Eating Fruits and Veggies!

Payton LOVES his Fruits and Veggies!

Yummy Bananas!

Latest and Greatest of Payton

So yesterday I just sat back staring at our sweet son Payton, thinking WHERE has the time gone. He's going to be 6 months old on the 17th! (wow) He has such a sweet loving personality, smiles at everything and everyone! I just can't imagine what my life would be like right now with out him in it!! So I made a list of things that he enjoys doing. ENJOY!

• He loves playing with his toes
• Eating lots of new foods
• Loves being around people
• Sleeping (during the day... yea that's got to change) :)
• squealing!
• laughing at mommy/daddy
• rolling over
• playing with toys (his favorite toy is his little ducky that hangs on his carseat, we have named him quackers) :)
• putting everything in his mouth
• visiting cousins and making new friends
• playing airplane with daddy
• having mom sing to him
• getting his picture taken (most times)
• Being tickled

Well I thought you all would like to know the progress he has made..he's quite a great kid!!

Here are some pictures of Payton in his new adventures at life!

Holly being the nice sister that she is... Let us borrow this highchair so Payton has a place to eat some yummy food! He looks so little in it! :) but he REALLY loved it! He now likes eating, Peaches, Sweet potatoes, Peas and of course BANANAS! hehe (even I enjoyed eating some) hehe

My Handsome lil man got sooo tuckered out (maybe it was all the adorable crying at NIGHTTIME that makes him sleepy during the day) hehe who knows! :)

This is our sweet Payton, he's now getting 1/2 formula 1/2 mommy's milk! :) but he's now learned to hold the bottle himself and really enjoys it!

I swear he's not a trouble maker!!

Hahahahaha I don't know how you can look at this picture and NOT laugh!!! We had our pictures professionally taken by this lady in our ward and in return I cut her hair...so it worked out great for both of us... well we just got our pictures back yesterday and as we were scrolling through the pictures we came across this one and we just BUSTED OUT LAUGHING!!! it's such a funny picture because we are kissing our sweet innocent baby in front of the Idaho Falls temple and our innocent baby is givin the bird! LOL!!! The first thing that people think is that it's superimposed but really ...it's not!

Paytons first visit to Utah

What cute lil Hamblin boys!
Payton and Jake were sooo cute together! Jake came up to me and wanted me to read him book after book. I was more than happy to do so. He's such a sweetie!

We thought that this was suuuuch a funny picture! lil joshy is soo cute!

This was yesterday, Bryan, Payton and I went down to Utah to help Ben and Heidi with their new house and while we were there we decided to take pictures of all of the boys together. hope you enjoy! they were too cute! hehe

California Adventures!

So some people might say that we are well... insane...for taking our 3 kids and drive from Idaho to California.... but my sister and I really wanted to go. So we packed up our things and headed off through the night to be there by morning. (it was long... don't get me wrong. but so far it's been well worth it!) Since We've been here We have gone out to eat at our favorite california resturants, Had a girls night out, (so much fun by the way) Went to the beach in Carmel, did my moms hair, had a GREAT BBQ at my aunts. Saw old friends and got to spend quality time with my family. So far... so good!

You Can't Beat a Beautiful Day At The Beach

One of the many fun things that we have done since we've been here is go to the BEACH. This is actually the same beach that Bryan and I went to on our honeymoon! It's BEAUTIFUL! We had such a fun day, I remembered to put sunblock on Payton (thank goodness) because I didn't put ANYTHING on me. I am now completely sunburned! (not fun) but HOPEFULLY it will turn into a good tan right!? That was a magical day! I was really able to enjoy my time with my family there!

Fourth of July Fun!

haha I was so happy that I got to make Bryan into spiderman! haha (i think deep down he REALLY wanted to be spiderman anyway!)
This is my sister-in-law Natali... she was doin some advertising for me!

This is at our friends 4th of July party

Me and Payton-boy!

We had a great time! (we look so patriotic!) hehe

So I don't know about all of you, but the 4th of July is one of my faaaaaaaaaavorite holidays. You got everything you need when it comes to weather, food, family, entertainment...etc. First off it's always warm outside, which means you get to work on your tan :) and since it's nice out you want to eat outside which means you do BBQs. and Theres always friends and family that stop by or parties you go to to watch FIREWORKS and watch PARADES! I mean REALLY why wouldn't this be the best holiday EVER?! Our lil family had a great opportunity this year to go to Our friends house to watch fireworks and to have a bbq. We had a blast. there had to be at least 100 people there. It was great.

