September So Far...

We made a last minute trip to St George for Labor Day. It was very nice and just reminded us how much we really want to move there. Chloe met my mom's parents when we stopped by their condo on Sunday evening.



We had a King-size bed in our hotel room and she looked SO tiny when she was laying on it.
Chloe was very grumpy on Monday morning, so finally Shane just sat down and watched TV with her and she crashed...


This weekend took us to Idaho Falls for my niece, Natalie's baptism.
Shane and Chloe cuddled - in a Tinkerbell bed - while I got ready
My niece, Kylee thinks she "taught" Chloe how to sit up. But this was the first time she pretty much did it by herself!
On our way back, we stopped and saw the falls. I had never seen them up close so I was excited.
I don't really have many pics of Chloe and me so I took one!Chloe loves to grab her toes and hold on. She starts sucking on her bottom lip and bruises it - a weekly occurrence.

We went camping (again...) last weekend. It was just the 3 of us (plus our dogs) and we had fun! However, on the first night, Shane wanted to go check out the nearby lake so we drove down. He backed up the truck so we could sit on the tailgate while he fished. I warned him, but..... Well I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves.

Shane used his hammer as our shovel...


ANYWAY - after about an hour of us trying on our own, Shane ran back up to our campsite to get his 4-wheeler, because maybe that can pull us out (HA! **eye roll**) Shane quickly realized that nothing was working and the only people driving by had trailers hooked up so they obviously couldn't help us. He sped off to find some help. Not 2 minutes later, a white truck slowed and came down the hill to help. Out jumped 2 local "hicks". **I use that term endearingly because they so reminded me of the farm-boys in Logandale. I had to keep reminding myself that I was in Utah. So, EVENTUALLY we were able to jack the truck up high enough to dump some rocks under the tires. That gave enough traction that I was able to floor it out of there!! Yes, I was the one behind the wheel this whole time. :)

Now for the fun stuff! The next day, our dogs were running around, playing in the water. I discovered that we have a little "Baywatch Dog". Shelby would run along the beach, but in the water just enough to splash around - our very own Pamela Anderson.

Shelby and Daisy were having so much fun and being really well-behaved! And Chloe just sat in her stroller the whole time. She kept kicking her feet out from the blanket I covered her with and I snuck a video through the little window at the top of the stroller. She makes the funniest noises when she thinks no one is watching. When we are watching, she just does it for attention - and it totally works.

Here are some pics from our recent camping trip to Soapstone (Uintas). It was very pretty, but VERY fly-ridden. That drove me nuts!! Thank goodness I had the trailer to keep me safe :) The trip was fun though. It wasn't the same as our annual trip to Wyoming, but still fun.

Chloe was an angel. She slept through the night and was just happy the whole time, except when she was hungry. Oh she is so like her Mommy!! I'm too tired to make this layout look pretty, so you'll just have to bear with it - I'm so behind....

7/28 - 8/2/2008

Shane doesn't get to spend much time with the doggies anymore, so this was nice.
Chloe LOVES to grab cheeks and give big, wet kisses now!!!
Their eyes look strange (light...) but they just sat like that for about 10 minutes - never happens
She was holding her bottle all by her little self :)

We went fishing at Mirror Lake. I fell asleep....Shelby LOVES to give kisses, even to Chloe. And Chloe likes it too!!

I couldn't decide which of these 2 I liked better; so guess what!! You get BOTH!

We went 4 wheeling one night and got really dirty.... It took a while to wash that off...



Shane went 4 wheeling and made the dogs chase after him - Shelby was BEAT!

A butterfly landed on Shane and so we played with it. We finally got it to fly away after about 10 minutes!

FAMILY REUNION

This weekend was the Bradford Family Reunion. I don't really know this side of my family too well, but it was still a lot of fun. I hardly ever see my parents, or even my siblings that live in the area. So this was a good chance for us all to hang out together!

I wasn't around for much on Thursday, but Friday went like this - Breakfast was at the Spanish Fork Cemetery; a little strange, I know, but most of my Dad's side of the family is buried there. We split into groups and learned different things about our heritage. It was very nice. Then, on Friday evening, our family had the Spanish Fork water park to ourselves! I have not been in a pool or even swimming in - I don't know how long! And this was Chloe's first time. She actually liked it :)

Saturday was mostly just lounging around at the pavilion we had rented in a Spanish Fork park. The whole weekend was nice. I learned few things too! There are 175 members in my Grandpa's posterity; only 3 have died in 70 years. My ancestors had great senses of humor (ask to hear the story if you want), and my Grandpa is NEVER going to die - which is a good thing! 90 years (almost 91) and still kicking!

I took SO many pictures so of course, I can't post all of them. I wish I could, because there are some good ones!! I'll just have to make another slide show :)

Grandpa B and my Dad

Sophie, Andrew, and Roman at my Grandma's grave

Annie and Joan with Chloe

Sophie and Andrew - too cute!

My niece, Sophie - she has the prettiest eyes!

My nieces just LOVED to play with Chloe -

and she didn't mind either!

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FIRST TIME IN THE WATER!!!!!

Chloe and her cousin, Nicholas

HANGIN OUT

I've just been taking some random pics and here are some of my faves! The last one is just too precious for words!!!

I just love this picture, so I had to share it :) She likes to sit in her new high chair!!