Visit From Uncle Matt

My brother Matt stopped to see us in Holden one day. Dawson was so excited to see all the pigs he was hauling that day. We rarely see him, so it was a pretty rare day.

The Elk in Holden

A few weeks ago JD was passing between Fillmore and Holden and saw this huge heard of Elk. He came and got us and then I decided to get up close shots. Dawson was all for it. It was amazing how close we got. Dawson was a trooper a walked at least 2 miles with me! He was so excited!

JD was behind us taking pics too which showed how close we were!

Happy Easter

This year for Easter we were in St. George, UT with my mom and sisters. It was SO much fun! We colored eggs, swam a lot at the hotel, went to church, went hiking, and just relaxed! Dawson was so excited for the Easter bunny and all of his surprises! My mom got him an Easter Sunday church outfit, which Dawson absolutely loved because it was like his dads ( meaning he didn't have to wear a vest, just shirt and tie).

The Easter bunny brought him the movie Chipwrecked, Alan, bubbles, a book, a slap on wristband, some bunny ears, some pj's that r the kind Dawson likes, a soft stuffed bunny, and lots of candy! The candy has yet to run out because Dawson isn't a candy holic like his mom. He eats it but doesn't scarf it down and gets sick of it fast. He is more like a Stevens and likes crackers or chips instead ( it's a genetic thing I swear). 

The Talent Show

Our niece Jetta and her cousin Jessie decided to host a talent show for the Stevens and Johnson's on a warm afternoon. It was so much fun and we were so excited about all the talents that everyone had. 

The girls danced, Dawson folded his tongue into a straw, JD did his Mickey Mouse interpretation, I did the splits, Molly and the kids sang the alphabet forwards and backwards, Jetta did a history presentation that she won an award for at school,and Grandma Johnson read a book to the kids. OH and Ty, their dog, can smile! 

Baby Elizabeth Collins Probert

I am obviously catching up since my last post. So to start, on March 4 a little after 2 pm my JD's sister had her baby! She is the cutest thing and super long!

She goes by Collins. The day she came couldn't of been more perfect. You see before JD and I moved, we were planning on watching their other little girl Destry while they went to the hospital. It turned out that I was in Cedar city the night before and decided to stay. I did a little pregnancy inducing acupuncture  (not that it was the total cause of her going into labor, but It must of helped). At 5 am I got a phone call and rushed over to go watch Destry. Dawson was so excited too that he wanted to come. Soon JD's mom arrived and let me go talk to Loni while she was progressively dialating. 

While I was there it turned out that Loni had the same nurse that I did with Andee. She was so nice and so patient. All of the sudden Loni said she felt pressure so I ran and grabbed the nurse and it was time. Later that afternoon we got to go see the new arrival. It was so amazing and brought tears because it brought back memories of Andee. I can only trust my heart knowing Collins was the last person I know here on Earth that got to spend the most recent time with Andee. I just wished babies could talk. Dawson absolutely loves to hold her every chance he can get. It's so fun to see him love infants so much. 

Ringo Again

Of course while we are here in Holden we have to ride Ringo. Dawson can't get enough of riding these horses, helping his dad, feeding the animals, and being a cowboy like daddy. Dawson is such a champ at handling these horses and not being scared. 

Dawson loved holding the horses while dad saddled them. He was so proud of himself! He then helped brush the horses!

It was a good thing Ringo bent down to eat so Dawson could reach him. He's a HUGE horse.

And finally they were ready. CHEESE!

I love that we have so much opportunity for Dawson to grow up around animals. It's such an amazing experience as a mother to see your child around animals. I think it can tell you a lot about your children. I think Dawson is less scared of horses than I am. lol!

Sand Dunes with the Coats'

Last night our good friends came up from Cedar City to see their family here in Holden. They invited us to come spend time with them at the sand dunes so they could see us too while they were up here. We had a blast. Dawson was on cloud 9 and got to spend time with his friend Payton.

Dawson and Payton buried alive! They both kept wanting to be buried, get themselves out, and get buried again and again and again. 

Poor Payton's diaper was filled to the brim with sand- that can't be comfortable at all!

Dawson loved running around barefoot and not a worry in the world. He got so dirty, but it was all worth it! He kept sliding down these steeps hills! It was hilarious- and it wore him out (which meant good sleep that night!)

Peace out! Yes, I asked to get buried too....

Dawson and mom

We went to their house afterwards and cooked hotdogs on a stick. One day we are going to have this in our own backyard. It was the coolest fire pit station ever- and they built it themselves!

We also had s'mores!

Lovin me some s'mores!

 

It was so nice to see them and spend some good old Holden quality time together.