Siblings

 So funny how they both tilted their chins up...

I LOVE taking pictures of these two together. Lydia loves watching Jared run around and play.  He always brings a smile to her face. Jared is very sweet as he "keeps Lydia company!" when she plays on a blanket on the floor and pats her tummy to say "its ok Lydia" if she is unhappy. He did stop calling her Lydiat last month which I sort of miss.  I love watching then together. ♥

No camping for us this summer

Mark took this picture of tonight's sunset with the Waldo Canyon fire. The fire started on Saturday and has currently burnt 4500 acres.  It is near Manitou Springs which is like 25 minutes away from us.  Fortunately for us, I- 25 is between us and the fire so we aren't in danger from it.  Growing up in Northern California I am no stranger to summer fires although, Southern California always seemed to have it worse then us up North.  There have been really high winds today and through out the weekend so that is not at all helpful. 
Lots of people love going camping in the summer which I do enjoy but my favorite part of camping is having a campfire. I am pretty sure there is going to be a ban on campfires this summer so we will definitely not be going.  I heard that this summer was supposed to be one of the hottest for Colorado Springs so that is another good reason to not go camping.  Only 98 days till October 01. Sigh.

What do you see?

The other day Jared and I were building with blocks together. I made this "tower" and Jared looked at mine and said "the temple! I go to temple!"  Then he said that we needed a fountain so the blue blocks were my attempt at a fountain.  Jared loves the temple.  As I have mentioned before often (like way more then I expect) when we say we are going somewhere or ask where he wants to go he says "The temple, Mommy, Daddy, Jared, Lydia go to temple."  It's sweet. I was impressed/happy that a temple is what he saw when I just planned it as a tower.  I don't feel like we have focused on the temple or done special things to make Jared like the temple so much so I wonder how his love for it came about? I hope he can always keep it.  We plan on checking out the Oquirrh Hills, Jordan River, Mount Timpanagos and Draper temples (since Jared loves them so much and they are so close to each other) in two weeks when we head out to Utah for the Spencer family reunion.  Jared can't wait!

Summer fun (I guess it can happen)

Spray painting:
Jared loves playing with spray bottles and he loves painting.  So when I saw this idea online to fill spray bottles up with a little paint and then add water and "spray paint" outside I knew Jared would love it. I mean it was kind of a no brainer: paint + water + spray bottles + outside = one happy boy. .  I wish I had some darker paint though.

 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo:
Jared loves the zoo.  We hadn't been in awhile and so he was really happy when we went.  Our pass is up this month but I think we will get a new one as Jared loves to go and we have some friends who have passes as well so its fun to meet up and have a picnic.
I knew these would be dark but he is making really cute faces.  He really likes to see the gorillas. I was really happy they were all outside because the "room" you walk through to look through the exhibits is smelly and hot.

Pinterest:
I finally got a pinterest account and have found all kinds of fun ideas. One was to make this wreath:

The example online looks better then mine but its still a fun idea.

Lately I can't believe how grown up Jared looks.  I have to keep reminding myself that he is closer to three then two now.  His birthday is only 3.5 months away.  He really is a sweet easy going boy.  We certainly have moments or "terrible twoness" but really he is just a sweetheart.

Hello?

 We are having a yucky heat wave this week and next week.  I am so NOT a summer fan. I feel so unmotivated during the summer, thus the lack of blog pots. But Lydia is 5 months old today and that is worthy of noting.

She is still a little sweetheart and super adorable.  She is sleeping well and is super easygoing.  She was less so today though so I started looking in her mouth and a little tooth is starting to make itself felt so Mark went to the store and stocked up on Oragel and teething tablets. Poor little girl. She does have the cutest laugh and it just melts my heart. Today she tried sweet potatoes and seemed to think the were way cooler then oatmeal as evidenced in the pictures.

Getting closer to sitting up by herself. She has yet to roll over but is never in the same spot we put her in.  She kicks her chunky little legs and moves her arms and is either facing the opposite direction we laid her down or moved back quite a few inches.  Jared was really similar, it was like he did it once then decided it really wasn't that cool. I am sure she will get around to it until then we will have fun watching this little girl grow.