To my own wonderful dad…

Holding Amelie.

And to the father of my children…

One of my favorite pictures ever. Holding Amelie.

With Calder. Looking so sweet and tender.

With Easton.

This picture captures this time with Liam so perfectly. Happy, but exhausted and worried.

And now some other fatherhood moments…

Sleeping with Amelie.

Getting ready for a swim with Amelie and Calder. And those of you that know Amelie might recognize her famous hand twitching in this photo.

In tribute to all of the fishing trips! Here he is with Calder.

Being silly with Calder.

Sad face competition with Liam.

I could go on and on…We sure love you, Bryce!

I told some clients of mine about this and they thought it was the funniest concept. “Preschool graduation? Did he pass cutting and pasting? How about coloring?” It’s okay. Someday they’ll get it–in about 4 years to be precise! Yes, it’s a little silly, but it was a big deal to our sweet boy and kind of a big deal for me, too. My baby is growing up and on to kindergarten!

He was so proud!

This picture doesn’t even really look like the real Easton to me, but had to include it anyway. Must be the graduation cap.

Bryce’s birthday fell on Memorial Day this year and per his request we went to hike Ensign Peak before joining family for some fishing and BBQ action. Ensign Peak, so named by Brigham Young, rises up behind the state capitol building. According to local history, when Brigham saw the peak, it brought to mind a vision Brigham had of Joseph Smith telling him where to fly the banner of freedom and Brigham said, “This is the place.”

The birthday boy at the summit.

Pretty amazing views!

Fishing later that day. Didn’t catch anything.

At the graves of their Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Steadman.

At the graves of the Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Haymond.

Golden Spike: the spot where the Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined to create the first Transcontinental Railroad back in 1869. Pretty big deal for our country’s economy!

Not much else out here.

Waiting for the train demonstration. Liam’s photobombing.

Pretty fun! Had a nice little visitor’s center, too. We learned that on a record day, the crew laid 10 miles of track!

We are having lots of fun going on adventures this summer! Little day trips and hikes around our beautiful state. We went out to the Bonneville Salt Flats famous for being a racing paradise (when it’s dry enough to race). It’s so flat here you can actually see the curvature of the earth! Bryce and I came home from this trip and just had to watch The World’s Fastest Indian with Anthony Hopkins. Great movie and shot on these very flats!

Miles and miles of salt. The part where we stopped had a couple inches of water.

See? Salt!

This about sums up Amelie’s home life. Staying calm while the boys go crazy.

Easton.

Mommy and Liam.