Mexico

Joshua absolutely loved playing in the pools at the hotel. All he wanted to do was splash and watch the watter fly in the air. It was so much fun to watch him squeal with joy as he played in the water.
It's hard to see Joshua's smile, but it is so big he can almost get both hands in his mouth, he just loves to be thrown up in the air.
the day we went down to the beach to take family photos there were about 30 pelicans sitting on the rocks, flying, and swimming in the water. I wish I could have gotten a picture of Joshua watching them ( the sun was at just the wrong angle to get both in the pic.), he is mesmerized by anything up in the air.
Joshua loves to play with anything he sees us with, the phones, and remotes are his favorites. On the road trip up he discovered the steering wheel, yup, he is going to be a car man just like his Dad and Grand Dads are.

Oh my what happened to November? Life is going by so fast, and Joshua is getting so big. He has learned how to click his tongue, and loves to flip his tongue over in his mouth, stick it out, or roll it in his mouth. He also loves when other people do things with their tongues so he can see.

Cousins, Uncle Steve, and Great Grandma

One night in Mexico we all went out to a restaurant for dinner, at about 7 each night they do a show where the Waiters and Waitresses dance. When Bryce saw this he had to get up on the table and dance along, it did not take long before Jack had to get up with Bryce, and Carli later stood on a chair and danced. It's hard to tell from the photo but they are doing the chicken dance also known as the chicken polka.
Before we left we had to get a picture of my Dad's Mother and all of the great grandchildren. At the left we have Bryce, Great Grandma Huston, Joshua, Carli, and Jack.
While waiting to get through customs, my arms got tired so I asked Jack if he would hold Joshua, since he got to ride in a stroller, and we had not brought one (a stroller is definitely on the list for the next vacation).
We got to share a hotel room with my youngest brother Steve, he got quite a bit of time with Joshua. In this photo Joshua is wearing James' hat and shaking the maracas that Great Grandma Huston bought for him.

Family photos in Mexico

While in Mexico this last month, I figured it would be the perfect time to get some family photos, not only to take advantage of the beautiful views, but also because we have not ever really got any other than a few snap shots at the house.


It is hard to see but there are at least 30 pelicans behind us on the rocks.

Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!!! I have always loved dressing up for Halloween, and James and I normally do, but this year it kind of sunk up on us. So when our mail order costumes came in yesterday and did not fit, we were not prepared with a back up plan. My mom bought Joshua this outfit that says Baby's first boo. And Joshua's cousin Jack handed me the glasses,which matched Joshua's outfit, and I thought it would be cute. So I put them on Joshua, and he did not know what to think of them, although he left them on for quite a while. He is just so cute in them, even though he looks like an old grandma with his mouth perched the way it is in the picture above.
Joshua is so cute I just had to post another photo of him smiling in his Halloween outfit.
Ok, so I had a few options of what to dress Joshua up as for the ward party we had tonight, so of course I had to try out all of my options. You cannot tell he is wearing red baby long johns, and his hat says Santa's Favorite, and as you can all see is has definitely been a happy boy, and will for sure be on Santa's good list.
The puppy outfit that was given to us by some friends ended up being the winner. He is just so cute in it and he loves Sadi so much I thought it would be fun for him to dress up as "man's/ Baby's best friend." Hopefully next year I will be more prepared, and we will all be dressed up as a family for halloween.

Little Joshua

Joshua is so much fun, he has always been a smiler, and now we can get him laughing so hard, it is so adorable. He can sit up for a while by himself now, and is grabbing everything in sight, but he is very picky at what he puts in his mouth, which is nice for me.
One of Joshua's new things is to suck in either his top or his bottom lip. The first time he did this we were on a road trip, and he sucked his lip so hard it turned purple, which I did not notice until I had wrapped him up in a blanket and taken him out in the cold and then into a restroom to change his diaper, so I thought that he was freezing, but not our little heater.
Joshua has learned to take off his socks and enjoys pulling on them to find these cute little things called toes, they are so amazing and wiggle around, and are just mesmerising to watch.
Saturday morning conference session, Joshua watched with me and was just infatuated with the choir singing. We already knew that he loved to hear us sing, but to hear people who were actually good at singing was a real treat for him. What a little man, zoned out watching TV.

Getting ready for winter

We had not taken a photo of the whole family for a long time, so my sister took one the other day, and we figured you could compair to see how Joshua has grown.
Joshua loves Sadi, every time she walks by he watches her and tries to pet her.
James and Ron (our mining partner) loaded up this morning to go out to the mine for the last time this season.
A few weeks ago James was outside fertalizing the yard and Bryce came over and wanted to help. Anyhting James does Bryce wants to do and tries to do. James picked up a tire to move it and Bryce went over to one and grabbed onto it and grunted for a while trying to pick it up but of course it was too heavy.

