Almost ONE!!!

This is cute Aliya and her cousin Laclan swimming at their Grandpa Gary's house!!!

Ok so I have been procrastinating this blog because I have been trying to upload her walking videos but I have had trouble with either the camera or the computer every time!! So.... soon I will put them on cuz she is soooo funny!! So yes... this month she is WALKING!!!! Yay!! She is sooo cute and looks so tiny walking around everywhere! It makes me sad. She won't even crawl at all anymore. Bye Bye baby hello toddler!!! She also got three new teeth this month and all in the same week... maybe even the same day!! Needless to say that was not a happy week for her! She has 8 teeth now. Big girl!! She is talking so much now!! It is fun to hear her little voice! Her new favorite is "No No DAD! " and "Who's that?" so funny! She loves to sing and dance! And play baseball... yes I am afraid she is a GIRLY tom boy!! It's bound to happen right. She trows the ball and yells GO!!! She also loves cars!! Poor girl!!! :) But... she does love dolls and playing with her best friend Kali! Only a few more weeks and I will have a 1 year old!! I swear that it is NOT fair!!!! I have been dreading this from the day she was born!!!!!! I love you Aliya!!!!!!!!!

Family Day at Kennecott

All of us standing in the scooper!!

Grandma Mindie and Aliya

So, this year my kids were a little older and they really enjoyed the visitors center. Grandpa took them around and explained how everything worked and they loved it!! So cute!! I think that this was their favorite part!!

The boys driving the giant dump truck. And leave it up to Braxton to be the first kid of the day to honk the horn. :)

My sister Aliesha, Karson and little Lachlan.

All of us on top of the dump truck!

Aliya loves Tyson!! They are best friends. She is always hugging and kissing on him!! Even when she is dirty!! Do I have hopes for a girly girl???? I don't think so. Look at her dirty little bum bum!!

This is Aliya's new favorite pose. Standing on her head. She doesn't care that she is in the middle of the dirt!

She had had enough of being carried and wanted to dig for gold too!!! She loves the dirt and being outside!!!!!

Their "Fools gold"!!

They let the kids each dig for a piece of iron pyrite to take home with them! The boys were so excited and wanted to each find the perfect piece!

They look so little next to one of these tires!

And even smaller next to the whole truck!!

Braxton, Carson, and Tyson

We rode on the bus from the parking lot to the visitors center. They showed us a little movie on the way up and Aliya kept pointing at the tv. She had just woken up from a nap and didn't quite know what to think!




On Saturday my dad had his Kennecott family day and we went with my dad, step mom, sister, Karson, Lachlan, and my Aunt Annette who was visiting from Arizona!! It was such a fun day! We were able to look at and even climb on some of the big trucks! We ate lunch there and had a tour of the visitors center! The boys loved it and especially spending time with family. It was fun to be together! After we went back to Grandpa Gary's for swimming and homemade Chile Verde! YUM YUM!!!