The DeWaal Family: August

Well I am getting a little more caught up.... now onto August!! :)

Here are some of the highlights of the month...

LAGOON!...The kids' first time. It's been years since Nick or I have been to Lagoon, but we got to go this summer for way cheap for E-bay's Lagoon Day. Madison LOVED all the rides and talked about it for weeks after and wants to go back.

Whale Ride

Mommy and Maddie gettin wet on the Oddysea

Flying Aces with Dad... I was surprised she liked this one :)

Puff the Dragon Rollercoaster with Papa

Jayden's 1st ride! We all went on the train ride to see the animals. Looks like Madison thinks this is a roller coaster or something! :) (My dad and sister came with us to Lagoon)

Me and Jen

Someone loves her "Pops"

Now this is the ride I am most nervous about and was most nervous letting a 2 year old on. I hate these sky coasters, especially when they stop abruptly and it swings you back and forth! Ahh, didn't feel comfortable at all having my little girl on this (and the giant ferris wheel! ugh), but it took us to the other end quickly so oh well. :)

Nick, my dad and Jenessa took Madison on the log ride. Didn't know if she would like this "big kid" ride either, but she actually did. She's one fearless toddler.
We had a lot of fun, even though it was a very hot summer day. Jayden did good for a 3 month old at a theme park all day.

We now have a NIECE!!...
Aleah Marie Hale was born on August 30th!

Madison's 1st real haircut!...She got it trimmed a little last summer but this was the first time we took her to a salon. She didn't know what to expect and I thought she'd be kind of nervous, but we took her to Cookie Cutters so now she thinks getting a haircut is as much fun as going to the playground! She got to choose which fun "car" chair to sit in. They had a little slide there, and then she got a sucker and balloon after. Why can't my hair appointments be that fun??

Birthday parties!... The summer always seems to be full of fun parties. Here we went to her friend Aspen's b-day party. Our friends finally moved back to Utah after being away at dental school for 4 years and it's good to have them back. They sure know how to throw a party cuz I think this was the coolest little birthday party I've been to!

The kids eating at their fun little table.

Madison had the exact same swimsuit on as the party girl! So cute! :)

The ice cream man came and every kid got an ice cream of their choice! How cool is that?! :)

Best surprise ever for a 2 year old!

Look at that sweet face!

CONCERTS!... We haven't gone to as many concerts lately as Nick wishes we could, but we had this one planned for awhile so it was one of my first night outs away from Jayden. We saw John Butler Trio at Kingsbury Hall, with Danielle, Jenessa, Erik, Paddy and Kenny. Fun concert... oh and we were front row... :)

They're so talented

The girls

The boys

Oakcrest Nativity... My mom has an area calling on the Oakcrest (girl's camp) Board. One of the nights they did a live nativity, and they needed someone with a newborn baby boy to play Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. We didn't have to do any acting or anything, just had to sit in the stable they made as the campers all walked by and were singing Christmas songs. They had made "gifts" to give to baby Jesus in their groups so all the girls came up and put the gifts in front of "baby Jesus." Everyone was bawling. The spirit was so strong and it was such a special experience. So glad we got to be apart of it. :)

The leaders were dressed up as shepherds and angels and they even had real animals.

My mom was one of the angels :)

Shwimmin!...Our little girl is a fish! Loves the water. Here we are with Uncle Paddy at the Daybreak pool.

Cool dude in his shades!

Jayden takes after his sister and loves to suck his fingers. When he's tired or hungry he will grab a blanket or burp cloth, cuddle it to his face and suck his thumb. Precious :)

Birthdays!.... Went out to eat for Paddy's birthday... they made him sit on a saddle and sang Happy Birthday to him! haha Don't think he will be eating at Texas Roadhouse for his b-day again! :)

After taking a picture of Oupie with Jayden on his lap, Maddie said, "Mom, take a picture of me and minnie," and hurried and placed minnie on her lap just like Jayden. She is definitely not camera shy. :)

Random cute pictures...

Auntie Dani

Jayden 3 months old

This cracked me up... Jayden was doing tummy time and his big sister went and got all her "guys" (stuffed animals, dolls and toys) and put them on their tummy's by him too! hehe she lined them all up by herself... funny girl!