tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24642906611773815812024-02-19T00:19:41.818-06:00S&LLauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.comBlogger492125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-76996466257662454152018-07-01T15:31:00.000-05:002019-05-14T12:11:02.546-05:00Cole at 7 and a half!<br />
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This little boy has been up to so much! Seven and a half! He will be 8 before we know it and it just blows my mind a little bit!Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-82250414793123672732018-06-30T16:46:00.000-05:002018-10-15T16:48:34.509-05:00Summer 2018 family pictures!<br />
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My sis so graciously took our family pictures for us while she was visiting this month and I just love them! These are probably some of my favorite family pictures to date :) I love the colors and the simplicity of everything and I immediately printed them out and hung them in our house because family pictures become dated so quickly! You really gotta show them off before they seem outdated, am I right?!<br />
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And I edited these differently than I've ever edited anything. I normally don't like grainy-ness but I thought I would switch it up a little bit.<br />
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Thanks Marie, for taking these. You are the best!!Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-92047061663545202752018-04-22T23:48:00.000-05:002018-10-15T14:26:35.957-05:00Crew's first day of nursery<br />
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Crew was so cute on his first day of nursery. We asked him "Do you want to go to nursery? Do you want to play with friends? Do you want to play with toys?" And he nodded enthusiastically! We walked right in and started playing and never even looked around to see if I was going to stay. And that was that! He is so big already! And so much like his brothers; no hesitation whatsoever going into nursery. I think he felt so happy that he finally had something to do other than sit with me in primary!<br />
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I love that sweet boy so much. And that sweet face. The cutest ever. I'll never understand how I got such cute kids. ♥Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-8797505704706254802018-04-09T15:08:00.000-05:002018-10-15T15:09:06.289-05:00Easter and Conference in Gig Harbor!<br />
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We drove over to my parents' house to spend conference and Easter weekend with them. Steve stayed for the weekend and then I he flew home so that the rest of us could stay for the whole week since it was Cole's spring break! We packed a lot into one week! Park play dates, walks through the mossy woods, shopping, children's museum.<br />
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And at the end of the week Juju had her baptism. Unfortunately I had to stay home with Crew who caught a bug from the children's museum the day before. I was really bummed to miss it but he was so sick and we did not want to get any of the other kids sick!<br />
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I'm always so happy when my boys can spend time with their cousins! They are so lucky to have so many fun cousins to play with on both sides of the family! ♥Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-79242565309668669282018-03-29T14:43:00.000-05:002018-10-15T14:44:25.755-05:00Is it Spring yet?<br />
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It's that time of year when you're just ready for it to be spring already. You can feel that it's almost here but it's just not quite there yet. So you hold on to the things that make you happy during this cold time of year!<br />
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I don't want to forget how Crew would always chant "ho ho ho" in the bath when he put all the sudsy bubbles on his chin once the bath got going. I don't think I taught him that; it must have been the boys! And I think that first picture is likely documentation of their last bath of all three of them together. Cole mainly takes showers now and doesn't bathe with the others anymore. They just keep growing up.<br />
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And I never want to forget that cute checkered fleece suit on Crew. He practically lived in that thing and it was just so dang cute on him. He won't be able to wear in next winter because he hardly fits into it anymore. Isn't it interesting how your throat gets tight when you think about them not being able to wear certain articles of clothing anymore because you know that it means that they're growing up? But at the same time if they were to actually suddenly stop growing that would be even more heart breaking? Life is just that way I guess. ♥Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-44373142604000244232018-03-17T15:43:00.000-05:002018-10-15T15:53:39.646-05:00Valley View Ward talent show!<br />
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Just reliving the good old days at our BYU 30th singles ward 😂 (10 years ago now!! Wow!!) We got talked into doing this tonight at our ward's talent show. Maybe when we do this again in 10 years Steve will beat me then 😆<br />
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-42574010005795049952018-03-03T00:29:00.000-06:002018-10-15T15:48:59.219-05:00Skiing at Lookout!<br />
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It was Cole's third time ever skiing and he did so great! What I loved about seeing him up there on the slopes was how he was never afraid! Well, I loved & hated it at the same time because he was fearless and would do all these crazy things haha. While Cole was at his lesson, Steve and I were able to get some one on one time skiing together. Like a date! It was fun. I love doing stuff like that with Steve ♥<br />
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We won't be back on the slopes until next winter so I hope that Cole doesn't forget all he's learned!<br />
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Here are some videos!<br />
