Miles First Haircut

On May 26th, Miles recieved his first haircut. I started to notice that his hair was bothering him in his eyes as of lately. Of course since little man is a boy it would not be nice of me to pull his hair up out of his eyes like I did with Ginny. So, since he was sitting nice and still on my mom's lap she decided a nice trim would be good for him. Man, did he look cute. He officially got his hair cut all around a few weeks later from Stephen's mom.

Cousin Fun

So we have the pleasure now of living close to my family so the kids often see their cousins Calvin, Abriana, Maddison, and Dallas who are teenagers. Then they also get to spend time with their cousin who is only a year older then Ginny named Abbi. Occasionally, we spend time with their cousins who live in Missouri who have two older and one who is the same age as Ginny. Though, this time we had the joy of having Stephen's brother Jimmy and family (Natalie, Addi, and Reed) and Stephen's sister Johanna and her son Will in town. During the time they were here we had hoped that we could be sealed. Anyways, Jimmy and family were here for two weeks while Johanna was here for another week after that. It was so much fun watching the kids interact with each other. Addi and Ginny are the same age so it was fun to see the girls play with each other and occasion they would have an argument. The last time Jimmy and family lived here the girls were at the parallel play. So now they were able to play with each and interact with each other. Miles is six months younger then my nephew Reed so they were in the stage of parallel play. Though Miles seemed to scare Reed more then anything. Will who is Johanna's little boy is six months younger then Miles. All in all the kids had a lot of fun spending time with each other and learning from each other. We miss them when they are not here.

I love to See the Temple!

So Stephen and I decided it was time to go through the temple a long time ago. So on May 29th, 2014, Stephen and I went through the temple together. It was an amazing experience to go through with my family by my side. My sister-in-law Johanna was my escort while Stephen had his dad escort him in. Let's just say there was some minor wardrobe mishaps on my part but it did not take away from the spiritual experience. On May 30th, 2014, which was a bright sunny day. We went back to the temple and I was able to get dressed in a beautiful white gown and was sealed to my husband Stephen. We were placed in the sealing room and I saw my mom who was sitting next to me and then my in-laws next to Stephen. We also had Stephen's sister Johanna, brother Jimmy and his wife Natalie, Peter and Laura Sullivan, Mike and Elyse Scoma, and Nathan Rytting there to celebrate our sealing. Once Stephen and I were sealed to each other for all eternity. They brought Ginny and Miles in. Stephen and I had not seen the kids once they entered the temple and were placed in all white. Ginny was in a beautiful little girl dress and she climbed up on my lap and said, "Mommy did you get married?" I told her yes that I did that I got married to her daddy for all eternity. We then were sealed to our children. After we were done everyone changed and we then took pictures outside of the temple.

Dianna Rose (May 2014)

My sister Christy and I planned on taking the kiddos to Dianna Rose Park. Ginny has not been since she was a year old and Miles has never been. My sister brought her daughter Abbi along for the fun day at the park. We had a lot of fun looking at the animals there. Ginny did not want to feed any of the animals but Miles was all for it as was my niece. It was a enjoyable to be able to spend time with my sister and her daughter.

Miles Turned 1

This little guy turned one years old on the 30th of April. He has been amazing little joy to have in the house. It was amazing from the start to know how well Ginny was turning into a great big sister. This little guy came into this world already moving and shaking. While they were prepping me for my c-section he was moving around. The doctor had to move him around before she took him out as he wanted to look at her in the eye. He has never stopped moving. He started to take his first steps around 9 months and have not stopped walking since then. We are so blessed to have Miles Alton in our lives and can't wait to see what our quiet little guy