Park Day

My mom, Aunt Laiena, and I decided to take the kids to the park to run around on the playground, cool off in the little water area, and have a picnic. Peyton wanted nothing to do with the eating part though, too much excitement I guess.

I guess they're trying to decide what to play on.

Cousin Hunter, always looking out for Peyton and helping her.

Taking a little break. 

Cooling off in the water.

I love this one.

Peyton and Ollie

Peyton had lots of fun playing with her cousins. She usually wants to just stick by the adults, but this trip she played with the kids quite a bit. She tried her best to keep up, and they were all so sweet to her. Ollie is 3, and she kept asking Peyton, "are you growing up?". When we went to California the first thing Cole told Steph was, "Peyton is all growed up". It's true, she is no longer a baby. She is on her way to be a kid. ::sigh:: 19 days until she is TWO! I can't believe it. It was so a lot of fun watching these two playing in the grass, and pick flowers. 

Uncle Greg gets a hug before he heads off to Montana. 

A Swim Day

I love seeing how much she has changed this year, so first I'll throw in a couple of last year's swimming in Idaho pictures. We went at the end of July last year. 

Poor Peyton, Eli loved it bite her hair when she was sitting on the pool step. I'm pretty sure she is saying, "Nooo, Elliiii".

Lounging on the step. Though covered in sunscreen, I was a little less paranoid about sun exposure. No hat this year.

She could swim all over the pool wearing this getup, but this is the only day she would wear it though. She preferred playing with toys standing on the baja shelf. 

See how there is a large space of shallow water?  It's perfect for toddlers. 

Relaxing with cousin, Ollie, after a fun day of swimming. Seeing Ollie as buzz light year, and Peyton as an alien makes me smile. I love that they love girly things, and stuff that would be considered boy things.

Puppies, Toddlers and Balls

We're back from Idaho. We had a great time. Peyton got sick the day before we were supposed to leave, so we extended our trip a day, and then our flight from Boise to Minnesota was delayed, and we wouldn't have made our connecting flight, so they changed my ticket to the following day.  It was fun for us to stay a couple of extra days, not so fun for Cory though. 

I was sick on the 4th, so there are no pictures from that day. Bummer. I was sad to miss out on all the festivities, but was thankful that my mom was able to watch Peyton while I slept the day away. So there are no 4th of July pictures of Peyton this year. Of course even last year I only got a couple of pictures of her. 

Not even a year old, covered in sunscreen. :)

I did take pictures a few of the days we were there. So here is Idaho the first evening I pulled out my camera:

My parents got a new puppy. He is a golden retriever and so cute! Despite him being mellow, he is still a puppy which means a lot of work! Toddlers and puppies make for some super cute pictures, but they're not the best combination. 

I heard,"no, Eli", a lot! Peyton even woke up in the middle of the night telling Eli no.  It was pretty funny. One night she woke up saying, "no, Eli. My cookie."Ha. She even reached across the bed for something, and then fell back asleep. She woke up talking about Daragan a couple of times, too.

My little cousin, Ty. 

Looking smug with a ball.

 We did a lot of playing in the backyard. It doesn't get dark until like 10pm in Idaho. It made for late nights. We'd go inside and it would be 9pm. At least she slept in until at least 8am. Some mornings she didn't get up until 9:30am. Gotta love dark blinds!

The end.

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