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We were able to escape to sunny San Diego for the weekend! Ironically, the hottest it got there was about 67 degrees haha. But we were still happy because that was way warmer than what it was here at home lol. We went to Sea World, the San Diego temple, the Mormon Batallion museum, Balboa Park, and the BEACH! Ocean Beach to be exact. It was a nice little escape from winter here in Spokane. And it was special because the whole purpose of the trip was to do Amachi's temple work in the San Diego temple on Yvonne's birthday. It was a special day!Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-87695144020108836842018-02-18T16:38:00.000-06:002018-06-01T16:39:18.172-05:00A GIANT Snowman!<br />
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Our friends invited us to go sledding with them right here in Liberty Lake this weekend! The boys had so much fun, even Crew LOVED every minute of it! As he gets older I'm realizing how much he loves to be outside! His cute little grin melted my heart every time he went sledding down the hill. He would even try to scoot down by himself without any sled or any help haha.<br />
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And when we were done sledding, the snow was the perfect kind of wet snow to build a GIANT snowman! I don't think I've ever seen a bigger one! Thanks to the men! Haha. My contribution was my scarf :)<br />
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Aaaaand I think we are now officially all snowed out haha.Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-91495311691289223762018-02-17T23:59:00.000-06:002018-06-01T16:21:52.301-05:00Brrr, it's cold outside!<br />
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^^Exploring downtown Spokane! Cole had been wanting to check out the falls for a while so we finally did it last month!^^<br />
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^^Crew, I LOVE YOU!^^<br />
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It's the coldest time of year and although we love the snow, the lack of sun can be a little much!! SO to spice things up, we went hiking on Mt. Spokane with our Bishop and his wife. It was so beautiful!! I also got my hair cut, FINALLY and I decided to get bangs!! AHH! I actually love it! It's a little more maintenance to take care of it but it's been a fun change.<br />
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And Steve got me the sweetest necklace and tulips for Valentine's Day. We are just chugging our way through February ♥ Just a teensie bit ready for warmer weather ha! Luckily we are heading to San Diego next week!!! Cant wait for some warmth.Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-30576314422023030772018-02-17T00:21:00.000-06:002018-07-16T00:22:30.670-05:00The Byers Brothers Pt. 3<br />
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When I look at their cute faces I feel like the luckiest mom in the whole world and I still just don't even know how it happened. I love you so much Cole, Logan and Crew ♥Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-38295999572148251432018-01-07T15:21:00.000-06:002018-06-01T15:21:37.613-05:00SKI DAY! Cole's first time!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was so fun taking Cole skiing for the very first time yesterday! We didn't really know what to expect because Steve and I both didn't learn to ski until we were much older but Cole LOVED it! He kept saying how much fun it was and he did really well for his first time. He can't wait to go back! ❄️🎿</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One day our whole family will be on the slopes together! But that won't be for a VERY long time. Thanks to my mom and dad for watching Logan and Crew for us so we could do this!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Also, fun fact: Lissie and I got our puffer jackets the night before for dirt cheap on clearance at Walmart. In the little boys section. 🙈I looked like a round little blueberry out there 😂 Maybe if I went skiing more than once every few years I'd invest in some real ski gear. Until then, I'll be keeping it real classy around here 😂</span></span>Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-4072376390735274912018-01-05T15:15:00.000-06:002018-06-01T15:15:54.015-05:00Happy New Year 2018 from Gig Harbor, WA<br />
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It was the first time that my kids have actually gone to their grandparents' house! It seems so simple, but it's just so fun to be able to spend a weekend with my parents in their house! My mom has decorated it all cute and the kids had the time of their lives just playing, making messes and spending time with family. Lots more trips to their grandparents' will happen in the very near future, I'm sure!<br />
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Happy New Year 2018!!!Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-67243399940764345272018-01-03T16:03:00.000-06:002018-06-01T16:04:01.389-05:00Cole turns SEVEN!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cole turned 7 a couple weeks ago and I never had a chance to post about how much we love this boy! He is growing up before our eyes. He tried soccer for the first time this last season and Steve even got to be an assistant coach! Cole loved playing soccer and wasn't too bad at it! He loves school too and is doing really well at it; he's become a great little reader and loves math too. He also loves to do crafts and his teacher says he always loves to write these long essays during writing time at school. He wrote one all about how much he loves me and it totally made me cry when I read it 😭 We are so proud of Cole and love his tender heart. He is full of love for his brothers and for me and Steve. We love you Cole!! We love that you've been a part of our family for 7 years!!! ❤️</span></span>Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-85078030830854368912017-12-30T18:30:00.000-06:002018-02-18T18:31:19.282-06:00We wish you a Merry Christmas!<br />
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^^My boys' love for snow is just about as strong as my love for it. It just makes me so happy when it snows♥^^<br />
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^^Making gingerbread cookies with my boys was so fun! And so messy! They loved it!! I'm so lucky that I get to do these kinds of things with them.^^<br />
