Fun Times

So, we started Benjamin on solids a couple weeks ago. He LOVED his sweet potatoes... after just 3 bites or so he was an expert at opening his mouth, getting the food off the spoon, and then swallowing (most!) of it. It was fun to see him enjoy it so much.... and we took lots and lots of pictures.

About 5 days later we tried peas... the reaction wasn't quite like the sweet potatoes. As you can see, Benjamin does not like peas! This is such a funny picture, even though I know how he feels and it's not fun to have a mouth full of something you don't like! We'll try again in a couple weeks. Right now we're still going strong with sweet potatoes and carrots, both which make it down into the tummy quite easily! We've got a few more veggies we want to try, then we're planning on introducing the cereals- oatmeal, barley, rice, etc. This should be fun to see which foods he likes and which ones he doesn't!

Tyler and Cassidee's wedding was beautiful! It was nice to see a lot of family members that we don't see very often. Benjamin got to meet quite a few extended family members that he didn't know before... most important was my older brother, Richard, who has been in New York for the past few years serving in the Army. Richard also got to meet Jonathan for the first time too! And you can probably imagine how excited my mom was to have *ALL* her children together for the first time in years... here is a picture of all 5 of us outside the Temple:

We had a lot of fun at the receptions too! The first one was Friday night here in Orem, Utah and the second one was Saturday night in St. George, Utah. Here's a lovely picture of us with the happy bride and groom!

We were lucky enough to be able to spend a couple extra days in St George to play and have fun. Benjamin had a blast in the pool at the condo we stayed at. He is getting good at "kicking" and has even been practicing in the bathtub here at home a couple times since we've been back.

Jonathan also got to go fishing and took my brother Nick with him. They each caught some pretty good fish...

Well, it's been so long since my last post that I have a lot of things to report. But I promise this is the last thing for today! Benjamin is now doing really well at sitting up for long periods of time by himself. And Boy! does he think it's grand!

Happy Fourth of July to everyone... hopefully I'll have more time early next week to post another blog. We should have some good pictures from our Fourth of July activities and fun stuff that Benjamin decides to do! Love to all...