A Sad Day for the Cougars

Sadly yes, Saturday's game was quite depressing. However, we still managed to have an enjoyable time with our friends the Hoods, who are die hard TCU fans (they went to school there, and then moved to Virginia where we met them and instantly became great friends). Thanks for a great weekend guys! Hope you made the drive home safely!

Pickin' Pumpkins

I love that everyone gets into Halloween here. It seems like when you live in an apartment (like we have the last 3 years) no one puts forth an effort for the holidays. We had a great time picking out our pumpkins today. Now all that's left is deciding what to carve on them. Any suggestions?

Gardner Village

I haven't had anything to blog about in a while, since everyone has been sick for the longest time and we have done nothing but try to get better. Everyone was finally feeling good enough to take a stroll around Garner Village today. The kids loved running around, but as you can see Wade was less than thrilled about having his picture taken. It was nice to get out and enjoy fall weather though!

Nap Time

I love nap time! A few hours of quiet to myself to get stuff done. However, for about the last week or so, when Wade wakes up from his nap and I go to get him, this is what I find...

He used to try to find his bink which I had stashed in the baskets in his dresser (since we mostly don't give it to him anymore). I guess he figures he has to pull everything out of his drawers just to make sure it's not there....little stinker!

Every Day Should Be Saturday

Last year when we were evaluating whether or not to take a new job in Utah, one of the big factors we considered was that Jen's Dad promised me season tickets to BYU football if we moved back. Apparently that was an empty promise because that didn't happen this year. So, Jen and I were online at 8 AM the day tickets went on sale to buy as many as we could. Yesterday was the first game we could get tickets for and it happened to be when my brother and sister in law happened to be in town. So we loaded up in the Black Pearl 2.0 and headed down to Provo for the game.

Weekend at the Lake

My parents were nice enough to take us down to Lake Powell with them this weekend, This is probably my favorite place in the whole world! No worries, just good times.

Wade loved driving the boat and the sea-doo.

We also spent some time relaxing on the shore,

feeding the ducks,

and wakeboarding.

We can't wait to go back next year!

Aunt Amy

My Aunt Amy came to visit me this weekend. Her and Uncle Mark are going to be moving to Texas next weekend, so I gave her a kiss so she would know that she was always welcome to come visit.

Popsicle Mess

A while ago, my wife set up a babysitting arrangement with her sister so that both her and her sister get approximately 1 or 2 'date nights' a month (with their respective husbands, of course). We generally take advantage of being able to go places with no child in tow, like a movie or a nicer dinner, etc.

The real fun comes on the weekends when we're babysitting though, when we get the nephews and niece.

We had the kids over quite a bit when their Mom was at girls camp. We always want to make sure the kids have a good time, so one night we gave them all popsicles to eat outside.

Doesn't that make you cringe? We took his shorts off and hosed him down before we gave him back.

At the beach

While Phil and I were away this weekend, my family took Wade to the Lake and let him play on the beach. This was his first experience with sand and the pictures were great so I thought I'd share.

anniversary

This weekend, Phil and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary. It's hard to believe we've already been married for 4 years!
We decided a while ago that instead of exchanging gifts, we would rather spend the time together on our anniversary. This year Phil took me to Las Vegas and we stayed here:

He also took me to see this:

It was phenomenal!

I love you baby and I love being married to you! Here's to many more years being married to the best man in the world!

Happy Half Birthday

Wade is now officially 1.5 years old. We'll miss him in sunday school, even though his Mom almost never let me take him to priesthood meeting. Here are some of the things that Wade has already accomplished in his short time with us so far:
Got kissed by his Grandma
Got clobbered by his cousin
Got kissed by his other Grandma
Went to a Jazz game
Went to a Nationals game
Got his first pair of KSwisses
Went to visit Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefforson (monuments), and saw George Washington's old home
Chuckled for the first time
Fell asleep for the first time at his dinner table
Tasted his first ice cream
Splashed in the pool
Learned how to do anything for food
Visited his Dad at work
Went to his first Redskins game
Went Trick or Treating for the first time as Mickey Mouse
Drove across the country
Took his first step (for an M&M)
Put on his first business suit (to show up grandpa)
Met the mouse in his house
Celebrated his first birthday
Bought a house
Got his very own yard
Made his first trip to the ER (he's ok)
Fell down the stairs (he's still ok)
Went to a Real Salt Lake game
Met his first true love (opening and closing cupboards and doors)
Said his first words (mama, dada, no, closed, banana, cookie)
First easter egg hunt
Met his second true love (Elmo)
Went camping
Went to Yellowstone National Park
Said no to a bite of food for the first time (watermelon, who would've thought?)

Here's to many more! We love you Wade!

Yellowstone

These are some pictures of our Broadbent family reunion in Yellowstone over the 4th of July. We had such a great time!

Proof

Wade is a very clean child, clean in that he hates anything sticky or slimy to be on his hands. When he turned one, I had to force his hands into his cake because he was quite content to just pick the sprinkles off. He also refuses to eat hot dogs, bananas and even cupcakes unless I feed them to him. My family tends to make fun of him for this, so I wanted to post this picture as proof that he will get messy on occasion if given a good enough reason. The reason...fresh out of the oven, ooey-gooey chocolate chip cookies!

(Look Em, it's even up his arms!)

Summer is Here

To celebrate the beginning of summer we decided to go to a Bees baseball game for family night. It was a perfect night for a ball game, and we were surprised at how much more exciting the game was than the DC Nationals...although, is that really surprising? We will always love the Nationals, but let's face it, they are terrible.

Wade had his first taste of Cotton Candy, which he loved much to his dad's chagrin.


We went camping up Cottonwood Canyon with Mark and Amy. Phil and Mark spent a good portion of the night being pyromaniacs.

Wade slept better than everyone else, and was a great little heater for his mom!


And who doesn't love homemade strawberry jam made from freshly picked strawberries?



This has definitely been a great start to summer!