Howdy Day at School!

The teachers don't normally take them down this way, it was just special for Howdy Day!
Our Cute Cowboy!

Today was "Howdy Day" at Preschool today. Cruz was very, very, very excited for it! He kept asking me when it was going to be Tuesday. Tuesday finally came today and he got all dressed up like a cowboy. He has all the gear; real boots, a cowboy hat, and even a handkerchief Grandpa Frye lent him. He looked adorable!!! He had a great time and wished they could (pretend) roast marshmallows every day at preschool (it doesn't hurt that Cruz absolutely LOVES marshmallows).

After a long, hard day on the ranch this little cowboy was tuckered out!

Wisconsin Grandparents in Town

Grandma and Grandpa brought lots of fun new toys and books for the kids. This little dolly is so cute and a perfect size for Alegra, of course it went straight to the mouth :)!


Grandma and Grandpa Frye came into town late Friday night. Cruz and Alegra have had a blast playing with them. Cruz was especially excited to see them because they brought with them some new legos. If you didn't know this, Cruz is pretty obsessed with legos. Over the weekend we played legos, looked at fabrics, went on a hike, went to Park Silly Market, made popcorn and played games.

Kind of hard to see but this is a fort Cruz, Grandpa, and Grandma built out of the dining room table.

Getting Alegra started early, checking out fabric!

Cruz was very happy with all the new legos he received!

Grandpa and Cruz being silly! I love the tuft of hair sticking out of the side of Cruz's hat!

Grandpa's specialty, making popcorn!

Rick took off with some friends on Sunday afternoon/evening to do some fishing on creeks and streams up to Montana. Grandma Frye is hanging out with us for a few more days!

Third tooth for Alegra

Alegra got her 3rd tooth on Sunday September 26th, 2010. It is her top right tooth (if you are looking at her). She has had a runny nose and I am not sure if it was teething or a small cold but I am glad it broke through because Saturday she had a pretty rough night. I once heard that adults would not be able to handle the pain of a new tooth breaking the gums the first time, poor little babies.

My first peach pie!

I made my first real peach pie Sunday night. It was delicious, it didn't hurt that the peaches were absolutely fabulous.....I think that is the secret :)!

Alegra is 10 months old today

Alegra with her cute little jeggings on.

Our sweet little girl is 10 months old today. I can't believe how fast time flies. She really has been such a great little lady. She loves to laugh and giggle and she really fits her name which means "happy". Some things about Alegra:
-she does not like baby food anymore...she likes only big people food. She will let me feed her if it's "real" food and not "baby food" but she also likes to feed herself
-she still has the 2 little teeth on the bottom, but it looks like any day now the top one is going to poke through
-she does not crawl...and I am not sure if she is ever going to crawl. She likes to roll around and kind of scutch to where she wants to go. She has been making a little bit more effort to crawl, but nothing too crazy. Sometimes she does the backwards bum slide to get to where she wants to go, and that is pretty cute.
-Alegra loves her brother Cruz. Which sometimes can be a mystery to me. Cruz has lately been so rough with her. He has scratched her twice this week on the face. He continues to try and body slam her, it is a little scary. We had a poster up for him to earn stickers by being nice to her and that worked for about 2 days!
-Alegra is so happy when she gets up. She moves her arms and laughs and giggles when you go to get her.
-She is doing great with formula and the bottle. She drinks an 8 oz. bottle about 4 times a day.
-Alegra naps around 9:30ish in the morning and then goes back down between 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. She goes down for bed around 7:30 p.m.
-She has turned into a wiggle worm when you hold her so you really have to have a tight grip. She is another mover and shaker and really wants to see and be in all the action.
-We love you Legs and happy 10 months!

Fun filled weekend

We had a busy weekend of construction, a play, and a hill climb. The construction in our backyard has been ongoing. If you look back to older posts we decided to put our new trampoline in the ground and I was really unaware of how much work that entailed. Shawn has continued to plug away at our project when he has had time. He rented a small piece of equipment (I am not sure of the name) on Thursday night. Cruz and Shawn started moving some road base that night. Luckily Grammy Raddon was around to help watch Alegra since I had a previous planned engagement. Shawn and Cruz continued to work from after work on Friday until dark and then again in the morning. Luckily our neighbor Tom came over to help grade and compact the ground with Shawn. We are getting closer to being completed. We are actually ready to lay the turf but we are a little slow on ordering it, so it is not here yet.






About noon on Saturday Shawn got cleaned up and we went downtown to the Capital Theater to see "The Lion King". The play is being performed here for about 3 weeks. I think it was about 6 months ago my mom went down and stood in line in cold weather for 2.5 hours to get these tickets. All of the Salt Lake Raddons went (minus Alegra who stayed home with a sitter and Rebecca who had a wedding of her good friend). The play was amazing, the costumes, music, it really all was pretty awesome. Cruz did really well for his first play too. He was into watching the animals and at the beginning and after intermission the people dressed as different African animals came down the aisles too and Cruz was right on an aisle seat. It was a little long and with about 10 minutes left Cruz turned to Shawn and asked if we could go home.....I thought that was pretty good for a 3 year old though! Cruz standing outside the Capital Theater for the play "The Lion King".

