The Harris'

More Summer!

2011-08-30T16:00:00.001-06:00

4th of July is really one of my favorite holidays. It's so fun! After 3 years of me begging and Brandon dragging his feet, he finally consented to going to the parade with me! He's such a good sport and really hates parades! Dax's favorite part was eating taffy with Grandma Kris!

We also went up to Teton Campground to go horseback riding. Probably one of my most favorite things to do. It's so beautiful and peaceful up there! And seeing horseback is even better. Shannon and Layne made tin foil dinners for us and we had such a fun afternoon.

This was Dax's first horseride. He knew just what to do!

Then we went to the rodeo that night to watch Nichole and the girls ride!

They did so good and Dax was such a trooper! We stole Frank's hat while he was sleeping

and I think Dax looks pretty good! Binky and all!

Later in July we went to the zoo with the cub scouts! Yeah, I know, a zoo within a zoo. It was fun though. Dax was pretty fascinated by all the animals!

Especially the lions....he was ready to climb right in!

Amongst all our playing we did have to fit in laundry! My little guy likes to help me sort the laundry. He's a big help! I put in the basket, he throws it out! I throw it out of the basket, he drags it back in!

We also had a Jacobs' Family Reunion. I love this reunion. My cousins are like my siblings. We've all been so close all growing up and now we are all having kids of our own. This is Kyle and his daughter Kloee, and Lindsay and her daughter Elizabeth. Dax is a little girl trapped cousin wise!

He and Kloee with their sweet hats trying to steal the ball from each other!

I tried to get him to love the dirt, didn't work too well. He wasn't loving it...oh well soon enough I'll wish he didn't love the dirt so much!

Father's Day!

2011-08-30T15:48:00.000-06:00

Not a better grandpa to be found!! We're so grateful for the father's in our life. It's so fun to watch Grandpa Layne with Dax. He is the sweetest and it makes me cry almost every time. He's never too tired to play with him or any of the other grandkids. We appreciate all he does for us and the example he is to us!

We Harris sisters-in-law consider ourselves pretty lucky to get to be married to these awesome hunks! You'd never guess they were brothers?! I'm a little partial to the top left one...

None of us would be here with out these two amazing people!

I love Layne and Beverly like my own parents! I'm so lucky to have in laws that are so great! Their home feels like my home!

3 generations of Harris men...what a legacy you have in front of you Dax!

You're a lucky little boy!

How blessed I am to have these two boys in my life. I am so grateful for them both. This is what life is about! It's not about possessions or accomplishments, it's about family and I sure love mine!

Ah Summer!

2011-08-30T15:40:00.000-06:00

A lot has happened in the last few months. We've had a wonderful summer and have been all over. Little things have meant a lot more to me having Dax around. It's so fun to watch him experience popsicles for the first time, watching the amazement in his eyes as he watches fire, tasting the goodness of smores, riding horses, watching a butterfly land and take off again, feeling the weird sensation of grass on his feet...(he's not sure he loves that feeling like I do!). Our first accomplishment this summer has been getting him to crawl. He used to just use his arms. Both at the same time...he looked like a seal. Then dad decided to shove a toy in his shirt so he couldn't touch the ground with his belly...After much dedication and trial and error from many he figured it out! He went from this..

to this...

To finally this!!

He learned on the grass, not loving the feel of it made him get on all fours! He's a crawling machine these days. We race down the hallway and he gets going so fast he face plants!

On to our summer... It started out with my birthday. June 17 and we celebrated at the cabin. That plastic birthday cake has been with me for most of my birthdays since I was 5! Glad it's still around all these many years later!

Mardee, Tyler's daughter, has a birthday the day after mine so we celebrated together. She was turning 8, so the 8 was hers!

Mom, Rich, Brandon, Dax and I went to the Playmill for my birthday and that cute boy to my right sang to me! When I was little I used to love to go up on stage, and I won't lie, it was still fun at 28!

We took some family pictures while we were up there with all my family.

All the grandkids! Such cuties!!

Mom and Rich worked tirelessly to get Dax to crawl!

We had so much fun up there. We played all weekend doing all sorts of things like...

Shooting...

Rich is the man!

Pretty sure he got a bulls eye!

And me...not so much! I just played with the guns!

Dax loved swinging!

Watching many horseshoe games...

And took long walks...I think we wore him right out! But we had a wonderful time in Island Park! One of my most favorite places to be!

