Random

So I always think of things I want to post on my blog, but I never seem to have time or I'm always typing with one hand while feeding the baby (like I am right now) resulting in a once a week post with lots of pictures and few words. I guess this is better than nothing so it's just going to have to do for now. So here is a random post about all of the things we have been up to lately.

We finally made it to the San Diego Zoo and let me tell you, it was so much better than the Santa Ana Zoo- mainly because they actually had animals!!!

One of the boys favorite things about the zoo was the foot massage chairs!

It's funny how interested we can all be with the hind end of a hippopotomus!

We actually didn't have any coins for them to ride this, but they still had fun just sitting on it and pretending!

Jon was cleaning out the garage one Saturday and I walked out to see the boys like this! Apparently they had strapped themselves in and tipped their seats over and were stuck in this position. I think it's a great idea for 'time outs'!!!

Carli and Justin are in their high school choir so I went to their end of the year concert last week.

When Carli came out she happened to be positioned right in front of one of the microphones. She proceeded to sing her group's 3 songs as loud as she could and lets just say that she doesn't have a lot of fluctuation in her voice, but boy, was she getting into it! My mom was dying, but we all got a good laugh out of it!!!

We took the boys to the beach last week and let them run around and play in the sand. It was such a beautiful day and not very crowded at all- just the way we like it!

Jake and Nate had fun burrying Jon in the sand and then jumping on top of him when there was nothing he could do about it!

We tried to fly a kite, but it was broken and despite all of Jon's attempts at fixing it, it never really took flight!

I finally captured Max smiling on camera. Look at those cheeks and dimples!

Christy and I took the kids to storytime yesterday. The story lady was doing face paintings, but the first little boy decided that he wanted a snake on his arm. So of course every kid after that then wanted a snake on their arm! Laney and Nathan were pretty proud of their snakes!

Last night our ward had a Hoedown and it was so much fun. We left the kids at home (except for Max who slept the whole time), ate good food and square danced the night away!

Overall, life is good!

Blessing Day

Today was Max's blessing day. Jon did a great job with the blessing and it was so nice to have a lot of our family and friends there for it. Here are some of the pictures of the day...

Max in his blessing outfit.

One of our better attempts at a family picture since Max was born!

The men of the day!

The women of the day!

Grandma and Grandpa Warnick with Max

Grandma and Grandpa Draper with Max

The food table

The dessert table

After Sacrament meeting Becky and Zac came to help me get things set up. Becky was impressed that I trusted Zac to set up the chips and dip all by himself!

Becky filled all of the chicken salad sandwiches- it was so nice of her!

Overall it was a great day. We missed all of our family and friends who weren't here, but we appreciate everyone who was able to come. We are so blessed to have Max in our family and it was fun to have a day to honor him!

8 Weeks Old

Still loving this baby...

Father and Sons Campout

Jon took Jake and Nathan to Father & Sons this weekend. They got to the campground on Friday afternoon and set up their tent and then the boys ran around and played for a while. A campfire was then started and Jon helped the boys make Smores, although all they really wanted to eat were the marshmellows! They finally went to bed around 10:00 and Jon got to sleep flat on his back all night with a little boy snuggling up to each side of him- does life get any better?!!!


The next morning they had breakfast and then had an egg toss with the leftover eggs! (This was all Jake could talk about when he got home!) They then loaded up the car and headed home. The boys had such a fun time camping with their dad and I can't wait until Max is old enough and Jon can take all 3 of them!!!

Happy Birthday, Nathan!

Today was Nathan's 3rd birthday and so here are the top 3 things that I love about him:

1. He is smart. Nathan is always thinking and trying to figure out how things work. He loves to learn. He knows all of his letters and their sounds and is obsessed with anything that has to do with the alphabet.

2. Nathan is a good brother. He loves to play with his cousins and his friends, but his favorite person to play with is his brother, Jake. Sometimes when Jake is at school he'll ask, "Where'd my friend Jake go?" He puts up with a lot from Jake, but in the end they love to be together and to copy whatever the other one is doing!

3. Nathan is polite. If he barely bumps me he'll say, "Oh, sorry Mom!" He almost always says please and thank you and if he needs to get around someone in Target he'll always say, "Scuze me!" It's pretty cute.

We had a big family party celebrating all of the May birthdays the first Sunday of the month. Carli always spotlights all of the birthday people. She tells about their favorite things and then enthusiastically says, "And lets all welcome, Nathan Warnick Draper (or whatever their name is)!!!"

Nathan was pretty excited to get this letter magnet set from his cousins.