Today was Pedros, our cycling teams, annual ride up Little Cottonwood Canyon road climb. The kids and I watched, cheered and took pictures. The colors are starting to change here so it was absolutely beautiful. Actually, I think it was the warmest year they have had for the ride, it is above 90 degrees today in SLC. Shawn and Cruz stayed up to have the brunch afterwards and Alegra and I ran down to church. Shawn did great on the ride and the kids were excellent in the car too!

Cruz's art from Preschool today

Todays art was learning colors (which Cruz is pretty good at) and his gum ball machine. Cruz went to his first birthday party without me today. It was one of the boys in our Thursday playgroup. There are 7 boys in this Thursday playgroup we are in. We each take a turn being in charge of the playgroup. It is nice because it is some more free time for me. He goes on Thursdays from 12:45 to 3:00. I am a little nervous to host, but all the moms have said the boys have played great together! Cruz had a great time at the birthday/playgroup today!

1st Day of Preschool

Cruz and a neighbor boy, Jacob, both go to Swenson Station. Cruz got his very own bag to bring his artwork home in.
Cruz was very excited when he went around back and saw a swing set. His preschool is in the basement of Valerie Swenson's home, one of the teachers. His teachers names are Miss Valerie and Miss Kathy.

Cruz's school "Swenson Station" actually started last Thursday but since Cruz wasn't feeling well, today was his first day of school. He goes to school on Tuesday and Thursdays from 9:30-11:30 a.m. He had a great time!
This is Cruz's first art project. When I asked what it was he said, "It is Humpty Dumpty Mom!"

Alegra is loving this boat right now. She can sit in it and make it rock back and forth!

LOTOJA Weekend

Yippee, they finished!
Marc, Cat, Shawn, and Cruz after they finished their LONG ride!
The kids waiting for daddy to cross the finish line! We made him a poster!

Shawn rode LOTOJA this Saturday. It is a pretty famous race that about 3,000 bikers participate in each year. Road riders start in Logan, Utah early Saturday morning and bike 206 miles to Teton Village in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It was the first time Shawn has done this ride and luckily he had his good friends Marc and Cat Norman to ride with. Actually, the race organizers tear the start times so riders start from as early as 5:30 a.m. to as late as 8:00 a.m. Shawn's start time was about 30 minutes later than Marc and Cat. At about mile 80 he was able to catch up with them, and they rode together all the way! Shawn said it actually wasn't too bad, the hardest part was having his seat in that saddle for like 12 hours. Marc, Cat, and Shawn came through the finish line about 7:20 p.m. Marc's mom was kind enough to be their support vehicle. There are about 6 support areas along the ride but each rider needs to provide their own support (like water, food, etc) at each stop. It would have been a very long day for the kiddos in the car, so I was last resort to be their support driver. The kids and I dropped Shawn off in Brigham City with Marc and Cat on Friday afternoon and then we drove on to Swan Valley, to the cabin. We hung out and played most of the day on Saturday and then drove over to Jackson Hole (about a 45 min. drive) to watch Shawn come in. We are so proud of our guy! The rest of the weekend we relaxed, went on walks, played with Casey, and hung out in Swan Valley.
Grammy bought this garage sale walker for the cabin for like $2 dollars for Alegra but Cruz has taken it over as his car. I had a hard time getting him out of it this weekend, he loved it, and his baby penguins even rode on it too (his imaginary friends).
Alegra will no longer eat baby food. She will only eat food that she can feed herself. It makes getting enough food in her very difficult. She chews o.k. but she only has those 2 little front teeth so I worry about giving her lots of different things. Also, as of Sept. 12th she is officially weened from nursing. She takes to a bottle o.k., but she was just getting too busy to nurse, she wanted to check out everything else instead of nurse.
Cruz lovin' the razor (we call it Red)!

Todays Tea Party!

Cruz didn't want to get in any pictures but we had a wonderful tea party today!

Together again!

Alegra and I were very excited to see daddy and Cruz when they returned from Moab!

1st Father/Son Camping Trip

Shawn and Cruz on their first slick rock ride together.


Shawn had to get some pictures of US 6 for work this weekend. He decided to take Cruz with him and have their fist camping trip. The boys drove down to get pictures on Sunday. After Shawn finished taking his pictures they drove a little further to camp in Moab. They found a great campsite that had a big hill behind it and LOTS of sand. Cruz had fun playing in the sand (from what I heard). Shawn and Cruz biked the first little stretch of Slick Rock together on Sunday night, they then went back to camp and heated up their tinfoil dinners on the fire. They slept in their tent that night. The next morning they biked the first 200 feet of Slick Rock again. The boys also made a huge river at their campsite with their leftover water. They arrived back home at about 3:00pm Monday. Alegra and i had a mellow time while they were gone....church, nap time, getting caught up on projects, playing, hanging out, and a few errands. We missed our boys but glad they had a great time together!
Cruz telling Shawn where to go, by looking at the map!
Wahoo, Sand!
Big hill behind their campsite, do you see Cruz?
"So Big"
Running Barefoot up the hill and loving it!
1st Official Ride at Slick Rock

Working So Hard!
Too Cool, dude!
Already going for the jumps!
Eating by the campfire
Cruz loved this bridge
More biking!
River Cruz and dad made with their leftover water before they packed up camp.