2 Buck Tuesdays!

For the month of August Thanksgiving point had a special, on Tuesday's everything was only $2. What a steal!! We went 3 times - twice to the children's garden & once to the Dinosaur Museum. Jaxon really had fun each time we went - Millie was happy to be along for the ride. The first time we went we went to the Children's Garden with Grandma Krupa, Sarah, Josh, Mckenna, Madi & Lauren. It was SO hot & busy - but the kids still had fun. We mostly just let them play in the water.

Josh, Jaxon, Lauren & Mekenna

Playing in the water: Jax, Lala & Kenna

Playing in the shooting water

Me & Mills trying to stay out of the sun! It was WAY too hot!!

The next week we went to the Dinosaur Museum. We went with my Friends LeAnn & Krista and their kids. We had never been before, it was good - Jax really enjoyed himself. It was So busy - I definitely need to take him back when school is in and we can look at everything better.

Olivia, Ryder & Jaxon

Jaxon playing in the sand - it was so busy, there was hardly any room (or sand) to play.

Cute face buddy!!

Me, Millie, LeAnn & Krista (Jaxon took this picture for us, he did pretty well - for a 3 year old!)

The last Tuesday of August we went with LeAnn & Ryder back to the Children's gardens. This time was so much better. It was cooler and a lot less busy (School had started). We got to walk all through the gardens before we had a picnic and let the kids play in the water.

The waterfalls were so pretty!

I love this picture of Millie & Jaxon

BFF's - Jax & Ry

Jaxon is always into "posing" for his pictures!

What a silly goof!

Rolling down the hill.

Me & Jax

Ryder is such a good little boy - what a cutie!

Playing around in the water

We had so much fun - hopefully next year they do it again!!

Dirt Bike

Jaxon loves Dirt bikes right now. If you ask him what he want's for his birthday he says a little dirt bike - um, i don't think so. (Probably doesn't help that he is always looking at them online with his dad.) A few nights ago he snuck outside into the backyard to sit on HIS big bike. (once again he is just in his undies?!?)Pretending to fill up the tank with the hose.

Kick-starting it.Just going for a ride!

About a month ago, Uncle Josh was giving Jax a "ride" on the dirt bike. Jax thought it was so fun & they looked so cute. When we looked out the window this is what we saw:

Thanks Josh for always being so good to Jaxi-bug!

Grandma Keele

I found this video that Kent's cousin (Sharon) made after Grandma Keele's funeral. (You need to pause the music on my playlist at the bottom of the page) When i watch this it makes me remember what a special lady Evelyn was. She was so funny and could always make you laugh. Random things i remember about her are: Playing hollywood, dice, crocheted slippers & hats, jigsaw puzzles, potato salad, camping, coffee, ginger snaps, quilting, the blue jacket she always wore, the brown car she drove (duster?) then the silver one, coming into Lehi harts on a Sunday morning to get her paper, bbq's, Lehi park, giving people the "bird" - aka the family salute, shaving her head (after she started losing it to the chemo), she would always draw on Kent's mom's tablecloth (Kent would get the blame - he he!!), fun, exciting, family, she LOVED her grandkids, wonderful, kind, loving, STRONG, missed, never forgotten.

Jaxon Allen

Jaxon Allen Drake - 3 Years, 10 Months

AKA: Jax, Jaxi, Bugs, Buggie, Cowboy.

Jaxon you are getting SO big. How can you almost be 4? I remember the day you was born like it was yesterday! Jax you are such a great big brother, you are always helping Millie get a toy, or you chase her so she will crawl really fast, you make her laugh and her face lights up when she sees you. You love to go and get in Millies crib with her when she wakes up from a nap, telling me "i making her happy mom"

Things Jaxon Loves right now:

• Sleeping in his undies! He no longer feels the need to wear his PJ's and if i do get him in them, he is usually stripped down by morning.

• His Cousins, Uncles & Aunts - he always is wanting to play with them.

Jax & Josh

• His bestfriends - Ryder (my friend LeAnn's little boy) & Jamison (Who lives across the street from G & G Drake)


• His bikes - dirtbike & bicycle!


• His dog


• Jumping on his tramp


• Sneaking in bed with Mom & Dad to snuggle


• Taking pictures with my camera.

We had to take Jaxon to the Dr's this week. We had gone to the Gardens's at Thanksgiving point and i noticed a little bite on his arm. I didn't think anything else about it...when we got home, jax fell asleep and when he woke up his arm was all swollen (the size of a baseball) where the bite was. The Dr's said it was a mosqito bite and he just had a reaction to it. Luckily it went down, but it sure did give us a scare!!

Jax, you are so energetic and full of life, We love having you in our family!! Love you!

Millie Louise

Millie Lousie Drake - 11 Months old.

Aka: Mills, Milster, Milikins, Millie-moo, Moo Moo, Baby doll, Princess, Sis.

It has been a while since i have updated, so i thought i would just do a little entry about each of the kids, since there have been a few changes around here lately......
Millie finally got some teeth!! Yeah she is almost a year old....about time. We were out with my friend about a week and a half ago and i was feeding Millie some icing from a cupcake with my finger, i felt something sharp on my finger.... I was so excited!! She finally got a tooth! I fed her some more icing and was feeling around on the top and discovered another tooth....then another.....and another....4 TEETH!! I had checked a few days earlier and she didn't have any teeth, then all of a sudden 4, no wonder she had been grumpy that week. Since then 2 more have poked through - so now we are at 6 teeth. I have tried to snap a couple of pictures of them but Millie refuses to let me take a picture. She looks so cute when she smiles and you see her pearly whites!!

She has also started walking...kind of. She will walk around with her little push toys. All she can do right now is walk in a straight line. She can stand on her own and has taken a couple of steps without holding on to anything.....NO!! my baby can't almost be one. This last year has flown by, and Millie still seems so little to every other kid around her same age.

Crusing around.....crawling is still faster!

Millie's new favorite hobby is climbing up in the carseat. Last night Kent was at his mom's house and said "Ok Mills, should we go home?" She crawled over and got in her carseat and sat there waiting for Kent to buckle her in - how CUTE!!!

Millie loves hanging out in Jaxon's booster seat!

Millie is recovering from Croup, which she came down with last week. I felt so bad and she seemed so helpless as she would sit and "Bark" all night long, she loved to just be snuggled and loved. Millie we are so glad you are on the mend..We love you!!

A trip to the park.

Today we went to lunch with my friend LeAnn and her cute little boy, Ryder. After we stopped at the Children's Adventure Park in Pleasant Grove and let the kids play. Jax and Ryder had a great time swinging, sliding and running around...Millie even enjoyed herself. It is always nice to get together with a good friend to chat and laugh about anything and everything.

Jaxon swinging so high

Millie liked the swing, especially when she was in with Jax

What a cutie!

Ryder enjoyed swinging

Ryder & Jax...are so strong!

Nice smiles guys!!

Ryder is so cute!!

Jaxon had so much fun playing with Ryder, he is already asking when we can go again.

Binky Update...

It has been over a week since Jax gave up the Binky, and we survived! He asked for his Binky for the first 2 nights and since then he has never asked for it again! Yeah!!! I have only caught him once taking a sneaky suck on Millie's Binky and that was the day after he cut his up. We have noticed that Jax has become VERY loud, he is always jabbering on about something....it is surprising now to realize how much he did use it. Jaxon you are doing GREAT! Keep up the good work buddy!!