Evan's 1st Birthday!

Thanks Karey for taking such wonderful pictures for me!!

Papa throwing Eden into the pool to her daddy. I was told she had a great time and kept asking to do it again. Glad I missed it.

There's the birthday boy. Such a sweetie pie. And he loves the water, I think he's part fish.

Aaron, Evan and Dean. 3 generations of LaFollette men.

His CARS birthday cake.

Uncle Adam enjoying the festivities after a long day at work.

Aunt Ashley making faces at Evan. : )

My beautiful Daughter-in-law Kelly.

Eden loves her Eban. She is always so sweet to him. She gets excited when she gets to see him

Papa teaching Evan how to say he's 1

Aaron and his mini me Evan. Jullian is peeking in.

I love this picture

He wasn't really sure what to do with the cake.

I love the look he's giving his daddy. Just too funny.

Random Grandchildren pics

Jullian wanted to have his pic taken with Uncle Adam.

Eden playing on her slipn' slide for the first time.

Eden and Layton looking at the animals at the zoo.

Jullian is a stud in Uncle Adams shades. : )

Eden and the manatees at the zoo. Doesn't it look like she's getting a kiss?

Evan Joseph having fun at the zoo. They have a childrens section where water shoots up out of the ground. He was having a blast.

"Hey kid, get off the water!" My one year old grandson shoving another kid off the water spouts. I was dying. He'll be a linebacker no problem.

Eden driving the engine of the train at the zoo.

My sweet Eden driving the train.

There's our 4 grandchildren.

Layton saying "Mi mou" Mickey Mouse. He was so excited when he saw Mickey in the parade at Animal Kingdom. He didn't care how hot he was. He was just clapping and waving. So excited.

Papa and Layton at Animal Kingdom.

Eden making faces at her grandma. I don't know where she gets it from.

We got to see Balloo and King Louie. Eden loves to watch Jungle Book.

Eden in her bug glasses. LOL She loved it until the spiders came down at her and it got pitch dark.

This was so funny. Kelly held both boys while they had their bottles. But the boys were busy foot fighting. Evan would push Laytons foot and then Layton would put his on top of Evan's. I was laughing so hard. Too sweet.

Evan opening birthday presents from Uma. He wouldn't let his daddy touch his presents. I could but if his daddy even got close to it he would get yelled at by Evan.

Uncle Adam reading "That's not my Dinosaur" to Layton. Layton likes to make Dinosaur noises. It's great.

Evan's first Shiner

Yep, that's my baby boy with his first black eye. Little Evan Joseph was at the pool with his mama and slipped and hit his eye on the edge of the step in the pool. Poor baby man. He cried for 30 seconds before he wanted to get down and swim some more. Kelly on the other hand was very traumatized by the whole thing. I told her this is just the first of many owies to come. Wait until the stitches start. She didn't like that comment. LOL

Friends from Utah

The Henderson Family came to Florida for a vacation and made it up to Orlando and sent me a text to see if we were able to come over and see them. So Wednesday night we drove out to see the family and do some catching up. Dean hasn't seen these guys since we left Utah 10 years ago. I used to teach Wesley and Melanie in the pre-school class years ago. What fun it was to do some catching up. They look the same!! Glad to get to see family friends. We love you guys!

Green Eggs and Ham

We've been blessed with getting to have Jullian with us all summer!! I guess Ashley asked him if he wanted breakfast before coming over to our house and his reply was No way Gram makes breakfast for us! And when he gets here he asks what's on the menu. So I made Green Eggs and Ham. His fav is the Sunny D.

Covey loves to wear his food, but he does like eggs and hashbrowns.

Eden however almost refused to eat it because it was green. I had to coax her to try one bite. And then she ate a ton after that. How funny. It's the same food, but because it's green it's a little repulsive. Just goes to show you Sam I am was right.

Happy 3rd Birthday Pookie!

My little princess almost didn't make it. They couldn't get her to breath and she wouldn't pink up. I called Dean who was on the road with Adam moving my mothers things here from Utah to Pray! I stood watch at the nursery window while Travis stayed with Ashley. When we didn't come back for an hour Ashley started panicking. I finally was able to get over there once they gave the thumbs up and tell my baby that her baby girl was going to be alright and that she would be in as soon as they got her wrapped up. Our little Eden Rae is truly a blessing from God.

Her first day home. What an angel. I hope I never miss a day in the life of this angel. She is my blonde haired, blue eyed sweetie pie. And she is my biggest cheerleader.

Papa and his Pookie Pie. You know...."Papa Loves Pookie Pies!" That's what he's told her since she was born and she counts on him to tell her that. They have a very special relationship that I know Dean cherishes.

Eden's 1st birthday. She had a Balloon that was bigger than her and she kept telling Dora to stay down. I think that was the highlight of the day.

I'm this many Gram!! My 2 year old princess's birthday. What a sweetie she was at 2....

And today, I'm 3 Gram. Yesterday I put her in a dress. And about 10 minutes later she came running into the kitchen to tell me " Look Gram, my dress has pockets." I told her it was because she was 3 and big girls get pockets on their dresses. So she wanted to run in and tell Oma (My Mom) , " Oma, my dress has 3 yr old pockets. Isn't it wonderful!"

Yes Eden it's wonderful and the great things that you do are wonderful too. Papa and I just laugh at some of the wonderful things that come out of your mouth. You love to have dance parties. You love to read books with us. You love to draw pictures and yesterday you used your very first pair of scissors. You love to play with Papa on the swingset. You LOVE dinosaurs. You are a very picky eater these days. And you fill your Grandma and Papa's hearts with tons of love and joy everyday. We miss you when you're gone over the weekends. Grandpa hurries home so that he can have Pookie time. You are a pure joy and we're blessed that God gave you to us. Keep growing princess, we love you.

Our Anniversary Present

Layton Cove's one year pic

Evan Joseph will be one on July 8th. Such a sweetie pie

Here are the best buddies together for a one year old pic. Very hard to get them to take a picture together. But oh so much fun.

Are they not just so sweet?

The Jennings Grandchildren. Eden Rae, Layton Cove and Jullian Scott. I can't believe how big they're getting.

Ashley's beautiful family.

Aaron and his mini me. I love it. Reminds me of when Aaron was that size.

My beautiful daughter-in-law Kelly and Evan Joseph.

Aaron and his family.

Adam and his family. LOL I should post his graduation certificate for his family pic.

This is our anniversary gift. We are getting an update wall portrait for our living room with all our children and grandchildren. What a wonderful gift.

Grandma and Papa and their beautiful Grandchildren. Jullian Scott 9 yrs., Eden Rae 3 yrs., Evan Joseph almost 1, Layton cove 1 yr. Truly our pride and joy!