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Here's more pictures because I just can't get enough of these two!

And, they can't get enough of each other.

Git er dun!

 Here are some pictures from Braden's and my trip to the fair and demolition derby this past weekend. The two of us had a blast! Travi stayed with Nana so B and I could have special time together. 

These pictures are posted in reverse order. Sorry!

Things got pretty smoky at the end...

If you click on this picture to enlarge it, you can see it says, "I 1/2 2P" Very nice!

You might be a redneck if...

You enjoy lots of smoking engines, leaking radiators, spinning tires and dented fenders... and boy did we enjoy it!

We LOVED it! Braden wanted to stay until the very end which ended up being way past bedtime. He enjoyed every second and didn't want to leave. We ended up sitting next to some kid named Braden and a girl who loved Mario Kart. Needless to say, Braden had fun with his demolition derby buddies.

There was a chick driving this one and it looked like she was about 15! She rocks! (No pun intended...)

Another rock crawler. Pretty fun to watch. I told Braden to yell, "Get er dun!" and he did! Everyone around looked at him, smiled and laughed.

This guy crashed into the cement barrier before the derby even started! I heard he didn't have any breaks... Go figure!

I saw this "Monterey" boat and it had me wishing I was boating in the Monterey Bay... Ahhh...

Braden and a baby chick.

Here was my date: One short, cute, farmer!

Ever wonder what a naked sheep wearing boots looks like?

Braden was a bit weary at first but after I showed him that the sheep were nice, he went ahead and petted them.

Lions, tigers, BEARS, oh my! Well, there weren't any lions or tigers, but there were bears! At first I was kind of disturbed that they would have performing bears but then I found out that these were rescued, orphaned bears that wouldn't survive in the wild and they perform to raise money to help other bears. Yay!

Ever wonder what it would be like to see an Astro van fly? Wonder no longer! Here's a short clip. This was the second time he flew off the ramp over the rocks. I didn't catch the first time where he actually cleared the rocks.

Step By Step

We've got a walker! Travis is walking all over the place these days. I took the video with my phone so its not the best quality but its better than nothing!

Travis is also quite the climber. He climbs on anything and everything. He did this all on his own a couple of weeks ago:

I love all of the new stages; watching him grow and learn. He definitely keeps me busy! 

Mi Casa

Here are a few photos of our new home! Everything is settled (mostly) and we are absolutely LOVING St. George. Its hot, but we love it nonetheless!

Splish, Splish, Splash

Bath time is ALWAYS playtime!

I scored!

I love Sears! They took absolutely beautiful pictures of my boys and... I got awesome deals on new clothes for the boys! We ended up with 23 pieces of clothing for $57 after tax! Each outfit was 2-3 pieces and $4-$6! Can't beat that! Since summer lasts so long around here, they'll be able to wear these shorts for quite a while and Braden should still fit into them next Summer.

Travis' new clothes: (the Cars outfit lights up. Fun, fun!)

Braden's new clothes: (the brown and blue Cars outfit lights up also!)

Matching (or at least coordinating) outfits. Gotta love it!

If you can't tell, we had fun shopping! 

FYI: The portraits that we had taken can be found on Facebook. We'll send prints to family once we get them in a few weeks.

The Latest and Greatest

Lots going on in our little family. I've forgotten to write about some of these things since things have been crazy with the move so I'm redeeming myself tonight. First we'll start with Travis' latest achievements...

Travis took his first steps the day before we moved to St. George. Since then he's been walking more often and more steps at a time. His longest stretch was 17 steps last Sunday at church. He has also gone from 2 naps a day to just one. Travis likes to feed himself with a fork and will eat almost anything as long as it is on the end of a fork. He is constantly babbling and is saying more and more small words and learning how to communicate by pointing instead of screaming for what he wants. He LOVES water. Every time I take him out of the bathtub, he scrambles to get back in. Same with the pool; he loves it! He puts his face in willingly and tries to get out of my arms to "swim" on his own. And... today Travis officially gave up his bottle! He didn't even put up a fight. This past week I've been weaning him off of it and it was so simple and pain-free! The last few days he's only been taking one at night and since it didn't seem like a big deal I just gave him a sippy with warm milk and it didn't even phase him. What a big boy!

Braden loves the water as well. He can swim  5-10 feet with his head underwater all by himself! I'm guessing in about a week he'll be able to swim across the short side of the pool in the shallow end. Each time he tries, he goes a little farther. He can also tippy-toe in the shallow end and likes to "monkey walk" along the side of the pool. No fear in this guy! He has also been keeping me thoroughly entertained by singing Boom, Boom, Pow and shaking his booty! That boy's got rhythm! He loves music and picks up on just about everything! Guess we should listen to more kid music and less top 40/hip hop... Last month, Braden wanted to bear his testimony during testimony meeting at church. He's never done it before and didn't want any help... at first. He walked up to the pulpit the very first Sunday we were here and said in a loud, self-confident voice, "Hi. I'm Braden." Then in a whisper he said, "Mom, can you come help me?" It was the cutest thing ever! I guess the primary presidency took note of that and now he's assigned to give a talk next Sunday in primary. I'll post more on that next week...

As for me, I am going to start a medical billing and coding course at the local college pretty soon. I've decided to put cosmetology on hold until I can commit to the year or two that it would take to complete and the 10k it would cost. The course that I am going to take just takes 350 hours (compared to the 2,000 that cosmetology takes) and is only $450. I can eventually work from home doing this and can make enough to support my family. I've always loved doing hair and really want to go to school for it but its just not feasible at this point. I'm hoping to make the time for it once the boys are both in school. We are all settled in our new apartment and things are all coming together. I'll post pictures of the apartment soon.