Why I love being a stay at home mom...

These are just a few little videos that show my sweet boy and how much I love staying home with him! There's no place I'd rather be!!! I got some of his funny faces and greeting me as I come to get him out of his crib. He always follows me when I go in the bathroom, sticks his hands under the door, and waits for me to come out so I decided I would catch it on film. But this time he brought me a present! :D I also caught Tanner and his cousin being mischevious and getting into the snacks! I can tell already...Jaren + Tanner = TROUBLE! He also recently started saying mom so I have a few clips of that. Just little things but those are the things that make every day enjoyable. Hope you like it!

Vacacion de la Familia Coons

Take that Senor McBride! Now someone just needs to teach me how to type an N with the little squiggly over it and I'll be all set! :) So we went on vacation to Utah last week and it was lots of fun. We were very tired by the end but it was totally worth it. So here's a load of pictures for your viewing pleasure. Heeeeere we GO!

After a BBQ in the park with relatives Nate and Tanner enjoy a little relaxation in the grass.

We went to Temple Square and viewed the art on display at the Conference Center...beautiful!

A hike around Silver LakeAfter the hike we went back to Aunt Sharon's and enjoyed a little R & R on the lawn and ate some watermelon...well mostly Tanner ate and I got sticky.

He eventually took the whole thing from me and dug in! See...he's even got a little chunk on his eyelid. We call him our little piggy. If you wonder where he gets it from see the next picture.

We went out to eat at my cousin's restaurant (Utah Natives have most likely heard of it) One Man Band Restaurant. These were the BIGGEST pancakes I have EVER seen. The breakfast was so delicious!! Cedar BreaksFamily Hike around Alpine LakeThe Wildflowers were everywhere and so pretty!Tanner seemed to really enjoy it......for a little while. And then he crashed. Poor kid!

Utah is really gorgeous!

We saw a few plays while at the Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City. Together we saw "As You Like It" (pretty good) and "Comedy of Errors" (hilarious!). Then I saw the musical "The Secret Garden", which I loved, with Nate's mom and he saw "Henry V" with his dad.

On the way home we stopped at the Grand Canyon because Nate had never seen it. His Dad was reading a book which talked about all the people who've died from climbing on rocks at the Grand Canyon. So what does Nathan just HAVE to do when we get there????? Ugh...boys!

All in all it was a great vacation...considering no one died. It was really nice of Nate's parents to stay in Cedar City longer to watch Tanner so we could go to the plays. Once we got home we were pretty exhausted so we took a couple of days to relax and catch up on our sleep, laundry, etc. Fun times! Now we just have to get ready to do it all again because in about 3 weeks we're going to San Diego! Woo hoo! Anyway, that's about all there is to say. Except, I of course have to give a little Tanner update. Here's his latest and greatest. Enjoy!

He has made his way into plenty of nooks and crannies...here's one I caught on camera. This is our computer desk.

I have no idea where this face came from or what it means but it sure is funny.

This boy LOVES music! Even when my cell phone rings he sits there and bobs his head to the beat. Well. one day I was cleaning and had some Michael Buble playing and Tanner just couldn't help himself...he had to sing and dance along. I grabbed the camera and played the song a couple more times to get a few good clips.

And we took Tanner to his first baseball game. Too bad the Diamondbacks were totally squashed by the other team. Oh well...it was fun anyway.