Bonner Family Reunion 2013

For the Bonner family reunions we alternate from Twin Lakes to family organizes each year. This year is was the Dave/Amber Bonner families turn to plan. They chose Utah and we came to them. 27 of us stayed in their house and we remarkably fit quite well. Here is a quick re-cap of the week.

7 Peaks Water Park:

Ran into Amanda Pope. Freshman/sophomore roomie and bestie =)

 Stadium of Fire:

Kelly Clarkson, Carly Rae Jepson & lots of fireworks!

 Trafalga Family Fun Center:

Hot Dog Roast up American Fork Canyon:

Bowling at BYU: 

No trip to Utah would be complete without a visit to campus

Hiking and Touring Timpanogos Caves:

Touring Church Sites (Welfare Square & Humanitarian Center):

Look at all those boy cousins 10 and under. Luke did not want to participate in the photo...

Fun Around the House:

Chomping on freshly picked garden carrots

Luke helping Gpa blow out his candles (Happy 70th!!)

Family Pictures at the Old Bonner Homestead in Midway: 

Matriarch & Patriarch of the clan

Kirt and Gail Heniger Family

Scott and Janel Tingey Family

Dave and Amber Bonner Family

Steve and Leah Bonner Family

It was a great reunion. Amber did a fantastic job organizing and everyone had a lot of fun.

Carson's First Day of School

Carson still isn't 5 (world's biggest 4-yr-old) and missed the kindergarten cut-off by a few months, so this year he is in Transitional Kindergarten. The district has a class set up for all the kids with September, October and November birthdays. He just finished his 3rd day and so far so good I think. He is used to his little speech delay pre-school with 11 kids and 5 adults and now his class is close to 30 with one teacher. Heaven help that teacher. We/he LOVED his old speech therapist and we were sad to leave her, but he'll get speech pull-out twice a week so hopefully improvement will continue. I can't believe that this big boy is mine! Love him. 

Our New Minivan

I've never been a "minivan snob". Obviously, if I could choose any car in the world to have it wouldn't be a minivan, but for this stage in my life nothing could be more perfect. With baby #3 on the way we decided to go for it. My Dad found us a great deal on a year old Toyota Sienna through his dealer buddy and drove it up. (Luke still calls it "Pa Pa's car". I'm sure he is waiting for Grandpa to come back for it.) Out of any minivan on the market this is the exact one I wanted. Exact model, color, interior, bells , etc. When buying used you don't always get exactly what you want, so I'm excited it turned out that way for us. The boys are in HEAVEN. They love it and are frequently playing in the garage in the van. They both have been known to cry when we take Daddy's car somewhere instead of Mommy's. Nothing quite as exciting as new cars to kids, except baby sisters. I'll let you know which they are more excited about. 

Baby Girl, 20 Week Ultrasound

These are from a few weeks ago. Still a girl!

Six Flags with Grandpa Kelley

We bought a new car (pictures of that to come) in L.A. and my Dad was kind enough to drive it up for us last week. It was a short visit, but we did manage to take him to Six Flags. The boys enjoyed showing Grandpa around.

Grandpa going on all the rides that make Mommy dizzy.

Playing arcade games that Mom and Dad never let them play. (Carson won this "amazing" Batman hat. I think it will be a fight over wearing it to church today...)

No trip to an amusement park is complete without giant suckers.

Luke dead a sleep on the tram ride back to the car with a sucker in his mouth. Our dentist would cringe!

Luke 2 1/2 year update

Luke is almost 2 ½. He just had his yearly physical and here are his stats:

• ·        Weight: 30 lbs (58%)
• ·        Height: 3 feet 0.5 inches (69%)

He is a happy healthy little pumpkin. Luke has been in speech twice a week for about 6 months and he loves it. He is doing very well. He is still delayed, but I don’t think as much as Carson was at his age. I doubt services will continue with the school district when he turns two, but we’ll see. It’s nice that he is getting a little extra help right now. Luke is good at speaking in sentences and works hard at over pronouncing his words, which I find hilarious.

He has Molluscum Contagiosum . Carson had it too, which is where Luke got it from. It is tiny little wart-like bumps on his stomach, neck, and a few on his upper arms and face. They can last anywhere from 6 months to 5 years and they’ll just go away when they go away. Luke’s had them for about a year. Just recently a few have started going away, so fingers crossed in a few more months they will all be gone! They don’t bother him, but they drive me crazy!

Luke loves to get wild and play rough with his big brother. Carson is still trying to work on not being too rough back! He still loves to cuddle Mom and Dad. He is a HAIR BOY, not his own like Carson but his Mama’s. When I hold him or he is near me he has to be holding a handful of my hair. Safety blanket I guess. .. 

Luke loves to laugh and be tickled. He loves silly games and to laugh. Recently he’s been playing more games on our phones and tablet and loves them. The show he always and only wants to watch is Handy Manny. The rule is the boys have to take turns picking shows so Manny is always the every other show. Luke loves to be outside, at the park, taking walks, loves the beach and swimming. He likes to free fall jump into the pool and hold his breath until one of us gets him. This summer we will be working on kicking and moving arms.

He is starting to point to Mommy’s tummy and say baby. He loves little babies. It will be interesting to see how he loves the one who will not go away… Luke is pretty good at finding ways to entertain himself. He likes to build things with blocks, play with Cars and with his Rescue-bot transformer. He loves to sing “Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree”.

He is a pretty good boy at nursery and Kids club. He is sweet, but this little boy has a temper. If Carson makes him mad Luke will respond by hitting him as hard as he can, repeatedly. Luckily that isn’t very hard and Carson never hits back. If a kid at the park or kids club takes his toy or does something that makes him mad Luke will push/hit that kid. Needless to say we are working on it. Hopefully, we can get that temper under control before he gets strong enough to actually hurt another kid. At least we don’t have a biter though!

Even with the temper Luke is still a pretty laid back, easy going boy. Since he hit two he is definitely more emotional and sassy, but overall he is easy as far as two-year-olds go. He is going to go to do pre-school this summer and I know he’ll love it. I have hooks for his and Carson’s backpacks in the hall and Luke loves to take his backpack where ever we go. He is definitely ready to be a big kid like is brother!