Dad- A sons first Superhero!

For Fathers Day this year I wanted it to be extra special. Skyler is such an amazing dad to Cayman, words cannot express how much I love and appreciate him. He works all day six days a week, and on Sunday he takes Cayman and plays and watches him all day so mommy gets a break. When I was really sick a couple months ago, Skyler would take Cayman to church with him so that I could get a nap in and feel better. Who does that!? MY HUSBAND!

Cayman loves his daddy more than anything, the second he leaves for work he starts crying and gives me the saddest pouty lip. BUT, the second he is home (if he is still awake) he is the happiest little boy on the planet. His face lights up and he walks to him as fast as his little legs can take him! Lately, if I try to put him to sleep and he doesn't want to go down, he'll say, "Da daaaa!!! Da da!!" Its the cutest thing.

This Fathers Day I made Skyler breakfast, we went to church, and afterwards we had a little picnic at the Sesquicentennial Park! It is the cutest little park in Columbia, with a play ground and lake/pond with tons of ducks to feed. Id been wanting to take Skyler there since we moved to South Carolina. While there, I surprised him with a little family boat ride! Even Rookie got to go, it was the perfect day!

The boat ride was so fun, it was a little paddle boat and Cayman looked so dang CUTE in his little life vest. He loved watching all the ducks play in the water, and the fishes swimming all around. Rookie had fun too, except for I was nervous he was going to jump in the water any second when he saw the fish. haha 

 I am so grateful for my little family and a husband who adores our little boy. It is the coolest thing ever watching the love of my life play with our child. It makes me heart well up with gratitude. He is such a good dad, and I know he will be just as good of a dad to our future children. I am one lucky girl to be loved by these two! :)

  

South Carolina!

As some of you know, we are in South Carolina this summer for Skylers work! He is back working for VIVINT and we are happy with that. Although I wouldn't exactly say leaving home for the summer is all fun and dandy, but the girls here are awesome and we have definitely made the best of it! The first part of the summer we lived in Columbia, and now we are living in Charleston. There wasn't a ton to do in Columbia, but we still had fun going to the pool and the zoo as much as possible. Me and some of the girls bought season passes and tried to take the kids at least once a week, although that didn't always happen. haha Cayman LOVES the zoo, especially the aquarium, and feeding the giraffes. :)

Tenly and Cayman have become best friends this summer. It is the cutest thing. I bought him a blue monkey because he literally grabbed it from a shelf and wouldn't let me put it back. haha SO Tenley got one too! TWINNERS!

Cayman also became a water baby this summer, he absolutely loves the pool and pretty much anything having to do with water. 

I took Cayman to the Sesame Street live concert. I honestly didn't think he would even understand what was going on, let alone enjoy it. He actually LOVED it! The whole time he stood up and clapped his hands to the songs and was laughing and waving his arms everywhere. It was the cutest thing. Who knew a one year old could be so intuitive? I really wish I would have recorded a video!!

Right before we moved from Columbia to Charleston, we decided it would be fun to visit Charlotte North Carolina! This was really cool, because it was also around the time we were into the Bachelorette. Ps. GO JEF!!! :) Sadly, we didn't run into Emily, BUT we did get to eat at the cheesecake factory! Its funny how you live close to something for so long, as soon as you don't have one close anymore, it tastes SO much better! We also walked around a huge mall there, and visited the Billy Graham library/museum. Honestly, it was an awesome experience to learn about another religion and its leaders. Its great to see that there are amazing people out there sharing their love of Christ and bringing people to him. :)

We totally matched that day by accident. Haha I love this little boy so much!

South Carolina has had its ups and downs, there are days where I am definitely homesick, but there has also been so many awesome things that have happened this summer as well! Cayman is learning and growing every day, he is becoming more and more a DADDY'S boy...tear, and we are just trying to enjoy life one step at a time. Stay tuned for some more posts coming up! :)

CANCUN!

