May cont – 3!!! {Part of our New Mexico Trip}

I should probably wait to post anything about our New Mexico Trip until I’m ready to post it all, but really all the rest of the pictures or events I have are of the large family events….so I’ll post these now!

We decided to go up a day early to spend some extra time with Grandma, but also this was our FAmily Vacation this year so we wanted to do a little extra!~

We drove one morning out to Mesa Verde. It was pretty cool. NOT the most entertaining place for kids, but there was one hike with Dwellings that was perfect for the kids and really past that it would have just been too long and hot for them anyway.  They had a good time, saw some cool stuff and enjoyed it!



Emma turned Two recently and although I get pictures of her all the time, I wanted to really try something else. So when I was at the hotel and had some time alone with just her (I think Duck took the other kids swimming or something), I played around with my camera a bit, while she played on the bed!  So much fun!  And such a DANG cute girl!!!



She has this new thing where she pretends to sleep. She does it often when we arrive somewhere in the car.  This girls just CRACKS Me up!

Happy 2nd Birthday Emma!!!

I can’t believe my baby is two!  I feel like I’ve talked about her so much lately on here or on facebook, but it’s so hard not to! she is such a fun girl.  She is animated, loving, cuddly and about the funniest 2 year old I know!

Duck was gone ON Emma’s birthday so we didn’t do much, but the next day she got a package from Gma and Gpa duck, so we had a little celebration and let her open their present.



Thanks Ducks! She LOVES her little baby!

Once Duck was home from his trip, and we had a few minutes to settle down and plan something, we had a little birthday party.  Emma LOVES bubbles and books. Originally I was going to plan a party with her 3 little friends her age and the theme was going to be bubbles and books. Instead we had a family party, read her bubble book and then did bubbles outside!

These pictures are of our prep for our little party…..  (oh, and Ky took the picture with the three mini cupcakes and the picture of me….he’s gettin’ pretty good)



Oh, yeah….see that tiny pic on the bottom of the strawberries?  The day before walmart got in tonz of strawberries so they had to price them super low. Like $ .50 low.  I’ve NEVER seen them go under $1.00 so I got excited and got 21 of them. I should have gotten more!  Thus why we had strawberry cupcakes! (actually they are watermelon flavored with cool whip on top and obviously then strawberry slices.)

This first pic on the left is the kids waiting patiently in line to get their bubbles.

We also got a new bubble machine and it rocked!!



Emma tried and tried to blow bubbles herself, but mostly she just ended up eating them

Here you can see the bubbles all over her lips!!



After we had enough of bubbles, we headed inside to let her open her presents. Of course this is the favorite part of every party, but my kids especially love finding anything around the house to wrap and give on birthdays. Luckily I had found enough little things for them all to wrap and give her.



Cake time!  Oh my she was so excited!  She blew hard and was so excited she got the flames out without burning herself (which happened last year) that she clapped!



I think about 100, of the nearly 300 pics I took of her party were of her eating her cake. She just cracked me up. I have never seen her devour a cupcake like that.  Then she pounded another. Either they tasted REALLY good, or all that work playing in the bubbles really made her hungry!



then last random pic of Savannah….who didn’t seem to love the cupcake quite as much.

Last random things….

One day for school the kids gotta make fossils out of clay, well pretend ones.  They would find small objects around the house and the idea was to imprint it in the clay, we would cook them, then bury them out in the dirt hill and later they could go find them.  Well unfortunately Savannah and her friend found the clay, and since it was still soft….figured they could wad it all up and play with it again.  Bummer….fossils gone.

Also pictured:
Emma’s bandaged up chin so she won’t keep splitting it open!
Playing in the bath on her birthday….her favorite thing

 

Our neighbors and friends, Michi and Bryan, had their baby girl last week.  We got the pleasure of having their other two kids at our house for a couple nights.  A few days after they were home we were able to go to their home to visit and bring in a meal. They even let Maliyah and Ky hold the darling 4 lb 13 oz baby!

And yes, she is sucking her thumb in that picture….how cute!

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The kids were asking how to cross eyes and I explained to duck that I can’t very well.  Either my eyes are crossed facing down, or if I move them up, then one eye starts to go straight! So we both tested our cross eyed abilities.



The kids finished up their session of swim this week. Savannah did awesome for her first session. She never did make it off the board, but she got really good at walking up to the edge to show the teacher her toes, and then would jump off the side.  The rest of them LOVE the diving board.



Fun Friday this last week was a trip to the childrens museum. We didn’t used to go much because the daily price was, well, pricey. But we finally got the year membership so I think we’ll go a lot more often! We stayed for a good 2 hours and the older three weren’t ready to leave and hadn’t even visited half of the museum (and it’s not that big, just THAT fun!). 

