White Coat Ceremony

Tanner's mom and younger brother Johnny came out to ky to visit us a couple weeks ago. Tanner had his white coat ceremony so they came to support him. A white coat ceremony is when the dental students officially get their white coats to represent their commitment to serve the patient the best of their ability (or something like that). Every dental school does it, but they all do it at different times during their schooling. Louisville does it the first year because they feel the students should start living this commitment as soon as possible. It was fun to have Tanner's family in town, and Blake just loved the company/attention!

Johnny and Grandma Jane. We went to eat at a crazy restaurant! i can't remember the name right now, but just look at the background!
Tanner with his mom after he got his white coat!

Crazy Face!

This is blake's crazy face! He makes it whenever he is being funny. He scrunches his nose, goofy smile and lifts his chin. Then laughs, especially when he is running around crazy. So we call it his crazy face! He even does it when i ask! ill say blake do your crazy face and he will! He knows he is being funny and that makes it even better!

husking corn

One night i assigned Tanner and Blake to peel the corn for dinner...

Blake is not sure what to think.
maybe you eat it?
Then he got it!

... and they did a good job!

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.