Nauvoo

A few weeks ago Tanner had a week off of school so we decide to take a trip to Nauvoo. Its only about 7 hrs away so we thought this would be a great opportunity to visit one of the most memorial church history sites. We also had a chance to stop at carthage jail. Since i have been learning more about church history this trip really meant a lot to me. some of my favorite stops where carthage jail, the mansion house, the homestead, Joseph Smiths and family grave site, parley street walk to the mississippi river, the red brick store and of course the Nauvoo Temple. When i first saw the temple i was completely blown away not only by the size but also the sheer beauty. The detail was amazing! i know it has been rebuilt since the saints, but i could not believe how much work must have went into it back in the 1800's. especially when you saw the simplicity of their houses. One of our favorite houses to visit was Brigham Young's. The teachings, obedience and example of Brigham Young has always been a favorite of Taner's. The more i learn about president Youngs the more i admire and look up to him as well. We are so grateful for the opportunity we had to visit Nauvoo and all that we learned. It was wonderful way to strengthen our testimony of how much the lord loves his children.

This is on the side of carthage jail after we went through the tour. Blake was carrying around the biggest leaf he had ever seen!
Us in front of the Nauvoo Temple. We would love to go back and do a session sometime.
The end of parley street and landing to the mississippi river where the saints had to cross.
Blake and I in front of a replica of a wagon the saints had to put their things in, and the raft to cross.

It was such a great trip and we can't wait to return one day!

Baby #2

Tanner and I are so excited to announce that we are pregnant with our second baby! I am 14 weeks this week! In the beginning I was so tired and sick but Im feeling much better lately. I had my first appointment last week and the doc said everything looks good so far. I got an ultra sound and my official due date is January 25. This means that Blake and the new baby will be 19 months apart. It will be a challenge but we are so excited! I think it will be so fun for them to grow up so close in age. I will keep updating and posting pics!

first tooth!

Yay! Blake finally got his first tooth! and i think the second one is following close behind! It finally broke through on july 20th just days after my family left. I was bummed they didn't get to see it, but they sure got to experience it. Jk He's not to bad while teething. I haven't been able to get a good picture of his tooth yet, but i thought this one was cute cause you can see how blond his hair is getting! we are outside a lot so its sun bleached but it makes him look more like tanner was when he was blake's age.

Family in town!

It was so nice to have my family come to louisville to visit last week! We did so many fun things and i was so happy Blake was able to spend time with his grandma and aunt and uncles! We were able to see Churchill Downs, the Waterfront Park, the Science Center, and tour Louisville! We even celebrated Blake's birthday again so he could have a party with family. We went swimming and had cake and ice cream! They even stayed an extra couple days for my Birthday! We went to see Eclipse and then went to dinner! I loved it!

These pics are from our fun day at the science center!

Here is blake at the Science center. They had a gym for little kids and he thought the tunnel was the best part. He kept crawling back and forth faster than we could catch him!
Blake was not afraid of that slide! We take him to the park all the time and his favorite part is the slide so he knew what he was doing!
I could not pull him away from this display. Literally! I tried to pick him up so we could move on and he cried and started reaching for it. So i put him down so he could look at it a little longer.
This display had bugs in it! If you know blake you know he loves bugs it was one of his first words! He was telling his grandma all about them!
This is my little sister, Breanne, and little brother, Brock, under a arch we built with blocks at the science center.

Ky Zoo

We went to the zoo a couple weeks ago again, but this time we went to the Kentucky Zoo and we went with some friends! Blake loves the zoo and all of the animals!

Here is a picture of the mama and baby giraffe. We decided to take a picture of them with the mama and baby blake!
They also had a petting zoo but the goats kept running away from blake. They must have been able to sense his threatening demeanor! jk

Blake went to the zoo with his friend george and they played at the splash pad! It was fun and perfect because it was so hot that day! The humidity here is killer!

1st Birthday

Blake celebrated his first birthday when we first got to Kentucky. I wasn't sure what to do at first because with all of the moving and packing and unpacking i hadn't given it to much thought. So a couple days before I bought some decorations and invited some people in the ward we had recently met and had a birthday party. It ended up being so much FUN! We started at the pool because Blake loves swimming and stayed for about 45 min. Then went to our apartment for pizza and cupcakes!

Blake looks a little worried about that flame and is not sure why dad is letting him play with fire! just kidding, but he was concerned when everyone started singing Happy Birthday. I don't think he knew what was going on...

Until we let him go for the cupcake and he LOVED it! He tried to pick up the cupcake but just knocked it upside down so i just picked up the whole plate and just went for it!

What a mess!
And he had fun doing it!

Here are some friends that we invited and are still good friends with them. Blake loves to play with the little boy, George, and we visit them often during the week.

He was so happy to play with his friends all night! Best birthday ever!

His birthday went past his bedtime so he wasn't able to open his gifts until the next morning, but he was happy to see them! and yes that is his bed head that he wakes up with every morning! so cute!

We are Here!!!

We are finally here in Louisville Ky!!! Well, we have actually been here for almost 3 weeks we just have not had any internet, but we should be getting some tonight so i will be able to post pics and more about what we have been doing. It has been so fun since we have been here. It is so different and we have already met so many people and made so many friends. Blake and I spend most days swimming and hanging out with friends and tanner loves school and his classmates. Blake has a few little friends that he loves to play with and I feel like he growing up so fast. Well i just wanted to do a little update and once we get the internet i will update everything that has happened!