Krew is now 2

Dear Krew, I am so blessed to have you as my son, I love you more than words can express. You make life so much more fun. I love how much you talk, You are so smart, you must have your daddy's brains. You are so full of energy I am sometimes just tired watching you run around and play. You are so sweet and loving I don't think you have a mean bone in your body, I love when you run to me with open arms and say "I you mommy". You are such a special boy and I will ALWAYS love you!!

Some of Krews favorite things:

Favorite toys: anything toy story, he LOVES Buzz-a-eye year (that's what he calls buzz) and Woody. As you could have guessed that's what his birthday party theme was.

Favorite words/phrases: No I do dit, I got it, Why?, To finity yond (to infinity and beyond)

Favorite songs: he LOVES music so he has a few favorite songs, his favorite bedtime songs are; A God ( I am a child of God) and Woodys song (you've got a friend in me). Some other favorite songs are Wheels on the bus (no crack...inside joke), Book of mormon stories, Jesus wants me for a sun beam, and ABC's.

Favorite foods: PBJ's, Macaroni and cheese, Pizza, Eggs, Cookies, Cheese, and any type of fruit.

Friends: Ivan, Manna (Maddie), Isacc, Zoie, Emie (Emry), Brinley, Hada (Haley), Temprence, Damon, Keenan, Daven, and Daniel.

Stats: 34" Tall

25 lbs

Now on to Krews Birthday party, We had a BLAST!!! It was so much fun. Thanks to all who came and celebrated his birthday with us. We had cowboy hats, made woody vests, broke a spaceship pinnate, danced with imaginary horses, ate alien cupcakes, and opened presents. Krew's theme was "2 infinity and beyond" birthday!! Special shout out goes to Mandy Brown for her amazing pinnate that she made and to Oma for the special costumes that she brought for the kids. Yee Haw!!!!

We also had a second (smaller) birthday party at Grandpa's house in Kentucky when we got here. He loves his new buzz car that really goes!!

4th of July

I know that it has been almost a month since the 4th of July but we still wanted to post about it anyway. We started the day off going to the Rexburg parade and Krew had a blast with his friends. As you can see in some of these pictures we had doughnuts for breakfast and then the kids had a blast waiting for the parade goers to throw candy out. After the parade we went home to take naps and then we drove down to Idaho Falls with some of our best friends Tyrel and Mandy Brown... we played some games by the river and just had a really good time. The fireworks were great and Krew just was in awe the entire time. I swear he never blinked a single time! But every 2 minutes or so he would turn around to me and say, "Dad... I fireverks!" Definitely a great last 4th of July in Rexburg... Then the next day we went outside with a bunch a friends and shot off our own fireworks. Tyrel was a genius and thought that a bottle rocket flew off the stick so he just held on for dear life while sparks flew down on him. It was such a good time...

3 months

Yeah I know Gray is almost 4 months old but here are a few the 3 month old pictures I took of him. He is so much fun He's smiling and starting to laugh which makes him so much more fun. We love him so much and are so grateful for every moment that we have with him!

Cross Country

We moved from Rexburg last week we are now in Kentucky staying with Brandon's dad, until we close on our house. It has been a long and crazy process but we are so excited to get a house. We are going to go next week to see it and get it inspected. The drive here was long but the boys did SO good. I can't believe how well they did, Krew just played with toys pretty much the whole time, we got him a woody and buzz doll for his birthday and he LOVES them so he just played with them the whole time! Gray mostly slept and when he would cry it was only because he was hungry, I was so nervous to drive so long with 2 kids in the car I thought I was going to go crazy but it was actually nice. Krew was being so great to Gray too he kept asking me if he could see him and when we would get close to our destination we would tell Krew how much longer and the he would turn to Gray and repeat what we told him, it was really cute and sweet.

Every day we would wake up at 5:00 then drive 9-10 hours, once we would get to a hotel we would go swimming, Krew LOVES swimming so it was nice to be able to tell him when we were getting close that we were going swimming he would get so excited and it would make the last couple of hours a little easier. When we went swimming in our first hotel Brandon did a cannon ball to make waves for Krew but h didn't realize that he was jumping in the 3 feet area and sprained his ankle. That was not much fun he could barely walk I'm just glad that most of the day for the next couple of days we were mostly driving so he didn't need to walk on it very much.

We are so glad that we are done being in the car for a while!!

I haven't put pictures of the 4th of july and Krews birthday on our computer yet but I will soon. We had a lot of fun so be on the look our for those pictures.

Happy Fathers Day Daddy!

To: Daddy

From: Krew and Gray

Happy Fathers day Daddy!! You are the best Daddy ever!! Thank you for always coming home from work and playing with us we know that you have long and hard work days but you always show us how much you love us by giving us BIG kisses and hugs and playing games with us. We love it when you sing and read books to us too. We love you SO much and feel very blessed to have you as our daddy!!

I you Bye!

Grays blessing

Brandon Blessed Gray on Sunday! It was such a wonderful blessing, I'm so grateful for Brandon and his worthiness to hold the priesthood. We had some Family come, it was such a great weekend together mostly we just hung out eating and talking but I like that! Sunday was such a wonderful spiritual day, of course I bawled through out the whole blessing. I had Krew on my lap and he kept turning my face towards his and saying "it's ok mom" and giving me kisses he's so sweet and caring.

Gray looking so handsome in his blessing outfit

Sloan family picture

Some of my family that came

My parents with Gray

Potty time

We have been trying to get Krew to go Potty in the toilet, So far we have had 1 successful day, and it's because I saw him trying to go in ius diaper and I caught it just in time to get him to the toilet. We started telling him that if he goes potty then he gets candy for it. Since that time that we gave him candy he comes up to us about 31 times a day and says, "I Pee Bad". So we put him on the toilet then he jumps off flushes, says "Good Job, I Candy" and then holds out his hand. I know what you are thinking, VERY CUTE. And I would agree with you the first time but 31 times a day gets a little old. We will keep you all up to peed!!!