Happy Daddy's Day!

I know I am a little late, but I wanted to post this cute design that Ashton gave Aron for Father's Day. On Tuesday Aron and Ash were jumping on the tramp and Ash jumped onto Aron and got nose to nose with him and said, "Daddy, you're my best friend." Aron has talked about it for 2 days now how cute it was. We are so lucky to have such a great kid and love every minute we get to spend with him. We started the official potty training job today now that my dance concert is over! I am determined to be a mom 24/7 so I can really help my little guy get out of diapers! Wish us luck!

SUMMER FUN!

Ashton and Malakai are best buddies! They live 3 houses apart and love to spend entire days together. They are such cute friends!

Ashton likes to pretend his big boy underwear are "luchador" masks. Funny kid.

Sunny got an underwater digital camera right before our family Park City trip and we had fun in the hot tub. Check out Ashton's open eyes underwater.. that is a Swimming Level One requirement! :)

He doesn't like Aunt Laurie right now because she dunked him... He'll get over it soon.

BOWLING

Ashy got to go bowling tonight with Aunt Sunny and Uncle Mick. He killed them both: Ash 113, Sunny 91, Mick 82. How cute are the tiny bowling shoes?!

HOGLE ZOO!

Taking a nap in his favorite spot: cuddled up next to mommy. Cute guy! Bama was up for State Golf with Papa. Ash did some smooth talking and convinced his Papa that Bama would have more fun with him on the Academic Preschool fieldtrip to the Zoo than sitting in a golf cart all day. He was right!

CHALK ART ON MAIN STREET

One of our favorite parts about where we live, is the annual sidewalk chalk week on Main Street. We love going on walks together to look at the drawings. This year we went with the Tadje's and had some fun with chalk ourselves. We love living so close to great friends!

THE HELMET

Ashton is BEYOND OBSESSED with catch helmets right now. All kinds. He got to go to St. George for the weekend all by himself to play with his Papa and Bama Higgins. He came home with an old red baseball helmet and wouldn't take it off. We ended up losing it somewhere and couldn't find it for a week. He would wake up in the middle of the night crying for his helmet and start searching for it. It was so sad. When he called Bama in tears she immediately found him another one, had the art teacher paint his name on it, and expressed it up to him from St. George. He would wait at the door for the mailman every day. The day it came he was out in the driveway yelling across the street to the mailman, "Did you bring me a catch helmet?" Over and over again. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen! He was so excited and wouldn't take it off for days. He even had to have it with him when he slept!

He really really wants a "catch helmet" and asks Aron to draw them all the time for him. This drawing is one they drew at church and he carried it around for a few days showing everyone his catch helmet. It's pretty funny to see the phases he goes through.

The other day Ash went outside all by himself without us knowing. We were calling out on our back deck for him. I spotted him inside Papa Roy's car that has been parked in our backyard all winter. He thought he was pretty funny looking at us out the back window. I wish I would have caught him laughing like that on my camera! It was so cute!

Here is our new retaining wall for our garden! We are so excited to have fresh homegrown goods this year! We planted tomatoes, cucumber, zucchini, 3 kinds of squash, pumpkins, beans, jalepenos, and PEPPERS: green, cayene, hungarian hot wax, and macaroni rosso. I am excited to make my own salsa this year! Aron can't wait to make his own jamaican jerk rubs for some steak! We will see if anything survives the deer!

SUMMER IS HERE!

I guess I am down to posting once a month. Here are some our captured moments for May:
Family picture in Memory Grove, followed by a trip to see the gorgeous flowers at Temple Square.
Uncle Mick got a new puppy dog "Nissan" and we are all hoping he will not become a biter like the last Simkins dog.
Playing with Papa Simkins remote control airplane.