The Weehawken Diary

4th of July in Huntsville!!

Addy loved staying up late for fireworks and watching with Grandma Burton

Kit's triumphant 5K finish - high fiving nephews on the way in

Addy adopted a replacement baby for the trip (as Margaret stayed in Libertyville)

We love Baby Jeffry... almost as much as he loves Isaac :)

Fun with boots, wigs & hats in Riverton

The Curl!

Moose head baby!

Addy's canoe adventure with Kit, she was a fast fan! Also had benefit of being a new activity for her, meaning no instructions given to Dad during the entire ride!

She loved spotting ducks, fish, etc

Teddy & Addy - copilots of Grandma's tractor

The cake to end all cakes. It took FOREVER... but came out so well and Addy loved it.

Isaac & Grandpa Burton - Breakfast buddies

We loved having Gramma Lu come visit for the party

Cousin Abigail is obviously a favorite. If you're reading this, you are officially invited to move next-door to us in Chicago!

Both 1st-timers to Maddox

Addy with her haul of fresh trout from the fish farm

Cousin Lewis & Isaac, great friends and even better that the weren't crawling yet.

Beautifully immobile!

Got himself stuck on the ping-pong table.

All the flexibility in this family resides with Isaac.

Morgan, UT has about the nicest splash pad we've ever seen

Probably the nicest moose statue Addy's ever seen.

Stopped in at Snowbasin just to look around and were surprised to find a mountain bike race going on. Stayed for a couple hours and enjoyed the 100% bug free, perfect temperature, scenic evening.

Matt & Juniper vs Kit & Addy on the tubes

Addy receiving a boat driving lesson from Cap'n Burton

Happiness is a fudgsicle on the grass with grandparents.

Beautiful Huntsville

Early morning flight back to Chicago. It would seem that after breaking down the airplane sleeping barrier on the way back from Italy, Lynne is hopefully starting a new habit. Isaac will have to keep sleep training her.

Back to ORD, met our cabbie, then returned to the terminal after he realized we were serious about the "bring 2 carseats" part of our reservation.

Now going back in time to earlier in Utah trip.....

Hogle Zoo with Gabrielsen cousins

Glasses cousins on a Merry-Go-Round

Glad to have cousins that are the experts on Hogle Zoo to show us around, so much has changed since we were there last

It's official - he's the happiest baby in the world.

and the most in love with mint leaves of any baby in the world.

Isaac is most impressed with Grandpa Gabe's new gas grill

Sibling wagon fun

Took a walk with Gramma Lu around temple square...

...up to show Addy our 1st apartment...

...and up to beautiful Memory Grove where we took our wedding photos.

Such a perfect day to be out walking

Isaac & Grandpa Gabe, helping each other stay focused during Stake Conference

Paid a visit to Grandma Grace and Isaac absolutely loves her dogs, he couldn't stop laughing whenever they'd bark or run!

Birthday party with the Poulsens at Cafe Molise - great food and great company

Jelly Belly pajamas, little people, princess dress and a necklace -

the absolute perfect haul for a 3 1/2 yr old

She totally remembered Aunt Dayna from their recent visit to Chicago

Two birthday girls

Happy Birthday Lynne, you're one!

Isaac's favorite spot in Huntsville was here, staring up and squealing at Happy the cockatiel.

Fields were all yellow this year in Huntsville

And it was easy to launch the canoe from behind the barn with the lake water up so high.

Addy was in love with the play house this year.

Checking out Grandpa's tractor

Addy's decided that as soon as she can justify it, she's buying Kit one of these.

Burton Boys, with equal parts handsome and great fashion taste in hats.

Gideon, Addy, and Arta

Enjoying cousin time on the dock

Cousin Eden demonstrating proper bent-knee technique on the Taquito

Making the trek back and forth from house to lake with Cousin Gideon

Addy & Teddy

1st visit to the Dentist

Addy was a total champ - cool as a cucumber and zero cavities

Addy met the cake in the morning, then would disappear throughout the day and be found in the laundry room staring at the cake.

Came out so well! We're now believers in marshmallow fondant

Wonderful of both Grace and Luann to come up for the birthday party

Cousin movie party in Savanna's old room

Birthday party time - lots of cousin help with candles, presents, etc

Addy taking her duties as the birthday girl very seriously.

Don't be fooled by the mass of trout, surprisingly hard to get one to bite the hook with just a piece of leather on it as bait.

Swing time with Grandma on a Sunday afternoon.

Lynne caught all the men asleep at the same time, but hidden throughout the house. Grandpa behind the swings...

...Hunter in family room...

...Kit on the other couch.

Ike and Gid, can't wait till these 2 grow up a bit and realize how much fun they're going to have through life with each other.

Archery competition with Spencer & Kids

Kit's idea of 'watching' the kids during an afternoon visit to Spencer & Brenley's.

Kit as a kid, I think Isaac's got some of similarities going on

Cousins waiting at the finish line for 5K runners

The baby patrol while folks were out running

Finishers of the Kid's Fun 1 Mile Run start to come in

Summit brought home 1st place from the Kids race!

Both of us happy to be cheering (but not running) this early in the morning.

2nd place in the age group for Kit!

Isaac has several Burton cousins within a few months of age. Had to put in one picture of happy Isaac before he lost it during the photo shoot :)

Jeffry, Philo, Isaac, & Lewis - some happier to be here than others :)

Kit & Fox sailing in after collecting the dead tiger muskie

Addy was a bit freaked out, as we all were. Have you ever seen the teeth on one of these? They are crazy sharp, all over their mouths, and slanted back so that once they bite there would be no way to escape.