The Evolution of Spencer's Costumes...

First we had the hot-dog. Cute, but uncomfortable...

Then came the lamb. Just an all-around failure...

But I think we finally got it right this year. Introducing...

Superman!!!

This little beauty is what has been taking up most of my time lately. This is the first quilt I've ever made (actually the first thing I've even sewed since 7th grade home ec. with good ol' Mrs. Lee) so it's a pretty big deal. I got the grand idea that I was going to hand quilt it instead of paying to get it machine quilted. Big mistake.
Spencer has been keeping busy doing things like playing with his girlfriend, Kate.

Building block towers in his diaper...

and having BBQs in our backyard with cousins.

Our niece, Taylor, was blessed last Sunday.

Playing with his cousins all day wore Spencer out...

But after a good night's sleep he was back to his energetic self.

These next few pictures were taken by my sister-in-law, Callie. The new pics on the side of my blog were taken the same night. Thanks Callie!

This next one is classic Spencer (right Cara?). This is his "I don't care what you say, you can't make me" look.

Well that's mostly all we've been up to!

Why Not?

Why wouldn't you take a nap on the counter?

What We've Been Up To...

I'm sure you're all dying to know what we've been up to for the past few weeks. So here it is in photos...

Playing in the yard with cousins...

Soaping the mirror...

(The above picture was taken the day after he was a total stinker for our family pictures. I walked in with the camera and he gave me a big grin and yelled "Cheese!")

Gettin' dolled up...

We switched Spencer's crib to a daybed because he learned to climb out. Sometimes he sleeps on the floor just because he can. What luxury!

Helping Dad roll out pasta dough...

We have a new niece, Taylor Elizabeth Ricks! Spencer seems huge compared to her! (No, we have still not kicked the binky habit)

The peppers in our garden went crazy! My sister and I bottled 18 pints of salsa last weekend.

Matt and Spencer went with some of Matt's buddies to Bear Lake (I had to work).

Well that's it! We hope you are all enjoying your summer as much as we are!

Last Thursday my sister-in-law Callie, with the help of my little brother, Jaren, took family pictures for us. Callie and Jaren are awesome but Spencer decided to be an all-out-stink-pot for the photo shoot. Callie took over 500 pictures and most of them looked something like this...
Just so you can get the full effect I zoomed in on his face...
But between Callie's mad photography skills and Jaren juggling pine cones and rocks to get Spencer to crack a smile we were able to get a few good ones.

At about this point we had to tell him if he'd sit on my lap we'd go get him some M&Ms. Bribing your kids with candy to behave is a great parenting strategy right?

I did the editing and I don't really know what I'm doing; so to all of my amazing photographer friends out there, please don't be too harsh.

Thanks so much Callie and Jaren, we appreciate you taking these so much!