Emma's New Do...

Last night I went to get Luke's hair trimmed and Emma begged to get hers cut...so here she is! She wanted it short like mommy's! I had them cut it to her shoulders and she told them it wasn't short enough...she knew what she wanted!

New Skill...Riding a bike without training wheels!!!

We had such an exciting day yesterday! Luke and Emma BOTH learned how to ride their bikes without training wheels!!!!! It was so exciting! We took a family bike ride to the park...(I was secretly planning on working on taking their training wheels off, but I didn't want to tell them that) so Matt had a wrench on his bike. We got there and took them off. We started with Luke, Matt was kind of holding him up and running along side of him. Soon I could see that he was holding on to him with just one hand. Then I saw that he was just touching his back with the one hand, then half way around the circle he had let go and was jogging along side of Luke! It was so exciting! I can't believe he caught on so quick on just the first time around the circle. I had been trying in the weeks leading up to it and he was not willing to do it...so all he needed was his dad! And all Emma needed was to see her brother get it and she couldn't be out done and she was already asking to take her training wheels off by the time Luke made it all the way around. She needed a little more help and had a few more spills in the grass, but she was determined, and sure enough she was on her own! They are so excited.

Gavin turns 1 Year Old!!!!

I can't believe how fast a year can go! My little baby is now 1 year old! We had the Lopez family over with us for dinner and cake to celebrate. And at age 1 here is all the mischief that Gavin is into...now that he is a big one year old, he has 2 molars coming in! Poor kid has been in pain. He now has 10 teeth! He took about 5 steps this week and is getting more and more daring. I'm sure by my next blog I will be telling you he is running all over the house. He is quite the climber now. Every time I turn around he is climbing on top of our little kids table, or on a chair, or on the stool in the bathroom trying to get to the sink. He loves to destroy books :( He tore a page in the hymn book at church. He tore the introduction our of Luke's scriptures, he tore 2 pages out of my friends book I was borrowing (which is now my book and I will have to buy her a new book). Yes he is a handful, but at the same time he is SOOOOOOOOOO darn cute! He now gives "5", and will even put your hand out for you so he can slap it. He is so funny because when we are walking into the grocery store or something he will wave to the people we pass on the way in. He really knows how to make people smile, even if they are complete strangers!