All Good Things Must Come To An End

Two years ago this is what Brayden looked like.

My sweet baby girl.

Brayden then... ...Kaleb now.

These are both pictures of Brayden and Kaleb's first time at the lake taken by the same photographer...my sister, Debbie. It's fun for me to compare to see how different or similar they are. In these pictures they look an awful lot alike.

At Lake Holiday then...

...at Lake Holiday now. We've all changed a lot from the looks of this picture. That's what two years and a two year old will do to ya.

We had a real good time finishing up our trip in Illinois. Here Brayden is with the clams she found.

Here she is getting ready for Uncle Scott to teach her how to fish for the first time.

Here they are with Uncle Scott (my uncle). She held a worm and then threw it in the lake. She got confused since she saw Uncle Scott throw the worms in the lake on the end of the fishing line. I guess she figured she would throw it in too. Luckily he was able to retrieve it. Kaleb and I stayed in the shade and played. What a natural. I think this is the first thing that has kept her attention longer than 15 minutes.

Kaleb and I still playing...

And here is her very first catch.

She ended up catching four fish. Two catfish and two blue gill.

She had a blast chasing around Coby, Uncle Scott's dog.

...and then Ghost, my other uncle's dog, came to play too.

I thought this was a cute picture that my sister took of her little boy, Blake, peaking over at Kaleb while he was sleeping.

The Morton Arboretum

We visited the Morton Arboretum a few times.

Here Brooke and Brayden are playing in the Children's Garden.

Then we went back for a nice Sunday stroll.

The arboretum is full of beautiful flowers, trees, ponds, and trails to walk through it all.

Here are some more pictures with the cousins that I didn't include in last week's post.

Natalie is holding Kaleb.

Brooke holding Kaleb and Natalie holding Blake. My sister, Dayna, with the kids.

Drew, Brooke, Kaleb, and Brayden

We were so lucky to be able be in town when my grandparents flew in. Since we no longer live in Utah we miss seeing them all the time like we used to. It was so great to see them again and have them meet Kaleb for the first time. And of course they were able to see the little firecracker that Brayden has turned into.

Well, we sure had a fun time and a much needed break. Thank you Grandma and Papa Wardell. Brayden sure misses you.

Brandon starts school back up on Monday. I think we are a lot more rejuvenated now to face his third year of dental school.

When we got back home his results from the board exam were waiting in the mail.

He passed with flying colors. He did really well and we are relieved that that is over with.

Hope everybody has a great Independence Day weekend.

Happy 4th of July!