Yellowstone Family Reunion

Overload of pictures and this is not even HALF of them from our trip :)

Back in June we headed to Island Park, and Yellowstone for over a week, it was a family reunion that my grandma wanted to do this year for her 80th birthday! My dad and Aunts told her they would take her anywhere in the world for her birthday out of the country, anywhere she wanted and she told them she wanted to have the whole family in Yellowstone with her kids, grand kids, and great grand kids! We used to go every year when I was younger so it was great to be able to go again!


-Saturday, we got to Island Park and just hung out and visited with family we had not seen in FOREVER! The cabins we stayed in were so beautiful and so nice, they were huge and even had a spa in the front! Saturday night we had dinner and a special tribute to my amazing Grandma Colleen for her 80th birthday! What an amazing grandma me and my family are blessed with, she is one of a kind and we sure love her to death!

-Sunday, We headed into Yellowstone for the day with the whole family, we looked for animals and had lunch while waiting for Old Faithful to go off! It goes off every 90 mins, it is really cool but I remember it being way more awesome as a kid haha so hopefully B thought it was really cool! After Old Faithful we hiked to Fairy Falls (5.3 miles I think it was) me the pregnant woman I was 23 weeks did the whole thing and so did my awesome 80 year old Grandma! It was so beautiful! Brysen held his first fish that my cousin Steve caught and from that point in the trip was OBSESSED with fishys, as B would say! Brysen also peed on Kyle haha, so they both smelled like pee the whole hike!After the hike grandma bought everyone ice cream for being such troopers on the hike! It was such a fun day! Later that night we all got in the spa at the cabins!

-Monday, was just a relaxed do what ever you want day, we headed into West Yellowstone and watched one of the IMAX movies, and went to the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery! They had the baby grizzlies out that didn't look to little till we went back again on tuesday and saw the big grizzlies! They were so funny to watch and have quite the personalities! We got some yummy huckleberry ice cream, which is a must!  Later we had family pictures with EVERYONE in the family, I don't think we have all ever been in one place at one time before so it was pretty amazing! After that we went to a dinner and show at Macks Inn! Kyle got up early and went out fishing on Henry's Lake! Kyle fished EVERYDAY that we were on vacation, needless to say he is so so obsessed with it and so is my brother James and Bro in Law Stewart!

-Tuesday, we went back into West Yellowstone and went back to the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery, we also did some shopping and just hung out in town, it was so fun I have always really enjoyed hanging out in West Yellowstone all the shops are so cool! We also road my Aunt and Uncles 4 wheeler, Kyle did some more fishing of course! We had dinner almost every night at my Aunt and Uncles cabin and our cabins were all also stocked with TONS and TONS of food! Brysen would ask about every 2 mins to ride the 4 wheeler! I wish you could hear how he says it too cause it is so dang cute :)

-Wednesday, everyone but Us and the Christensen's headed into the park to Lamar Valley where they have tons of wolves and bears just out in the Yellowstone park to see! We didn't go cause it is a long drive and didn't want to have the kids in the car all day! So we just went into the park, Stew and James fished and we saw some wildlife and saw a waterfall! Later we went back into West Yellowstone for more ice cream and meet everyone at Gusher pizza which has to be the only good food place!

-Thursday, we went out on my Uncle Dales boat on Henry's Lake with James and the Christensen's! All of us caught fish except Stew haha he was kind of having bad luck! Shana caught like 3 or more she was showing everyone up! Later after fishing we went and floated down the river, I don't think I would ever do it again haha it was so so fun but it took like over 3 hours, we had lots of entertainment my little brother fell out into the river and ella freaked out when she caught a fish and Kyle freaked out when a bee came around, needless to say there was lots of laughing involved in this nice long float down the river! We got stuck about a million times cause the river was not very deep in tons of places haha so Stew and Kyle would get out and have to push us! So fun!

-Friday was the time to head back to Utah, We stopped at Bear World, which I have to say is very awesome, I loved it! You drive threw different sections and they have an albino elk and buffalo and lots of other wildlife that will walk right up to your car and is just all around you, they have TONS of bears and you have to keep driving or the bears will try to get your cars haha, one of my cousins got his license plate frame thing eaten off by a bear haha! You can drive threw as many times as you want and it is seriously so cool! They have rides for little kids and a petting zoo and all the cute little tiny baby bears! The cubs are so cute to watch and play! You can also feed the bears and baby bears but it is a little expensive! This was prolly one of my favorite places that we went on vacation , it was so so cool!

