West Coast Adventures!

In May we were headed to Oregon for Kyle and Michelle's wedding reception. Well we decided that we might as well make a vacation of it!!!
On Wednesday May 15th we left our home in Utah and headed for our first stop, Boise Idaho. We got in late at night so we headed straight for the hotel and got some rest.
The next morning we got up and after breakfast we went to the discovery center of Idaho. It is a sort of hands of center for kids. It was a lot of fun not only for Emma but for us as well!

 Playing some unique musical instruments! 

Air Brake Experiment!

 A light experiment!

 Giant bubbles!!

Green screen. The shark ate us!! :)

The next day we drove to Kennewick Washington and stayed the night. Early the next morning we started our drive to Keizer Oregon. We stayed in Keizer for a few days for the reception.
Thursday evening we had a bridal shower for Michelle while the men went on a hike to a waterfall.
Friday we went to the air museum. It was pretty cool!

Saturday Morning we watched the Iris Festival Parade. It was fun and Emma loved it!

    Watching the Parade! :)

Saturday Evening was the Reception. We visited with Michelle's family and friends and the kids played in the yard.

Sunday after church we went to Michelle's parents house to have a birthday party for Kyle and Michelle's mom. We had some dinner and ate dessert. After the party everyone said goodbye and we headed on our way down the coast!
Sunday evening we arrived in Crescent City California. These next pictures were from the drive there!

Monday morning we took highway 101 along the coast through the redwood forest on our way to San Francisco. It took us most of the day to get there so there was not a lot of time to tour anything when we got there.
Here are some pictures of the drive from Crescent City to San Francisco.

Tuesday morning we went and saw the golden gate bridge and took a drive through San Francisco. It is a very interesting city!

That evening we drove to Anaheim. When we stopped to have lunch we stopped at a little burger joint in the middle of nowhere. They had really good burgers, fries and shakes!
We got into Anaheim really late but the next morning we got up and headed for Sea World!

I would love to share some wonderful pictures of our family having a good time at Sea World, however, I was lame and forgot my camera battery so there are no pictures... I am really disappointed but we had a wonderful time anyways! :)

Thursday morning we went to Long Beach and played on the beach! It was a ton of fun to play on a beach where it was warm for a change!

 Emma loved building sand castles!

Daxton was unsure what to think about the sand! ;)

Friday morning we packed up and headed for Vegas. We stayed at Circus Circus and enjoyed the shows and games. We had dinner with an old friend of Ryan's and they enjoyed catching up. We were planning to stay another night but by this time we were just ready to go home so Saturday morning we packed up and headed home!

We had an amazing time and really enjoyed the time together!

Daxton Ryan Herring!

November 19th 2011 was a very special day for  us! That is the day that my baby boy decided to make his appearance in this world! We were staying with my parents at the time because we had just moved back from Washington and hadn't found our own place yet so we were up in Heber. The day was pretty much like any other until about 11:00 that night when I woke up to my water having broken! We had to drive all the way down to Provo to the hospital because that is where my doctor delivers so I was not looking forward to the trip. However, even though my water had broken my labor did not start.

We made it to UVRMC and checked in and they came in to check things and discovered that I was not having ANY contractions... They decided to let me wait for a bit and see if my labor started on it's own before inducing me. Well a little while later they came back and still nothing... so they decided I needed to have some pitocin to start my labor. They started me at about 12:30 and then came back and took it off hoping that my body would take over. No such luck... so they started it again. They did this three times before they finally decided at about 4:00 that they were just going to have to leave me on it.

Well after about 9 or so hours my baby boy was not moving down like he was supposed to. The doctor came in to see what was going on and decided that he was sideways and they needed to get him turned so that he would keep moving.... OUCH... That hurt like crazy.. but it did the trick. After only another 30 minutes or so my baby boy was born!

His Stats:
Daxton Ryan Herring
Born: 11/19/2011 at 1:30 P.M.
Weight: 8 lbs. 2 oz.

Now here is the fun part... Pictures! :)

Yeah I know... He's pretty cute! ;)

Well over the past few months here is how he has grown! :)

November

January

February

March

April

Blessing Day!

Easter

June

July

August

He is getting so big! I just can't believe it! We love him soo much! He is such a happy kid! Always making everyone smile! We are sooo lucky to have him as a part of our family!!!

                                                      WE LOVE YOU DAXTON!!! :)

Yearly Update!

Oh wow I have a lot to update on! I am really bad at this blogging thing! ha ha ha! This post will  be a short update for the last year. Only a few things will get their own posts so I guess I will have to try to decide what is most important! He he he :) Enjoy!

Well here is what happened in the last year! :)

October 2011
-Emma turned 3! She had a party with some friends and then with family in Utah the next week!

-Shortly after Emma's party we packed up and moved our family back to Utah! (Although that was almost a year ago we are still searching for a permanent residence...)

November 2011
- November 19th was a very important day! Our baby boy Daxton was born! (This will get its own post!)

-Thanksgiving with family was wonderful!

December 2011

-Obviously lots of Christmas celebrations but nothing too out of the ordinary! :)

May 2012

-My brother in law Kyle got married and gave me one of the most awesome sister in laws anyone could ask for! :) Love you Michelle!

-We took a trip down the west coast! (This will also get its own post!)

June 2012

-We bought bikes and biked a ways up Provo canyon from our house! It was awesome and the kids loved it!

July 2012

- We had an awesome 4th of July! On the 3rd we did fireworks with Kyle and Michelle and then the next morning we went and watched the parade with the Herring family and my parents. After the parade we went and played mini-golf. During which i began to not feel good and discovered i had a fever. That evening Ryan and the kids went to a BBQ and i stayed home and rested!

August-

-Daxton (who turned 9 months old on the 19th) has decided that it is time for him to learn to walk... he does not crawl anymore. I keep trying to tell him that he is too little but he wont listen! Crazy little boy!

-The 25th was Ryans birthday! He is now 28 years old! wow! I like to tease him that he is getting old! ;) For his birthday we went to his parents house and had cake and ice cream with the family!

-For the last week of August my brother and sister in law were here from Alabama with their two kids! (This will get a post too!)

-While we were staying with my mom Daxton got a really bad cold and we had to take him to the ER because he was wheezing really bad. We ended up having to give him breathing treatments every 4 hours for a few days. It was a long tiring process but he seems to be back to his old self again!

September-

- The 7th of this month was our 5 year anniversary! I can't believe how time flies! I love being married to this man! We had planned to go away for the weekend but with Daxton being sick it just wasn't a good time so we went out to dinner at Red Robin and then went and saw Madagascar 3 in the dollar theater. It was nice to spend some time alone! :) And then my wonderful sister in law offered to take the kids overnight at her house Saturday night. We dropped them off and spent some time with friends. It was good not to have to worry about getting the kids home at a decent hour and we slept in till noon on sunday! :) Thanks Michelle!!


I think that pretty much brings you up to date!!! There will be a few more posts to come for those things that deserved a little more than a mention! :)