Thursday, March 1, 2012

Stone Mountain







For New Years, we joined Adam's family in Atlanta after a quick trip to see Rich & Kelly in Augusta. We met up with everyone for a fun hike on Stone Mountain. What is stone mountain you might ask? It is exactly that, a stone mountain right outside of Atlanta! Its a fun, fairly easy hike, and definitely worth the view! Adam's sister let us use their baby backpack carrier and it worked great. Alec loved the hike and slept in it on the hike down. It was such a fun day and I hope we get the chance to hike there again!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Alec and his presents: take 3



Christmas in Colorado

 We flew to Colorado for the holidays and enjoyed spending time with family. My parents had this exer-saucer & Alec was i heaven. He loved it! We also got together with cousins and some friends while we were in town! We flew in a day before a big snowstorm hit, but it was nice to have a white Christmas.

My Dad making home made ice cream!

Dustin, enjoying our cooking!

Alec Loves to read books!

Christmas Eve



Kylie & Alec


Christmas Morning after church

 Alec got a ton of books for Christmas which may or may not be so that we can have a variety to choose from when we read to him (seeing as we already have most of his books memorized :).



Alec & Uncle Blake
 On Christmas Eve, we were talking to Blake on the phone and feeling sad that he was in Utah working over the holidays, when during a rendition of Christmas carols over the phone, he walked in through the back door! It was an awesome Christmas surprise & we were all so excited to see him! He got off work earlier that day, paid someone to take his shift the day after Christmas, and drove 8 hrs to get to my parents just in time for Christmas eve.
Rigden & Alec

Alec met cousins and aunts & uncles for the first time & It was a fun holiday and so great to see our family in Colorado.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Ziplining and Giant Calzones

 Our friend Sheena works for a zip-lining company and when our friends Taylor & Josie where in town (they moved to Montana last July) they went zip-lining! I got to hang out with Alec and went on a little tour of a nearby arts and crafts town while they were in the trees, but we all had a great time. 
There is a little hole in the wall Italian place that Matt & Sheena introduced us to where we ate giant calzones! We love hanging out with these guys and were so blessed to make such good friends when we moved to TN.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Santa Claus

Our friend "Santa Claus" was in town and volunteered to come to our ward party :) Alec was asleep during his visit with Santa, but we still took the opportunity to take a picture.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Biltmore Mansion

 We met up with Adam's parents at the Biltmore Mansion in NC and enjoyed touring this massive home! Even though we have all been before, it is still amazing to see how magnificent and detailed the mansion is. There is an indoor swimming pool and bowling alley even though this home was built in 1895! Do you watch Downton Abbey? I love that show! Whenever we watch an episode I think of the Biltmore Mansion and how they probably lived similar lifestyles. We had such a fun trip & celebrated Adam's graduation. It was pretty cold, so we put Alec in that little snowsuit and he did great just riding in baby carrier.

Friday, February 24, 2012

Thanksgiving 2011

 For Thanksgiving we went down to Atlanta and spent time with Adam's family. Adam's parents recently moved to Atlanta and it has been so fun gathering with everyone at their home. We enjoyed bowling and watching football games and playing board games. We love every chance we get to spend with family & love sharing new experiences with Alec. I love his face in the picture above and below! Yes, I know it was months ago, but I hope you had a good Thanksgiving too!



Thursday, February 23, 2012

Dinner in a Pumpkin




After we made a trip to see Lacey & her family in Ohio, we brought back a pie pumpkin that she gave us along with a recipe for dinner in a pumpkin. It was so yummy! The pumpkin added an awesome flavor & if you have never tried this, I highly recommend it!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Christmas Sweater



We had to get a million photos of Alec on his first Christmas. We went to early church and then returned to open presents and once again Alec did not disappoint with his variety of facial expressions.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Life around here

I am never very creative in coming up with post titles or writing some fantastic description to the events going on in our lives. I guess it is because I am a visual person and just let the pictures do the talking. All of these pictures are from a few months ago, so I am playing catch-up and can't help sharing pics of the little man. We are back and alive after the holidays (which will be blogged about soon) and me getting mastitis TWICE. Yuck. The first time wasn't as bad as the second time, but I was blessed to have my in-laws help me take care of Alec so I could recover.
As you can see- we got creative making a mobile toy for Alec. 

 Kicking it in the bouncy seat. He used to always find a way to kick off his socks- we have since upgraded to a larger size of sock, but now he likes to pull them off. Funny boy!
He lets us kiss him a lot which we LOVE and now he can even give us a nice open mouth kiss on the cheek I think it is quite adorable. I Love spending my days with this little man!

Monday, February 20, 2012

Alec and his stocking (3 takes)



As you can see, Alec was pretty excited about his stocking & Christmas morning. He cracks me up with the faces that he makes!