Dax's 7 month photo shoot

2011-05-23T21:47:00.003-06:00

My little guy at 7 months! He's a pretty photogenic kid! :)

Photo Shoots!

2011-05-23T21:06:00.003-06:00

Oh how I love pictures! I love taking them, looking at them, and scrapbooking them--which my new favorite thing has turned into online scrapbooks i.e. Shutterfly and Mixbooks. Anyway, I really love professional photos, however, paying for the all the ones I want isn't always the easiest. So...I decided to try my hand at taking pictures and attempting to edit them. Obviously you can tell I'm amatuer, but I captured the cute little face and that's really all that matters! My little Dax is pretty good for the camera. Here's a little peek into our shoots! These are of Dax at 6 months.

My Grandpa Franks' cowboy hat.

My little camo man!

Dreaming of his football days...

He's a happy little guy always!

Getting Bigger!

2011-02-23T13:49:00.003-07:00

I can't believe how fast time goes by. When I was pregnant, the first 6 months seemed like an eternity...now that he's here it's a blink of an eye! I love it and hate it all at the same time. I have enjoyed every minute of being a mom and spending every day with my handsome boy. He is so much fun and getting bigger every day. His first two teeth have just emerged...and he was a champ! Hardly even fussy at all. A few things Dax loves....

1--His Mom

2--His Dad

3--Story time...every day after bath time. He will sit completely still. My favorite time of day.

4--His feet rubbed

5--Bath time...he splashes all the water out of his tub multiple times in one bath.

6--Patty Cake

7--His cereal

8--His Jumper

9--Watching basketball games...I took him to Boise to watch the girls play and he sat and watched the entire 2 hour game without a peep.

10--Being wrapped up tight and snuggling!

Here's a few pictures of the last little while...

My big boy eating his cereal! He loves it....the first few times I think we had more on his face and bib than we did in his mouth! He's getting it down now and lunges for the spoon! He even tries to help me!

And he gets mad if I don't get it in fast enough!

Just a few dribbles!

Telling Dad how good this stuff is! He's gotta try it!

I just love the look on his face!

My little snow bunny sittin in the big kid's chair!

He loves to play peek-a-boo!

He is the happiest baby! I'm so lucky, I love just listening to him laugh and talk all day long.

Almost rolling over! He gets so close and those dang arms get in the way!

Christmas

2011-01-20T16:15:00.012-07:00

We had such a wonderful Christmas. It was so fun celebrating Dax's first Christmas. We went a little crazy, but loved every minute! Our little man makes everything more fun!

The Christmas season barely started and already they're worn out! Like father, like son!

Daxton and cousin Jillian--he's only 2 days older!

Yes, we were the lucky ones to be Mary and Joseph!

Seriously Mom?! I can't even see!

Sweet little Emma with Dax. He was baby Jesus at all the family parties!

Brazen and Dax

Dax and cousin Kloee

Great Grandma Gerry and Dax, with the stocking she made him for Christmas.

Everyone needs a Snuggie!!

Dad and Dax

Opening his tool bench from Dad! Sure it says ages 3 and older, but he's almost 3!

Grandma Kris and Dax in his new Christmas PJs from her!

Dax's loot! Yep, he has no idea!

Uh, Mom, can't see....again, humiliating!

Dax's Christmas outfit from Grandma Beverly. The feet had Santa faces on them and he would stare and stare at them with a look like, " Mom, why do you feel the need to humiliate me like this?!"

Our little family! What a great year!

For Reilly! :)

2010-01-12T16:56:00.011-07:00

So these are for Reilly, because every time she looks at the blog she asks if I'm still fourwheeling! This is our photo shoot with Shanny, my sister-in-law. It was so fun. The first picture is our joke because I'm always posing for every picture! Thanks Shanny! Enjoy Rei!

True hillbillies!

Ah He's so tough!!

My brother said it looks like we got caught makin out in the wheat! Hmm...maybe we did! :)

2009-10-06T18:15:00.019-06:00

As a last of the summer fling, before I started school again, we decided to go fourwheeling to Packsaddle with Shane and Jo and Nate and Nancy. We had such a great time! It was a perfect end of summer trip!

All the girls!!

We had so much fun! Brandon loves going as fast as possible down any little trail...my hands were a bit tired from gripping for dear life!

Nate and Nancy stylin in the Razr

We were like a bunch of little kids on the rope swing. It was so much fun!

