Camp Pokamoke

Bradley as a window viper

Bradley and the window vipers

Kyle and William at the top of the hill

Last week Bradley went to a Paleontology Camp through the YMCA. He had a lot of fun and was really worn out and dirty each night he came home. At the camp Bradley dug for dinosaur bones, went swimming, hiking, did an obstacle course, archery, and other fun things. Thursday night we were able to go up to his camp to have dinner with him and then he and his group put a skit on for us. He played a window viper.

Bill and Family Come to Town

Bradley, Sammy, & Kyle feeding ducks

Ben, Lisa, & William feeding duck

The kids swimming in the pool

The kids playing on the spider web

Kyle in the Hippo

Bradley on the Hippo

Bill and his family came out to Omaha during his summer break. We had a fun time visiting and playing with them. We went to the Children's Museum, the Zoo, Coco Key Water Resort, feed ducks, and hanging out.

William or Will

Today when I picked up this little guy from nursery, his teacher told me that they asked him if he wanted to be called William or Will. She said he very promptly and directly said Will. I asked him later then same question and he said Will. So through out the day I have been saying Will and he answers. I didn't know that he had such an opinion on what he wanted to be called. He has a month before he turns 3 but he knows what he wants.

Look Who's 1

Our fire cracker baby turned one yesterday. I can't believe that the year has passed already. Matt seems in my mind should still be a little baby, but the reality is that he is one, still a baby but no longer a cuddly baby. He climbs and crawls his way up and down you when you hold him.

Matt was not at all hesitant to get into his birthday cake. He enjoyed every second of it. He dug right into his cake, enjoying the sweet goodness of the frosting. Afterwords he was washed in the kitchen sink with a little liquid dawn soap, and then again with baby wash.

Matt at 1

Favorite Food:
The boy will eat anything you put in front of him, or that he can find on the floor, which is why we moved the dog food to an enclosed area. He really loves hot dogs, watermelon, milk, noodles, peas, blueberries, and he makes his Dad proud with his love for ice cream.

Words:
Although many don't understand what he says, we know he is saying a few words and understand them. Mama, Dada, Duck, uh-oh, woof woof, Matt, hi, bye, hi dad, Bradley, and Kyle.

Favorite Object
Blanket, pacifier, bottle,

Things he can do:
Crawl, go up and down stairs, stand (if he doesn't realize he is doing it), throw things, giggle really hard at anything, smile,

Number of Teeth
2

Our favorite things about Matt his first year:
Joe: Loves getting out of Elder's Quorum (you know you've used the excuse before too.); He can just light up a room with his smile, watching him grow and learn new things.

Janette: Matt has always been a very happy baby. He loves being around his brothers and Mom and Dad. The way he starts to mimic William's screaming when he is throwing a tantrum, it makes the situation a little lighter. Watching him figure out how things work, new words, or how to do something new has always been fun to watch.

A Day at the Museum

William by a Triceratops

Bradley with Elephants

Joe and Tim with their kids by a dinosaur bone

Bradley, Blake, and William looking at Spaceships

A Giant Turtle

William, Blake, Bradley & Kyle by a T-Rex head

The Cousins looking at farm animal skeletons

Tom & Jerry

Blake and William looking for Dinosaur bones

Daphne and Matthew

Kyle, Blake, Bradley & William acting like monkeys

We know where the kids get their good looks

Hugs

Don't Step on Us!!!

Looks at those muscles

Boys posing with National Champions

The boys found a place to slide down

Yesterday we were going to go to the Omaha Zoo with Tim, Amanda, Blake & Daphne, but then we realized the College World Series started yesterday, so we knew it was going to be crazy down there. Instead, we went to Lincoln and went to the Dinosaur Museum (not sure what the real name is, but that is what we call it) with them. Everyone had so much fun looking that the Dinosaurs and everything else in the Museum. Blake & William did everything together. Wherever one went the other followed.

Memorial Day

Kyle Hiking

They Boys Hiking

Matthew enjoying a stroll

Our Four Boys and Candy

An Elk

Buffalo Herd

Kyle and William Watching the Wolves

Bradley Posing with Wolves

Kyle asking if they feed the Wolves fish

Kyle on Buffalo

William on Baby Buffalo

Kyle and Bradley

Ride 'em Cowboy

William Watching a Bobcat

Bradley with his Favorite Bird...the Bald Eagle

The boys having fun driving through the wildlife safari

For Memorial Day we decided to go to the Platte River State Park, which is just south of Omaha, to have a picnic, fish and play around. After our picnic we went for a hike. The park was full of people, so we skipped out on fishing. The boys wanted to play in the sand, so we were looking for a place to get down to the river at and by chance we came upon the Wildlife Safari. At the Safari we saw Elk, Deer, Birds, Buffalo, Pronghorns, and more while driving in our car. Part way through we were allowed to get out and see the Bears and Wolves. We got there right when they were feeding them. The park ranger asked if anyone had any questions, so Kyle raised his hand, which you can see in the video. As you can see we never made it to the river.