Carden "Standing"

Further evidence that Carden might just go straight to walking...He pushes himself up basically by himself!

Carden's Rollover!!!

Marin and I were playing cards and Carden was playing on the floor. We looked over and all the sudden Carden was on his tummy! He rolled over and we missed it! So we got our camera and have a little clip to share...He's such a strong little boy, we think he'll skip the whole crawling thing and go straight to walking! :)

Happy Birthday Justin!

Happy Birthday Justin! We all love you so much! Last Friday Mom and Michelle had to fly home from Provo, so we decided to celebrate Justin's Birthday a little early so everyone could join in on the fun! When Justin got off work we surprised him with gifts, dinner, and brownies with ice cream! He got some cool things (mostly clothes to get ready for Law School!)

I ACTUALLY DID IT!!!!

I finallly got the courage to cut my hair! What do you think?

Family Pictures on Pioneer Day!

Strike a Pose!!

Carden is getting SO strong. He loves to grab his hands and hold them almost like he is praying. I tried getting a picture but was too late!

The Carrot!

Thanks Luke for giving Carden his Carrot Toy!!

Carden is getting really good at grabbing his toys and putting them to his mouth!
He is starting to chatter a TON! It is sooo funny! He loves people. He gets really sad when he is left alone. He loves watching movies (like the Joseph Smith video) and people bowling!

Sickness in the Sweeney Home

So Justin and I have almost been married three years and NEVER have I seen Justin sick until this last weekend. We have been watching FOOD NETwork and Justin was watching Tyler's Ultimate Meatloaf. He thought it looked so good that he decided to make it. However, something happened making Justin WAY sick. I think the meat might have not been cooked all the way :(
So just beware of the MEATLOAF dishes. It had great flavor!

Summer '08 Slideshow

Well, Jason and Kierstin inspired us with their video so we thought we'd try making one of our own...

Up in the Provo Canyon!

Our little family!

The Boys in their caps! Aren't they SOOO Cute? :)


We spent the whole afternoon up in the Canyon! Carden LOVED it! He enjoyed looking at all the kids playing, studying the trees, and sleeping in the sun! We read our books that are getting sooo GOOD (Justin is finishing the 7th Harry Potter book, Justin's Mom is reading the 6th Harry Potter, I am reading the 3rd Stephanie Myer book-Eclipse, and Michelle is reading, oh know I forgot the name of it) ! We ate lunch, played games, threw the football, and then took off so Justin could get to work! It was a great day!

I love my Mommy's Pillow!

SO I can't stand how every picture I take of Carden has RED EYE! I seriously need to find out how to fix this. Our little baby is sooo cute, but looks like a demon :(

"I Love to see the Temple"

We got to go to Salt Lake with the Sweeney family and decided to go see the Joseph Smith video. It was so moving. I cried through the whole thing. I'm so thankful for the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith. I'm thankful that he endured to the end in bringing forth this gospel. I know that he saw God the Father and his Son. I know that this church is the only true church here upon this earth. I'm thankful for temples and that we can go there to learn about our Heavenly Father and Son Jesus Christ and that we can learn about the Plan of Salvation and how we can return to our Father in Heaven.

"Party at my crib 2 a.m."

Becky and B.J. got this for Carden (isn't it cute) and let me tell ya it was a party at 2am last night!!!!
It was a party at 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 am! I don't know WHAT happened to his long 4-6 hour stretches
at night??? Well, hopefully tonight there will be NO partying in the crib!

Happy 4th of July!

Well our 4th of July ended up being "Happy" even though it wasn't spent at the beach!
It has always been a Livingston tradition to go to the beach for the 4th of July with ALL the cousins, which I always looked forward to! Justin and I would love to keep the tradition (hopefully once we get out of Utah we can continue it). So for our 4th of July we spent time together as a family playing games, going on walks, and eating some DELICIOUS BBQ!


We got the Smith's BBQ to work!!! Huurraay!
As you can see we had some AMAZING BBQ chicken, steak, and shrimp (which was my favorite). The funny story is that we drank some Ruby Red Squirt with our BBQ not knowing it had CAFFEINE in it :( Justin was UP all night! (He drank 4 cans and finally fell asleep at 4:30am!!!)

We were able to hear "Hannah Montana" from our house...it was totally awesome! :) We even got to hear Blue Man Group which was better...the fireworks were of course AMAZING!

Grab, Grab, Grab!!!

Carden is starting to grab things!!
It is so fun to watch him use his hands.
He loves to find his little index finger and lodge it down his throat to the point
where he gags himself! He also likes to find his fist and stick the WHOLE thing
in his mouth! (He's got a nice BIG mouth, like Daddy!)