Girls Night Out!

Yesterday was so much fun. We had a girls night out! It is so fun to get with everyone and hear what is going on in there lives. Thanks so much for everyone that came! It is so fun to get with girls that are the same age and going through some of the same things in life! We missed all of you that couldn't make it, but we are going to get together again sometime before I leave so make sure you keep your calendars clear and come and play!

Much needed break!

So for those of you that don't know Ty has came back from Texas. (YEAH!!!) He is done with all of his training there and is ready to move on to other things. Well we didn't know whether he was going to be able to come back to Utah for a little vacation or not until Wednesday. (FYI he had already bought a plane ticket to leave Texas first thing Thursday morning) So have I confused anyone yet?? Well being in the military we have learned not to make plans because for some reason they always change. When Ty arrived in Texas he was told that his next training after Texas was about 6 months out so they had told him to make plans to move us to Omaha and while we were in Omaha he would have to leave and go to his training in Washington. So we had made all the arrangments to move to Omaha on the 9th of October. Well the Tuesday before Ty was supposed to come home and start getting ready to move they recieved his SERE dates and they were from the 1st of October. So they didn't really know what to do and whether they were going to let him come to Utah for a break or stay in Texas and do casuals, but everything turned out okay and he was able to come back to Utah for a little break. The way to whole thing has turned out is going to be much easier on us. While Ty is in Washington doing his SERE training we will just stay in Utah. He gets done on the 19th of October, so he will fly back in on the 20th and they be a recruiters assistant for 2 weeks then we will pack up and drive to Omaha sometime around the first of November.

Since Ty was coming back we planned a weekend get-away to Logan. It was so fun and nice to just have some time to ourselves. It has been so nice to have him back home. I have sured missed him a lot and he is so helpful with the boys. They are also so excited to have him back.

Dinosaur Park again

Isn't this the cutest caveman you have ever seen!!


Yes I do believe that some of the individuals in this picture are the most dangerous creatures, but I'm not going to say who. We had such a fun time together. It is so great to have Ty back!


(This is Landen and Kenzi in the picture.)

Landen had so much fun at Dinosaur Park on his birthday that he just had to take his dad when he got here. So Ty flew in Thursday night and first thing Friday morning we were at Dinosaur Park again.

Landen is 3!!!

It is so crazy to think that we have a 3 year old, but I guess that's what happens when time flies on by. On his birthday we had a birthday party at Dinosaur Park. He had a blast! He had so much fun meeting new friends and playing with them so thanks to everyone that came! He has been pretty desperate for new kids to play with since we had to leave all his old friends in California ( He really misses his old friends and is constantly asking if we can go home). On Sunday we went to Grandpa and Grandma Loveless' for another birthday party where he was completely spoiled, but he loved every second of it. He was so funny he would open a present, put it done, then ask for another one. He really didn't care about what the present was he just wanted to open them. This morning he was finally interested in what was inside all those boxes he opened. In fact he woke up at 6:45 a.m and wanted his presents out of the care. It has been so fun watching him be so excited about his birthday.

Family Vacation

Our whole family came to visit us in California for Porter's baby blessing. I thought it would be fun to update everyone on what is going on with the Barker/Stanger/Loveless/Smith family. Steve and BreeAnne still live in Chicago. Bree is an ICU nurse and is working on receiving her bachelors. Steve is working for Blue Cross Blue Shield and is also working on his Masters. They still have their dog Guss and their cat Mino and they have added a new addition another cat named Newt. Bronson and Megan got married in March. Bronson works for my dad and Megan does home health care. They are living in the house that Ty and I use to live in. Cortney, Brooke, and Kenzi are all doing well. Cortney works for the city and Brooke works for Wells Cargo. Kenzi will be 2 in just 2 months. Brigette is going to be in Jr. High this year and Braxton will be in 3rd grade. My parents are very busy people. My dad is still building houses and my mom is still doing hair. So that is just a brief update on everyone.

Gilroy Gardens

On Saturday we went to Gilroy Gardens. It is an amusement park that also has some gardens and it is in Gilroy. Thus the reason its called Gilroy Gardens. Most of the rides are made for little kids, so Landen had a blast there. To be honest we all had a blast there. We went with our friends that also have 2 boys that are the same age as our 2 boys. I think Landens favorite thing to do their was driving the cars around. He took Ty on a ride then he came back and took Brigette and me on a ride. While he was driving Brigette and I around their was another kid driving a car coming for us and Landen looked at me and said those are crazy drivers. It was so funny! Gilroy was really hot compared to Monterey. When we left Monterey the fog was still in and it was probably only 60 degrees. Once we got out of the fog and into Gilroy it was 75 degrees. By the end of the day it had hit 90 degrees. (I know we shouldn't complain about that weather compared to what the weather has been like in Utah, but it was so hot compared to what we are use to.) To cool down we went and splashed around in their water park area. It was really just an area the size of a church gym with a slide, (not a water slide, just a plain old slide) some water guns that were attached to a fence, some buckets that when they filled up with water tipped over, and some water that shot out of the ground. We all had a lot of fun there!

Landen and his friends

Yesterday we had both of Landens friends over. They had a lot of fun together. He is really going to miss them. In the picture it goes Landen, Christian, then Kaeson. The other picture is of Aiden and Porter. Aiden is Christians new baby brother who is 6 weeks old. Landen gets really excited when Aiden comes over. He tells Porter that Aiden came over to play.