Provo Canyon

Last weekend I did some photos for my sister in law and her cute family. They were staying at their family's ranch up Provo canyon and so we brought the whole fam to tag along. After I was all done with their photos we left and were planning on getting dinner and heading home.

Clint and Bode tried to fish a bit at the pond at the ranch, but didn’t catch anything. Clint wanted to fish a little bit more so on the way out he said we were going to stop by the river and they were going to try and fish for a few minutes. I know how this “fish a few minutes” thing goes and I told him it was time for dinner. I also asked him if I should take Owen out of his car seat and he said no. Well. A few minutes goes by and I go to check on Owen and so far so good. Like 5 more minutes and I check again and he’s not happy. I get him out and we watch Clint try and fish a few more minutes. Owen loved looking all around and it was so beautiful. I’m guessing 20 has gone by. I’m ignoring the rumbling in my stomach (I hadn’t had lunch.) Every time I go to stand up from sitting down I start to feel dizzy. No big deal.

After no luck at the first spot Clint wants to go try another. I remind him that it’s dinner time and I don’t know how long I’ll be able to hold Owen off and that he’s kind of hard to watch around water, nature etc. So we get to the second spot and the boys are actually having a really fun time. Bode is kind of bored because Clint isn’t catching anything – but he was playing with leaves and just watching Clint. Owen on the other hand. He loved playing with the leaves and he was having fun as well, but trying to dive into the river. He did not want to be held or moved or touched at all. This proves difficult when every 10 seconds I have to save his life because he’s trying to go for the water. He can be a happy camper one minute and throwing a tantrum the next. Usually the tantrums happen around meal times. About 20 minutes had gone by and Owen just flips out. I take a screaming Owen over to Clint and ask him if we can go already. He then lectures me about how I’m such a party pooper and why was I complaining when everyone was having fun and stuff. He said I can not be spontaneous and if my life is not planned out by the minute then I flip out. Not true really. I was just hungry. And grumpy. And a few minutes turned into 40.

Anyways here are all the pictures!! We DID have a nice time even though Clint thinks I ruined our night with my bad attitude. SORRY LOVE.

We had dinner at 6:30 at some Carl’s Jr. on the way home and that was pretty fun too. I took Owen all the way up this jungle gym so he could go down a slide and he loved it – just like his big brother.

Pictures

 

I had just taken the boys out of the bath and was in the process of getting them ready. I’ve been having major sleeping problems lately and most nights I’m wide awake until 2am. The problem with that is by noon the next day I am DEAD. Like I feel like I want to die. 5 hours of sleep is just not enough. I wish I knew what the crap was wrong with me. Anyway – I hit a wall and decided I’d rather sit on the floor and watch the boys then finish getting ready.

They are just so darn cute. I love how they interact. I love how Owen wants to do every little thing Bode is doing. He’s so curious. I love how sweet Bode is with his brother. It’s just adorable. Bode saw me sitting back and taking pictures and wanted a turn. I do not normally let him touch my camera, but this time I said ok. He promised to be really careful and he was so cute about it.

Owen and I sat back and played while Bode tinkered around with the camera. I was actually really surprised with the pictures he came back with! I really didn’t pay him any attention while he was snapping away because I figured nothing would be in focus or we wouldn’t even be in the frame. I didn’t really notice until I had downloaded them to the computer, but the boy has skills! Future photographer in the house. :)

(I edited these on a gloomy rainy day so maybe that’s why they are black and white. Normally I always prefer color!)

Leaves

 

Bode doesn’t really like the leaves. He thinks they are scratchy and hurt him. My neighbors raked up a big pile and all the kids played and they threw them on Bode and he cried. Hard. He said the kids were being mean to him and throwing leaves in his face and down his shirt. Which they were doing. But the other kids were all just having fun. NOT him. Ugh.

I texted Clint asking him where our rake was (I’ve never raked leaves before…) and once he got back to me I raked up a bunch more. I made a big pile in our yard and my plan was to let Bode and Owen play in them. I didn’t want Bode throwing another fit. Well, it’s hard to exclude neighbor kids when they are all outside anyway – so we went for round two. Bode did have a lot more fun! He still didn’t like them touching his face, but he didn’t melt down.

Owen is so chill and goes with the flow. He love to explore and wander around playing with things he finds in the yard. This was Friday when Bode was out of school for fall break and it was such a beautiful day. The boys played and played until Bode could not handle anything anymore. I think he was tired and that was making him super grumpy and emotional. That is when we headed back inside! haha.

Fall!

I guess I like wearing sweaters and boots with the best of them – and I do love to bake with pumpkin. I’m finding myself missing summer and the warm weather though! Oh well. Fall is here to stay. We are trying to enjoy the last little bit of nice weather we have.

(This was last week before the rain hit. blah.)

Funny that nothing my boys are playing with/sitting on belong to us. Just Bode’s bike and that is all. The rest of this stuff is left out by neighbors. haha.

Busy Busy

 

I have been so busy with my photography business lately holy crap. Today we had nothing going on at all. I cleaned, did laundry, played with the boys, and even pulled out the big camera. They are growing up so fast I can’t even believe it. Bode dressed himself and Owen wasn’t dressed from his bath yet. They are still adorable. :)

Owen is a Climber.

This kid will climb on just about anything. It’s insane. I have tons of cell phone snappies of him climbing the most random things, but I will save that for another day. :)