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^^Our house looked so perfectly Christmassy on Christmas Day! The fresh snow made me so happy!^^<br />
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^^Sledding on Christmas Day! It was so perfect. Crew loved it. I never want to live anywhere else than Liberty Lake.^^<br />
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^^T'was the night before Christmas. Getting all the presents under the tree while it softly snowed outside is so much fun. Christmas really is the best time of the year♥^^<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">^^I realized as I was making this pie the day before Christmas Eve that I've never made a pumpkin pie in my entire life 😬 And I can't even take credit for this one because my mom puréed the pumpkin when she was here in October and she also made me pie crust and left it all in the freezer for me. Lucky me! It turned out perfectly 👌🏻^^</span></span><br />
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^^Crew, basically running these days. He is so fast!^^<br />
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^^My house decorated at Christmas is probably my favorite ever! I never want to take it down!!^^<br />
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^^This one makes me laugh! Logan was not sure what to think of Santa. He would not smile but he wasn't really scared to sit on his lap!^^<br />
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^^Oh Crew, I love you so much ♥^^<br />
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^^It was our first time putting up Christmas lights on our house and Steve did such a great job! His dad helped him. I loved it so much! Next year, I want to wrap light around the sky pencil holly trees on each side of our steps ♥^^Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-84944649523790731822017-12-25T15:12:00.000-06:002018-06-01T15:13:05.509-05:00A Savior is Born<br />
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Merry Christmas! As time goes on, my life seems to go by faster and faster. But at the same time, things seem to become clearer and clearer for me. At this time of year as I reflect on the birth of my Savior, I can't help but have my heart swell up with love for Him.<br />
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The past couple years I've had a few experiences in my life where I feel like my relationship with my Savior has been strengthened. Now more than ever before I know that He lives! He is real and He is really there, listening and answering my prayers. My mind has always known this, but my heart has just now finally caught up.<br />
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As I've gotten older, it's become more clear to me that life isn't about how many times you go to the temple, or if you read your scriptures for an hour or more a day. Those are great things but if you do them and your heart isn't changed, then really it was just a waste of time. No, it's not about checking off all the conference talks once you've read them, or visiting teaching. It's about a change of heart, where your will is aligned with God's will. You have faith in Him and His timing. It's a choice to have faith in Him and to do the things that will bring you closer to Him.<br />
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These things are so easy to say but doing them and actually <i>feeling</i> it in your heart is a different story. It's something that has finally clicked for me but even with that, it does not mean that I don't have to keep putting effort into feeling it. I love my Savior and I will never be able to put into words what He means to me. I hope that one day my children will be able to gain a testimony of their Savior too ♥<br />
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Merry Merry Christmas ♥Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-90256316994039770712017-11-25T14:08:00.000-06:002017-12-26T17:55:02.241-06:00Thanksgiving in Utah 2017<br />
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A storm trooper, a ninja turtle and a baby dinosaur!! The cutest I've ever seen! I have definitely gotten out of the habit of the family costumes :/ But oh well. It gets harder as the family gets older and as your kids start having opinions haha. Cole knew he wanted to be a storm trooper and Logan knew he wanted to be a ninja turtle so I didn't fight. Their costumes looked pretty dang cute on them so I didn't mind. And it just made sense for Crew to be a dinosaur since that was the theme of his birthday party the week before.<br />
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Steve and I were "party animals" LOL. No body really got it but oh well. We just needed something simple to dress up as to go to our friends annual Halloween party. It was fun and we went trick or treating through our neighborhood from their house. It was all fun and games until we lost Cole for about 10 minutes and I was so worried! I know I've said it before, but Cole has a great sense of direction and knew where he was going the whole time! He had just run ahead with one of his friends and lost the rest of us. When his friend realized that they were lost he started crying and Cole told him to just say a prayer but Cole says that they were never able to say a prayer because his friend was crying too much haha. I was just proud of him for thinking to say a prayer in his time of need. He is such a sweet a boy and I love him so much ♥<br />
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Happy Halloween!!!! It's always been one of my favorite holidays!Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-9343330078850023942017-11-02T19:49:00.000-05:002017-12-10T19:55:10.912-06:00A very special 31st birthday!<br />
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^^I love that Crew and I will always be birthday buddies♥^^<br />
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My parents came to visit us for my birthday and for Crew's first birthday too! It was so much fun!! I had my mom to myself for the whole week leading up to my birthday and my dad came on the weekend before and the weekend of my birthday and we just had a blast! We were trying to remember the last time that we had celebrated my birthday together and we figured out that it was when I turned 19!! CRAZY! I guess that's just how it is when you become an adult ;)<br />
