Modesto

This past weekend my mom and I went up to Modesto to see my Grandma Emma. We had a fun time seeing my family, all who have never seen Gavin yet so it was really fun! My Aunt and Uncle have a dairy farm so I took Gavin there with my Aunt Susi. Gavin LOVED the dairy. He couldn't get enough of the cows. We got When it was time to leave, he threw a huge fit in the car screaming "no... cows...cows...moo." He would play in the alfalfa and get a big hand full and put up for the calves and say snack...then they would get spooked and all run away. So he would sit there with his hand out and wait for them to come back and eat their snack. The big momma cow really liked Gavin too, and she kept scratching her face on his shoes when I picked him and put him on the fence. We got to see a baby calf be born, and he rode in the big tractor with my Billy. We stayed at my Aunt Frieda's house and my Uncle Dan has a pigeon farm there. Gavin does love birds. He calls them "booordie". They had a basketball hoop that Gavin thought was the most fun thing ever! We spent quite a bit of time shooting some hoops. We spent Mother's Day on Saturday with Grandma and all us girls. Gavin kept bringing his cars to Grandma like he thought she was bored and wanted to play with them! It was sure a fun trip, and nice to see family.

Easter 2011

We had a great Easter this year. We went to church, went up to Rod and Nellie's house for dinner and an Easter Egg hunt, and then back to Ren's family for 2nd dinner. We are good one eating ham till Christmas I think. Gavin liked the Easter egg hunt. He ended up getting about 9 eggs. Once he figured out there was candy in there he was in hunting mode. We took some pictures in front of Rod and Nellie's fish pond. The hard thing with that is G kept getting really distracted saying "fish" and they also have strawberry plants around the pond so he would pick the berry (even though it wouldn't be ripe...) eat it, and say "baberby". Back at Ren's parents house Ren's Grandpa Livingston was there for the wedding, so I thought it would be a good idea to get a generation photo. Four generations of Livingston men. Enjoy!

Gracie's Wedding

Gracie (Ren's cousin) got married last weekend and it was such a beautiful day, I thought we should get some pictures as a family in front of the temple. It ended up being really busy that day, but we got some good ones. Gavin was eating a chip and wouldnt look at the camera or put the chip down in every picture. Gavin was a hoot at the reception that night (plus loaded on candy and cake). The song "All My Single Ladies" by Beyonce came on and he was out in the middle of the dance floor in a heart beat cuttin' the rug. It totally surprised Ren and I cause he is a total shy boy. In nursery at church, he keeps to himself and is really shy and quiet. He LOVED the attention on the dance floor. Glad we had our camera. And he didn't stop after a minute or so... he just kept dancing. I am about 5 1/2 months pregnant with Avery, and getting bigger and bigger. She is such an active little girl in there. I can feel her all the time and she is extremely low in my pelvis so ever time she moves one little bit I feel like I have to pee, but really its nothing. Talk about a mind game.

My Hard Workers

We had a great weekend so far. Ren mowed the lawn this morning and Gavin went over it with his when he was done. Those two boys could play outside all day and night...

Wild Animal Park

Ren and I took Gavin to the Wild Animal Park yesterday for the first time. He absolutely loved it, just as we imagined he would. His favorite parts of course was the petting zoo and Lorikeet landing. He got a little freaked out when I tried giving him the cup of nectar to feed the birds, and ended up dumping the cup when the bird landed on him. Still so fun though. We were there a good 3 hours probably and it was really hot. He was so tired towards the end but was fighting not going to sleep. He loved the monkeys and the ducks. This is a perfect place for us to go in the summer and just walk around for a little bit. Burn some energy.

Baby 2 is a....

GIRL! The ultrasound was pretty funny. The Dr. said " you want me to tell you the sex if I see it?" and I responded "I already know its a girl cause I have been WAY too moody for it not to be." So he brought her up and she was sitting cross legged and had both hands up on her head like she was playing with her hair. So since she was sitting all lady like, Dr. Langford had to bump her around with the ultrasound stick and you could see her just bouncing around in the fluid until her legs opened up just enough. He paused the shot, saw it was a girl, and she went right back to crossed legs. So Im still warming up to the girl factor. Hopefully she likes playing in the sandbox and trucks and cars! BUT... Im glad to finally have someone to watch The Little Mermaid with! I didnt want to post the "private parts" but her is the 3D image, she looks totally creepy and like a skeleton. You can see her hands on her head playing with her hair!

I love the beach...and so does G

We went to the beach last weekend and man its hard to get Gavin away from the sand. Its like a giant never ending sandbox with water! He discovered the water is really fun to run full speed into, no matter how cold! We thought he was done playing in it, we turned around to go and next thing we knew, Gavin was running back and was nipples deep in the water again. And it wasn't warm. Kid loves the beach!