HAFB Air Show

I'm so glad we were able to make it to the air show this year, it was amazing!

My parent's came with us and Will was over the moon excited to be looking at airplanes with Pa.  It was heart racing watching them doing acrobatics in the sky!

They also had different types of planes and helicopters on the ground to look at.  Will loved every opportunity he had to climb inside them.

The boys were pretty impressed with all the planes.  It is kind of adorable to watch how much they all love it.

I love this picture soooooo much!  Both of my boys making airplane noises.  Too cute for words.

Grandpa and Grandma bought Will an airplane before we left and he was in little boy heaven!  He played with it for the rest of the day.  I'm so grateful for the memories we are able to make, they are priceless.

Movie Time

Dave's work had a family day this past week and took everyone to see the Incredibles 2.  It was our first time taking Will to see a movie in a movie theater so we were not sure how he would do.  He was quite busy, but we made it through the show.  It was a little bit crazy but totally worth it when he left the theater yelling "I'm super!".  Yes you are buddy. 

Trucks!

We had such a fun opportunity this week to go to the library with some friends for a Touch the Truck event.  All of the city trucks were there and the kids were able to see and climb inside of them.  It was pretty neat.

I think Will liked the Fire Truck best.  I told him when he climbed inside to just look with his eyes and not touch anything, but the Fireman told him the truck was indestructible, so he had free reign.  It was so darling to watch him climb in and out of the trucks.  What a good memory! 

Of course I had to add this picture, Will holding hands with his best friend Oliver.  Aren't they the cutest?  They were feeling the bristles on the street sweeper but didn't want to let go of each other's hand.

Father's Day/Dave's Birthday

This year was extra special because Dave's birthday happened to land on Father's Day.  Will loves to wear Dave's hats so I got them matching hats, which were pretty adorable.  We also made sure to celebrate by eating one of Dave's favorite treats, root beer floats.  This has become one of our Father's Day traditions.  Will and I are incredibly lucky to have this wonderful man in our lives.  He is so serving and caring.  I don't know what we would do with out him.  He is our best friend.

Adoption BBQ

It was crazy windy, but we had an amazing time at our adoption groups summer social.  We were especially lucky because Will's Birth Mother, Brooke, was able to come with us.  We really treasure the time we are able to spend with her.  Since everyone there is part of the adoption community it got us reminiscing about how we met and when Will was born.  It was so special to look back on those beautiful memories and all the things that brought us together.  

When we dropped Brooke off at her house at the end of the evening, Will did not want her to go.  It was such a tender moment.

I am so grateful to all of these wonderful women that I am able to work with.  They do so much to help out in the adoption community, I don't know what I would do with out them! 

Easter Time

This Easter was so special.  It is the first Easter that Will somewhat understood what was going on.  We started off our Easter weekend by going to an Easter Egg Hunt with Will's cousin Clara.  These two little cuties have fun together and it was adorable to watch them running around picking up eggs.

We went to a little farm to do the Easter Egg Hunt and Will just loved climbing on the old tractors.

He did so well at finding the eggs this year and putting them in his basket instead of trying to carry them all.  It is amazing to see the changes just one year makes.  I can hardly believe how much he has grown.

The farm also had a lot of different animals for the kiddos to pet and they even got to feed the goats.  Will just loved it.

Later in the day we went over to my parent's house where Will was able to go on another Easter Egg Hunt with his cousin Aria.  My Mom bought bags and stickers for them so they could decorate their bags and then go hunt for eggs.  It was so cute watching them putting stickers onto their bags.

They raced around the yard looking for eggs and they both made a very good haul.  Will got more eggs from Grandma and Grandpa than he got from the Easter Egg hunt at the farm.  They sure love to spoil them!

Easter morning Will discovered the Easter Bunny had come.  We didn't want to overload him with candy, so instead he got some books and a little stuffed animal as well as a dart gun.  He was quite happy with it all.  I love watching the joy and excitement on his face as he gets to experience the holidays.  Even better than the Easter Egg Hunts and the Easter basket we were able to talk about the Savior and all that he has done for us.  If you ask Will why we celebrate Easter he will tell you, "Jesus" and I love that most of all.

Easter Traditions

When I was growing up, each year for Easter we made what we call Easter Surprise Cookies.  They are a shortbread type of cookie with jelly beans in the middle for the surprise.  I was so excited this year to continue the tradition with Will.  I decided to invite a couple friends to come over and be a part of this fun tradition.

Once the cookies have baked, you dip them in a glaze, kind of like coloring an Easter egg.  Then you finish them off by adding sprinkles.  I think Will's favorite part was eating the sprinkles, silly boy!

Once our cookies were all decorated we put them in some fun little Easter containers for the kids to take home.  I think our first year doing Easter Surprise Cookies was a success.  I hope Will enjoys these traditions as much as I did when I was a kid and I can't wait to share these fun traditions with more kids as our family grows!