The Zoo!

We've been wanting to go to the zoo with Torbin for months and we finally did it!! Torbin loved the sea lions especially. He was very sweet and here are a few picture highlights. :) 

 Looking at the monkeys.

 Believe it or not, he loved the elephants! He just really doesn't like posing for pictures.

 Another failed pose.

 Jon is such a good Daddy- always jumping in to try and show Torbin the ropes.

 His favorite spot, watching the sea lions. He kept asking "Where is?" and would get the biggest smile when one would swim by.

 Unintended bear claw picture, but at least we can see Torbin's face.

 Yay! Our little family of 4 on the train at the zoo. It was hot and we were all sweaty and exhausted, but we had fun. It's fun to do things now that Torbin is old enough to react. We're growing up. :)

Our sweet Zachary and his Elvis smile.

Unspotted

I love those times when everything you read or study revolves around the same topic, even when you don't try. That's how it was for me last week. Between and Ensign article and preparing for my lesson on Sunday, the overwhelming theme was to keep yourself unspotted from the world. Then of course the spirit reminds you of something you heard once. An old friend mentioned that she had a table in the house that was meant for scriptures only. Nothing else was allowed on the table so that she would always have a place to study. It's a great idea in theory, but in our house, it's hard to keep anything unspotted for long, but I thought we would give it a chance. Since our little one is still sleeping in our room the nursery isn't used much, so it's the perfect place. So we set up a scripture study table. :)  It's helpful because it's a big black table telling us to come study every time we see it, but also it's nice that it is really unspotted from the house so it's always available for it's intended purpose... unlike most other spaces in the house. To keep it clean, I made a little sign, which I think is pretty clever... so I thought I would share. :)

 

 Here's to better scripture study, and striving to be unspotted from the world. It's a constant process, but we're trying. :)

And then there were 4!

  

 Look at us! A family of 4! Kinda weird, but we love it! And we love our little new addition: ZACHARY!

Zachary joined us on May 25 at 2:36 PM weighing in at 7 lbs 5 oz and 20 in.

 He loves being curled up in a ball and has the brightest eyes!

 It was quite the eventful week for us. Zach was born, Torbin got croup, and Jon got pneumonia. It was a hard week. Moments like this, when all 3 boys were asleep was awesome.

 Zach always has his hands by his face, especially when he is sleeping.

 He is SO cute!!!

 Zach's first walk outside with Daddy. We have a similar picture with Torbin.

 I still can't believe we have another baby. But we sure love him!

 We love his sideburns! He is such a little man. :)

 This is not a great picture of most of us, but here we are, a family of 4! We have survived 4 weeks and are more in love than ever.

 

Cami came and took some newborn shots for us. Thanks Cami!

 Torbin is still getting used to the idea of having Zach around, but he loves him and takes care of him. Especially when he looses his bink.

May oh May

 May was full of fun times, but I did no better at taking pictures like I said I would. I just get too caught up in the stress of things, or the fun of things and I forget to take pictures. My goal is to do better... we'll see if that happens.

Jon wanted me to take him to Rio for his 30th birthday and I really wish I could have. but since we are no millionaires I decided to have some friends over and have a Brazilian BBQ instead. Kinda like Rio... ish. :) We had kabobs, rice and beans, Brazilian lemonade, grilled pineapple, little french breads, and good ole' American birthday cake. The food spread was impressive, I'm so bummed I didn't get a picture. but just imagine it being amazing. Thanks to the Elkins, the Romneys, and Heidi for coming by! We're not social very often, but we had a good time. :)

Next we celebrated Jon's birthday as part of a whirlwind weekend of family togetherness. Jon's family was in town from Tennessee and Arizona so we partied like crazy. We had a graduation party and a baby shower, and went to the temple. It was really fun. Jon's party was construction themed and he got a lot of Home Depot cards! He has a lot of plans on how to use them! He's such a cute Mr. Fix-it! 

 Most of our pictures are of just Torbin, so I have been doing better at getting Jon in most of them too. But then I realize I don't have many with me, so here is our attempt at another family picture. Torbin doesn't like to cooperate very well. But he's still super cute! And here I am in all my pregnant glory... 2 weeks left to go... I think it's fair to say I look like a balloon ready to pop!

Mother's Day wrapped up our crazy weekend. We spent the morning with my mom, went to church with them, then spent the afternoon with Jon's family. Part of my mother-in-laws Mother's Day tradition is that we all go and get pedicures. That is always fun, and relaxing! It's nice to be pampered, and to have cute toe nails. It seems to be my parents new tradition to give us a flower pot full of beautiful flowers for Mother's Day. Thanks to them we have awesome flowers on our front porch. :) The best part of Mother's Day is that Jon and Torbin let me sleep in!!! And I got this cute picture of Torbin and I! To have him smile in a picture with me is a little miracle!! I love being his mom!

