.All of it, June

We were all feeling like superheroes in June after we had gone 4 months without an income thanks to some mix-ups with the insurance company. Honestly this was a very stressful time in our lives and I wasn't feeling too superhero-ey at the time. Mostly just insecure. Aaron was still pretty sick and we just needed to know whether or not we would be continuing with disability insurance, but we couldn't get a hold of that FREAKING case manager. It was like living in limbo…

But we managed to stay positive and hopeful. We really just had to hand it over to the Lord, trust that things would be ok, and we spent a whole lot of time on our knees through these months.

   

It's hard to not be filled with love and joy with these two cuties climbing all over you all day though.

And now here's the important stuff from June:

↓↓↓One day we had a surprise visit from Air's parents and they brought over this awesome little bouncy house to borrow. It has been so awesome to have. It even fits into our basement for rainy days and winter!//Air and Ames camped out in the back yard…both were in heaven↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓We had some summer fun at Tam and Jadey's house launching water balloons and playing in another new blow up toy from Grandma! Soooo much fun!

 

↓↓↓More water fun at Tam's//Reeeeeeeally enjoying eating ice cream cones at Grandma's house. I made it into a meme because I'm hilarious?↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓I have always been in love with coloring…and hey, it's finally socially acceptable for adults to color too! It's actually really good therapy.

↓↓↓We had such a good time at the ward campout this year. So glad we were able to go! Ames and his friend Lachlan are only one month apart, so this photo should give you an idea of how much bigger Ames is than most kids his age! He's growing so fast—definitely a Gusa.

↓↓↓Boy do we love canoeing as a family… it was only a little freaky when Alice would start trying to walk around in the canoe and the whole thing would rock like crazy and we were all yelling "ALICE SIT DOWN!!" hahaha

 

↓↓↓Air was sick on Father's Day so this is the only photo I got from the day… the ward gift that I brought home for him from church//Alice is in love with nursery… as long as I am in there with her…↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓This photo marks the first in the series #gusasafterchurch… stay tuned for many more after-church photos of these two. Kinda fun to see them growing in their cute Sunday clothes

↓↓↓And we finished off June on a high note when Tessa came to town for the summer from BYU Hawaii! Golly we miss that girl!

And some videos for you, sir:

↓↓↓This video was awesome in slow motion, but for some reason it's in normal motion on my computer... oh well, still awesome.

↓↓↓A rare day where Daddy was feeling well enough to come to the park with us.

↓↓↓I hate to say it, but Ames has become a gamer at the age of 4... I don't love it, but it sure is cute to see his little fingers working that controller.

↓↓↓I'm lame, but Yo Gabba Gabba is my favorite kids show. This part of the Gooble episode makes me laugh every time. 

.All of it, April and May

General Conference is where we start the first weekend in April each year. In our house that usually means something yummy will be made. Air made donuts this year, and they were ….very very yummy.

↓↓↓Ames’s drawings are so adorable and getting better and better//Just a random meal that we loved↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓Leaving the kiddies at Grandma’s so we could go to a meeting together. They love it when we do this.//Alice and Mommy having a cuddle↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓We finally put up a broom rack in our pantry and things have been so awesome in there since then//Ames likes to swing on his belly, but isn’t quite ready to swing like a normal human boy on big swings yet↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓Batman and Spiderman (with a cape?)↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓playing at a favorite park//watching the kites in the sky while we swing↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓These are the Young Women in my ward, whom I love! (I’m Mia Maids advisor) I took this photo as part of our talent night… photography was my talent

 

↓↓↓Ever since Ames could talk he’s been talking about his imaginary friend “Tofeeover” (he pronounces it toe-fee-over)… We have learned from him that she is a girl and pretty much any time we ask him how he knew something he says, “Tofeeover told me”. It’s all very strange and cute//Here he in on his favorite perch↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓playing in Aunt Tamera’s yard is always fun//lounging pantsless on her favorite chair↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓hot day playing in our pool on the deck with cousin Jake

 

↓↓↓We don’t get to go to many weddings here in Canada because Air’s family is so small, so we were all really excited when Air’s cousin’s daughter Abby got married and asked us to take photos for them. We love Abby and Corey, especially since we taught them seminary back in the day… they are awesome people!

  

↓↓↓He fell asleep with his leg up like this… so cute//Mother’s Day we mother’s help each other out making our necks look thin↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓Alice loooooves to cuddle Ames. They have such a sweet relationship when they aren’t fighting over toys//I love to go to the temple. I was really excited this time because it was the first time I brought my own family name.↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓homemade oreos are killer//We all love old musicals… here’s Ames dancing right along with Singin’ in the Rain↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓Cousin Jake turned 2 and we all had so much fun at his little birthday party//Alice loves wandering around the property getting into mischief as we do lots of yard work↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓We fell for an infomercial for the last time! This spray on grass seed did not work. Nope nope nope//Tara came to Canada for a few days and we had so much fun playing with her! Ames dominated her in an arm wrestle.↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓Here is Aunty Tara playing with Alice… We miss you!//Um my husband is a chef? He made amazing chili in homemade bread bowls yum!↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓I love those fire on the horizon sunsets the best//I made my Grandma Ellis’s roll recipe… they weren’t as good as Grandma’s of course↓↓↓

 

↓↓↓We made it to the stake carnival again this year… boy we have such a fun time there!//This has become our new favorite park. With this big bouncy fire truck and tons of swings, it’s perfect for us.↓↓↓

 

And here are the videos!

↓↓↓In Canada the winter bedtime routine takes an extra 10 minutes just putting on layers of blankets

↓↓↓We don't really know how this hop scotch game works... but at least Ames is good at counting?

↓↓↓We sing a lot around here

↓↓↓disco night at the launch pad trampoline park

↓↓↓these two are hilarious working together. And please note: Alice's run

↓↓↓1-2-3 POPCORN! We love it when Daddy makes us carmel popcorn.

↓↓↓just some random park time with the kids

WHEW! Are you still here? Good! Cuz there are many more months to catch up on!