Just headed off to ride my bike real quick...

Are you supposed to wear clothes for that?

Loving these two

 Lately I am loving my two little kiddos. They are playing together more and I am loving that they are getting along so much better. When we are at the park and I just sit on the bench and watch them play I think, "why am I having another baby?" Its like now that life has gotten easier and slowed down I'm adding another one to the bunch. I do love to see them get along. Although getting along usually means Camilla bossing Carson around. :)  I'm not saying its always harmonious in my house but we are making serious progress around here and I am loving it. When Camilla wakes up from her nap she immediately wants to know where Carson is and runs up to him and gives him big hugs. These two can be so sweet.

 Carson has been playing so hard lately he's had a few days where he falls asleep on the floor in his room while playing. You've got to be pretty tired to fall asleep on our hard word floors. 

Utah Reunion

The Pierson family reunion this year was a very special one. Aaron's parents left for Moscow, Russia to serve a mission for 18 months in the CES office. We are so proud of their example and so happy for them. We know they are going to be fabulous missionaries. We are also going to miss them very much. Our kids love their grandparents and we will miss being able to visit them. We are grateful that they are willing to give up so much to serve also. So we had our reunion this year in Utah the week before they entered the MTC. Utah in June is just beautiful. We had such a great time.

We opted to make the flight instead of drive. We went back and forth but in the end with a wife who can't stop throwing up and a little girl who is zero fun in the car we decided the extra money was worth it.

We were lucky enough to stay in a gorgeous house in Midway, Utah. My sister in law, Kellie's family owns the home and were generous enough to let us use it for the week. This house was so beautiful and we are officially in love with Midway. The house had a tennis court and basketball court and huge backyard and every outdoor toy you can imagine. The kids spent countless hours on the trampoline.

 Making s'mores over the fire, Carson insisted upon wearing this hat.

 

A Pierson family tradition is the sing along and devotional. Here is the whole group gathered to sing all the Pierson favorites. Carson loved the songs and wanted to keep singing them the next day.

 

 

Some other highlights were the mopeds, playing in the small streams, feeding the horses, gorgeous runs and mountain bike rides, and eating at all our favorite Utah spots. 

 

We also had a Payson day where we spent the whole day visiting the town where Aaron's mom grew up. We went to her school and to the park, made a stop at the Daley Freeze for shakes and french fries, and then we went to the visit the grave sites of the Hiatt side of the family. It was a very special and emotional day. 

 

And a trip to Utah wouldn't be complete without a stop at BYU. We went to an intramural game of our nephew Jayce. We sure love that campus and love Provo. It is always nice to go back and we can never believe how much things have changed. 

We had such a fun trip and a great time with the Pierson family and the kids loved playing with their cousins. We are lucky to have a family that we love so much!

Carson's Triathlon

 

Our sweet friends, the Baldwins, put on a Kiddie Triathlon each year in their neighborhood. Carson was in it this year and it was so much fun. They get Rouge, a local running store, to sponsor and it is just the cutest thing. 

We started out with the run and Carson did a great job and chased his friend the whole time. He fell down during it but got back up and finished. 

Then during the bike he slowed way down. Carson is not much a biker but I was so proud of him because he biked the whole thing by himself and stuck with it and didn't get frustrated. We pulled into the pool second to last but Carson was just having a blast. 

He jumped into the water to finish it off and was so excited to be with his friends. 

He loved the medal ceremony and his SWAG bag. It was so cute to watch all the kids having fun and afterwards we had a big potluck at the pool and swam. I thought it was such a fun even and can't wait for Carson to do it again next year.

Port Aransas

Our little family decided to take a trip to Port Aransas by Corpus in May while Aaron was on his break from school. I have been wanting to go down there since we moved to Austin but I could never spend the money then we found this killer deal on a one bedroom condo on the beach and we just jumped on it. I am SO glad we did. We had such a great time and it was so fun to take a trip just our little family. Millie was not the best sleeper on this trip but we made it through that and the kids did great. We spent our whole days at the beach, playing in the sand, swimming in the ocean, riding the waves and playing in the sun. Then after Camilla's nap we swam in the pool and then got ready to go out to dinner every night. That was our schedule everyday and we never got tired of it.

We packed the cooler full of food every morning and spend the day eating it. Aaron made sure we were fully stocked with appropriate beach food, like cookies, candy bars, and soda. 

Camilla was much braver in the ocean than Carson. He was often found running away from the waves. 

We went and walked the pier and Carson loved seeing the waves from a distance. He was still a little worried they might get us. 

Our sweet family. I am so glad we did this this year because next year we'll have the baby and that would be much harder to pull off.

We did s'mores one night, fun s'mores, like with twix and stuff. 

Eating out for our fancy dinner. I did actually start to get tired of fried shrimp even though it tasted amazing every time. 

We were sad to see our trip end and I just feel like our kids were at perfect ages for enjoying a trip like this. I love that we have so much fun together.