About a month ago, Dennison grew out his beard.
So he did..
And this is the look he was sportin at work the next day. H-O-T
This year for the 4th of July we were so excited to meet Jake, Sylvia, and Tori as well as my parents in McCall, where my sister and brother live with their families. We rented a cabin at the Tamarack Resort with the Greens and it was a blast! Just like old times, there were several late nights, talking and playing games. We miss those smurfy fools, it was really fun spending time with them! When we weren't at the cabin, we were mostly spending time with my family, which was also wonderful. Here's a peek at the fun filled weekend me had: Above is my only and awesome sister with her son Ike and my Jude (they're 6 weeks apart).
Carter riding down to the parade in style
Loading his pockets with candy from the parade.
Playing with his cousin's cars. He often lines up his toys.
Payette Lake in the background. This is where I grew up - beautiful, huh?
Playing in the pool. Jake, Sylvia (yawning), and Tori in the background
Playing with Grandpa in the pool. This quickly moved Grandpa to the top of Carter's list of favorite people.
Warming up, trying to get the blue out of his lips.
Feeding the chickens with cousin Ani.
He held on to this cat so tight. He did not want him to run away again since it took him so long to catch him the first time.
REUNITED! 
Jude and Ike with G-ma
Superman on the boat
My sister Rachel hangin out with Carter
At the beach
Carter with his cousin Briar. His face is so goofy because he just ate a handful of sand. And check out Briar's tan!
Zonked out on the boat
Carter would've played at the beach all day if we let him.
The only picture of us with the Greens. We really shoud've taken more.... next time, right?
Carter puttin the moves on his long distance flame Tori
After our weekend, my parents drove back with us and spent some time here. Carter refused to go to bed, he just wanted to lay with Grandpa.
My parents and my boys. All day yesterday (after my parents left) Carter kept saying, "Bye Bye Grandpa" or "Grandpa. Truck. Gone." and he would go check the driveway for Grandpa's truck. Needless to say, he loved spending time with them.
Disney and Pixar have a short film called "Jack Jack Attack" at the end of 
Breakfast went something like this.....
Then lunch was like this.....
Then he got his birthday balloons
And Elmo hat
Elmo streamers and pizza for dinner
Birthday boy with his balloon tied around his waist
I had to blow out his candles for him. Maybe we should have practiced that beforehand....
Me and my 2-year-old
His new tricycle
And we finished off the day with bubbles.
*Carter loves eating cereal. Partly because it's delicious and partly because he can get it out of the cupboard and pour it in his bowl all by himself and partly because he's really good at eating it with his spoon. He knows he's only supposed to have it for breakfast, so he's always trying to sneak it when I'm not looking. He also gets excited when he finishes because then he can see the monkey in the bottom of his bowl.
*Carter is such a good big brother. He is always picking out toys and handing them to Jude to play with. He won't get out of the car unless we take Jude out first (maybe he's scared that we would forget about Jude?).
*Carter loves giving hugs now, and he's a really good hugger!
*Carter's vocabulary has really started coming together. He can say some really cute sentences now.
*Carter only wants to go potty on the "big potty". His little training potty is now used for a stool all over the house - mostly to turn on lights and climb onto the counter.
*Carter loves to help us with whatever we're doing. His favorite is helping to unload the dishwasher.
*Carter loves talking to his "Mama" (grandma) on skype. Everytime he sees the computer he tells me, "mama! mama!"
*Carter will eat anything as long as he can dip it in something.
*Carter kneels down by his bed and folds his arms every night for prayer.
I could go on and on so I'll just say that he's awesome. He's such a fun little guy and he thinks he's the boss and I guess he kind of is. I can't believe I have a two-year-old, but I also can't believe he's only been with us for two years. It's hard to remember life without him.
Carter - 14 months
Jude - 7 months
Carter - 8 months
Jude - 7 months
Carter - 9 months
Jude - 7 months
