Then Auntie Kelly came to town...

Pauly's Auntie Kelly (on the left - isn't she beautiful) came to town a couple weeks ago! All the way from Homer, AK. She brought Pauly's cousins LeaAnn and Nathan. We had so much fun! We visited and visited and visited! We went to the horse races and Pauly got to spend lots of time with them! Lucky Nathan got to stay for an extra week and we went swimming and went to the Western Idaho Fair (Nathan had a lot of fun petting the animals :) Okay, okay, it was mostly for Pauly, Granny & Grandad and me :) But we had a blast and we are so thankful they came to visit. Here are just a couple pics... WE LOVE YOU GUYS! and THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US!!!!!!!

I love taking pictures!

Here are a few of here and there that have turned out good. So what... I can't stop taking pictures of my kid and nieces and nephew - Don't blame me! They're precious! (I didn't take this one of Bailey but I cropped it and turned it b/w - So awesome!) She's beautiful just like her mama :)

Summarizing Summer Fun So Far!

Well I've fallen out of the practice of updating the blog so bare with me while I get back in the swing of it. I have lots of fun pictures to share about our first summer with our little guy.

This first picture is one of Pauly and Daddy sitting at our good friends Patrick and Heather's house. We spent the 4th of July with them. When mama needed a breather daddy took Pauly and sat him up on the counter and there he sat with his arm around his daddy for at least an hour and a half. It was precious! Thanks Heather and Patrick for a great 1st 4th of July with our little guy. You two are great hosts!

Then off we went up to Camp Morrison for a week. It was a lot of fun and we got to meet new people and go for nature walks. Here is Pauly wearing his Daddy's head lamp. We did a lot of interesting things to help our day pass. This is a picture of Ben and Pauly sitting outside our cabin at Boy Scout Camp. It was a really beautiful location and was very close to the Payette Lake.

Once we got home we had to figure out a way to get cooled off. So off we went to Ivy Wild and this was Pauly's first time swimming. He loved it and now when we go swimming he scrunches up his face and acts like he wants to put his head under the water. (His father taught him how to breathe out when he goes under water, it is so cute!!)
A regular hot summer day at home with mama has usually been consisting of waking up at about 8 a.m. where Pauly lounges around and eats and plays for a couple hours. Then if it is a warm day we put out the tarp on the front lawn and Pauly plays on the tarp in the blow up elephant sprinkler with his bath toys! It is a nice way to cool off and mama usually gets great pictures of her little monster! Then lunch and nap time for a few hours then (on the perfect day) he wakes up to his daddy just getting home from a hard day's work and the play time begins again!

Lots to catch up on!

I'll soon get back in the swing of updating this weekly or atleast more than I do now :)

Uncle Raul got married!!!

Well I have a lot of catching up to do. It has been quite a while since I posted last. Late June we went to Portland for (our friends) Raul and Carmen's wedding. Ben and Raul are best friends and Ben was Raul's Best Man in the wedding. Below are some pictures of us from the wedding.

My Boys are so handsome!