Anyway I have been trying to get down to California for a while to see friends and FAMILY, and I needed to come up with at least 200 dollars to go. So I thought, ok.... there are going to be HUNDREDS of people outside watching the parade/fireworks how can I profit from them? hehe So I decided to do kids face painting and charge a couple of bucks. and I also bought some glow sticks and sell them for 2 bucks. WELL, it was a GREAT success in my book. I needed about 200 dollars for my california trip and I made 186 by having fun painting FACES and selling GLOWSTICKS! and... I got to work in the sun getting a TAN (even better) and I got to still spend the day with my husband, and Payton.

Man I love this holiday!

Ya gotta love the smell of a clean baby!

Our sweet boy after a bath! he's such a sweetie! Man i feel like he's growing SO fast. The other day I was getting him dressed, and there were these cute lil puma shoes that I got for a baby present and I LOVE THEM they are ADORABLE but I tried to put them on and they weren't fitting!!! finally i got them to fit. but the whole time I was thinking man if these dont fit I'm going to cry! Not because these adorable shoes weren't fitting but because he was growing TOOO FAST!!. I just can't believe that our lil payton-boy is 3 1/2 months Already!. I feel like he's going to be going off to college any minute. hehe i'm just cherishing every moment, every giggle, every wiggle and smile that I have with him.

IT'S GROWING!!!

that's our tomato plant in the back. Those are our PUMPKINS in the front. I hope that they are ready for us to have at halloween time. That will be great to have Paytons FIRST halloween pumpkin come from our very own garden! :)

So we came back from Ekalaka and took a look outside and we were soooo excited to see how fast our garden is growing! YAY. This is the progress of 3 weeks. I hope to eat the tomatos soon and to have yummy fried zuchini in the near future. yummy.

Our Ekalaka Visit

ALL TUCKERED OUT! It was quite a long drive to Ekalaka,MT but we finally made it! It normally would take Bryan and myself around 10 hours to get there... having a baby CHANGED that number dramatically. First of all we packed EVERYTHING that we could think of, for every "what if" situation that could arise for Payton. So our car was packed to the max. We left after Bry got off work (5 o'clock) and made it to Billings by 11:30pm. we decided to stay the night in Billings and drive the rest of the way the next day. It was a great idea because we probably would have got to Ekalaka by 4 AM. So we stopped for a much needed sleep. Overall Payton was a "pretty good" driver esspecially for his first time driving a REALLY long distance... but after a while he just wasnt having his carseat Anymore. So we got to Grandma and Grandpa Hamblins house at 1 o'clock Sunday mornin. After being hugged and kissed by grandma and great grandma out lil tyke fell right to sleep for a brief but desperately needed nap. We Had a WONDERFUL trip. It was quite a long drive for such short time with Bryans parents, but was WELL WORTH IT! Bryan's parents home is so warm and inviting. I can't wait to plan our next trip out there.



It was such a wonderful experience to see Great Grandma Hamblin. I was so glad that Payton got a chance to be held and loved by her this weekend. Payton is her 72nd Great Grandbaby!!! When she told me that I nearly fell out of my chair. That's quite a lot of babies! Her Nickname is Grandma-Great! She is JUST THAT!








Grandma and Grandpa Hamblin admiring our sweet payton boy! It was so cute to see Jack (Bryan's dad) this big burley man, turn to MUSH when he talked payton. It was a cute sight to see.




Man Payton LOVED being with "Gramma Hunny!" (That's celinda's nickname!) I'm pretty sure that Gramma hunny was happy to have him there too! :)

Bryan with "lil mama"

Since we have lived in our house there has been this cat that thinks she lives here too. We think that it's the previous owners cat. They were an older couple and when they moved we think they forgot her!? Anyway we believe that she is just here to stay. We have seen her through 2 litters now. The first litter has grown up and moved away, we actually got attached to one of her kitties from the first litter. (we named him tony) But she now has another litter roamin our back yard. Bryan has been lucky enough to catch one of them to pet it. (it obviously freaks out though) and the mamma cat trusts us enough to play with her kitties. I am allegic to cats so i don't play with them. Every now and then I like to pet the mama cat, she's a really sweet/gentle cat, but I have to run in and wash my hands Right away after I pet her...before I have an allergy attack! :(

I have learned a lot about me recently (well... within the past year) I have found out that I am not that big of a fan of Big dogs unless they are MISSY... (my inlaws dog) she's a great dog! she's the ONLY exception to these rules! But I think that big dogs should strictly be outdoors, and even then.... when I go outside ...they can't jump all over me or lick me (I don't like the licking AT ALL u just don't know where their mouths have been) and I have heard it plenty of times how dogs mouths are cleaner than humans... but I don't care I still think that it's sick.

