daddie works @ the zoo

trevan's employer had their summer work party at the hogle zoo on friday. jude had been to zoo already this year with yaya while i was in san fransisco, so he knew he was in for a good time. when we tried to tell him we were going for daddie's work party he just assumed that daddie worked at the zoo. i hope he's not disappointed...

jude's favorite thing at the zoo is baby mark. who is baby mark? well its the baby giraffe @ the zoo and jude named him mark, a fitting name. he brought home his own baby mark from his last trip with yaya to the zoo. while we were walking over to the giraffe exhibit jude started yelling "i'm coming baby mark!" and ran off to see him. he was a little upset when we told him he wouldn't fit in the car to come home with us.

jude's very own giraffe, mark.

jude riding tai lung (kung foo panda) with his new friend caleb.

she was there too.... so darling.

to end the night, jude got to ride on the carousel 2x. he chose to ride boog and kung foo panda. he is big into characters.

for future reference... only go to the zoo if you can go to a private function in the evening. no crowds, animals are alert, and no blistering heat. still stinks though.

the right side of the law

we went up the canyon the other night with some of my besties from high school and after we left i realized that we forgot to tell jude that jeremy (lindsey's hubby) was a cop. we talked about it on they way home and all jude could talk about was "germy" the policeman the rest of the night. so lindsey and i set up a date for the next day for jude to go visit germy and go for a ride in his police car. jude insisted on wearing his firetruck shirt(firemen and policemen go hand and hand for a 2 year old) and bringing his gun. jude loved every second of our evening at the christensens.

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this is jeremy & lindsey standing in front of their amazing house. we all left with house envy. i let them borrow greta for the picture so they could see how much better they look with kid(s). love them. could we please get together more often?

jer, trev, and jude ready to take down the thugs of orem!

i couldn't leave out jude's shooting face...

i wanna be a cowboy baby

i never wanted guns in my house, real or fake. i guess i lost that battle pretty early on.... rog bought jude his first gun & holster last week and jude pretty much bathes in it. trev and i are not gun lovers but jude has been finger shooting for months now and no one knows where he learned it. the other night trevan heard jude making shooting noises in the back of the car while driving and thought nothing about it and just kept driving. trevan's parents were driving behind him and pulled up next to him laughing hysterically. apparently jude had been shooting his gun out the window at people, thankfully no one took him seriously. we are currently trying to teach him gun safety aka no people shooting, even if it is pretend. its not going so well.

oh well, at least he's cute.

our little deputy on break...

2 of my besties....

...were born this day.

my beautiful older sister robyn turns 30 today! robyn has been one of the best surprises of my adult life. the first 18ish years were a little touch and go for us. she wanted to mother me and boss me and i wouldn't hear of it. i was crazy and she was dramatic, not the best combination. it wasn't until we both reached out adulthood that we realized how much we loved and couldn't live without each other. she is the go to for everything in my life, she is practically a doctor. her children are the 4 one's i didn't get to bear myself, i ADORE them. she is a terrific mother and a friend you should all have. however, don't cross someone she loves! she is loyal to a tee and will defend someone to her death. happy birthday sister bear and sorry i couldn't make it to the party, i hate i couldn't be there to laugh with you and commentate on all the amazing things. i love you.

this lovely lady is simply the best and she turns 50 today. terri is literally one of my best friends. i call her almost as much as i call my own mom and my family always says i am more gregory than williams. it may be true and mostly because of her. i would never call her an inlaw, she is just terni. she is the kindest person anyone has ever met. she is so selfless and she never puts herself first, even though she should sometimes. the best part is that she is silly too! we giggle way more than we should. she loves her grandkids with everything she is and is always there for anything we need. she is a wonderful mother to her 5 kids (and any other kids that come around). really, you won't meet someone as sweet and real as her. happy birthday to you, yaya!

p.s. and happy 2nd anniversary to nate and paige.
come home.

....its what fun is!

how happy was i that lagoon could happen this summer? i couldn't go last year because of the babies in my belly (miscarriage & grets) but i was so in this year. i love lagoon. it is totally gumby and over priced but oh so much fun.

lagoon brings back so many memories from my childhood. my favorite being when i went with rebecca the summer before my 7th grade year. i guess that the grunge look was really in and i was donning my favorite hair do of the time (earlobe length and straight down the middle) and looked just like a boy. rebecca and i were walking around thinking we were HOT stuff and some girl came up to us and asked if i had a girlfriend. cute rebecca tried to tell me they were talking to her but her long thick blonde hair surely made her more girlie even if we were wearing the same grunge unisex look..... i was mortified but still laugh about to this day. i wish i had a scanner to document such things, you would all be jealous.

ANYWAY, lagoon did not disappoint. jude LOVED it and is still talking about it a week later. he keeps singing "puff the magic dragon" in reference to his favorite ride there, puff. we went with the gregory's, trevan's uncle scott and cousin chelsie. so much fun. we are totally going back for frightmares in october (no line butting this time dustin).

still LOVING my stroller and don't you judge me in regards to jude's binki situation!

landy, jude, mo, and chel

puff is always a favorite even if it has been known to kill a child or two.....

what a difference 2 years makes....

jude was totally fine to ride with this latina stranger, she didn't feel the same way.

yaya and gigi

have you ever seen a happier face?


p.s. totally saw some person i know from a blog at lagoon. actually, i don't know her at all and it was totally awkward because i recognized her and so did trevan. i need a life.

2 celebrations

DADDIE'S BIRTHDAYmy birthday boy...

beetie + dusty

i had to document this. this is how you will most likely see jude when he is with minie. he likes to take her from behind, she'll get use to it.

i love summer food oh so much

jude (and trevan) couldn't be more excited about his boba fett shirt.

cam's present consisted of $80 wrapped around blow pops, jude took the suckers and trev happily took the money. thank you cam!

OUR ANNIVERSARY

since we celebrated our anniversary in midway the weekend before we thought we could spend the actual day with our kids. we went to a bike store for trev and then hit up one of our fave restaurants for dinner. sometimes it's questionable whether or not we really do love jude. he may not be the best dining companion!

he sure is cute though
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thank you joni for the 5 new polo shirts.

this is my newest do with my lovely locks.... jury is still out.

4 years and 2 kids later....

i love my job

this is what i get to do all day. these 2 are delightful.

for robyn...
she wears it well

oh yeah, this one is rolling now. guess she isn't that delayed!

cowboy boots .... check
cowboy hat ... check
spidy undies .... check
star wars shirt .... check
hulkie pulkie tattoo .... check
I LOVE THIS BOY

4 years ago today...

...i got to marry my best friend. we had a fantastic, romantic weekend a few days ago up in midway/park city celebrating our 4 years together as husband and wife. one day when i have a scanner i will post photos of the actual day, until then you will have to live with this picture of us when we were dating. oooh ahhh isn't he cute? and no we never had sleep overs pre-marriage :) .

happy anniversary to us!



p.s. you don't have to clean your house on your anniversary right?