After mother's day we impatiently awaited to arrival of our little Zachary... more to come of him next time. :)

Bays Busy Days

Is it possible to have a talent of being busy? Because we are really good at it! But the sad thing is that I have been horrible at taking pictures and documenting our lives lately. Good thing we have our planners, because that's what helps us remember what is going on!!! 

At the end of March we went on Dance Company Tour to Disneyland! Jon and Torbin met me there to take care of me and make sure I didn't over do it. Torbin was very cute!

 

 Here we are on the Winnie the Pooh Ride. Torbin was straight faced the whole time, but he didn't cry so I think he liked it.

 Torbin loved the animals on the Jungle Cruise, and in the Tiki Room. He was so cute talking to all of them and making the animal sounds.

 My handsome matching boys! In line we entertained Torbin in line with fruit snacks. He was good at saying "Cheese" and showing off his fruit snack to me. 

 Torbin's favorite ride was in the Bug's life part of California adventure- Flick's Flying something. He was very cute on it!

 A very tired Torbin, Mommy in a wheelchair and cute Daddy watching "World Of Color". Jon made me get a wheelchair so I wouldn't go into labor. :) It was pretty comical. I would push the stroller with Torbin and Jon would push the wheelchair. Amazing. We didn't get a picture, but I sure wish we would have. It was hilarious!

 Torbin's hotel breakfast in bed. I love that mischievous face!

We got home from CA on Wednesday and on Friday headed up to Bear Lake with the Bays to watch conference. It was a whirlwind, but fun. Torbin loved playing on the patio with this water. He's obsessed with water and it's the cutest thing! 

 EASTER!! Torbin almost got the concept of finding the eggs. He really liked the candy inside. :) He's a cutie!

 Torbin's mouth is full of candy so we got this awesome face out of him. But at least we tried to get a family Easter picture. 

April was full of Dance Concert. It turned out really well and I'm so proud of my girls! It was sad that it was my last concert, but it turned out really well. I choreographed a dance that the madrigals sang and it was so cool! I'll miss my girls and being part of great dancing, but I'm really excited to stay at home with my babies.

May will bring all sorts of excitement I'm sure. I have 11 more school days to teach and this little boy will make his entrance into the world around the 27th. Jon will have his 30th birthday and we'll have mother's day and lots of big family events... we'll see if I can document them better than I have with the last few months... :)

18 Months and Cute as Ever!

Our little man is 18 months old!! Crazy! So instead of spending money on going to get professional pictures taken, we had Kolby come with his fancy camera as we played in the park. And then Cami did some awesome editing and wah-la (I'm sure that is supposed to be viola or something...) I think we got some awesome pictures!!! And we had a great day at the park. I love how these pictures show Torbin's personality, he's just so cute!!!!! We're in love!

Holding his Best Friend Daddy's hand

Fascinated with water!

Looking at airplanes

Our Curious George

He LOVES to run!!!

So Handsome!!

Our little family.

Warning: Extremely Cheesy

I love February and Valentine's Day. I love LOVE and thinking about how in love I am. A love song came on the radio yesterday and I just started to cry as I started to think about Jon and how lucky I am to have him. It's funny, we listen to love songs our whole life. I grew up watching Disney movies and had pretty high expectations for my Prince Charming. I would date someone and like the love songs I heard, but I seemed to always be left wanting more. They didn't match my Disney expectations. Then I heard this song by Barbara Streisand. Disney had nothing on this kind of love she got me hoping for! The song is"I've Dreamed of You" and I had quite the dream. I knew that when I found the guy that matched that song, I had found THE ONE! I got to the point I didn't think it would happen, but as soon after I had given up hope it happened. Just like in her song "and just when I thought love had passed me by, we met." It didn't take long for Jon to match that song. He is my dream come true and I am so blessed to be married to him! :)

Here are my favorite love songs that match Jon (even though he is SO much better than any song can put into words)
*I've Dreamed of You- Barbara Streisand
*Then- Brad Paisley
*I Just Call you Mine- Martina McBride
*At Last- Etta James
*All I Wanna Do- Sugarland
*Just a Kiss- Lady Antebellum
*A Thousand Years- Christina Perri
*My Favorite Thing- Benton Paul
*Something You Should know- ?

There are SO many more, but I don't want to seem too redundant. :) I love my honey! And my babies! I never thought I would really be this happy! YAY for HAPPILY EVER AFTER coming true!