Baby Julia

My little brother is a daddy.

Julia Janean Eisenbarth was born on August 26th.

She weighed 6 lb 14 oz.

She had some issues that kept her in the NICU for about a week, but she is home now and doing great.  

She is so tiny

And so beautiful

We love her so very much!!!

My first selfie with Julia. 

I'm sure there will be many more. 

I will be her favorite Aunt after all.

She loves me already.  She smiles at me and always calms down when I hold her.  

She is the sweetest baby.  

Welcome to the family Julia!!!

Back to School

My kids are both in school all day long.  

It's so weird and quiet and nice at the same time.

They are both so smart and so sweet and so good.

I really got so lucky.  

They both got really great teachers this year and I'm really excited to see how much they learn and grow during this school year.  

Cannon is starting 1st Grade

Kylee is starting 2nd Grade

They are such goofballs.

Dang I love them both so much.  

This girl....what can I say.  

I'm so proud to be her mom.

She worries so much about everything.

She is so sweet but so shy and really is best friends with her little brother and that's about it.  I hope she comes out of her shell and that people take the time to get to know her.  She breaks my heart with some of the anxiety she faces and amazes me daily with the things she over comes.  She is an amazing little girl.  

This dude is the sweetest kid and not shy at all.  Everyone who meets him loves him and wants to hang out with him.  He has the most creative mind and I just love that he is who he is.  He melts my heart and is so kind and loving.  I am so proud of him.  

I'm not lying when I say these two are best friends.  

I really hope it stays that way forever.  

More Summer Fun

Summer is going by WAY too fast.  I can't believe school is going to start in just 2 weeks.  :(  Both my kids will be in school all day...which is exciting and sad at the same time.  I am really so thankful for my two cute kids.

Even though summer is about over, we have really enjoyed every single second.  And honestly, I'm not even too sad about fall and winter coming around the corner because we have a ton of really awesome things in our future, and there are things about those seasons I love too!  (Hockey anyone?!?)  Life really is just about finding the joy in now...and we have a lot of joy to be thankful for.

Kylee and I had a girls day hitting all the outlets and malls we could.  We started in Park City and worked our way back home.  It was such a fun day.  I really love my Kylee.  It is so fun to watch her grow into her own person.  She has very specific tastes for herself.  She really loves being a "tomboy" and wearing hats and baggy shorts and converse shoes.  She makes me smile and I just love that she knows who she is and isn't afraid to be herself. 

We had a fun time with our shopping buddies.  

We seriously shopped til we dropped.  

Curtis is on nights right now so finding time together is even more difficult than normal.  It means so much to me when he sacrifices his precious sleep to do things with me.  And not only that, but that he is so fun even if he is so tired.  

We saw "Mary Poppins" at the Hale Center Theater and it was a great production and a wonderful night.  

This kid.....he seriously melts my heart.  It is IMPOSSIBLE to ever be sad around him.  

He always says the sweetest things to me and has the best manners and I just don't know what I ever did to deserve such a great little boy.  I took this picture after he told me that I make the "BEST TOAST IN THE WHOLE WORLD."  Yeah, I know, I've got mad skills.  It just proves what a sweet heart he is though.  He just appreciates everything, no matter how small, and it is so incredibly rewarding to be his mom.  

Another cute Cannon story...I was riding home in the carpool from work and he facetimed me on my phone.  I talked to him for a second and then he told me before he got off that he loved me so much and that I was the love of his life.  Of course everyone in the car heard the whole conversation and they all agreed that it doesn't get any sweeter than that.  Seriously love my kiddos.  

Kylee comes up with the craziest ideas sometimes.  I just love the way her mind works.  One day she just randomly decided she wanted to write her future self a book.  She had all kinds of cute things in this book but this page was my favorite.  If you can't read her handwriting it says:

"Kylee I just 

want you to 

know that 

your mom 

and dad are 

always right.  

But not 100% 

more like 

50%."

She is so dang smart!!!

I went golfing up in Logan with some friends and this was an incredibly frustrating coarse.  Lots and lots of hazards and you had to be right on target.  I won't lie...I swore a lot this day.  It was still way fun though.  

I am really enjoying all the golf I've played this summer.  

Golf is fun!

I was not going to put this picture on here but Kylee is sitting next to me while I write this post and she says it's too funny not to share.  One day we were just trying to stay cool and the kids were playing in the kiddie pool and I couldn't take the sweat coming down my back anymore...so I hoped in the pool.  As you can see, I fit perfectly.  Never mind the fact that the water totally overflowed when I got in or that the pool has to be in our front yard (we don't have access to a hose in the back yard) and never mind the fact that multiple cars drove by.  I'm sure my neighbors think I am a weirdo.  My kids thought it was hilarious though, so that's all that matters to me.  

We took a little road trip to Boise.  Curtis worked the whole night if you can't tell.  I really appreciate all he sacrifices for our family.  He is such a great guy and I am so blessed to have him in my life.  

This was me golfing one day.  

Hmmm...I wonder who my favorite team is?  

I'm really excited for the Hockey season to start.  Just 58 more days!!!  

Summer has been awesome and I have loved every second of it.  

Boise Zoo

Our trip to Boise was very quick but very fun.  One of the favorite things we did this time that we haven't ever done before was go to the Boise Zoo.  The zoo is just getting started and is way small compared to our zoo here...but we still really had a fun time.  The kids just loved being with their cousins and Grandparents.  I was glad we could get up to see them.  It's the first time we've been up there all year.

My husband is SO handsome!  

He makes me so happy!!!

I'm blessed with some pretty awesome in-laws.  

Curtis' parents have always been so kind and loving to me and our family.  

They are really great people.  

I do wish my kids got to hang out with their cousins more.

They have so much fun together.  

The "grown-ups" have a fun time together too.  

Digging for fossils.  

Penguins!!!  I freaking love Penguins!!!

One thing that was especially cool about this zoo being smaller was they had a bunch of workers throughout the zoo to tell you about each of the animals.  We learned a lot that day.  

This bird was so cool.

I loved it's rocking hair style.  

I have a really sweet mother-in-law.  

The zoo also had a great education center where the kids got to dress up as animals.

Cannon made such a cute turtle.  

I loved the butterfly encounter.

We got to walk through an enclosure with butterflies just flying everywhere.  

One landed on my butt and hung out there for a little while.  It made us laugh.  

It was a very fun day!

Baby Arya

One of the main reasons we had to get to Boise was to see Chad and Chesley's new baby girl, Arya.  It has been a long time (6 years in fact) since there has been a baby in the family and so she is getting lots and lots and lots of attention.

She is a very sweet little baby and I really loved that I got a chance to hold her.

I won't lie...I really really really miss having babies.  My kids are practically grown ups.  I do cherish every stage with them and am SO incredibly thankful for them, but there is something about holding a new baby that just feels like heaven to me.  I do get sad sometimes when I think about the fact that I will not be able to have any more...but then I think about all the babies coming into my life soon and it makes me really happy.  Don and Amberlee's baby girl will be here August 24th, if not sooner and Em and Tuck's baby will be here in February.  And I have friends who are still popping babies out left and right.  I know there are still lots of babies to love in this world and I will get my fix somehow.  :)