Oh Fall....

I love Fall. I do. I do. We had fun this year going up to the canyon to see the colors, going to a corn maze, going to a BYU game, carving pumpkins, and dressing Graham up for Halloween. Graham was a dragon and was adorable!

Roar.

Check out this video- but only watch the first 40 seconds. It's way too long, but the first 40 seconds show how cute G looked. (and please ignore my very annoying and loud baby voice! :)

And here is the latest progress on our house. This is torture waiting for it to be done! Hopefully only 3 more weeks to go!

Progress!

Our lot...

(sorry this first one is so blurry)

Getting close!! It should be done by the end of November!

I can't wait

I CANNOT wait to have a house!! I'm soooo over apartment living right now. Here are some of the things I am looking forward to most:

1. Not hearing my upstairs neighbor's every move. (Walking, talking, yelling, vacuuming, flushing, and teenage boys jumping and pounding-- like they are right now.)

2. Having a GARAGE!! And the best thing about that garage will be that I don't have to carry all my groceries clear across the parking lot, around the corner and down the stairs, all while carrying Graham. It will be so amazing! Not to mention never having to scrape our cars or have extreme hot or cold cars. YAY.

3. Having a yard. Playing on the lawn at an apartment complex stinks. Enough said.

4. Having CLOSET SPACE! nough said.

5. Counter space! Hallelujah!

6. Not having them come mow the lawns right at nap time. Pretty much every time they come.(Again, like RIGHT NOW.)

7. Living in a quiet neighborhood! I might actually be able to open my windows without being bombarded with traffic noise.

8. Having new everything. As a germ freak, this will greatly ease my anxieties during those little moments like when my baby decides to lick the carpet, scrape the gunk out of the window sills, or climb behind the toilet.

9. Getting new furniture. Grown up life size furniture- not this play, mini size stuff :)

10. Being able to have more than 2 people over at one time. Party at the Hintze house!!!!

One year AND an announcement...

I know, I know, I am a little late with this birthday post. Graham turned one on July 16th. I can't believe it!! He is a big, smart, sweet little boy! At his one year appointment he was 25 pounds (the 83rd percentile) and 33 1/2 inches tall (the 100th percentile!). I had to work on his birthday (shhh... he'll never know...) so we just had a small party at home and then the week before we had a big joint birthday bash with Graham's cousin Raiden who is 5 days older.

Graham FREAKED out every time we tried to put a birthday hat on him, I mean he was terrified! Too bad...

These two were so funny, they mostly just ate each other's cake.

This boy got SPOILED!!

Graham is getting smarter by the day! (speaking of smart, is smarter a word?) He can point to his ears, teeth, nose and belly. I am surprised everyday at how much he understands what I am saying to him or telling him to do. He isn't walking yet but is VERY close and he can now climb up onto the couch and then onto the back of the couch and from there onto the window sill by himself! (impressive, but I sure wish he wouldn't do it!) I LOVE this boy so much!

Look how much he has changed in a year!!

And now.... our announcement....

WE ARE BUILDING A HOUSE!!!

Most of you who read this I'm sure already know but I wanted to make an official announcement. We are building in Herriman and it should be done in November. We can't even explain how excited we are and how blessed and lucky we feel to be able to have such an awesome house! It still doesn't seem real to us. We are in the phase of picking everything out and then they'll start digging in a couple weeks!

We will keep you updated on the progress :)

Family Pictures

Prepare yourself for a lot of pictures. We got family pictures taken a few weeks ago and she literally took over a hundred shots and I love almost all of them. It was hard narrowing them down even this much!
Also, today is Graham's 1st birthday!! I can't believe it has been a year already. It by far has been the best year of our lives! A birthday post will be coming soon :)

Campin'

A few weeks ago we met my whole family for a camping trip in Rifle Gap park in Colorado. When we were younger we used to go camping all the time. We didn't even have a tent. My parents would lay down tarps and we would sleep under the stars. I loved it. And we haven't been camping as a family for YEARS. It was so much fun and I am so glad we have started it up again. Rifle Gap was HOT. But it was right by a reservoir that had a nice swimming beach so we could cool off in the water.

Graham is kind of a wimp when it comes to water temperature and this water was so. so. cold. So I didn't think we would even want to touch it but he loved playing in it! (And eating the sand of course. It's like a magnet, the kid can't keep anything out of his mouth.)

Graham and Sophie.
They were too fascinated by the water we couldn't get them to look up.

AND THEN... We took a 5 minute drive up the canyon to Rifle Falls. Took a 2 minute hike and arrived at this...

It was BEAUTIFUL. We took a hike up to the top of the mountain where the waterfalls started and saw some cool caves on the way. It was a perfect family hike. Cool and refreshing from the mist of the falls and hello, gorgeous!

The fantastic five :)

Graham with Uncle Rob

We forgot Graham's hat and unfortunately he takes after his mother with a huge head and his father with the baldness so head coverage is a must.

We had fun just hanging out together as a family and eating lots of good food. Especially all the dutch oven meals made by my mom. YUM.
We also had a birthday party for Melinda. The baby of the family turned 18!! Can you believe it??? I can't.

I can't wait for next year!