Happy 30th Nick!

Nick turned 30 on Sunday! He is an old man but we still love him! We are sure lucky to have him. He is a wonderful husband and father. We had to speak in church as a family so our morning was consumed with our talks and then we had family over after church. We just ate dinner, opened presents, had cake and ice cream and visited.


Nick opening his presents

We made a soccer ball pinata for Nick to go along with his present.You can't really tell it is a soccer ball but we tried - our marker died, so we only got half of it colored:(

We had a lot of fun making it


but we had even more fun kicking it to break it open!
It was a fun day and we hope Nick enjoyed it. He gets to go to the world cup qualifier game between the U.S.A and El Salvador! He is pretty excited! Happy Birthday Honey we love you!

Tyson's blessing Day

We blessed Tyson on Aug.1st. Yes I am once again behind on my posting but at least we are still in the same month. Anyway, we decided to bless him in Evanston because Nick's sister was home from Tennessee. Nick's brother and his wife had a baby just before us and we decided to bless them together so Rachel could attend! It was a really special day and it worked out great because my sister was here from Arizona. Nick did a wonderful job of blessing him! I am so thankful for him and that we have the priesthood in our home!
Lauri's sister came and took some pictures and I hope I can get my hands on some because my camera died after a only getting a few.

Here is Tyson after the blessing just smiling and happy as always

His Grandma (Nick's mom) made this outfit for him! She is amazing. She has made each of my kids their blessing day outfit and they are all so adorable and it is such a special thing! Thank you Sue!


Such a handsome guy!

Nick, Audrey, Tyson, Sue (Grandma), Clay (Papa), Asher, Lauri and Trent (Nick's bro)

All of Nick's family

Grandma with her two newest grand babies. They are all in their pj's and ready for bed. Tyson is the one raising his hand!

Summer fun

Here is some of what we have been up to this summer. Trevor took golf lessons and loved it, we went to the condo in midway, and we went swimming and of course fair

Make a Smilebox slideshow

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARTER!

July 26th was Carter's 2nd birthday - yes I know I am slow posting these. Anyway he had a great day and it is hard to believe that it has been two years.

Carter was so excited for his birthday!

He really liked eating his breakfast in bed!

Trevor showing him how to open his presents

This was so cute; I told him to show me what he got and he was so excited to show me the wrapping paper!

some of the blocks

we didn't have time to put the bike together before so we just had him go out to the truck to see it.

getting ready to blow out candles

deep breath - ready to blow

The new bike (we had to get one like Abby's because he always wanted to ride it)

We are so glad this little guy came to our family two years ago. He was 5 lbs. 1 oz. and was 18 1/4 in. long. He is full of life and is a great helper. he loves to do whatever Trevor and Abby are doing. We love you Carter boy!

Finally introducing...

TYSON DALE BAIRD!

He was born July 10th at 9:59am

He was 7 lbs. 4 oz. 20 1/2 in.

He is a very good baby!

He already smiles a lot

and we are convinced that most of them are real!

Trevor loves him!

Abby adores him!

Carter really likes him too!

We are so excited to have this little guy in our home! He is healthy, happy and cute! We love you Tyson and we are so glad you joined our family!

I'm in trouble!

So I just have to tell this story about my little Abby. She has always been a button pusher and likes to see how far she can push. Well, the other day we were at my mom's and we were helping her plant her garden. After we were done we decided to put chicken wire around it so that all the rabbits would not eat everything. My dad was helping put it up and was inside the wire finishing up. Abby came over and asked, "is Grandpa in jail?" My mom replied, "Yes, he was saying naughty words so he had to go in jail." Abby gasped and said, "oh no, did he say stupid?" "Yep he said stupid" was the reply. She then asked if she could go in there with Grandpa and my mom told he she didn't want to go in jail and that Grandpa was coming out in just a minute. She told her that we needed to stay out so the plants could grow. Well, Abby really wanted in there so a couple minutes later she started running and dancing around the outside of the garden singing, "stupid, stupid, stupid..."
Oh boy am I in trouble. She is such a cute little girl but like I said, she likes to see just how far she can push and I am afraid of what is to come. I am just thankful that she isn't pushing all the time!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBY

June 8th was Abby's 3rd birthday. We celebrated on Sunday so that more family could come to her party. It was a pretty low key birthday. We just had family come and eat dinner, opened presents and had cake and ice cream. Here are some pictures from the day.

Abby opening her earrings from Carter

getting ready to open some more presents

trying on her new apron (Abby loves to help cook)!

giving Trevor a hug to say thank you for the bike helmet

I'm cute and I know it!

Carter liked the bike as much or more than Abby

Trevor also liked the bike (Abby is great at sharing)

Abby's new princess dress

Abby and Carter licking the cake (it was a cute cake with all the decorations on it but they took them off before I got a picture, oops)

Abby on her new bike

Abby outside with her gear ready to go for a ride.

We had a great time and Abby was so excited. She is so happy to be three so that she can go to preschool. It might be a long summer for her but she is ready! Anyway, we are thankful for Abby and her fun little spirit. We love you Abigail!

It has been cold and rainy so we haven't been able to ride bikes much but we do it every chance we get. I took this picture just to show that all three of them now have a bike and there is no more fighting. It has been heavenly whereas it used to be a big headache to ride bikes. I might like the bike best of all!