It’s been a LONG time!! {Covering February through mid March}

{although I really tried to limit these posts to just a few favorites pictures, 6 weeks is 6 weeks, and there is a lot.  Enough that instead of having all my posts on one page like I've requested the blog to do...it's put it on two pages. Biggest problem? If at the end of this page you don't select to see past posts...you will miss pictures of the cutest two babies EVER! Not to mention some of my hot hubby and my sweet and sassy 1 year old, so make sure to click back and look at the second page of posts!)

And I’m not going to apologize for slacking, because I haven’t. I have just chosen to spend my time in a different way such as spending 3 weeks in Utah visiting brand new babies, working like crazy on my calling since in one week we had our Stake Activity Day Girls activity, the blue and gold Banquet and the start of our new Combined Scouts  Program starting (which just in itself was hours of work!).  So, there ya have it…my busyness. Now onto the fun stuff!

On Tuesday January 29th I was on my way taking the kids to Swim lessons when I got a text from my sister Janine, telling me she was at a Dr appointment getting an ultrasound and that there is a chance they may have to take the baby early.  Then during swim, it was confirmed. Not only were they going to take the baby early, but it was going to be THAT day!!!    All the sudden I went into panic mode…how fast could I pack and how soon could we leave!

Everything was fine, and the funny part is Janine was WAY more calm than me.  But if it were reversed…I would probably be the same as her.  But I wanted to be there ASAP and had about 1 day to get a LOT of stuff done!

Baby Adelaide was born healthy, wonderful and adorable just 90 minutes after my brother Nate and his wife Dixie had their baby Blake!  YAY!! Twin cousins!  So Wednesday we packed up and Thursday we headed to Utah!

Before I move onto to more about the babies and the trip, I need to finish off February!

The weekend before leaving we had some fun late nights, and friends over for the weekend.  Below are some pics of our fun weekend!

      

Monkey Brains | The best boys hair product ever. And yes I use it for my girls too.  You can’t get it in stores anymore, so we stocked up from our ebay supplier!



It was Sammie’s Birthday on the 29th so we pulled together a little birthday party.  We had fun making her cake, decorating the house and watching her open her present!  Sure love that little girl!



OKay…onto our trip!  We had a great drive there, and that night, Thursday I got to be at Janines house when she returned from the hospital.   Meet Baby Adelaide.  6 lb 8 oz



And then darling Baby Blake!  8lb 6 oz



Having fun at Gma and Gpa’s!~

  

I was overdue for some pictures for Savannah and Emma. Over Christmas break Maliyah and I had a sewing day and made these matching skirts. I saved them for these pictures.  Emma 21 months, and Savannah 3 1/2.  My babies are growing up!

    





Although these pictures were all about the little girls, this was Sunday morning and the boys were all dressed up too, so we included them.  Jayden INSTISTED on getting some done of just him.  He is too funny, and looks way too handsome here!

  

Savannah and Emma are the funniest cutest little toddlers. They love each other so much, but fight like crazy! I can’t wait to watch them grow up together. I’m so blessed to have them!

Utah Trip Cont….

Emma learned how to get out of the porta crib. One day I spent 1/2 hour putting her back about 20 times, finally I just stood at the door watching her until she fell asleep.  She woke up 1/2 hour later and I put her on the bed and watched her again till she fell asleep. Little stinker.  If she weren’t just so dang cute…..



Although we didn’t make huge plans for Valentines, we did do a few valentine-y activities and had a good time with Grandma, Grandpa and Janine’s family.

Making Cakeballs!
















Yes, Janine did just barely have a baby and look this great, all dressed up and in makeup.  Oh and we just got hair cuts together. 






And yes, this is me…still in my pj’s, no makeup and didn’t touch that newly cut hair.  Hmmmm…..we’ll keep this image small.






Friday the 15th I got a surprising phone call. It was my brother Jaron and he was inviting me to join him and his family for dinner that night. Each weekend they drive from Dayton Idaho, to Primary Childrens in Salt Lake for their son Jacon’s infusion.  They have food vouchers and hotel paid for (his infusion lasts about 7 hours). 

I rarely get to spend time with this darling family so I was honored to have been able to not only have dinner with them…but without my own 5 distractions(3 were spending the night with gma and gpa Duck and the other two with a sitter)!  I LOVED spending every moment focusing on these darling three boys. Oh how I LOVE them!!! (and all their famous Daves messy goodness!)






Yes, Lil’ Johns hair and eyes are for real.  This little guy just stole my heart!!!




Oh, and to die for lashes.



That night I got to spend shopping with CArrie, and then we headed to Janine’s house with Becca to love on baby and work on baby bows  (for carrie’s little sophie) and then nursery decor.  A girls night! Just what I needed!