There's a first time for everything

When Mark's family came down for Beck's blessing, we decided to go bowling. This was Henley's first bowling experience and she loved it.

Here is Mark's dad, brother, and sister.

Mark's mom and Beck

Henley giving it her all.

Another first was Beck's first swimming experience. He really liked it and Henley was so excited that we were all going swimming together.

Mark got us an underwater camera a few months ago and it gets used alot.

Thank goodness we don't have to pay for swim lessons with the best teacher in town.

Beck was really happy the whole time. He loves bath time so I wasn't surprised that he loved the pool. It was a lot of fun and now Beck can start swimming and hopefully be the good swimmer that Henley is.

Beck's Blessing

Yesterday we finally blessed Beck. It was such a great day, we had most of our family members there. Mark did a great job and luckily Beck behaved himself. He started crying as soon as they went up but then after a minute he fell asleep. Here are some pics of the day.

Of course uncle Jason was missing from the above photo so here is the "whole" family.

Me and Henley

Beck and Great-grandma Ruth

Our beautiful baby on his big day.

Henley was happy in this picture, Beck, not so much.

And everything else we've been up to.

Since I haven't posted in about a month here is a little bit of what we have been up to.

Henley helped aunt Kelsey and Grandma paint Kelsey's new room and furniture.

Just some cute kids

The life of a princess... This girl insists on wearing dresses almost every day. But lately she has wanted to wear dress-up clothes all day at home.

Like father like son.

Aunt Kelsey and Beck a few weeks ago.

I hope they call me on a mission...

The end of the summer

Here are the rest of the summer pictures that I forgot about. When we went to Snowbird with Mark's family it was Carter's birthday so we stopped at Chuck E Cheese on the way. This is now one of Mark's new favorite places and he wishes we had a Chuck E Cheese here.

Henley liked getting tickets and riding on the rides.

These pictures are from Snowbird. This one is at the top of the tram ride on one of the mountains.

Henley does not like to eat olives but now she likes to play with them.

Going to the fair is one of my favorite things about summer. It is not one of Mark's favorites but when we go with friends he doesn't mind as much.

Here is Henley looking at the goats.

Henley and her friend Parker.

Enjoying some cotton candy.

The next week we went up the canyon with my family for FHE.

Aunt Kelsey and Beck.

My adorable little boy.

Henley loved the marshmallows of course.

She tripped and fell down but when Mark went to help her this is what he found.

And this picture has nothing to do with anything but it sure is cute.

Snowbird Trip and Summer Fun

The first weekend in August we went up the Snowbird resort with Mark's family. It was a lot of fun. We went on the Alpine Slide (Mark fell out of Alpine Slide and got so battle wounds), went on the zipline, rode the mechanical bull, went up the mountain in a tram, and the kids got to play with Grandma. We also did family pictures which was especially great for us because I don't have a new family picture since Beck was born. Thanks to Mark's mom for watching both kids so Mark and I could go enjoy the activities.

The whole Huntsman family.

Our fam

The boys making fun of Carter's pose.

Henley and her only cousin Anya

Playing at the park.


The giant slide that the kids loved going on.

Also, since things have slowed down a little bit at work, Mark has got to spend lots of time with Henley. He said he is trying to steal her away from me. That will never happen she will always like me the best. Anyway, they have gone up in the mountains with the dogs, gone fishing, fed the ducks and built a fort. Mark even took her to Claire's (girl accessory store) when she stopped wearing Pull-Ups to bed. She has asked for her Daddy a couple of days when Mark has been at work, so she must really like both of us.

Henley wanted to play fetch in the backyard the other day. So we would throw something and she would pretend to be a dog and go fetch it. She ended up running right into the fence and biting her lip.

This was what I came home to last night. They were watching Alvin and the Chipmunks with popcorn in their "tent" as Henley called it.

Plus, we are so lucky because this is the other adorable face we get to look at everyday. Beck is now two months old. He is starting to make cute noises and he smiles and laughs all the time. He really loves Henley and tries to look for her whenever he hears her voice. He is the sweetest little baby and happy for the most part. He is sleeping good at night which helps keep me sane. All in all we couldn't be happier.

Gone Fishing

Last Friday I went shopping in Park City with my sister. I took Beck but left Henley home with Mark. They spent to whole day together and had a lot of fun. He told me later that he thought it was unfair to leave her with him without doing her hair and making it look cute before I left. He really doesn't like when her hair is not done or when she has stuff on her face. The next morning Mark wanted to take Henley fishing on the boat, so they went fishing. Henley loves fishing with Dad especially since he bought her her very own fishing rod. They did not catch any fish although Henley told me that they did, but I think they had plenty of fun.

Ready for the day

The real reason Henley loves fishing is the snacks. Swedish fish and sunflower seeds which she tries to eat but just spits everywhere (Mark got a video of that).

They did not bring towels but still decided to get completely soaked.

So glad they had so much fun.

You're how old?

On July 23rd Beck was officially one month old. I can not believe how fast that month went. I actually felt like I was barely pregnant, the hospital experience seemed like it never happened and the month flew by. We have been so busy this summer and that is probably why it went by so quick. This picture of him and Henley was taken on the 23rd. Henley was watching Mickey Mouse and asked if her baby brother could lay by her. She seriously loves her baby brother. Here are some other pictures of what we have been up to. We went over to feed the ducks at the park. Henley even fed one right out of her hand but that made her a little nervous.

I took these about a week ago, his shirt pretty much sums it up.

We went to Boise this weekend for Mark's Grandmas funeral. She was 92 and had been sick for awhile. While we were there Henley got to go swimming with Grandma Huntsman and Carter and Jill.

She loves swimming but is not a big fan of sprinklers or any kind. You can tell she was kind of enjoying this fountain.

Even though right now Henley is upstairs throwing a major tantrum in her room she is turning into a big girl. She started crawling out her crib lately so Mark took the front off and now she has a "big girl bed". She slept in it for the first time last night and fell out. Luckily, it's not that far off the ground. I have the cutest twin bed for her but I am waiting until I need the crib for Beck before I set it up for her. We have been lucky that she hasn't wanted to climb out yet so we could just stick her in there and she would go to sleep. Also, yesterday in nursery she brought home some paper with the fishes and loaves on them. She was talking about the fish and playing with them during sacrament. While we were eating dinner last night out of nowhere she says " Jesus blessed the bread and gave everyone a little bit." It brought tears to my eyes which sounds a little silly but it was the first time I knew that she listened in nursery. She always tells us that she sang songs and played in nursery but has never told us specifically what she learned. I guess I didn't expect at 2 1/2 that she would have the attention span to listen to a story about Jesus and remember it for later. What a special little girl we have. We love both of our kids very very much.

Busy Busy

Well life is pretty busy with two kids, who knew? Anyway, everyone is doing well here is what we have been up to. Beck had his first bath about two weeks ago, his cord fell off so early. I think Henley's took more than a month to fall off. He wasn't sure what to think at first but then he seemed to enjoy it.

Hanging out with Henley.

These kids have the exact same nose.

Henley loves taking bath's with Beck and even had to get in his little tub with him.

July 3rd- Five generation photo. Beck & Henley, Me, My mom, My grandpa Hale, and My great grandma Hale. I think she is 93 or 94 and now has 4 great-great grandkids. She was happy to finally get a boy the other three great-great grandkids are all girls.