Moose Hunt

Sorry it took me so long to get these next photos on. Life flies by so fast, it seems that I have just been stock piling a ton of photos to post on here. You can not see it very well but on the right side of the photo you can see the moose had five browtines (which is a lot, and also means that the moose was older). When Jimmy and the guys went out to the cabin, they ran into a few groups of hunters that had been out for days and had not even seen a moose. So they were pretty lucky to get this one on the first morning they were out.

James loves playing on his 4-wheeler. You can kind of see how deep the water is, one of his favorite things to do it to spray the people behind him.
Almost center stage here in the photo you can bearly see our friend Steve with his 4-wheeler under the water.
Not to say that the boys woke up in the morning and there was the moose, they did drive along the ridge and look and call for the moose for hours before they found it.
Proud hunters with some of the moose (meat) bags loaded on the 4-wheelers. They had to take two trips to get all of the moose and the gear back. It takes about 2 hours one way if you don't stop to pick blueberries along the way.
The cabin that the guys wanted to stay in was taken, so they stayed in the cabin that I call the porkiepine cabin, because almost every time we go there, there are porkiepines inside the cabin. And just to clarify, where they went hunting is state land (also where we have the gold mine/ mining rights) and you can not build new structures, so these are what we call mountain rules cabins. They are cabins that were built before the land was state land, and some have been kept up better than others. The one that James likes to stay in is biger than this one and has camp stoves in it, and enough food to survive off of for at least a month. Mountain rules are leave it clean, restock supplies, and so on.

Joshua is growing up so fast

Joshua just loves playing with his Dad. James was getting ready to go moose hunting in this picture, which explains all of the camo.
Bryce loves to climb on peoples back and play horse. He tried to climb on Joshua's back, so we had Jack lay down and be the horse, which then turned into a dog-pile.
At 4 1/2 months Joshua is now moving into his 6-12 month clothes. He is in the 97% for both his height and his head size, and the 85% for his wieght. He is still the happiest little man, and is always smiling.
Joshua started eating solids this last month, here's a picture of his first bite. He is still learning how to swallow, and it taked a long time for him to eat one spoonfull, but it is so much fun watching him learn and grow.

The last few days of summer

We had a sunny day this last week, so I took the kids outside, and JJ fell asleep in his little camo hat.
Joshua's new thing is to suck his bottom lip into his mouth and suck on it.
James was being lazy one morning this last week so I put Sadi and Joshua on top of him in the bed to wake him up.

Fall is here

Whenever James goes near the 4-wheeler, and the kids are here,

they all pile on for a ride. In order from front to back there is

Bryce, Jack, Joshua, James, and Carli.

James came home from work one day and started playing with Joshua, and throwing him up in the air while James was laying on his back, and Joshua was laughing so hard and had the biggest smile on. I love to watch the two of them play together, it reminds me just how much men never grow up, they are all just big kids.

I sat Joshua on the couch and went into the kitchen to get something and I could hear Bryce saying something about J.J. and cars. When I got back into the room, I found Joshua with a lap full of cars, but I could not get Bryce to give him another for the picture.

Carli and Bryce absolutely love Joshua and always want to be right next to him, so here they are all squashed together under Joshua's jungle gym.

This is about as close as I can get Joshua to Sadi, before she starts rolling over and trying to play with him.

Sorry I did not do very well at updating our photos last month I will try to do better this month. We have been very busy this past month trying to get the last bit of summer and sunshine in before winter comes. The leaves are already turning yellow and it is starting to get cold outside. School has started and our niece Carli started kindergarten. Since Carli got a boundary exemption to do a Spanish immersion class, our house is closer to Carli's school than hers is, so Stephanie and Bryce have been spending a lot more time here. Stephanie and I have started working on some crafts and plan on doing a lot of scrapbooking before her new baby comes.

Our Helicopter Trip

On Monday James surprised me with a Helicopter trip. We flew for an hour and got to see Hatcher Pass, a place were we love to go hiking and camping, and where our gold claim is located.

I love how Joshua sits in this chair with his hands resting on the arch as if it is his arm chair.
I know, I know, it's corny a sleeping baby in a "sleep in progress" shirt, but he is just so cute.
My boys are so adorable!

Our Happy Little Boy

Joshua was all smiles in his little hat out in the sun. I was holding Joshua while eating my lunch today, and he fell asleep while holding on to the chair. He was holding on so tight and would not let go when I tried to get up.
We just cannot get enough of this little man's smiles.