SUMMER OF FUN

Christas in Rio
overlooking part of the city in Rio

pping on coconut water on the beach in Rio

(I will post more pictures of the Brazil tip as soon as I get them)

LAKE POWELL

Trey cliff jumping

Maren and Harvey
Trip home from Powell

Ride on the house boat.

(from the left) Parker, Janelle, Mark and Harvey

The big catch!
(from the left) Daniel, Trey, Kyle, Jay and Mike

Jay dove into the water and had a wrestling match with
this cat fish after the line broke on its way in. They were both a little beat up but Jay came out on top.

Harvey and Maren sliding off the house boat

Its been a while since I have had a chance to post some pictures and news. I will try and catch everyone up on what happened this summer up till now. In July Jay and I took a trip to Brazil for three and a half weeks. We had a great time seeing people from Jay's mission and a lot of our friends. We spent most of our time in Recife and surrounding areas in the north and then on our way home spent a few days in Rio. It was so awesome to see everyone and be there for our friend Marcelo's wedding. Thanks to both of our good parents that took care of Harvey while we were gone. When we got home from Brazil we headed to Lake Powell for a Platt family reunion. I had never been and it was so fun. Harvey was in the water from the time he woke up till dark. Everyone had fun swimming, riding on the boats, fishing, wake boarding and of course cliff jumping. After over a month of traveling we headed back to Albuquerque. School was already started and we moved once again into a new place and real life hits. I guess all good things have to come to an end and we were glad to be home.

WEEK IN ST.JOHNS

Jen's baby shower in SJ
Bath time!
Best friends
Popsicle Break
little Hawaiian boys More boys!!
Baby shower

We had a great time in St. Johns. Holly, Jordan and Jeniffer came down and we had a baby shower for Jen. Jordan and Harvey had a great time running in the sprinklers, eating Popsicles ,swimming, playing in Grammies bath tub and just running wild. Jen and Holly will probably kill me for putting the belly picture on the blog but I think it is so cute. Yes they are both having boys. It is going to be so much fun!

HAMBLIN REUNION

Chase doing the limbo
Kellie showing off her hula hoop skills at the dance
taking a little cookie break from all that dancing

We went to the Sherwood forest by Alpine last week for the Hamblin reunion. It was a lot of fun to spend time with all the cousins and Aunts and Uncles that we don't get to see very often. We had a great time camping, eating, dancing/all the activities and enjoying great company. Thank you Aunt Louise and family for putting on a great reunion.

UTAH TRIP

JAY'S LATEST TABLE



We took a trip to Utah last week to deliver a table. We were able to see a lot of our friends and spend some time with Maren and Mike. We went on a hike on memorial day with some of our good friends Mitch and Nicole and there little girl Arden it was a beautiful hike and Harvey really enjoyed the water fall and river at the end. It was so good to see everyone and catch up on the past year since we have been gone.

LITTLE BOYS

LOOK MOM IT'S A FROG
MOMENTS BEFORE THE HEAD WENT INTO HIS MOUTH
HOW ABOUT A RIDE ON MY BIKE?
HIGHER DAD
HARVEY'S FAVORITE SPOT AT GRAMMIES HOUSE

Well Harvey came running in the house yesterday ecstatic saying there are baby snakes and I caught a frog. Sure enough he had the frog in his hand and he took me out side where he had the hose running and worms were crawling everywhere he said look baby snakes. The poor frog was carried everywhere that day, took a swim in Harvey's little pool, took a spin on Harvey's bike, put in his mouth and I looked out there once and Harvey was bent down and trying to pick it up with his teeth, gross I know but what do you do. Harvey let him down and he escaped into our neighbors yard. (Lucky frog) Harvey was so sad but he was sure there were more to find so he got over it.

Mothers Day/ B-Day

My mom and I on Mothers Day
Flowers Jay gave me

Well we had a great weekend. Jay finished his finals on Thursday yeah!! Then flew to Phoenix for his brothers graduation so Harvey and I headed to St. Johns on my birthday, when I got there my mom had a massage lined up for me so I went and got a massage and then we got something to eat and Casey surprised us and showed up that night. The next day we got my sister in law to watch Harvey and my mom and I got our hair done then Casey meet us for lunch. That night we had a little b-day party. My mom spoiled me! We had a great time. Saturday I helped my mom at the flower shop delivering flowers and my mom made this beautiful arrangement for Jay to give me. Mothers day we spent with both moms and got to see all of the family it was great to be home and have a little break from the everyday life. What a great mom I have and I hope that I can be as good of a mom as she has always been to me!!

Life around the home front

Harvey enjoying the warm weather in his pool

Things are good around our house. We have really enjoyed the warm weather and everything turning green it is starting to feel like summer is just around the corner. Jay is starting to see light at the end of the tunnel with school. This semester has been a tuff one for him but only one more week so I think he will make it through it. We are excited for the summer and all that is going on for us. Its been fun to live in a new place and experience new things.

Ranch Trip

Logan and Harvey in Logan's bedroom
Camille, Logan and Harvey at the new chicken shack
Jay and Harvey horn hunting
Our last trip to the ranch we went with some friends to hike and hunt horns we had a great time. Its always nice to just get out and enjoy the country sometimes! We also went and visited our friends Barney, Camille and Logan who live down by the ranch.

Happy Easter

We stayed in Albuquerque for Easter and had a good time. We got up on Saturday morning to go to the ward Easter egg hunt and it was snowing but we still were able to find some eggs despite the snow. Sunday was a much nicer day. The Easter bunny found Harvey and we had a Easter egg hunt and had some friends over for dinner. We attempted to get a picture after church but again this is the best we got. Harvey only poses if there are sticks involved and the dog would not leave us alone oh well.

NATURE BOY

Riding the tractor
Riding your bike is so much more fun in the nude!

Working in the shop with dad( who needs clothes just shoes will do)

Well Spring has sprung and Harvey is loving the nice weather. It seems that he spends most of his day outside exploring out in the yard and for some reason he will not keep his clothes on. Every time I turn around off goes the clothes , he hops on his bike and off he goes. Thank goodness we have some space in between our neighbors. Yesterday I went out to check on him and I found him on this big pile of sand that is in the yard and he was naked of course and sliding down it on his stomach. Oh to be two again. We went to AZ this past week for my grandma's funeral and to see everyone it was so much fun. Then we went to the ranch to meet Jay. We had quite the road trip from Mesa to St. Johns then to the ranch and back to Albuquerque. When we got home Harvey got out of the truck and went and sat on his tramp and started telling me his plans for the day it went something like this. Ill jump on the tramp then Ill ride my bike then I'll play in the water with the hose then I'll run around the yard naked. I couldn't help but laugh. He is quite the character.