Flight Museum

As part of the flight museum, we got to fly right by Mt. Rainier....
Just kidding, but it sure was fun to see lots of amazing airplanes at Seattle's flight museum, which is right near the headquarters of Boeing

McKay enjoyed getting inside one of the planes

Our trip to Seattle has been so fun! I love it here. Mom & Dad just moved back up here after 2 years in Missouri. They are glad to be back and I am enjoying the rain, the green, and the vacation!

Carving Punkins

We are at grandma & grandpa Thacker's house and we had so much fun carving our "punkin" as McKay calls it
McKay wasn't too fond of the pumpkin insides, but he really wanted to help cut

Just one kid

Having just one kid is great and fun and enjoyable and *easy* (by easy I mean easier than I think two will be). The other day, as I was walking along with McKay in the stroller, I had some deep thoughts come to me that made me so grateful to be McKay's mom and so grateful that I have had almost two years alone with him! This time with just one kid is precious!!!! Although I really get excited when I think of our second one joining us soon, I can't help but think how different things are going to be and how my relationship with McKay is going to change. No longer will he be the only one I can think about all day long. I'll be honest, McKay sometimes stresses me out, but for the most part, I have really enjoyed him the past couple years. He turns 2 next month. I feel lucky that he is our only one until January. Things are going to change. In a good way. But a different way. I hope I am not alone in feeling this way. I am excited for more kids, just really happy to have enjoyed McKay all by his little self!

Lately McKay will ask me to play with him. He'll say, "go play. go play." He knows so many more words and is talking a ton now, which is making things really fun and funny. We tell him he is cute or that we love him, and he always replies, "I know." We are working on the word "thanks," but he is not picking up on it too fast, probably because we laugh every time he says, "I know." He is still so enamored with us, which I love. Everything around the house is "daddy's." He will point to anything that reminds him of daddy and say, "daddy's." ALL DAY LONG. :) :) He loves his daddy!!!! McKay's most recent accomplishment is he can spell his name. At least he can recognize the letters in his name. He probably has no idea that it spells his name. This all started with him learning the "Y" for BYU. We wear a lot of BYU apparel, so he quickly learned what the "Y" meant. When we watch the games, he notices the "Y" on the helmets and he gets so excited.

A couple weeks ago, we made our way to Parowan for the Iron County Fair. McKay loves to look at animals. He's not too keen on the petting part, unless they are much smaller than him (like a kitty).

Big Boy News

McKay is proud to announce that he is going to have a baby brother January 21st!! I am 20 weeks today and feeling really good. I don't think McKay actually really understands at all what is going on. We taught him that mommy has a baby in her tummy and now he goes around pointing to his and daddy's tummy's saying, "baby." It is pretty funny, but I wouldn't want him to do that to someone else, so we kind of just stopped talking about that. :)

The ultrasound was fun. People kind of had me convinced that we were having a girl because I was more sick in the beginning with this baby. We had a girl name picked out and I was buying (just a couple) girl outfits. But we were excited to see that it was a boy because now McKay will have a little buddy who will like balls and trucks just as much as he does.

McKay turns 2 in October, so I am feeling good about the spacing of these kiddos. I am sure once the 2nd one comes, then I will be thinking why in the world did I have them so close????? ha ha. I think it will be good. The first 3 months will be hard, but it is probably hard regardless of how far apart the kids are. I am not looking forward to the first little while. I have gotten so used to sleeping all night since McKay was about 6 months old, so I have been spoiled. It will be another adventure.


So there you have it....our big boy news!

Even though McKay is definitely all boy, I think he is getting in touch with his feminine high-heel side. :)

Lately

A few weeks ago, McKay discovered the art of lining things up. His trucks and tractors have become the toy of choice lately and he is very good at sharing his smile with everyone these days!

This is one day's picking and we get this much about every other day. I think we have learned our lesson after 2 years in a row.....only plant ONE squash and ONE zucchini plant. I have already frozen enough zucchini for the rest of the year. ha ha ha.

Holt Reunion

Kimball's family's reunion theme this year was "Families Are Forever." There have been a lot of emotions in the past 6-7 months with JoAnn passing away and Bob getting remarried. What a wonderful theme for a reunion, huh? We love Marge, Bob's new wife, and we feel like the Holt family has pulled together and gotten closer through the hardship of losing their mom.

Us with Marge and Dad

He knows what it means to smile now. :)

We swam at Veyo Pool and everyone loved it! The big boys played some game that involves catching a ball and it gives them a big thrill. I guess little boys are the same way. :-)

McKay's favorite part of the reunion was playing in grandma and grandpa's sand/dirt box. With shovels and pails and tractors, what else do you need?

More posts below

The wedding

McKay's grandpa Holt got married August 6th! We are happy for him to have found such a wonderful lady and hope the best for them! We enjoyed being in the temple all together and then having a blast at their reception. They had a live band and we danced the whole time!

Bob & Marge with all of his kids
Marge chose green, yellow, and orange for her colors. The decorating was absolutely beautiful!