TWO!!!

My baby girl turned two on Thursday. Its hard to believe that Makena is already two, the time has gone by so fast! Makena is such a fun little girl, she is always so busy going a hundred miles an hour at every moment. She is talking a lot now and continues to be very social and happy. She loves playing with her baby dolls and singing, she can even do the ABC song really well. SHe is definitely becoming a true two year old though, she wants to do everything by herself and she knows what she wants and gets very frustrated if we don't get it immediately. She makes us laugh constantly and we love her so much! We had such a fun birthday with her to celebrate her special day. First, on Tuesday my mom and I took her to Build-A- Bear to pick out a bear. It was so cute and although I think Makena had a fun time I am sure that my mom and I were way more into it than her and had too much fun picking clothes for a little bear. The morning of her birthday she got to open a few presents to play with during the day. My mom gave her a ballet outfit with a tutu and she loved it, she spent the rest of the day in it. She wouldin't even take the ballet shoes off for her nap. I turned on the music and she danced and sang and thought she was the coolest thing ever. We were going to go swimming but it ended up raining all day so Makena and I just played inside and got ready to have Grandma and Grandpa up for dinner. That night my parents came up for dinner and to open presents. Shane and I gave her a kitchen and she loved it, she has already spent many hours playing with it and "making" us and her babies dinner. My parents gave her a little four wheeler, she got the hang of pushing the button pretty quick and thought it was neat how it went on its own without her pushing. It is so cute and she will have lots of fun on it. We had a great night with my parents and it was a fun day. The next night we had a BBQ with Shane's family. It was a ton of fun to have them all over. We roasted hot dogs in the firepit and had lots of other yummy food. Shane pulled out his hockey nets that he made and all the sticks and they had a great game of hockey boys against girls! Makena was spoiled with lots more fun presents. What a fun B-Day she had. We love you!!

Pineview

Okay, I am so behind on posting these pics but it was so much fun I had to share a few of them. In July my brother and his wife came into town from New York where he is going to Dental School. We were sooooo excited to have them here and spend some time with them! Jake and Whitney and my mom and dad came up to my house for a BBQ on Sunday and then on Tuesday we all headed up to stay in a condo at Pineview for the rest of the week. We had such a fun time! We boated a ton, played games, took naps, went swimming at the pool and just relaxed and hung out together. It was great to have the whole family together. Makena had a ton of fun with her aunts and uncles. Here are some pics from that fun week.