Braxton turns 3!!!

I have other things I need to blog about to but lets start with what is recent and I can remember ;) This past Saturday we had Braxys Birthday party. It was so much fun. Brax decided he wanted to go with the cowboy theme so we did. We decided to have dinner and just feed everyone. We had yummy pulled pork sandwiches, salads, chips, bottled root beer (I originally wanted bottled but couldnt find it anywhere so I decided to make homemade but when we went to costco saturday to pick up the cake brooks saw the bottled and it made my day so we bought some and it was a hit)
We also had the usual bounce house we borrowed from Grandpa Lane. The kids always have fun with it. All of our family and friends we invited came. (we did however miss grandma and grandpa Beattie who had prior engagements, Sarah who had another party to go to and Hank and Whit who had a busy Saturday!) The kids broke open a pinata full of treats and Brax got more trucks and tractors then I know what to do with however he plays with all of them every day. It was so much fun. We are sp greatful for the support of our friends and family and are so blessed to have this sweet child in our home.
The Watering Hole (and a special thanks to my sweet cousing Whitney Hutchins for making my Darling signs for me because I am not Savy like that. She also made Braxys adorable invitations!

The Food Table
The Cake Table
The Gift Table

The Guests



Presents (we should have done this last cause Brax did not want to participate in the pinata after opening all his gifts)




Sally and Dave always pull through with someting UTAH RED for Brax! They know which team he likes!!! (and notice it has a 3 on it!)

The Cake (bought at Costco, Decorated by Me!)

Brax Became quite shy when everyone was singing he didnt want to blow out his candles so Dad helped

The Pinata

More August Birhdays

A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Macies 3rd Birthday. It was pretty low key. We headed out to my moms and went and saw Kung Fu Panda and then went to dinner. Brax gave her a Princess learning laptop. It was a fun evening.

Grandpas Birthday

Saturday we had a little Family get together at my house for my dads bday. We had a bbq and visited. I of course ended the night doing everyones toes and fingers and putting on glitter tatoos. Even miss Macie Kay got one and she thought she was pretty cool. It was a fun night with the fam!

The John Tractor Store

Saturday We took Brax out to Bluffdale to the John Deere Tractor Store. We were told there was one and knew he would love to see it. We went out and of course he wanted every toy in there and loved looking at all the tractors. After I finally talked him into one of the Cheaper toys Brooks was trying Hats on him and I asked the salesman how much the hat was and he said they are usually $14.95 but he can have it. We then asked him if we could go out and get on the tractors and check them out he said feel free to drive any of them and he proceeded to pull up the BIGGEST tractor they had on the lot and took brooks and brax for a spin around the lot. This guy, Alan was his name was so cute with Brax and so nice to us. He has a 3 month old son and said he didnt have a very good experience at a tractor store when he was little and swore if he ever worked in one he would make sure the kids that came in felt special and had fun, and he succeeded Brax was grinning ear to ear all day.

Bountiful & Days of 47 Parades

On Friday the 22 we went to to the Bountiful Parade. We were lucky enough to score some seats with my sister in laws family. It was HOT but a fun parade none the less. The kids walked away with plenty of Candy and little toys.
Then Monday morning we headed to the Down Town SLC Days of 47 Parade. We always have great seats and parking for that parade in front of the Ken Garff Delearship. It was especially fun this year because Brooks's Aunt Raylynn had a float in it that she designed and made for her Stake. It won Childrens Choice award. It was very cute.









Aunt Rays Float

Days of 47 Rodeo

I was able to score some awesome prices this year to the Days of 47 Rodeo so we went and my parents and Macie decided to join us. The kids had so much fun and Grandpa and Grandma as always enjoyed Spoiling and Spending time with them. At one poing in the evening Grandpa came back and said they were waiting in a LONG line for ice cream and my mom said to him "then dont get it" and his reply was "The kids want ice cream so they are going to get ice cream"! So cute.