summrer round up

Filip's first time at the pool, and he loved it.  He discovered how to sit on the edge and jump off to us.

we let him do a some finger painting with pudding.  he had so much fun with it, and loved eating it even more.

                                                        
                                                           Filip's first fourth of July
                                                

                                       He did not like fire works, they were to loud for his taste.

                        
                                                   We went to the Zoo for my birthday. 
                                        Filip loved all the water features in the animal exhibits. 

We decided to go to the new splash pad they built in North Logan.  i was surprised at how well filip did with the water.

Reggie's family came out for a bit during the summer.  We took them to the cache valley fair.  It was Filip's first time as well.  he loved seeing all the animals, and was fascinated by the giant tractors.

summer was a lot of fun and spent doing lots of stuff.  the end has come, so i guess now bring on the cold.

                                                               Memorial Weekend 2013

Memorial weekend was supper fun this year. We decided to take Filip to the local zoo for the first time. He had fun looking at the animals that were big enough for him to see. He did really well being carted around by dad.

On Meorial Day we went and put flowers at the local military monuments.  Sense we did not have any family buried in the area we decided to also put flowers on a few graves at the local cemetary that did not have any.

Thanks to the men and women that serve and to those that gave their lives.

Filip was being a big helper by holding the flowers for us.

That afternoon it was so nice and warm out, we decided to pull out the pool for the first time.  Filip did not like it at first because the water was so cold.  After a while he got used to it and had a blast.

Happy Easter

I'm all about doing lots of activities with the holidays, so we got together with my sister and her kids a few days before Easter and decorated Easter eggs.  Though I know Filip has no idea what is going on and does not care if he participates or not, I love making him do it all anyway.

Filip dieing his first Easter eggs.

Rachel's girls were the only ones in her family that wanted to join, they loved it and had fun with all the bold colors.


I have been sending pictures to the grandparents for each holiday.  This is what I came up with for Easter.

He would not stay sitting up long enough for me to take a picture so he ended up laying on the floor.

He loves playing with Easter eggs.

He did not like being in the basket and I could not get him to smile.


Filip was the only one I did an Easter egg hunt for this year.  He loved finding the eggs and trying to grab and pick them up.

Every year for Easter we get a movie, sandals, and I make sure to do an activity type thing in our baskets.  This year we got bubbles.

Filip in his new Easter Sunday outfit.



After Church we decided to head up to first dam and feed the ducks and play with bubbles.

He thought the bubble gun was so cool.

Filip had a hard time giving the ducks the bread, he wanted to eat it instead.

lifes update

So it has been a very long time sense I posted on my blog.  I have not had the Internet in our home for over 2 years now, but i was bored at work today and figured I would take advantage of their Internet.

Lots of things have happened in our lives over the last couple of years.  Reggie graduated from college over a year ago, which he was very excited to be done.  We both are now just working.  he has recently started a new job at JBS, which is a beef slaughter house here in the valley.  I am now only working one job.  I never thought the day would come that I would only have one job.  I am currently just working at the group home for adults with mental illness,  I miss working with my little preschoolers, but o how it has been nice only working roughly 30 hrs a week.  Why you might ask did I go down to one job, well the answer would be that a little one joined our family.
We found out the end of January 2012 that I was pregnant, and we were thrilled.  Pregnancy sucked for me and it will only ever be seen as a means to a great end in my mind.  There were at times some concerns along the way but we ended up with a healthy and happy baby.

Filip George Cavalier was born on September 29, 2012 at 12:40 am.  he was 7lb 4oz and 20in long.  When he was born he looked as if he had lost a fight, due to the tough delivery to get him here.

As the days went on after his birth the bruises, swelling, and jaundice went away and he was a perfect as could be.

                                                                 one of his newborn pictures.

                                           Here are some of the high lights of our time with him so far.

                                                              bath time in the sink

                                                   Halloween with the Merkley cousins 2012

                                                              meeting Santa Clause 2012

                                                         blessing day December 13 2012

                                                                 first Christmas 2012

                                                            nap time with his cousin

                                                                  Valentines day 2013

                                                                  first baby food

                                                                    pet fish Norman

Life has been fun with him and it just keeps getting better.

at the baby blessing

life update

well marriage is going good. next week we will be celebrating our first wedding anniversary. i cant believe it has been that long, it has gone by fast. i am still working like crazy as usual. i am in need of a break that is for sure. Reggie just started a new job this week. so far it is going well so hopefully he will like it. i am super proud of him, he is now a college graduate. he turned his last paper in on Thursday and is excited to be done. due to cut backs the university does not do a graduation at the end of fall semester, so he will not be walking. he has the option of walking in may but we are hoping that he will have started basic training by then. life plans for us now are to work until he enlists in the spring and see where life takes us from there.

happy holidays to you all

happy birthday to the husband. the big 24:)