June 13-July 3, 2025

 Party Time!!! 🥳 

Summer time rocks! living our best lives around here!

there are still lots of hard times and tantrums and whatnot but we are making a lot of great memories this summer

Made this sensory bin.... coop wanted nothing to do with it (I don't blame him it was messy) but kinder loved it! 😍 

Funny things to remember

 "I don't do play fighting anymore so my mom stays happy." -Cooper

"Kinder don't get mad, or I'll get mad, and then mom will get mad, and then we'll all be mad together!"- cooper

Bachelorette party weekend in St. George

pictures from celebrating Tara at desert color (pic on the right was the most mortifying thing in public lol )

we did breath work together and it was very relaxing (I fell asleep and took a nap after)

the theme was "something blue before I do" so we wore blue and got blue cups

Parade

this was the Saratoga Springs parade

she loved the cheerleaders and her outfit choice was of course her own lol 

Swimming on Father's Day

dallin is the best dad. to celebrate him we did his favorite things! pool day and hanging out with his family after!

he was chilling out back in the morning

Dallins pics from when I was gone in st George

he said they had a lot of fun while I was gone! and I enjoyed the break from parenting!

this was at baby reven's 1st bday party!

the aquarium

he said they loved it although there were parts that freaked them out a little

life lately

cuties

new blanket because white is impossible

Father's Day Fun with the Graff Fam

Nonna and Pa visit

we went to the library

I thought it was funny that Cooper just went over and sat very close to another lady and her kid lol 

swimming

park in Saratoga

cruising the neighborhood

making cookies

more swimming

Cooper and kinder cuddling

Gale center and milkshakes with Haylee atlas and Locke

they're obsessed with the gale center

after we went to get milkshakes and went to a park

Saratoga Life

annual train ride

kneader's French toast yummm

playing with smith and Kamryn

playing in the pool over at Brittney, camilla, and Layla's 

we love bike rides!

kinder riding shotgun with Winslow across the street. I have loovvvved how many kids there are in this neighborhood and how friendly everyone is

Cooper "helping" mow the grass lol

Hiking Jungle trail with the maughns 

we loved this hike!

went to garage grill after for dinner and Cooper was excited about all the race cars and watching them race on tv. he says he wants to be a race car driver when he grows up

Playdates with the Darlings 

they live right next door and we have so much fun together!

Gale Center with Rachel brynlee and Tatum

they're both getting so much better at sharing and just socializing in general with other kids it's amazing to see

pretty girls ❤️ 

I thought it was so cute this kid was trying to teach kinder how to play checkers lol 

home

rocking together before nap and bedtime and listening to the tonie box

babysitting Evie and Liam 

they were so cute playing together. they were playing "oh no the princess ate the poison apple and now the prince needs to kiss her to wake her up" over and over

Cooper using Sadie as a pillow

our 4th of July pillow covers (the wind knocks everything down off our porch all the time and so its hard to keep it cute looking)

Swinging bridge trail hike in American Fork Canyon with Kaitlin Smith and Kamryn

this was another super cool hike because it was short and easy

Cooper peeing lol 

so beautiful and the kids are so happy in nature. only weird part was we were all playing around some rocks and saw a sign that said "poisonous snakes in the area" and then I freaked out lol 

making our way through the learning process with kinder lol

she learned she can empty out her closet during her nap.... so that was messy. and as you can see the carpet of the entire room is covered in either a tarp or fleece blankets to protect the carpet because she is so into peeing and pooping on the carpet in there even tho she has a little potty in there. so I would get so frustrated to have to clean up pee or poop twice a day

she said look mom I made a mountain!

it took a long time to clean up because it was the entire contents of her closet. and I have since bought a lock for the double doors lol 

Curling experiment

she was impatient with the curling part but it only took a few minutes cuz she has so little hair and then she was ecstatic about the results! sadly it was gone by the next day

so adorable tho!

He loves OT with miss Kylie

but its still sometimes a struggle to get him to follow directions

free workout class at a church

this time she closed the door on herself playing in a room and Cooper and I went around the whole building checking every room while panicking until we found her. lol she loves to get my heart pumping

playing outside

she looks so cute with rosy cheeks from being outside in the heat 💜 

cookie cutters are the new bracelets 😂 

made a slide for balls out of tp holders

my cute neighbor gave plants for her bunco prizes and I love it!

I'm going to try my hardest to keep it alive

He wanted to wear his goggles to feeding therapy 😂 

it was so funny I love how authentic he is

excited about her bday dress

she picked it out herself

she was playing peacefully outside as if nothing had happened after just having the hugest fit of screaming hitting and kicking at Ryan's house that we had to leave and come home. Gave her some food once we got home and she was happy as a clam again lol guess she got "hangry" 😂 

Dallin and ben playing Warhammer

Biked to the elementary school and played at the park

Cabela's in Lehi

listened to this book and I liked the more science-y info but ultimately its the same content as most of the other parenting books I've read. if you've read one you've kind of read them all. 

toddler Yoga at the library

it was so cute

Jake and Sadie cuddle me on the chair while I watch Younger and Cooper falls asleep

he has to be able to see me to fall asleep so I sit in the chair and watch my show and he sleeps in my bed. I liked the show younger I'm sad I finished it now

I hope you watch the video this time there are some good ones in there! They are at such a funny age.

Have a good month!

-Sydney G