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In the morning, my mom made us a delicious birthday breakfast: German pancakes which I haven't had in so long! Even my boys loved it. And everyone went around the table and said what they loved about me. Steve and my parents are so thoughtful and I remember thinking how nice it was so know that I was loved by these people that I love so much!<br />
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After Crew's little birthday celebration here at home, we went to The Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner (my favorite!) with Steve's parents. We came home and had homemade pumpkin pie that my mom made! She even steamed the pumpkin herself and made the pumpkin puree and it was seriously amazing! And she made me brownies!! I wasn't kidding when I said she spoiled me rotten. Having my parents live in the states now has been such a dream come true.<br />
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My parents were also able to be here for the boys' primary program. It was Logan's first time and he did such a good job! I was so proud of him. He went right up to the pulpit and clearly said his line that he memorized. And it wasn't a short line either! It was longer than Cole's! Sometimes I am just so amazed with my kids because I know they didn't get their bravery from me. I'm pretty sure I was the kid in sunbeams who refused to go up to the pulpit haha. Cole did a great job too. We are so proud of him because he sang all the songs so well and he is setting such a great example for Logan to follow.<br />
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On my parents' last day here, we went to Liberty Lake County Park for a little nature walk. We didn't get too far because I don't have a hiking backpack to put Crew in and he wasn't loving being in the sling. But the weather was just perfect and could not be beat. Spokane in the fall is heavenly.<br />
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My mom says that she plans to make it a tradition to come stay with my the week of my birthday every year! Wouldn't that be amazing!! I seriously feel so lucky. I have wonderful family all around me; I could not be more blessed ♥Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-86888556912242823022017-10-30T15:20:00.000-05:002017-12-09T15:20:54.078-06:00The Wild ONE!<br />
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We threw Crew the cutest little dinosaur first birthday party on Saturday! My mom helped me put it all together and I thought it turned out great! What you can't really see in the pictures is that Crew is wearing the cutest dinosaur onesie. It was so fun to watch him crawl all over the place like a real life baby dinosaur haha. <br />
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Both my parents and Steve's parents were able to be there for the little celebration. There was yummy food, cake, ice cream and cupcakes! Lots of fruit, fruit dip and chips and guacamole! And lots of presents to open! I mainly got Crew new balls to play with. I think like three total. He looooves balls and love to crawl around chasing them. It is so classic boy and I love it so much.<br />
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Happy first birthday to our cute Crew!Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-27728891798551453262017-10-26T11:31:00.000-05:002017-12-08T11:33:27.662-06:00My baby is ONE ♥<br />
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Some of my favorite pictures from the last 12 months ❤️ This was definitely the fastest year of my life! It was so much fun celebrating our Crew yesterday on his first birthday. He got birthday waffles in the morning with sprinkles on top! And we kept it really classy and took him to the play place at the mall 😂 He absolutely loved it; it was so fun to watch him speed crawl through that place 😉 He took an almost 4 hour nap when we got home and then in the evening we sang to him and he had a bowl of apple crisp (that my mom made from our barely picked apples!) and vanilla ice cream and he ate it all up! We adore this little boy. He was always meant to be a part of our family and it's been one of the happiest years of my life being his mama. Happy first birthday to my baby boy! Now let's celebrate him all over again this weekend 😂<br />
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I will never be able to put into words just how much I've loved this baby stage. It's such a joy to watch him grow and learn new things but it breaks my heart all at the same time because as the days go on, he needs me less and less. I love you, Crew, with all of my heart ♥<br />
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Happy first birthday, little one.<br />
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Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-36926713889413457242017-10-25T15:55:00.000-05:002018-10-15T15:57:00.396-05:00Crew's 1st year// a little video ♥<br />
<iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Y9C24rAkdA" width="800"></iframe>Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-26600588732530412242017-10-24T10:59:00.000-05:002017-12-08T11:12:19.843-06:00Hidden Acres Orchards 2017<br />
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Apple picking and picking out a pumpkin up at Greenbluff is a necessity during the fall here. It felt so special to have my mom here doing it with us! We are sooooo happy that she lives so close now!!Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464290661177381581.post-47564112089917915192017-10-10T20:07:00.000-05:002017-12-13T15:45:08.597-06:00A Weekend Trip to Utah!<br />
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Crew and I hopped on a plane for a weekend trip to Utah because my sister Lissie was going through the temple and she was also performing the BYU spectacular! It was a super short trip with a lot packed in! We had lots of fun and ate all the yummy food that Utah has to offer!<br />
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Steve and I are thinking we'll make the trip down to Utah again for Thanksgiving this year so it won't be long until I am back!Lauren Byershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15557909067403828507noreply@blogger.com0