July In A Nutshell...

July has been such a BUSY and fun month for our family! I lost my camera for awhile so I don't have pictures of everything, but I will share with you what I have!

We have taken Jaden out on the boat a few times this month and he has been so funny! He gets so excited to go, and everytime he see s the late...which is daily he says "a ganpa boat lake" and talks about how he wants to go with "ganpa" on the boat, but everytime we tell him he can actually go he changes his mind and doesn't want to go. Luckily when we finally get on the boat he seems to enjoy himself! He's such a funny kid.

I gave in and let Shawn take Jaden on the tube...even though he didn't want to go. He was a trooper though and Shawn said he actually enjoyed himself while they were out there even though he was crying when I put him on. When he came back he was SO proud of himself but DID NOT want to go out again! Maybe next year.

The 4th of July this year was SO fun! We started out by heading up to Shawn's family's cabin on the 2nd, we were only there for a few hours though and then headed up to the Oakley Rodeo. We did have enough time for a few 3 wheeler rides with dad, Jaden LOVES them!

Jaden and dad do not cooperate with pictures, when Jaden smiles this is what dad does...

And when dad smiles this is the face Jaden likes to make....
Oh well you can't win them all :)

The Oakely Rodeo is a family tradition Shawn really enjoyed as a kid that we have opted to continue with our family! Jaden LOVES the rodeo! He especially loves the "neighs" and gets a little frustrated when they do events when he can't see them too well!

Here is Jaden and Grandpa at the Rodeo

On the 3rd of July we went to Huntsville to participate in the festivities! I love the 4th and 24th of July and this year did not disappoint! I love living in a small town, it brings a little something to these kinds of things. Jaden enjoyed his first 4th of July parade, it was the perfect length for him and although he didn't exactly understand why people threw candy at him, he enjoyed eating it!

It has been so fun to see the kids I used to nanny interact with Jaden, McKenna and Ruby take such good care of him! McKenna is always plaing with him and taking him out to play and Ruby is always good for a "teet" (treat)

After the parade Jaden and daddy enjoyed the bounce house!

We spent the rest of the day hanging out, we went back later that night to eat at Texas Pride, one of our favorite places up here and to listen to live music, then we headed back and put J down while mom and dad enjoyed the fireworks from the back porch. One of our neighbors used to serve in the armed forces so we even enjoyed the accompanied patriotic music from our back porch!

We have been trying to get out more and enjoy the beauty we live in so we headed out as a family the other day and went for a hike and a picnic dinner....
Jaden doesn't exactly enjoy going up hill...but he'll get used to it, we found a creek though and he loved throwing rocks in while we ate dinner and was much more pleasant on the hike down!

Mom trying to negotiate a giid picture with J (didn't happen)

My smiley little man

For the 24th we had a family reunion for the Buck/Smith side up in Logan.
I love going to Logan and visiting, it is so just laid back and fun! We had SO many people that I hadn't seen in years and it was so great to catch up! Unfortunately I was lacking on the picture side and only snapped a few shots.

Most the grandkids with their favorite aunt (which she has brainwashed them all to say)

This last weekend Shawn also took his Series 7 test and not only passed but got a great score! We are so proud of him and how hard he works to provide for our family! He is an amazing husband and father and we couldn't ask for more! Great job babe!

We have had such a fun busy month and I'm sure August will being even more! Jaden is growing up so fast, talking in sentences and become more strong willed every day! I don't know how we got so lucky to have such a great little man but I'm sure glad we did! I can't wait until our little girl gets here and we get to add another to our family!