2nd Birthday Pictures

These are a couple of pics I took before we went to get them professionally done.

Beard Zoo, Look Who Is Turning Two

On Friday night we celebrated with family Koen's 2nd Birthday. It was fun to family come over and celebrate. Koen had a fun time opening his presents and eating his cupcake and playing with his "friends." I had been planning his cake for awhile. I had been baking cakes all week. Then on Friday we spent all day putting the elephant cake together. All I can say is what I see on tv looks tons easier then in real life. Alex and I watch cake challenges on tv and they make it look like something we could do. We gave it our best. We will see if a year will let our memories fade enough to try to again. Next time we will need to find a better fondant. Thanks everyone for coming and thanks Brian and Stephanie for your help with the cake and cupcakes.

Summer 09 Vacations

This August has involved a couple fun trips. The first was the annual camping trip to East Canyon. We had a great time. A few of us even dared ride up Big Mountain. It was quit a challenge. Especially the last half mile. We also had some fun playing T-ball, swimming, and simply being with family. A little bit later we headed off to Chicago to visit Grandpa Chicago as Koen calls him. We did a little camping at Lake Michigan, visited the zoo, toured Chicago, and visited various parts of Wisconsin. Koen loved his rides on a boat and a couple of the trains. We rode the Metra and the "L". Below are a couple slide shows showing the fun we had.

Koen's New Game

Recently Shannon has been babysitting Koen's cousin Abby. So she can take a nap, she placed a mattress on the floor of Alex's room. While not in use for napping Koen has discovered another use.