Nate on the swing...

Brandon on the swing... Jo on the swing...

Nancy on the swing...

Megan on the swing...

And finally, Shane on the swing...brought his swimming suit and everything ..and he actually jumped off into the water. Such a brave guy...

All of us at packsaddle!

Me and Nancy doing a little destruction!

A long, fun filled day! I'm a bit dirty...

Camping at the Modoc

2009-10-06T17:44:00.026-06:00

Over Memorial Day we went camping to the modoc. When I was a little girl campers were like a swear word! "We rough it when we go camping!" "Tents are the only way we camp!" Well, times have changed and so have the phrases. "We can't go camping, our camper's broke!" "We have to go somewhere the camper's fit!" Needless to say I guess we've gotten a little weak or smart in our older ages. However, Bradon and I have yet to get a camper. So we took the next best thing, no not a tent...our snowmobile trailer. It had all we needed: a mattress inside, our grill, a little heater, a bathr....wait, no bathroom. Almost perfect! So we still, kinda roughed it!

Just us! I love us!

We celebrated Ian's birthday up there Elmo style! Lori is so creative! Tanner was loving picking off all the candy and licking all the cupcakes...made them super tasty for the rest of us!

We love fishing! Tyler packs all the girls and Frank and we go early in the morning! They all love it, and even have their own tackle boxes.

A little photo shoot in the camper. It was raining outside so we had to make the best of a bunch of little ninos in a small space!

Wedding!

2009-07-07T13:56:00.022-06:00

I know it's been 8 months...but I figured better late then never. Here's a sneak peak at the best day of my life! November 14, 2008

Our engagements were so fun! For one Brandon struggled with keeping his eyes open, and for another...posing is a struggle! She told him to lay on top of me for the picture...yeah didn't work. I was laughing too hard and the grass was soaking wet! Oh well makes for fun pictures!

We're trying to look GQ...not sure if it's working.

Sitting in a little water on the rocks!

More of the engagments

A couple of the bridal pics..

This was one of the funniest moments. My family is not the most affectionate family ever. Cindy, my photographer, has my two brothers come for pictures. If you know Tyler and Zac, you understand that them and pictures don't really do well. Anyway, she wants them to put their arms around me and all of us end up in a big hug. Yeah, these pictures let you know it didn't work out so well. Tyler was like, what the h...then Zac was being a smart alec, and I couldn't help but die laughing.

It was a beautiful day!! The best ever!

At the temple...our photographer wanted us to be all romantic and have Brandon kiss my neck...well the look on my face tells you how romantic it was as I bust out laughing. It's a bit vampirish!

All the little ninos on my side of the family...Ian wasn't so happy about the situation.

The reception wouldn't be the same without a little cake time! I'm not sure what I'm saying at this point, but I'm sure it was sassy!

Three generations of beautiful women!

Me and Pam and Kate...the best part about all of this was that within 6 months, the three of us were married. Kate started it in October, I followed in November, and Pam brought up the rear in March. Best friends since we were little and all married at the same time. It was so fun!!

Me and my little girls

All my side of the family

The Harris' being a bit...well themselves!

The whole Harris clan!

Success!!

2009-05-05T15:19:00.002-06:00

So, I think I'm getting the hang of this whole blogging thing. My wonderful sister-in-law Kelly graciously took me step by step. I'm excited to enter this blog-crazed world.

As an update on Brandon and I, life is going so well. I just got a new job!! It's so bittersweet. I will be teaching 5th grade at Madison Middle School in Rexburg. I'm so excited, but so sad to be leaving Mud Lake. It's been home for so long.

We've been finishing our basement...and when I say we I mean Brandon. The Harris brothers have been so great to come and help. It's comic relief for me to sit upstairs and listen as they all try to act like they are right! A few colorful words decorate the air as well! :)

As well as the basement, we have also been working on our yard. We planted some trees last December...the prime tree planting month! Our neighbors thought we were crazy because not only was it December and freezing outside, it was also dark. However crazy we appeared, we are coming out triumphant as the trees are starting to bloom!

We are loving life. I can't wait for May to end and my summer to begin. This will be my first summer in almost 7 years that I can do what I want! I will be going through some withdrawals as EFY approaches and I am not wearing a brightly colored polo with matching earrings. I will survive though because I have Girl's Camp to take the place of EFY! Bring on the all nighters with the bears!