Our Vacation to Utah

 This was probably my favorite part of the trip!  This place was called Red Cliffs, and was simply gorgeous!   There was a small hike, and then a bunch of little pools with natural rock water slides, and places for the kids to play.

One of the days we went to an animal sanctuary, where they have rescued animals, and we get to go just socialize with them.  We had a great time here too

 (If you see a baby bump here on me, its Because there's a BABY in there... another boy due in September)

Here is EASTER Sunday!  I thought my little kiddos looked so adorable!  And it was such a beautiful day!

These next pictures are from our family Easter Egg Hunt.  This first pic of Chase lovin Uncle Jon's new jeep.  He probably could've stayed in there much longer! 

Just another picture of my little stud

 Grandma & Chase

The kids checkin out their candy

We really enjoy St. George!  It was a great trip!

He's Walking!

Ri's 6th Birthday

Riley's Birthday was this month!

She started off her day with her birthday breakfast of strawberry waffles and whip cream

(notice the crown?? She got it from her teacher at school and literally wouldn't take it off for about 5 days straight, even after Chase ripped it up, then she taped it back together!)

Then that day, she chose 2 friends and went to a movie and ice cream. We went and saw The Lorax, and they loved it! It was a great day to celebrate with her, we all had a blast!

A little about Riley... she is her own person! She has very clear ideas about what she wants to do, and really doesn't care what others are doing, which can be good or bad? She is extremely curious about everything in the world, and asks questions all day about anything and everything she notices. She just wants to know now! She is very smart and understands things quickly. She loves helping with Chase and will do anything I ask her to do, with 1 exception - cleaning her room. She has figured out what makes her sister angry, and loves to tease her, hopefully that fades soon ;) She is very crafty, and creates all sorts of things with paper, tape and glue. She is active and always wants to be going somewhere, or doing something. She loves hearing stories from our childhood, she loves to read. She gives really good hugs and loves to cuddle and be close to us. We love her so much!!

Happy Birthday Riley Roo!

Chase turns ONE!

We had a joint party for Chase with our good friends, who's son (Benson) is only 8 days older than Chase. It was so fun with all our friends with all the little kiddos! Here are some pictures of the festivities

We made these little crowns for the boys big day

Sisters with the Birthday Boy!

Mom and Dad

Daddy's and Babes

Our cute cake

Fun with destroying the cake

He was so funny with the cake, at first he was just picking at it, then he just grabbed the whole piece with his hands, shoved it in his face and started taking bites. His buddy Benson was handless and just dipping his face in the cake. they were pretty funny to watch.

This was such a great day, with great weather! Some other things we did were play pin the tail on the dinosaur for the big kids. And we had buckets of bubbles and sidewalk chalk for the little kids, and of course some good eats for the adults!

Happy Birthday to my (not too much longer Baby) Boy!

February

It seems as though I can only get to updating this thing once a month these days! I know it's so cliche to say... But where does my time go!?

Anyways, here is what we've been up to:

Chase is.

officially a busy body! He was 11 months on Feb 8. He is climbing, cruising on the furniture, eating everything, and crawling as fast as he can away from Chloe, who likes to show her love a little too rough. He is also a serious lady lover! No matter where we go, he seems to catch the eye of some lady, until she notices his gorgeous baby blues, then swoons all over him. We're celebrating his 1 year next week, can't wait!!

This is where he tries to get into the kitchen

I don't think it ever gets old, when you go to check on your baby, and their little bum is in the air! And then even better, look at his dead asleep lips!! I love it!




While getting our Valentines Lollipops all ready to pass out to the class, Chase went super stealth and opened one up, without me even noticing! I had to take a few pics, just because he was in heaven with that thing!

Chloe is...

4 years old! We celebrated Chloe's big day at the end of the month. We started the day with some chocolate waffles, and gifts (that she was a little disappointed with, apparently she had asked Mike for an American Girl Doll AND a razor scooter) not the suitcase and dress I got for her. Then she chose 2 friends to go out for a girls day with her.

We went to get their nails painted at a little salon, then we grabbed some lunch, and finished the day off with getting cupcakes at the cutest, most delicious bakery ever! We had so much fun, and loved that we had a day just for our sweet Chloe!

Chloe has grown up so much! She is so sweet and cuddly, and always wants to dance like a princess, Aurora mostly. She is super creative, and makes up her own songs, she won't ever do it on command, so you just have to really pay attention when she starts singing. She is drawing pictures all day, everyday, she will also make up stories and is full of expression when she shares them. She is doing good in gymnastics, and is mostly concerned about what she wears than what she is actually going to do there. She is also very timid with many people, which is so different that her older sister. It's cute. We just adore her in every way! Happy 4th pretty lady!

Riley is...

Growing up and losing teeth!! Why does losing the upper teeth send me into a depression of how old my girl is getting!? I just don't think I'm ready for big teeth yet! So here is a pic of her missing front tooth.

Thats all for now~ Bye!

Our Adventures in January

My Sister came out with the kids at the beginning of January. We went on a really nice hike, in the hills around our house, called Quicksilver. It was super nice, except for Chloe at the very end... she just! couldn't! go! any! further! My sisters kids are growing up too fast! My nephew is so tall!! {and oh so 16 year old cool} We seriously look forward to their visits every time!

Here's Chloe not wanting to go anywhere.

Chase discovered some things this month that he's been missing out on in the kitchen:

The Tupperware cupboard!



The dishwasher!

And Spaghetti Noodles!


We have been sick for what seems like the WHOLE month of January.
All 3 kids with snotty wet noses, bad coughs, 3 ear infections, and 1 with walking Pneumonia (Pronounced - Lavonia by Riley, and Damonia by Chloe) They're working on it :)

Needless to say we have been in our jammies/comfy clothes alot, and been watching a lot of movies


And can you believe it! We made a beach trip in January! It was a friends idea, and I'm so glad we went- it was actually nicer this time than many times in the summer! No wind, perfectly clear, upper 60's. It was a really great day!

The high chair was a genius idea for the baby! Because as you can see, by his mouth, once he was put on the sand, he straight dipped his head into the sand, and didn't even care! He had so much fun here, just looking around, being held by Mom and Dad, and playing with the sand toys {when we let him}

Here's the Mommas with their cute babes!

The girls had fun digging for crabs and jumping in the water

And finally some family photos, because the sunset was just that beautiful!