McIntire Madness: August 2011

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Cancun!

To celebrate 10 glorious years of wedded bliss we went to Cancun. We LOVED it! Matt's brother Aaron and his wife Candice came with us. With the great company, beautiful beaches, delicious food, ruin tours and animals all over the place it accumulated to a fabulous time.

This was the view from our hotel room!

This monkey was so cute. He was trained to give high fives!

Fish head anyone?

Resident iguana at the hotel.

Resident turtles at the hotel.

Tess got her first eye infection in Mexico! We had to take her to the doctor to get something to clear it up.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

A few milestones

This summer has been full of fun firsts.

*Cole lost his first two teeth! This is his first one.

I love this picture because it looks just like MATT! (when he makes this face of course)

*and learned how to ride a bike.

*and is starting to read.

*Ethan learned how to swim.

*and will jump off the diving board!

Tess at three months

Tess weighed in at 12.5 lbs!

Tess' first hair cut

We trimmed Tess' bangs and back so she wouldn't get baby mullet!

Before

Wilson Family Reunion

My family this year decided to try and pull off a family reunion! Considering it was our first one I think it was a huge success.
*We took family photos. We had all members except for one nephew that went on a 50 miler! My kids were making faces, biting their nails or not looking at the camera!

*We ate lunch at Brick Oven.
*Everyone hiked Stewart Falls except a few of us stayed behind.

*We rode motorcycles and fourwheelers. The kids found the mud holes and played in them for most of the day!

*We ended the night with breakfast. We had pancakes, whip cream and strawberries along with omelets, eggs, and bacon. It was delicious.

UTAH!

We did our annual trip to Utah this year and the kids and I stayed for 5 weeks! It was loads of fun and we got to see everyone in our family this year. We also got to avoid being in the rain for the month of July in Seattle!

Some highlights included:

*4th of July in Myton!

*Lots of family dinners and get togethers.

*Swimming lessons that taught Ethan how to swim!

*The Lindon Pool.

*Lots of dogs to play with all day long.

*Cousins, cousins, cousins and more cousins! The kids have a total of 57 now.

*A trip to the Salt Lake Temple. I took the 3 kids with Matt's family and it ended up being quite hilarious with a nursing baby, lots of kids running around (mostly boys), Ethan stubbing a toe, eating at the LionHouse Pantry and ended with a parking ticket on my car!

*Matt took Cole river rafting and he LOVED it!

My family used to river raft with another family growing up and it always included a large waterfight! This year did not disappoint in that department.

*The Hogle Zoo

Everyone remembers the lion water fountain!

*And we did so much playing that sometimes we just couldn't stay awake any longer!

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Tess at two months!

Tess weighed in at 11 lbs and smiles more and more everyday!

Lake Chelan

We went to Lake Chelan with a few friends this year and had a great time! We stayed in our friends parents house and spent our days lounging at the lake!

Cole graduates from gymnastics preschool!

Cole went to a gymnastics preschool with his friend Jack. I loved this preschool and his teachers!

Matt GRADUATED!

Yes folks, it has been two years and Matt graduated with his MBA! We are very proud of him and very happy to have him back home again. The kids still ask if Daddy is coming home tonight. Some habits are hard to break. Matt's Mom got to be here for this event as well!