Summer Time Madness part 1

Guys, I can't believe it's August. 

This Summer has been flying by and it has been such a blast! I have been well pleased with how many fun things Kyler and I have been doing. It's been a huge contrast with last summer when I was huge pregnant and tired and he was working more hours at his internship. We have been sufficiently busy (hence the long absence from blogging!) and I am very much looking forward to a rest from the craziness soon, but for now we are soaking it all in! I'm going to try and summarize a few of our random escapades so far. :) 

Summer fun #1: 

We got Henry a tiny baby pool and we love it. I love watching him splash away. :) He also clearly loves his rubber ducky. 

Summer fun #2: 

We've gone to quite a few parks as a family which has been so fun! Here are a bunch of pictures from those escapades: 

Summer fun #3: 

We spent a night at Kyler's mom and step dad's cabin in Woodland Hills. It was beautiful up there! This was my favorite moment: 

Our little niece Bentley turned one! We went to a little man made pond and had some fun swimming! Henry got to play with (and eat) sand for the first time! 

Summer fun #4:

Next we went to the Manti Pageant! We enjoyed the atmosphere and the beautiful setting. The next day we took a dip in one of our favorite ponds. The last shot from this trip is my attempt at a family picture while still out of the water. :) 

Phew! We made it. The rest of our summer will have their own blog posts so get ready for those! It's been a crazy few months but its also been so grand. :) 

Nursery Mobiles Part 2

This is a mobile I created to hang over Henry's diaper changing table! Now that the babe is a rolling machine, I wanted to make sure there was something he could look at to distract him so I wasn't constantly worried he would pop right off the table. (of course I still watch him when he is up there, the extra distraction just makes my job a little easier. :) )  Henry LOVES his, and is seriously glued to it almost the entire time I am changing his diaper. 

You will need: 

A sturdy, thin stick/branch from a tree

yarn

cardstock paper, as many colors as you want

a glue gun

scissors

a thumb tack

I started by cutting out my little "leaves." I just winged it on each one and didn't use a template. 

Once I cut them out, I cut out different lengths of yarn for each "leaf." (although they were close in length for the most part) I then hot glued the yarn at the tip of the leaves. (you could probably also use double sided tape and just put two leaves sandwiched together over the yarn. Since I didn't cut my leaves with a template, I didn't want to put forth the effort to make the front and back leaves match each other. :) )  

Once each leaf was glued, I tied them to the stick in the places I wanted. I then tied a piece of yarn in the middle-ish where the weight would be evenly distributed so the stick would lay straight when it was hanging. 

Next I used a thumb tack to stick it up in the ceiling above the changing table. Make sure it's high enough so the babe can't reach it. :) Also, keep it far enough away from the wall so it can spin in a circle without hitting it. 

There you go!