Laney and Nathan both got new bikes and helmets. They wore their helmets the rest of the night and Nathan continued to wear his wherever we went for a few days after that!

Nathan loves his new Diego bike that Grandma Juli gave him!

Today started out with balloons being dumped on Nathan while we sang Happy Birthday! This is a tradition in our family- every birthday starts out with balloons!

Then we met my mom at Build-a-Bear where Nathan got to pick out a bear and clothes and go through the whole process of building a bear. We always walk through this store when we go to the mall, but we have never actually done it before- it's pretty fun with all of the little stations they have.

Jon was pretty proud that Nathan picked a football uniform for his bear to wear. Grandma Juli helped him get the bear dressed.

The rest of the afternoon was spent playing games inside. It was raining today so we couldn't go outside, but luckily Max took a good nap so I was able to play with the boys most of the afternoon.

Trent, one of Nathans good friends, stopped by with a little gift and wished Nathan a happy birthday. He even sang to him- it was so cute!

Once Jon got home we went to Chuck E. Cheese where we had pizza and the boys ran around playing all of the games. Nathan kept trying to play the skee ball game, but he couldn't roll the ball hard enough to get it up into the holes, so he finally just walked up and dropped them in! We thought this exhibited good problem solving skills even though it is against the rules of the game!!!

We then came home and Nathan got to open his presents from us. He got a cell phone, binoculars, a digital camera, a slip 'n slide and some new underwear! He was pretty excited about all of his new stuff!

Last but not least, we sang to him and had cake and ice cream. Like I mentioned before, Nathan loves the alphabet so he got a letter "N" cake! He loved it and it was so easy to make!

Aren't birthdays so fun?!!!

Heading upstairs to get ready for bed with all of his new presents. I guess he really loved them since he took them all to bed with him and is sleeping with them. What a funny kid! I love Nathan a lot and am so glad that he is part of our family.

Happy Birthday!!!

Grandma Roberta

On Monday, April 28th, Jon's Grandma Roberta Little passed away. She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandma and she will be greatly missed. We had the privilege of flying to Utah last weekend to attend her funeral.

This was the boys' first time flying (that they can remember) and they loved it! I was a little worried about how they would do, but they did great. Max slept the whole time and Jon entertained the Jake and Nathan with movies and activities.

We spent the first night at my little sister, Wendy's house in Provo. Their pump wasn't working so her husband, Derek blew up this mattress by himself- we were all very impressed! We had a fun time visiting with them even though it was a short visit.

The next morning we went to BYU and walked aroud campus and bought BYU shirts and hats at the bookstore. This is a picture of one of the sound rooms in the Eyring Science Center that Derek does research in. The room is set up so that no sound waves can bounce off of any of the walls. If you were standing on one side of the room you could barely here the people talking on the other side- it was really weird and really cool. He also took us to an echo room where everything echoed really loudly- the boys really liked yelling in that room!

I don't think we are ever going to get a decent picture of the 5 of us, but I'm going to keep trying!

Friday night we drove up to Kaysville for the viewing and then Saturday was the funeral. All four of the daughters spoke (including Jon's mom) and Jon's older sister, Emily, spoke to represent the grandchildren. Everyone did such a nice job portraying what a great life his grandma lived. It was a nice tribute to her. Jon was honored to be one of the pall bearers.

This is a picture of Jon with his Grandpa Ernie. Jon has always looked up to his grandpa and has a great respect for him. He has lived a wonderful life and has a lot to be proud of. He was always so loving towards his wife and we all shed a few tears watching him say his final goodbye to her as they closed the casket. He is a great example to all of us and we really love him.

Here is Jon's sister, Annie, holding Max. All of his sisters are always so helpful whenever we come to visit- it's a nice little break for Jon and me!

This is Jon's oldest sister, Emily. She has 5 kids of her own and they live in Kansas. It was nice to see them and we are excited to spend more time with them when we all meet in Delta next month.

Here is Jon's sister, Heidi, playing with the boys during the luncheon. Again, they are always so helpful. She took the boys to the nursery to play so that Jon and I could actually sit and eat!

We flew home Saturday night. Jake and Nathan loved the moving walkways in Salt Lake's airport!

When we landed in Orange County all of the terminals were already shut down so we got to get off of the airplane outside. It was so fun for the boys to be able to see the airplane so up close!

Another highlight of the trip for the kids was the baggage claim! They loved watching the bags go round and round and they had fun running around the the circle over and over again- their endless energy never ceases to amaze me!

We had a nice trip even though it was so short and we really appreciate Jon's grandpa helping us pay for the flights so that we could all be there for the funeral. We will all miss Grandma Roberta but her memories and legacy will live on...