Brynlee: 10 months

Brynlee is crawling everywhere and is fearless around the house. She takes off for the kids rooms whenever she can to see what treasures they happened to leave on the floor. She takes 2 naps a day and if we stay home, her morning nap is consistently longer than her afternoon one. Night times are rough. Mama is quite honestly counting down the time when she can wean and sleep train.  Brynlee is so tiny (not even 15 pounds at her 9 month appointment) that the doc said to feed her anytime she wakes up. Luckily, she is super easy going and cute during the day, and goes right back to sleep after she's eaten at night. She is happy almost all of the time and will randomly hold her hands out to people at church (mainly men) to have them hold her.  It's pretty adorable.

The Wyo Family Reunion - it's a long one

The Wyo family met in Utah for a short reunion. The majority of us pulled into town on Thursday and bright an early on Friday morning we left for the Hogle Zoo.

It was a rainy (off and on) day which kept the animals cool and active and the crowds way, way down.  Perfect day in my book.  The one negative was that I did not bring jackets. As in, did not bring jackets to the state of Utah. Mom fail. In my defense, the weather report the day we left was such that jackets would not have been necessary.

First up were the lions.

We even got to touch fur, mane, etc.

Some of the kids by a weird elephant.

Kendree girl loves her elephants.  We had to get a picture.

We took time to ride the carousel. Kendree has the best expressions.

Devynee and Dad rode on the bench. They had more opportunities for pictures.

 Traditional picture by the apes.

The Hogle Zoo had dinosaur stuff all over. I tried to get Devynee to take a picture by T-Rex.  She needed a minute before she was ready to turn her back.

About 30 seconds later, Easton came out of the reptile house and we had the EXACT same thing happen. Not sure he wants to take his back.

Then acted cool and pretended to be terrified. :)

The traditional lion drinking fountain.

Aunt Sarah is everyone's favorite.

The whole gang.

 Our last item of business - ride the train!

After the zoo, we headed to Uncle Gordon's bowling alley for some fun.

Todd.

Brylen.

Devynee.

Kendree.

Alayna.

 Easton.

After bowling, we went to Temple Square and had a tour of the Conference Building. The views from the roof were my favorite.

Touch the temple.

The whole family in front of the Salt Lake Temple. What an awesome building.

I know someday we will treasure these pictures of the entire family.

After a long day on Friday, Ronnie and I got up and did a temple session at the Payson Temple (beautiful!!!) but did not take a picture.  We then headed to Grand Dad and Grandma-Great's house to help Grandma, Grandpa and Sarah watch the other grandkids while the other adults went to a session at Mt. Timp (closer for those mama's of newborns).

Grandpa and McCoy were matching! It needed to be documented.

Naps and sleep were a little off (as always while traveling). Brynlee thought that daddy's arms were perfect for a little shut-eye.

Our little fam headed to BYU campus that afternoon.  We stopped to "gear up" at the BYU Bookstore. Easton bought this hat.  He love, love, loves it!

A few photo ops.

We had a big dinner on Saturday night with all of the extended Utah family on my mom's side (no pictures, I'm a failure). Then Sunday, we had family pictures, church, and we got on the road.

Ronnie did get this cute picture of Devynee eating her ice cream at Little America on the way home.

We had a great time! Always so fun to see everyone and let the cousins play together. Can't wait for next time!

Instagram: July 2015

Spent the weekend of the 4th at one of my favorite places on earth!

These two (Todd and Devynee) have a comstly confrontational relationship, but every once in a while, they play like the best of friends.  It begs to be documented.

Also included in the trip: a hike to the pond to throw some rocks, grandpa spraying the thistles every chance he could (he'll get them all eventually) and a happy, happy baby. Not pictured: 4-wheeler rides like crazy, BB gun shooting, fireworks and general fun!

After our fun weekend, this is how we all felt, but Dev was the one who got to take a nap while we drove home.

After a few weeks of knee pain that kept me down, I'm back to running again. Jury is out on whether I will EVER be able to say I enjoy it, but after 4+ months at least I don't want to die anymore. Also a special thanks to Rory and Lorelai for the company.

The whole fam at the Rockies/Angels game! Brynlee wasn't feeling the camera, be we're excited to be here!

A little something to brighten your (and my) day! #icouldjusteatherup

A little slo-mo jump by Kendree. She is blossoming at swim and it is so fun to watch.

This little lady turned 9 months old earlier this week (the 15th) and is our ray of sunshine. Brynlee takes 2-3 naps a day and does not sleep through the night (she gave mama a nice long stint of that, but no more). She is full of smiles, patient with her many "caregivers" and loves attention. Brynlee crawls when she wants to get around and goes all over the house. Her siblings are learning to shut doors. We sure love our easy going babe!

Another year, another Cheyenne Frontier Days. I love these 10 days. Miranda Lambert with Ron. (What the out of towners don't know is that no one wears boots or hats for the rest of the year - well, almost no one).

Another CFD night, another date with my favorite. CBR for the win!

A big rain storm means playing in the gutters with friends. It doesn't get any better when you are a kid.

Yesterday we celebrated this guy. We sure do love him! I have the best dad ever. It was great to be with him on his special day. Happy Birthday Dad!

Kendree was too enthralled with the rodeo to be bothered with pictures. Brought the two oldest to the Daddy of 'em all! #CFD

Me and my oldest girly.

We roasted, but had a lot of fun at the rodeo!

Last CFD event for us for the year. A little Keith Urban is a great way to close it out in 2015!

Same picture a year later. Love them. {love when they actually get along}

A few days late, but we loved hanging with friends at the pool. Made the mamas pretty happy as well. (Minus my intense sunburn-why do I always sunscreen the kids and not myself?)

We dressed in our Minion shirts to go to the Minion movie! Despite the kids faces, they all loved it. Kendree told me that she loved it 100%! #thanksgrandmaandgrandpa