Cousins

So crazy that in just a year these two little girls have gone from this....

To this...

It has been so much fun to watch these two grow and learn together. Sometimes it takes them a minute to remember each other when we get together, but they always end up having so much fun together. Funny that Sophia looks so much like Blake (my brother) and Maycee looks so much like me, and Blake and I look so much alike yet...these two look SO different! Its so fun that Maycee has a cousin SO close in age (2 1/2 months), I hope they stay friends their whole life. I love the mosaic above because it shows both their personalities so well!!

Uncle Austin is always willing to play with the kids. He is so cute with them and you can tell how much they love him.

Cousins with Uncle Austin...Tyson, Sophia & Maycee

The beach

There is a nice little beach with a playground here in Daybreak. Its been fun to take Maycee there and see her love for the beach begin. It took a little bit for her to get used to the sand and the water temp, but once she did...there was no looking back. We first took her with her cousins, Jack and Halle a couple times. Then we took some friends up with their little ones.

Maycee's first swing experience...she giggled the whole time.

These two always want to do what the other is doing...they love each other SO much!!

This is how Maycee started out in the lake...not too happy about it

Then she got a little more comfortable...splashing a bit...

Lovin' life...(as long as she's holding on to Dad)

Went back to hating it once she was in her swimsuit on her own...

Then Halle showed her the ropes and she was lovin it! They could have stayed there for hours playing!

Jack the fish
A different night we stopped by the splash pool, it closed...so we headed to the beach.

She had no problem this time around...headed straight for the toys and the sand.

I love this little girl!!!

Finally...this is when we visited the beach with KC's college roomies and families.

The guys - Jodie, KC, Jeff (we missed you tall Jeff and Natalie!)

The kiddos...Gracie, Maycee & Drayden

Pretty sunset...perfect picture op

The Sandbar

Kenny Chesney came to town a couple weeks ago and I was graciously offered a ticket by my sister-in-law. As we sat in the blistering heat (we were in direct sunlight in 98 degree weather!), we noticed we were possibly as far from the stage as you could get. Then we see my other sister-in-law get taken down to the field and given a wristband...of course we are raging with jealousy! About ten minutes later the same lady that just made Katie the luckiest person, found us and we were upgraded to "The Sandbar". Whats "The Sandbar" you ask? Oh, just the section right next to the stage where everyone stands and Kenny comes by during his songs and grabs your hands. Yep, we were right next to the stage! Thanks for the sweet hook-up Tara, we owe you big time!!

This is the stage from our original seats...with the camera zoomed as far as it could be.

Then we got these magic red wristbands...

And they took us up this close!!

The ladies...Lindsey, Amy, Kristin, Sally, Katie, and Tara

This is how close we were to Kenny...no zoom on the camera now!

There's Kenny right behind us...

Katie got on Jake's shoulders and got to hug Kenny!!

Kenny knows what's up! He came back on stage for his encore with a University of Utah hat on!

Thanks for the great night Kenny!!