Ogden Family Reunion

We had a fun time with my family this summer doing a variety of things and one of those things was the family reunion.
Luckily everyone was able to make it except for my brother in law Brandon who was working and couldn't get away.

We went to the zoo, it was a lot of fun and all of the cousins had a great time playing with each other.
They went on the carousel,

watched all of the animals


and took pictures in front of the Rhino statue.


Makayla even measured up to the infant gorilla, it was way cute.


Great Grandpa Spencer and Makayla had a fun time giving each other looks. She kept looking over at him when she thought he wasn't looking and then getting surprised when she saw that he was looking at her...super cute.


Somehow McKenzie was elusive for all of our pictures at the zoo but she wasn't able to escape the family pictures.
Everyone looked their best that day and for the most part everyone was happy and well behaved.


I hope that everyone had a great time cause we sure did.

Cookie Monster

Makayla loves loves loves Oreos. She just has this one horrible thing when it comes to eating them, they get EVERYWHERE!
Most of the time I completely strip her down and immediately put her in the bath afterward.

This one particular day she was way out of control so I just shoved her in her high chair and gave her the cookie.
I came back and she naturally was covered

but the color of her blue shirt just made her eyes look amazingly beautiful and despite the cookie covered face I just had to take lots and lots of pictures.

I don't know what you think but I think she looks gorgeous even with the cookie coating

Fishing!

I know that it is a complete shock that I am FINALLY updating the blog but give me a break I have been doing a ton of homework.

Anyway we had a great summer filled with with really fun things.

One thing that we did was to go fishing with my parents and siblings. The plan was that we would all catch a bunch of fish and then have them for dinner the next day. Granted went to a place that is stocked with fish regularly so we were sure we would be fine.

Well we waited and waited...got really muddy, and one fish was caught. Jordan was the first to get one and it was a little under whelming.


After that Jordan and Garrett sat down and played with a snake that they had found. Garrett was a little weary about it and kept practically jumping out of Jordans arms to try to get away.

Makayla mostly hung out with Grandpa Ogden. She had lots of fun just sitting on his lap and wandering around the 3 different ponds in the area.

After about an hour and a half we had about 6 really small fish and then all of a sudden a HUGE fish jumped out of the water.
Guess who had it on his pole...Garrett. (okay it was actually the girl running the place who caught it but she immediately gave the pole to Gman and he with my help reeled it in)
He was so thrilled. He really didn't want to touch it but we made him so we could take a picture with the catch of the day.

It was enough to feed us all so we packed up and headed home.
It really was a great day and I look forward to doing it again next year.

Oregon Coast

In July we had a wonderful Fitzgerald Family Reunion in Seaside, OR.
It was an absolute blast and we had a lot of fun hanging with the fam and such...unfortuantely we didn't document the trip very well. We did manage to have a cute pic taken of Jordan & I on the beach though.
Jordan also took some beautiful shots of the coast.

It was a great vacation and I can't wait for the next one :)

Beautiful Kids

The other night Jordan was working on the shed and the kids and I were just playing in the sand and grass and they were being so cute I just had to whip out the camera
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I love the little smirk on Makaylas face in this pic
It really amazes me everyday to see what beautiful little kids I have.

Garrett almost looks like he has gray hair on this pic due to all of the sand he threw in it..which is not a fun clean up btw

Makayla & her toys

Makayla got a bumbo for Christmas. She really loves to sit in and grab all the toys that she can. When she first started sitting in it she was so small that it just dwarfed her and now I can barely get her fat little legs in it. Unfortunately I don't have a recent pic of her in it and since she is asleep right now I definitely am not going to get one any time soon.Makayla also loves her other toys that were once Garrett's. He never really cared for them but now that Makayla is always playing with them he has decided that he also needs to help her play with them..or give her all the toys, and yes that is one of Jordan's shoes that he has also given her. Please note the dirty face on Gman -he hates for me to clean it up- don't judge me to harshly :)

Garrett's 2nd Birthday

Garrett's 2nd B-day Party was this last March and it was really fun. We had all the aunts & Uncles, Grandmas & Grandpas that could make it come over to the house for presents and birthday cake.Garrett being the car lover he is naturally had a Disney Cars birthday Cake. He saw it at Maceys and after that there was no way we could do a different cake. He also got tons of cars for his birthday including one that he can drive himself, as well as books, a music maker and clothes.
Mom & Dad also got him a bike.
Garrett was really cute, every gift he opened he would take it to someone for them to unwrap. Probably a bit premature but he was excited for it and one day he will really like it.