Todd's Baby Blessing

We blessed Todd September 4, 2011

It was a very special day for our family!

Todd got to wear the same outfit Joe was blessed in.

After the blessing we had a BBQ at our house. It was great having family.

Here is Todd with his aunt Kayla

Stood in the circle:

Joe Hawkes

Grandpa Rand Curtis

Uncle Remington Curtis

Uncle Eric Farley

Grandpa Brad Hawkes

Uncle Kevin Hawkes

Great-Grandpa Don Curtis

Great-Grandpa "Pops" George Miller

Great-Grandpa Joe Hawkes

In attendance:

My little Family

Rand & Leslie Curtis

Rem & Lea Family

Kate & Eric Family

Kevin & Natalie

Brad & Elaine

Kayla

Pops and Tutu

Don & Jean Curtis

Joe & Carma Hawkes

Thanks for coming! Love you all!

Timpanogos Cave

Saturday we hiked to Timpanogos Cave. It was a great (exhausting) little family adventure.

To get to the cave you have to hike a 1 1/2 mile vertical trail. By the time you reach the entrance you've climbed over 1000 feet in elevation. It wasn't Josie's ideal Saturday!

Josie refused to walk so Joe got to carry her ALL the way up

This rattler was scaring all the hikers, he was only about two feet off the trail. I guess a few years ago when Joe killed a rattler with a stick and leatherman, it took the fear of rattlesnakes out of him. Cause while everyone else was skirting around it as quickly as possible Joe was getting up close for pictures!

We loved the cave. Josie just wanted to see bats and was disappointed when she didn't.

For the hike down, Joe and I traded. He had Todd and little Miss Josie rode my shoulders the whole way.

We made it there and back, no harm done! As much as we all enjoyed the day I think it will be years before we do it again - with kids at least!

It's off to the FAIR

We hit up the Davis County Fair the other day with Rem & Lea. It was so much fun, Josie and Isabel had a blast!

They rode Ponies, spaceships, rollercoasters, and boats!

Our other favorites were the rattlesnake show, diving dogs, exotic creatures (Josie loves snakes), and of course the cotton candy!

As for Todd and Tommy, they just hung out.

Camping in the Uintas

My family goes camping to the Uintas almost every year.

This year we went up on Joe and my niece Sarah's birthday. It was really great to get some outdoors time.

Todd is only 1 month old so I worried about him at night. He actually slept better than any of the other kids that first night, but I had him so bundled I was up all night worried about suffocating him. He shared a sleeping bag with me, and Joe and Josie got to kick each other all night in their bed. So Josie, Todd and I headed home late the second day, instead of spending another night. Which meant Joe got a day of freedom in the mountains. It was good for him.

My favorite part of camping was 4-wheeling with Josie. She was hilarious to ride with.

All she wanted out of the camping trip was to see a wolf so she was howling everywhere we went.

Joe of course brought his mountain bike, but since he couldn't get anyone else to ride with him, Josie and I followed him on the 4-wheeler. Todd was asleep with Grandma back at camp.

It's absolutely beautiful! We camped on the right side of the river, just about where the leaning tree is.

The boys of course did some fishing. Rem actually gave Joe a pole for his birthday.

And on one of the fishing trips Todd and I went along. Walking the river was wonderful!

One Day Old

LDS Hospital has a professional photograher come around and take pics of your family. Todd was less than 30hrs old when he posed for these, and so precious!

Introducing Todd King Hawkes

Todd was due the 10th of July but he had everyone wondering if he would be a fourth of July baby like his Mom and sister. We checked into the hospital at 7pm on the 4th but Todd really wanted a day all his own, so he waited until 1:30am on the 5th. He weighed 7lbs 4 oz and was 19in long.

We really love Todd, especially Josie. Everyday she has her moments of loving and holding him. She tells him all the things she wants to teach him like how to talk and ride a bike. She also loves to tell him stories about Josie and Todd and their adventures. he has fit right into our little family perfectly.

4th of July

We did almost all of our Independence Day and Birthday celebrating early.

But we did save Josie one present to give her on her actual birthday and she was so excited about it.

Here she is closing her eyes while Joe brings it in

And her squeal of delight when she saw her new bike

She had lots of love to give while she and Dad put her bike together.

She couldn't wait so we all went out for a while. This was just hours before Joe and I headed to the hospital!

I also got a few presents that day from Joe, a ruby necklace, racketball equipment and of course baby Todd!

This picture is actually from the day before, the 3rd. Josie fell asleep on my belly, it was super cute!