Bingham Canyon Mine...

Yesterday, Josh, Bridger and I went to the Bingham Copper Mine (Kennecott). I went there once way back in college as part of a geology field trip, but didn't remember tons about it. Anyway, Josh had been wanting to go there, so we finally made it yesterday. Bridger couldn't even stand how cool it was! There were huge trucks...seriously huge...look at the pictures of the huge dump trucks next to regular pickups. Bridger probably could have watched them driving around all day...he wanted a picture of him with the trucks, but that was tricky to get. There were several little things to see outside and a museum inside. Bridger definitely loved everything outside the best, but there were plenty of things for him to see inside as well. It was a fun little outing and it was interesting to check out the biggest copper mine in the world...right in our own back yard.

Silly boy...

I was making baby headbands the other day. Bridger is kind of used to me making a lot of hairbows and headbands, as I already had a bunch made before I was even prego (I had to teach how to make them at Super Saturday last October). He likes to wear the hairbows and this time wanted to wear a headband and a hairbow, so I pulled out one that was messed up so that it didn't matter if it got stretched out. He had me put it on him, then he needed a hairbow on Barney...so in the third pic, Barney has a flower clip on. It's so funny when he wants to wear these, because he still doesn't look girly in any way, shape or form! So, I know it's kind of weird, but hey, he's 2 and at least I have someone to try things on!! It's probably good that we're having a girl, at least for Bridger's sake!

On a side note, Bridger is pretty excited for this baby to come. He talks about her all the time, so I hope he really will be excited when she gets here. At dinner the other day, Josh asked Bridger if he knew where babies come from. Bridger said yes, so Josh asked him where they come from. Bridger paused, and then said, "Babies come from Old Navy!" Such a silly boy! Anyway, I think he'll be a great big brother and I am so glad he's excited at least for the moment!

I wanna be a cowboy...

A few days ago, Bridger wanted to wear my cowboy hat, so I got it out for him. He then went and sat on his rocking horse and sang "I wanna be a cowboy". He loves the cowboy hat and is always asking to wear it! A day or two later, he put Josh's uniform shirt and a ball cap on, sat on his horse and said he wanted to be a "Gene" (that's my dad's name). Not really sure how wearing a police shirt, ball cap, and sitting on a horse makes him a "Gene", but he kept saying it over and over again! Oh, one other random note...the other day, his Friend magazine came in the mail, so he asked me for his glasses. I told him he broke his sunglasses, to which he replied, "No, I need my glasses so I can read my magazine!" ...We don't wear glasses to read, but my parents do... Anyway, I guess he enjoys mimicking other people! Funny boy!

Busy busy busy...

Okay, this summer has been pretty busy, so I am behind in my blogging as usual...but we've been gone quite a bit lately, so I will just have to fill you in on what we have been up to!

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Josh's brother and his wife were up from California for a little bit, so it was fun to see them! Adam stopped by our house and Bridger thought it was great! He enjoyed playing with Daddy and Uncle Adam in the backyard...he was talking about it for a day or two! We were also able to go up to Josh's parents' house a few times to see Adam and Ashley...it was great to see them!

Bridger and Uncle Adam...wrestling in the backyard!
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Josh and I celebrated our 4th anniversary. We went to Park City for an overnighter...it was so nice to get away for a little bit. We went to the outlets to go shopping...yep, this was Josh's favorite part! We went to the Olympic park where nordic skiing, bobsledding, etc was done in the 2002 Olympics. There were also athletes there practicing for the olympics, so it was neat to see them do their thing! We also walked around the Historic Main Street, which was full of cute little shops and things to see. We had a great time, and I think Bridger had fun with Grandpa and Grandma and all of my sisters! It's crazy to think how quickly the past 4 years have gone!

Our wedding day and 4 years later...

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My cousin Kami, her husband Jonathan and their kids, Darien, Annie, and Ellie all came up from New Mexico...the last time I saw Kami and Jonathan was at our wedding, and they only had Darien then...so it was definitely time to see them. Bridger and I went up to my parents' house while they were there...Josh had to work. It was so much fun to see them, but it went way too fast! The kids all got along so great, which was way nice! Bridger and Annie are just 2 months apart, so it was fun to see them interact in their 2 year old way. We went to the rodeo one night, rode horses, went to Hyrum Dam to go boating(Josh was able to come up for this), went shopping, played at a fun park and just had a great time! We've discovered that it is only a 6 or 6 1/2 hour drive from here to where they live, which is not that bad...so I think we will need to make a trip there sometime in the nearer future! Unfortunately the only pictures I got are of Bridger on a tractor at the fair before the rodeo, I took video though. I will have to get pictures from my sisters and from Kami and post more pics later.

He loved the tractor!!!

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Anyway, we've been busy enjoying the summer...it's crazy that the summer is already winding down...how fast time goes!

It's a...

It's a girl! We are so excited to have a little girl on the way! It will be so fun to have a boy and a girl! Just thought I would share our exciting news with everyone!