Let me just start by saying that VIVINT is an amazing company.  It just seems like nothing even compares to it, and the opportunity for growth is never ending. I am so proud of my husband for deciding to go back, although managing for an Insulation company was great, lets just say he is in A LOT better company with this new job. The caliber of leadership is incomparable, and Skyler seems much happier here. He is doing really well too! :)

This past March and into early April we were able to go on a trip to Cancun with all of the VIVINT "core" sales reps along with their wives. It was an awesome vacation, and let me tell ya, MUCH needed. I felt really bad leaving Cayman with my sister, even had a little melt down. Once we got there though, I realized that I was thankful I did. I think it is much needed, and HEALTHY to take a step back from your rolls as a parent, and take the time to appreciate being married. It was like we were dating again, or on our honeymoon, so in love and just enjoying each others company. We HELD HANDS, which seems to never happen anymore because one of us is always pushing a stroller or holding Cayman. It was romantic and fun, and I am so thankful for my husband for doing so well, so that we could go! Thank you hubby, I am so in love with you! 

We visited Chichen-itza, SO cool!

        Dinner at Ruths Chris, yummmm 

     

Just hanging out by the pool! :)

       Dinner at the Chocolate Factory                                                     

 This was an under ground fresh water sink hold we got to swim in, it was gorgeous!

 Lunch with the Hills' at Señor Frogs

  Gorgeous Cancun, those cabanas were the absolute BEST way to lay out. So relaxing

Easter!

Easter is probably one of my absolute favorite holidays, besides Christmas. These past few Easter sundays have been just perfect. The weather has always been nice, the smell of spring is in the air, and I'm just happier in general. I don't know why, Easter just brings out the best in everyone. Its really no surprise really, who wouldn't be happy and thankful to celebrate the resurrection of our savior Jesus Christ!?

Even though Cayman was still pretty young, we wanted him to enjoy this Easter just as much as any other kid. We went to our wards Easter breakfast the Saturday before, and Cayman was able to go on his first Easter eggs hunt! He was so excited. Seeing all the other kids get so excited about finding the eggs, made him excited. All the kids were so sweet too. They'd help him find them, and give him some of their own when they saw he didn't have as many. Worked out well for Skyler and I since Cayman could have half the candy in the eggs. haha Heres some pictures from the Ward Easter Breakfast. :)

As you can see, he was REALLY excited to find his first egg!

After the Ward Breakfast, we headed straight to Utah to visit Easter with my family. If the beginning of the day wasn't fun enough for our family, Skyler surprised us by taking us to the new City Creek Mall and to the Cheesecake Factory. Wow, that mall is so awesome. Cayman loved it because he also got to see his uncle Khyle who he hadn't seen since he first got home from the NICU! :)

Easter Morning was perfect. Let me just start by saying my mom is amazing, her favorite holidays are also Easter and Christmas so she spares no expense. She put together the cutest Easter baskets for all of us, even made sure it went according to our personalities. Dinner was also phenomenal as usual. She knows us too well. :) The Easter bunny SPOILED Cayman, he got TWO Easter baskets!

 Here's Cayman going through his very first Easter basket!

 Mine (Left) Skyler (Middle) and Cayman's two Easter baskets (right)

:) The Easter bunny did GOOD!

After we all went through our baskets, we got ready for church. It was fun being able to go to my moms ward and sit with our entire family. Cayman loved it too because aunt Becky was able to snuggle him. :)

After Church we had another Easter Egg Hunt, this time with my family. Cayman went first so the older boys wouldn't take all of the eggs, it was SO CUTE watching him find them. Gah I am obsessed with this little boy!

We hid some in the trees for him, so the older kids wouldn't get them

Sleppy baby... :)

As you can see, the Dyer family LOVES Easter. I am so grateful for our savior and truly believe that he lives and was resurrected. The spirit that I feel on this day every year is breathtaking.  I watched this YouTube video on Easter about 5 times and it made me cry every time. I am so grateful for our Savior Jesus Christ, and know that he died for our sins, and was resurrected. He lives.