Growing up I really didn't like cats, But I think it was because i was allergic to them.... but I found out that I wish i wasn't allergic to cats because I kinda DO like em.... cats can stay outside...and roam and they will ALWAYS come back! you don't really have to worry much about them, and they are so cute when they rub up against your legs when they want you to pet them, and when you do pet them they soak it up! I have become quite fond of this backyard cat of ours. We have only named her "lil mama" just because she is a mama. but I want to come up with a better name for her... so if you all have any Ideas on what to name her I would love to hear it. anyway I guess we have to get out of our denial that she's never going to leave, and just embrace the fact that she is here to stay.

Bryans 1st Love!

For those of you who don't really know my husband Bryan... he has practically been married once before! This First love of his is ...a tad bit older than he is. She was born in 1956. She's a lil rusty and has a whole bunch of wear on her! Hardly moves anymore and smells... REALLY BAD!! And anytime you go around her ... you smell just like her! But he's actually got me to love her too! Go Figure! (By the way I'm talking about his truck if you haven't already guessed it by now!) HAHA.

When we first started dating, Bryan told me ALLLLL about his 1956 Dodge Pickup, how it was his grandpa's and how he's going to fix it up and drive me around in it. and all i heard was BLAH blah BLAH! (for the most part i really didn't care too much for cars/trucks) haha. Then...When he was living in Ekalaka, he got her running again, I got a call on my parents answering machine that was HILARIOUS! Bryan was so EXCITED that he got her to work again that he couldn't even talk straight, or catch his breath! My dad and I heard the message together and just had to look at eachother and laugh.

When I went and drove it for the first time, I thought Man I hope I don't get into an accident in this thing, It might blow up! :) The truck never the less has followed us wherever we have lived. Every time we moved... she came strollin along with us! Bryan still talked all about this truck of his, and more that he talked about her the more I actually.... started listening, and the more I started noticing Trucks JUST like her on the road, or Older Cars that I think would look great if they were fixed up as well! I even started knowing THE NAMES of the cars/trucks he was talking about!!! :) (crazy!!!) (remind you ... i'm not a "car" person) Then a few weeks ago Bryan had talked about selling some of her parts, and possibly giving the truck to a relative...So he can clean up the backyard and "make me happy." And right then and there my HEART started to hurt! I had NO IDEA how attached to this truck I had become! I told Bryan... "uh... are you sure you want to do that?! It's been a dream of yours to fix her up!" and i thought to myself, I dont want to give her away! ......All at once.... I don't know how she did it... but she made me fall in love with her too! Dont get me wrong....I still think that she needs LOTS of work, and that every time I go for a ride I get frustrated because I smell like gasoline! But I really do LOVE this truck! (definately not as much as Bryan) but I think she has a great charm and adds a lot to our back yard, that's why today I took pictures of her and admired her for the FIRST time in a LONG time!

Who would have thought!?

What a Wonderful World!

I really love Spring/Summer! Today was a great day! Wonderful weather... FINALLY! The last few days have been thunder/lightning storms and lots and lots of rain/hail. Which is ok every now and then but I feel like we have had more rain than sun lately! So today i decided to go out in our backyard and take pictures of all the wonderful roses that are blooming. I really think that Yellow is one of my favorite colors!

K Don't Call Me The Bird Lady!

So I went to the dollar store the other day when my niece was staying with me and bought some birdhouses. And we had a blast painting bird houses. I thought that they looked so cute hangin in my tree that I bought 8 more and had my nephews paint some with me and we had a great time doing it. Here's what they look like all hanging up on our "blooming" rose bush! ENJOY!

Our new living room layout!

After a LOT of convincing.... I finally broke Bryan down and was able to sell TWO of our couches! We had WALL TO WALL couches. Which was Great if we had 20 people at our house everyday.... but we usually don't. hehe So we sold them on Craigslist and got some good money for them. I spent a few hours rearranging furniture and putting up pictures and this is what we are left with....What do you think?! (sorry some of these pictures are really dark)