Bryce's first haircut

     My Sister-in-law Lauren was so nice to give Bryce his first haircut the other day.  There was a lot of screaming and crying but Lauren did a great job through all the curve balls that Bryce was throwing at her.  Thanks again Lauren! :)

He has no idea what is about to happen to him

Here we go.....

His hair was so long and curly

Wanting this to be done

All done

 

 

 

Makenzie & Jordan's Wedding

      My Sister-in-law Makenzie and my new Brother-in-law Jordan got married on June 9, 2012 in the Newport Temple and it was such a beautiful day!  Everything (I think) went perfect and everything looked so beautiful, especially the bride :) I didn't get that many pictures, but here are a few.  I apologize for the crying baby in most of the pictures....who's kid is that?

All 3 of the LeDuc grandchildren

 The grandkids with Grandpa Jim (Bryce starting his tantrum)

The happy Bride and Groom

This picture makes me laugh everytime I look at it

Still crying

We got him into the car, took his shirt off and buckled him in

and this is the face he gave us!

At the reception

Sisters :)

Sisters and little brother

They had a second reception up in Utah a week later and this was

the only picture I got, and I LOVE this picture.  Such a sweet moment with Bryce

and his Aunt Makenzie :)

Sprinkler time

       We have been home for a month now.  I can't believe how fast this Summer is going.  Even though Summer hasn't officially started, but you know what I mean :) Bryan got a little sprinkler play toy that shoots out water and we set it up the other day for Bryce and our niece Harley to play in it.  Bryce and Harley are 2 1/2 months apart (Bryce being older).  It was so cute to watch them run around all over the place with the water shooting at them.  Perfect for the hot weather that we are having.

He wasn't sure about it at first

Look at that sweet face....

and his sweet face :)

Model in the making

So fun to watch them play

8 month comparison

   I thought it would be fun to take first and last pictures to see how much Bryce has grown while living in Spain for 8 months.  It is so funny to see how big he has gotten!

1st sleep                         Last sleep

1st shower                       Last shower

1st meal                         Last meal

1st playing in carseat      Last playing in carseat

1st going to church               Last going to church

 

    1st home game                         last home game

Ciao Spain....

    Well our 8 months have come to a close in Spain.  A lot of great memories were made there and we miss it already.  It is so nice to be back home in California now with family but deep down we feel like our home is back in Spain.  It was bittersweet to leave, mainly because that is where Bryce hit a lot of his important milestones in his young life.  What a great experience we had there.  I wouldn't change one thing about our time living in Spain. 

    We came home last Wednesday (April 25th).  Our original plans were to come on May 2nd, but we were able to change our flight.  It was probably the longest day of my life.  We had to leave our place at 6:30 am to catch our 8:30am flight to Madrid....which was an hour long (that was the easy part) and then we had a 3 hour layover in Madrid and then got on our 13 hour flight (that was the hard part) to Los Angeles.  Bryce did OK, not great, but you can't blame a 16 month old to sit still and be quiet for 13 hours.  After an hour and a half going through customs and security at LAX we finally got to see our family.  We are still getting adjusted to the time change (Spain is a 9 hour difference from California).  Its great to be home and have that long day of traveling behind us now.

We sold his crib the night before so we had to make a

bed on the ground for him for our last night. He has no idea whats going on

and why we had to wake him up at 6:15 in the morning.

Sleeping on our first flight of the day to Madrid

At the Madrid airport watching the planes land

Playing around

Last picture taken in Spain

Getting ready to take off for our 13 hour flight (those people in the

background have no idea what they got themselves into)

Finally got him to sleep for the last 3 hours of the flight

Torey's visit to Spain...

    My little brother Torey came and visited us a couple weeks ago here in Spain.  He was here for a week and we had such a great time.  Bryce loved playing with his Uncle Torey and being around someone other than his parents.  It took him a little bit to warm up to Torey, but after that he would not leave him alone.  We didn't really go anywhere special, but we did show him most of Oviedo. 

Looking at a book with his Uncle Torey

Running around

Every day they change the date in the grass

After saying goodbye to Torey at the bus stop, Bryan was holding Bryce's hand and Bryce slipped his arm out of the sleeve and so Bryan just held the sleeve of his jacket

I haven't done a blog entry in awhile so I have a few random pictures to add from the month of March....

I think he's a little too big for his crib

He woke up in the morning and had his pacifier stuck to his cheek

Playing at the park

He loves dogs

First chocolate chip cookie