Pioneer Day

I love the July Holiday’s! Pioneer Day is a lot more fun since we bought our home just a block from Liberty Park and the Days of 47 parade route. Every year we have a big breakfast at our home and then we all head down to the parade.
Here is Emery and Grandma Kay getting ready to go to the parade.
Here is some of our parade going group...
and here is the other half.
This was Emery’s first July 24th and she had a ball! She is such a good baby and will go to anyone that wants to hold her.
Here is Lance's brother Blake. He attends all of our get togethers in hopes of making the blog. Here he is just relaxing in the shade next to his beautiful wife, Amy! My mom makes sure that she arrives early so she can eat and then save our secret spot in the shade. Thanks mom!
My parents always have my family over for dinner. Here is a picture of Emery and her cousin, Owen.
Lance's Dad loves fireworks just like Lance does. He has an annual dinner at the mortuary and then a wonderful firework show that follows. (Lances family owns Jenkin-Soffe mortuary if you are wondering why we get together at a mortuary.)


Here we are getting ready for the firework show.

Here is Simone and Grandma Soffe enjoying the fireworks together!
Happy Pioneer Day!

New Hat

Emery got a new hat last week. She is really good about wearing it. I think she knows that she looks super cute in it so she doesn’t fight it!
I am really enjoying dressing her up in whatever I want too. Soon she will be wanting to pick out her own clothes. I know I did it to my mom, so I am sure it will happen to me.

New way of sleeping

Emery has decided that she likes to sleep with her face covered. She started doing this about a week ago. We'll place her in the middle of the crib, but she finds her way to the side, and pulls the bumper over her face. I think she is tired of us constantly looking at her!

Emery's Rolling Over

I finally figured out how to get our videos from the camera to the blog! Here is a clip of Emery rolling over. She started rolling over a couple of weeks ago, and it scared me to death the first time because I wasn't expecting it. She loves to roll over now and does it every time she is on the ground. She rolls from her back to her stomach and then starts to talk. She likes being on her stomach so she hasn't figured out how to go from her stomach to her back. I can tell she thinks it is pretty cool because she won't stop doing it. Her favorite time is while her diaper is being changed.

Good Job Emery, but stop growing up so fast!

Happy 4th of July

I love July 4th! It was Emery's first 4th celebration and boy did we celebrate! Every year our ward puts on a wonderful breakfast, which we haven't missed yet. After the breakfast we head to the Murray parade where we sit with Lance's Family. Lance and his brother's always end up throwing candy at the Robinson family who sits directly across from us every year. After the parade we went to Derek's (our nephew) baseball game. He did a great job! Then we went to Lance's mom's house for more celebrating and food. We finished the night off at Ted and Kristy's for fireworks.
Here is Emery and her Uncle Blake at the Murray Parade.

(Look Blake you made the blog!)
Here is Emery and her aunt Megan who is taking good care of her by getting her to sleep!
Here is a picture of Emery and her cousins, Carson, Paige, Hailie, and Meg who took Emery for a walk while we were at Grandma Kay's house.
I loved this picture of Lance that I took on the 4th, so I decided to share it with everyone!

Fun time at Liberty Park

Lance and I have a house right by Liberty Park, which we just love. Here is Emery and I at the 7 Canyon's part of the park
My sister, Liesel, and her kids, Hayden, Bridget and Canyon, came with us to play in the water at the park. The 7 canyons are a smaller version of the Canyons that we have here in the Salt Lake area. During the summer they fill them up with water and they all run down to the lake. The kids love running through the water and playing in the lake.
Here is my sister again with Bridget and Canyon. As you can see Canyon is not afraid of anything and loves to run around. We all had a lot of fun!

3 Months Old

I can't believe Emery is already 3 months old. Here she is on her 3 month birthday.
Emery is such a great baby. She is usually happy and is a good sleeper. She is like her mom and loves to sleep all night long!
I love this picture of her. She looks so sweet. Right before her 3 month birthday she started to roll over. She rolls from her back onto her belly, and loves to do it when her diaper is getting changed. She is so much fun!

Lance's Alaska Trip

Lance's Dad, Gregg, arranged for Lance and his brother's to go to Alaska for a fishing trip.
They were gone for a week and came back with plenty of stories.

(From left to right: Blake, Nathan, Ted, Lance Gregg, Tyson and Kenny is in the front)
Here they are with most of the fish they caught.