18 Months

Claire had her 18 month photos today. Here is a teaser. I think they turned out darling!

A Couple Firsts!

First haircut - by the one and only Caitlyn!

First day of nursery. Can't believe she is this biG!

CANADA!

My mom turned the big 5-0 this year so we tried to surprise her for that. Unfortunately, my grama is the worst secret keeper on the planet, so my mom suspected we were coming. She was still thrilled nonetheless. My dad and two brothers were there too. The only one we were missing was Brice. 

We went to dinner with the girls from YC. Unfortunately Claire was DONE in this picture and its the only one I have. Anyway - I love these girls and I am so happy I got to see them!

Grama and Claire sharing an apple. HILARIOUS!

We went to a petting zoo with my cousin Bryan, his wife Trish, their little girl Hayley and Brad and Megan. It was fun. Claire liked the goats and sheep, but hated the donkeys and pigs. It was cute

Here she is with the chickens.

Cousin Bryan - aka BIG GUY

My mom on her birthday. I love this girl. Can't believe she's 50 HAHA 

Claire eating my moms cake. Silly girl

When my mom moved we had to say good bye to a lot of good friends but most of them were able to come to  her birthday so we took a picture. I think in the 20 years we lived there, this is the only picture we have of everyone together!

This is one of my good friends little boys. He is about 10 days younger than Claire and a lot more shy. Claire wouldnt leave him alone - and she was topless. It was HILARIOUS. Love my silly goose

Random

 These are just some random pictures from the summer that I liked. I took a photography class, so the ones with Claire on the brick wall were for that class. I realize I am no photographer, but I LOVED these pictures.

We also got to go up to Heber to our friends grandparents cabin for the evening. I didnt take many pictures, but Claire and I got to go on the ATV just around the block. She loved every minute of it. I love that she is not afraid to try new things. She is so much fun! I love her to pieces!!

Sanford

 I am WAY behind on blogging - I lost my card reader for a while - and I am just bad....
We went to Sanford for Celebration - which is Pioneer Days. They have a parade and a carnival and its lots of fun to spend time with friends and family.

Claire and Aunt Avery - after a blue snow cone

Aunt Avery taking Claire for a ride in the wheel barrel. She loved it.

Claire and Ryder in the wheel barrel together. She missed her cousin!

Here is Riley on the float that Debbie made - ps she won the contest!

Payton on the float

Claire and Payton in the fun house at the carnival.

I have a lot of pictures of Claire on this little kids train but she couldnt get enough. It was darling!

This is me and Claire on the merry-go-round. It was fun - also - the LONGEST merry-go-round ride I have ever taken. I think the carni got distracted because we were on that thing for about 10 minutes.

Claire and her dad on the slide. She LOVED this. We had to take her twice and both times she stood up and tried to climb back up to go again.

The Circus

A couple of our friends had some circus tickets that they couldnt use so we got to take Claire. I was a little worried since it was so late, but Claire was enthralled. She had so much fun. 

Here she is watching the tigers

 This is her just giving me a cheeseball smile - her new thing

 They had SEVEN motorcycles in this little cage. It was amazing!

Claire watching the action with mom

 The elephants were mine and Claires favorite part! I decided that they are my new favorite animal. There were protesters out front of the Energy Solutions Arena talking about the cruelty to animals that the circus causes, but I feel like they treat them well. I love elephants.

Here is a picture of the tigers. I dont think you could pay me enough money to get into a ring with 7 tigers. It was awesome. Thanks for the tickets Kyle and Annie. We had a great time.  

Claire being funny

This is Claire being a total goofball. I love the stage she is in right now. She is so fun!