashley did not want to get her clothes wet. Fortunately between Daddy, Grandpa, Gawbie, and Uncle Bobby, we made it as far as everyone else. The water was freezing, but as soon as our feet were numb, we were great. Here is a picture of the Wheeler Men after the hike was done.

The reunion was a lot of fun. We are so thankful for all of the planning and hard work that Gawbie and Grandpa put into it in order to get us all together. We look forward to the next one.

Our Summer Vacation- The Tuacahn

We took a trip down to St. George a couple of weeks ago for a Wheeler family reunion. Since we were going to be so close, we went down a day early in order to see a show at the Tuacahn Outdoor Theater. This has been something on my bucket list for many years now and I'm so glad Danny sacrificed by staying at the condo with the boys so I could go. The scenery was beautiful.

 

 We saw the show "When You Wish" which had songs from multiple Disney musicals including Pocahontas, Tarzan, Little Mermaid, Jungle Book, Mary Poppins, Mulan, Aladdin, Snow White, and a few more.

 We had seats on the front row, which the girls loved. At least Alyssa did. Ashley didn't like it so much when the water started running right over the stage and the dancers started purposely kicking it at us. She can't stand having any wet parts on her clothing. She was glad when those water scenes were over. Alyssa and I agreed that those scenes were our favorite parts.

 

It was nice that it worked out meeting up with my parents so we could go to the show together. They were nice enough to buy the girls a treat before the show.

2 Months Old- a little late

So I've been finding it really hard to update our blog this summer since any time I sit at the computer, Tyler wants me to watch family videos with him. And when he isn't around, I usually have Camden in my lap(which makes it difficult to type). Enough excuses, though. Camden turned 2 months old on July 1st. We saw the first glimpses of his smile about a week before that. Baby smiles are the best.

This picture was taken on the 4th of July. We have a video of him smiling on this day as well, but it was too big to post on the blog.

While we were at our family reunion a couple of weeks ago, we had Aunt Maryn snap a few pictures of him. Here are a couple of our favorites.

 He sure is a good baby. He sleeps and eats remarkably well for his age. We still haven't moved him out of the bassinet because Tyler is struggling to move out of the crib. Our favorite moments are when he is well fed and not tired because he will look right into our eyes, smile, and make noises like he is talking to us. When we talk to him he will talk right back. We haven't figured out how to catch it on video, but it is so sweet when he does it.
Here are his stats:(on July 6th)
Weight: 13 lbs 12 oz
Length:24 1/2 inches
Up around the 80th percentile for both.
We sure love this little man.