Baby Mason Born

Wednesday, Sept. 3rd at 5:30 am our new little nephew joined us. Mason Joseph Banning. Crystal was such a trooper through the whole thing. You can imagine the scare we all got at 12:30am getting a call that Crystal was in the hospital 3 weeks early. However, we rushed down there and I was able to be by her side and see Mason born. Drew and Crystal could not be more excited to have there little man here. and I cannot describe was wonderful it was to be there and experience the whole thing, and see him come into this world! Yeah, now Talmadge will have someone to play with!!!!! We love you baby Mason, welcome to the family!!!!!!!!

LASIK:
For all of those who were thinking of me last Friday as I went into have Lasik done, everything went great. It is by far one of the tripiest procedures I have ever had done. It only takes about 15 minutes, but you are awake for the whole think and can watch them working on your eye except for the few seconds you go blind when they cute your flap back. Anyways, I slept it off on Friday and by Saturday was back to normal and seeing great. It is by far the sweetest things to be able to see all the time. Going to bed, waking up looking at the clock, and when I have to go in and see Talmadge in the middle of the night I CAN SEE!!!!!! It is fabulous. I would recommend it to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Out Hiking

Last Saturday we decided to have a great family day out and due some hiking. This was our first time finding a trail that we could hike as a family, so we were pretty excited. We hiked down Hulls Gulch. It was really pretty and overlooked the entire valley at the beginning and end of the hike. (PS - Excuse the glasses, I am only a week away from Lasik and you can't wear your contacts for 2 weeks before surgery)The start of our hike!!!Overlooking the awesome valley. Looks so small from were we are at. My 2 happy boys half way down and still holding strong!We had to pass over 4 bridges on our way their. It was so secluded and a great walk. Oh how Talmadge loves the outdoors!!!2 1/2 miles into the trail we decided to sit in the middle of the trail and have lunch, before heading back.Poor Maximus so tired. Right after lunch when we started heading back, Talmadge was so tired and conked out on Matt. I have to give my honey props for carring an extra 30 pounds of dead weight on him for the next 45 minutes until Talmadge woke up for the last little bit of the hike. Maximus was so tired towards the end he was finding any tree or bush as you can see to find some shade and rest under. I was beginning to think he was going to drop over of a heart attack.

The hike ending up to be 5 miles. Took us about 3 hours, and everyone loved it!!!! Going to be a new family thing to do!!!!

Babbitt family reunion!!!

This last week we got the opportunity to go up to Bear Lake and have our Babbitt Family Reunion. We were very blessed because everyone was able to make it again this year. It was so much fun to see everyone again, we miss those nieces and nephews we don't get to see very often really bad. Talmadge could not get enough of his cousins or Aunts and Uncles for that matter.This is our awesome cabin that we stayed in, with the view off the front porch! It was so beautiful to wake up to every morning!The always fabulous Babbitt family, including the 11 and 1/2 grandchildren. The 1/2 being pregnant Crystal.We got to go through Minnatanka Caves. Which was so incredibly cool. Really cold but really awesome. Talmadge was so fasinated the whole time. He even got to touch one of the stalagmites at the end at you see in the bottom picture.We got to play multiple days at the beach. The water was so bright blue and it was really warm to. It was shallow water forever, which made it fun for all the kids to be able to go out and play.Matt, Kat, Todd, Chad and Austin all decided to participate in a 5k run while we were there. Bravo to you guys.This is the few of us that drug out butts out of bed at 6am to cheer them on!We also had a bit of time for just fun and play around the house!The fabulous gifts mom got the boys and girls!The final night we got to do a bonfire out front and roast marshmallow and make smores Such a great trip!!!

Lasik Eye Surgery

So So So Excited!!!!!!!! Finally after many years of saving and thinking and waiting, it is time for Kimberly to get Lasik eye surgery. I cannot wait!!!!! After 16 years of wearing contacts or glasses, it is finally my turn to be able to see without them. My surgery date is for the 10th of September and it couldn't come any faster. So all be excited for me, I know Matt will be happy to hear me not complain any more about my contacts or how Talmadge always pulls my glasses off my face. Just wanted to share the exciting new with you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kids are to fast!!!

Even when you think you are right on top of what you child is doing, they seem to still be faster then you!!! Talmadge got down the markers and dumped them all out on the floor. As I was putting them away and he was sitting literally right next to me I look up and this is what I see........Just thought I would give you all a little laugh, I sure had to laugh!!!!!!!

Happy 4th of July

The 4th of July was quite fun for us this year. We got to have Matt's family down from Vancouver for a visit. His brother and sister in law also came over from Ricks to spend it with us. We got to do lots of fun things like going to the water park "Roaring Springs". Were a storm starting brewing while we were there. But it worked out perfect because everyone cleared out and it was nice and warm still with zero lines on any of the rides. The boys went golfing and us girls got pedicures.Talmadge got a little lawn mower and blows bubbles, from Nanna that he just loves. The boys got to play lots of video games, which is always so fun for them.On 4th of July we had a great BBQ. Matt and I blew up Talmadges little pool, but he wanted nothing to do with it, so it became everyones wading pool to keep cool.The boys took out Talmadges little basketball and had a little competition to see who could make the basket from far away. It was quite funny we all had to laugh!Setting off fireworks was quite fun. Talmadge was a little more scared of them this year but still had a great time.Talmadge was completly tuckerd out by the end of it all and was asleep on our lap not even 5 minutes after fire works ended. It was a great weekend. So glad the Stevens could come down and visit, it was great seeing you all!!!

Summer water fun!!!!

It is finally starting to feel like summer around here!!!! Yeah!!!! We had a hot spell for a while but then it went back to spring for way to long. So, Talmadge, Grandma and I finally got to take advantage of the warm day and our passes to the water park here and have some fun.Ok first this is such a cute picture of Talmadge in Grandma's back yard before we left for Roaring Springs!Doesn't he just look like such a stud in his little swim suit!!!!! Talmadge was even brave enough to go downt the slide with me. He thought it was pretty cool!!!He is starting to think sunglasses are pretty cool to bad most of the time he will only keep mine on, instead of his!!