Where to begin....

When it has been so long since I last posted I dont even want to! BLAH! So here it goes this could be long!!!

PHIL:
Of course his biggest news is passing all his Pharmacy exams! He became licensed the 3rd week of July and has been on cloud nine since. haha I think at least a few times a week he says how nice it is to A. not be studying or B. not be working for free! He is lovin it!
So because of this he has been spending much more time with his fam! YAHOO! Love this. We even took a day and spent it in Park City and he took Koen on the Alpine Slide. Too bad Brigs needed to nurse at the exact time they came down...boo. Guess we'll have to do it again!

Us at a little family gathering

Such a cute/HOT daddy! Love him.

ALESHA:
Well I had a birthday and have officially decided no more newborns around my birthday I want to be able to go out KID free. That is a great present for myself. But we did manage to go out kid inclusive to Cheesecake Factory. It was delish. Minus the car trouble on the way home...side note we have spent over 2 grand on cars in 3 weeks! NOT FUN!

Me and Brigs, but only until he woke up...Phil was on 100% kid duty!

Other news for me is mostly just spending time with my boys, my mom, my sis and even seeing my Grandma a couple times.

July B-days in the Lovell Fam. Dylan Grant, Mom and Me

Sis and me with my cute little boy candied apple!

Me and my little buddy. I love him and want to squeeze his face off, especially when he is happy! Photo courtesy of Koen

Gram and me and Brigs

KOEN:
He has been enjoying a lot of brother time. Sometimes liked and often times disliked. Just the other day at the pool he said "I dont like him, send him back" He is a little jealous. I think it is hard for him, cause he knows what it was really like to be an only child being 3 when Brigs came, tough luck buddy. I like him and he isnt going anywhere. The good news is he is only a stinker to everyone BUT Brigs. To him he mister lover bug...seriously a little over board. The rest of us get the stink face/attitude all day long. It is awesome. not.



How sweet and innocent does he look in the picture below? If you only knew what happened early that day at pictures with Phil's family! YIKES! That cute face is what I want to smooch all day long! He has also become VERY attached to ALL of his blankets and stuffed animals since our new addition. He NEEDS to take them everywhere with us.

Over the past month Koen has also been mourning his nursery teacher! No she thankfully did not die, she got married. Which is just as bad to Koen. Everyday he talks about how he doesnt want new teachers, he just LOVES his old ones. And then when her announcement came in the mail he carried it everywhere. He even made her a card before her wedding to give her there. He said "I dont want my teacher to get married, I want to marry her" I keep trying to tell him in a few months he is gonna be a sunbeam and get new teachers anyway, but obviously Emily has the touch with Koen. She has that special place in his heart. ♥ awe, cutie.

Dr Tidwell (as he insisted on calling the mom,not sure why- they where both his teachers) Koen and Emily the beloved.

My mom had girls weekend with the old granddaughters, and of course Koen cause he lives here. He bawled when they went to get manicures and I wouldn't let him, poor kid. We need our own place so these things go on without him knowing. We did however allow him in on one pic! haha

Whitley, Grandma Shannon, Lucy
Claire and Koen

BRIGS:
Well he has been up to 4 things the last little while:
1. GROWING

1 month 2 weeks
1 month 3 weeks
1 month 3 weeks
2 months, smiling in his sleep

2.Crying- I've had a few rough patches, I was REALLY good for the first month and then weeks 6 and 7 were really hard. I cried a TON! Since then I have been a lot better but I still have my days. We are pretty sure it is a serious case of gas, because mom's milk comes too fast and too much. We are workin through it though and I seem to be lots happier with what we are doing!

2 months, Grandma and Grandpa watched both me and Lydia while both of our parents went to the temple, now those are some good grandparents! Good thing Lydia was a gem, cause I was Mister fussy pants!

3.BEING HELD/LOVED Everyone wants to hold the babe, and he straight up LOVES it. He gives big smiles for anyone who will chat with him.

Whitley
Claire

4-Shaving my head! My mom and aunt Nae shaved my head on the 27th of July. My hair fell out really bad in a U on the top of my head. The back was really thick and dark still. It looked silly so I was buzzed. Mom LOVES it. (serious, rubbing you face on it is amazing.) And now it is growing in really nice and even.

OTHER HAPPENINGS:

Strawberry pinnacles
Mid July we went on the Olsen family trip! We loved spending time with Grandma and Grandpa Olsen and that side of the family as well as good food, floating the river, hiking, games, and four wheeling( ko's personal favorite, and current birthday wish)

Grandma and Grandpa taking a snooze
The river made this trip for me this year. I LOVED it. Koen...not so much...screaming, tense hands and all.
Me and the hubs
The top of the hike. SCARY! I would hardly look over for fear of falling. It felt so good to hike!
Preparatory to the hike! Miss, Brit, and me

Cleveland Days

For the 24th of July we went down to my sisters house for Cleveland days. It was fun to go with most of my fam and Phil for the first time...he had never been there! My mom and I stayed an extra couple of days and went to the new pool in castle dale! it was a good time!

Of course wrestling with Grandpa is a highlight!
Who's who? Its all fun and games till they want it off!
Lydia and Brigs. 2 months and 2 weeks apart.

Day Break Lake
We have gone twice in the past week or so. The first time I met my two good friends Michelle and Chelsea and there kids! The kids played so good! Good thing we picked the windyest day to go! Still so fun!

Chels me and chelle...courtesy of Koen
me and chelle. LOVE HER!
Macee and Wyatt
Koen Raegan and Seth. Love this pic, they are having so much fun!

Then the other day I went with my mom and Aunt Lieu.

Surprisingly a good pic of Koen. He is anti pic right now...or anything else you might want him to do.

Oak City Days
My dad is from a little town called Oak City it is right outside of Delta. We go down every year for the town party and a little family reunion. I love it. Not to live there love it, but to visit love it! Too bad the only pics I got where of the kiddos!

Claire
Whitley and Libs look like they are having fun. Whitley sprained her ankle the night before, so she is allowed to be less than enthused? Whats with you Libs? lol
Koen with his prize water balloon. We all wore our Lovell shirts. It was great to keep track of one another!

Murray Pool:
We frequent Murray pool. We love it.Too bad at the first of the summer Ko was super daring and swam all over with his life jacket and then once Brigs was born he decided to be a fraddy cat. Or maybe an attention seeker ;) haha decided we ought to snap a few pics before summers end.

What a pose Kaders
Ko's classic position.
cutie.
jump! into the 6 inch water. lol
my boys and me
sweetness
Best of friends
Also best of friends. Another one courtesy of Koen. I think we have a budding photographer. haha