May Days

We headed to the beach for some bon fire fun! We invited our friends who have girls Kaleb's and Avery's ages. Kaleb loved the sand (he even brought home a bunch in his pockets) but Avery freaked out and did not want to walk in it! So she was happy to sit in the chairs and watch!

Kaleb and his friend!

 There seems to be a water theme these days, this day it was a water fight with the cousins! Everyone was dripping wet all from one bucket of water and a few cups.

This is what you get when you tell them not to smile!

 Mother's Day was great, I didn't have to worry about cooking, cleaning, or much of anything! I even got a nap and a picture with my babies!

Getting ready for a swim!

She likes the timeout corner! So far it has not deterred her from climbing on top of the tables and counters, can't leave her alone for a minute.

Easter

A 9 am church on Easter we realized that Avery had a fever and did not feel well, so she went home early. Since we didn't have much planed for the day I guess it worked out okay. We (Kaleb and I) enjoyed our Easter lessons, then we hunted for eggs and baskets at home later that day. Of course the kids loved it and wanted to find eggs over and over again!

Someone is excited to find eggs!

Handsome boy

Excited to find this one!

I love candy

 

1 1/2 years old!

It is so very hard to believe but our baby girl is 18 months old! You would think with all the sleepless nights (it is true she still has a hard time getting through a night) it would feel like she was still a newborn. Even so we are so in love with this little lady! She brings such joy and happiness to our lives. 

She is always happy and her smile just lights up the room. She knows how to get peoples attention and can charm anyone. At the store she will say "hi" to anyone and everyone until they notice her. Then she smiles and does the head tilt shy thing. So cute! She loves to follow her brother around and will copy his dragon and dinosaur imitations with sounds and all. She must have just recently had a growth spurt in her legs because she can now climb into the tub, onto the dining room and patio chairs and onto a slew of other things that are not meant to be climbed up. She loves bubbles but yells BUBBLES and run through the sunlight when she sees dust in the air. Her older brother loves her too. He turns on the high pitched baby voice when she wakes up and talks so sweet and loving to her!  

Easter candy, yum-o!

Cheese

A few days ago she tripped and fell right on top of her open dresser drawer. Of course she hit just in the right place to cut her eye lid open. Poor thing was not happy. But it has been healing so quick it will be gone in no time!

Happy Un-Birthday Avery, We Love You!

Easter Fun

We love cousins, so today we had an early Easter party. First the kids made bunny masks and hoped around. Then they had to hunt for lunch filled eggs in order to eat. There were tiny sandwiches, grapes, crackers,, carrots, cheese, mini cookies, and more. Apparently searching for food makes you quite hungry, they ate a lot! And then they had a bunny parade. Anna directed and they marched in from both sides and then did a lot of hoping/jumping around. These are some cute kids, I love watching them be silly and have fun together!

 

Each made great masks!

Having them hop like a bunny was fun to watch too.

Avery hit the jackpot, she only found two eggs but the one she opened had mini cookies, yummy!

Adam was an animal, he found a ton!

Happy with their results

Of courses there was a lot of sharing, let the feast begin!

Good Friends

We got to go to Universal Studios with our good friends who were in town from Portland. Kaleb was so excited to see his good friend McKenna. We were excited to visit and caught up with Ammon and Monica too.

I learned something about being a mom. Kaleb is still a little tender and timid when it comes to rides, characters and scary things. He cried on more than one occasion and boy did I feel bad. In the Shrek movie he even screamed, although he will tell you he loved the show. I don't think there is any permanent damage but next theme park we will be more cautious.

Silly Face

The view was gorgeous!

These two were so cute, what good friends!

The whole gang

Walking the red carpet

They were both tired and wanted to ride the stroller, too cute!

Thanks for the fun day, we miss you already Z family!

Chickens

We now have chickens! Just in time for Easter we have the cutest little baby chick and the kids love it! Are a few pics of the new pets!

 The kids (cousins) love holding them even if it is a challenge to caught them. Kaleb loves them and loves to hold them in theory but is a little leery of actually holding them!

 Avery loves them too, sometimes Kevin and Avery like to just sit and watch them, simple pleasures!

Baptism

This past weekend we went to our friends baptism, Kaleb has been to a few but it seems like this one stuck with him a little more. That night while in the bathtub with his sister he said that he wanted to baptize her. Being concerned for her I told him that he could not, seeing that he did not have the right authority. He told me he was just pretending so it would be okay. But again I told him no since she can't hold her breathe. So while I was getting her out he was repeating part of the prayer and then splashing in the tub. Apparently he was baptizing himself. Funny kid!

Little Fry

This little fry

 Gave me this black eye!

She was holding my phone and I was laying down and "handed" it to me before I could get my hands out. She hit in just the right place and there you go a black eye! Good thing she is so cute!