I am sure I am missing other stuff we did but my pregnant brain can't remember everything! This was such an amazing trip and I am so thankful for the memories that will last a lifetime! I am so thankful to have such an amazing family who made this trip so much fun and so glad we got to spend time with everyone on my dad's side of the family, We are so blessed to call them all family and they are all such amazing people! We love all of you and are so grateful for each and everyone of you :) A HUGE thanks to everyone who made this trip happen Kathleen for all your hard work and to my Dad and Grandma :) We sure love all of our family

20 Weeks

Last week we had our 20 week ultrasound to make sure that everything with the baby is normal and that he has all his fingers, toes, and his brain and everything is functioning the way it should! He is doing perfect! He loves to keep his hands by his face so it was hard to get a pic of his profile cause he always had his hand in the way! Everything with me is going well too except my fluid is a little high but they will just have to pay attention to that but nothing to worry about they said! We also are over half way there! I am actually 21 weeks now! We will have to probably have our little man early just like his brother! I genetically don't have the greatest placentas so in my last trimester I will have to be monitored a little more then normal! This little man is pretty active and has been doing flips and punching me and kicking me! This is my favorite part of pregnancy, all the kicks, getting a belly, and having more energy! I really enjoy being prego but this will probably be our last! We love our sweet little Cayden so much already and we look forward to meeting him and we can't wait to see if he will look like his big brother or completely different!

3 years

We can't even believe it has been 3 years since we said I DO! May 15 was our 3 year anniversary and I couldn't be happier with the life I have with this handsome man! We are both so blessed and have a great life together, it is not perfect but with him by my side it makes everything worth while! We have been threw so much the past 3 years and I am grateful for the good and the bad that has happened! We have been blessed with an amazing little boy and soon to be another! I am so glad this man is my forever and that we have been together 3 years and we still have eternity to go! I am so grateful to have an amazing husband and father to my son, and can't wait to see how he is with our new little boy on the way! My mom watched little B so we could go out on a date, we went to red lobster and saw Avengers, it was a great night! Babes thank you for putting up with me and loving me so much, you are the best man I could ask for and so happy that you are mine! Happy Anniversary, here is to forever with the man of my dreams <3

Random fun the past few months

We went to an easter egg hunt and B hated the easter bunny haha but of course loved getting eggs :)

Park time with friends and family! We are at the park at least once  a week with friends of cousins :)

My stepdad had a convention at the Cosmopolitan so we took a room key and went and hung by the pool all 3 days he was down there! It was a great pool for little kids and of course our little fishy loved it! Brysen is just like me when I was little and loves the water so much and he is fearless it is scary but he always has a very close eye and hand on him :) My friend Ericka and her girls came with us a few times and my other friend ciera and her daughter came one day and hung with us it was a blast :) 

More park time with his cute cousin Luke :)

Haircuts, his hair grows SO fast just like mommy and daddy's

Of course we also always swim at my moms, on memorial day brysen swam for over 4 hours and got tired towards the end, he is such a fish and would swim all day everyday if i let him :)

Puddle Jumper is the best invention ever, especially for this crazy man cause we don't have to hold onto him every sec cause he loves to go under :)

So this has been our life over the past months that have passed! I am sure I have missed things but this is most of it! We try to keep busy and do fun stuff with the little man! I really need to try and be better about updating this blog so we can look back and remember all of the fun times :)

Disneyland In March

Brysen and I headed to California with my sister Shana and her kids for a few days back in March and of course we went to Disneyland, we had such a great time! We hung out and just relaxed most of the time with Shana's sis in law and her kids and she lets us stay with her! We went and walked down by the beach and hung out by a park right near the water cause it was way to cold to even hang on the beach and swim in the water! Then of course the next day we hung out all day in Disneyland, Brysen wasn't to sure about all the rides at first and then LOVED them! He is such a thrill seeker so I was surprised at first when he didn't really like the rides! He still LOVES all the characters and would probably take one home with him to play with all day everyday if he could! Such a fun trip and thanks to Anna for having brysen and I and to Shana for letting us tag along :)

Playing catch up

He popped all 30 ballons and thought it was the best thing EVER

He loved the cake frosting well the fondant haha 

Sorry for all the blog postings but I am going to play catch up with the year that has already flown by, I have become a slacker at posting whats going on in our life :)

Well my sweet baby turned 2 in March! We can't even believe it! Where is the time going???? We left for Disneyland on his actual birthday! When we got back we had a little party for him at my moms, we had cake and ice cream and then we swam afterwards! I had some girls at my work make him a Toy Story Cake cause he is OBSESSED with that movie! He loves buzz and woody! They did a great job and I was impressed! He was of course spoiled by all of our friends and family who came, so thank you to all :)
I can't believe how much he is changing and how much he looks like a little boy instead of a baby, kind of depressing cause I don't want him to ever grow up! He is talking so so much and is such a sweet boy, well most of the time he is sweet! This sweet boy has brought us so much joy for over 2 years and we sure love him more then he will ever truly know! He got a bike for his birthday and he loves it! I could go on and on and tell you everything about this cute man, cause we sure love everything about him and all the little things he does but I will spare you :)

Baby #2

We found out this week that our sweet little baby is a BOY! We are so excited and thrilled to be having another beautiful baby boy! From his profile and ultrasounds he looks so much like his big brother already! I am hoping for a dark haired boy this time around so we have a blonde hair blue eyed boy and maybe a dark haired blue eyed boy! I am going to be a mommy surrounded by boys and it makes me so excited! I already can't wait to hold my sweet little boy! His name is going to be Cayden Nicholas Compton! Its amazing how much you can love someone SO much you have never meet! Mommy, Daddy, and Brysen love you Cayden <3