Birthday with Grandpa!

Can I just say I have the most wonderful parents in the world!!! I don't know of anyone more selfless than them. They constantly doing for others. My dad retired in November and I think he has been the family Nanny. So on his birthday we invited him down for dinner. They has spent the week babysitting and thought we could give them a break. Although afterwards I thought coming to our house with all our minchkins wasn't much of a break. Maybe it was more of a selfish invite. It was great to be with him and my mom. I LOVE being in their company. I always feel uplifted and enlightened by them.

Spring Break 2012

We spent spring break in Hatch again this year. Except without the snow, which was nice. We left after church on Easter Sunday and went toe Granpa Craig's and Grandmas Terry's. Jeff & Jenny were there, along with Andy & Kaylie. It was so nice to spend some time with them!! We had so much fun. We went on a hike in Bryce Canyon, which was Jenny's first time ever! It was fun to have her and Kylie with us. The kids did awesome. Expecially hiking up all those switch backs. Well most the kids Kinsley was carried the whole way up which I kind of expected but Madison was so determined to do it herself. I carried her up the first part but she did most the switch backs. I was very impressed. Then we went down and played at the sand dunes (Kinsley and AMdison called the Sand Dudes) and had lots of fun running, jumping and sliding down the dunes! Then went to the sand caves (aka color caves) and let the kids layer their bottles with different colored sand. This was ones of my favorite activities. Th caves were amazing and beautiful and all my monkeys loved seeing all the different colors of sand. We of course went on fun 4-wheeler rides, helped Granpa Layton in his garden, got our faces painted with aunt Jenny and aunt Kaylie, had too much good food. It was great! we ended our trip by going over to Cedar and went to the new aquatic center with Jenny, Kylie, Tyson, Kaylie, and Andy. It was so nice and CLEAN!! The kids had a blast!! It was a great trip!!

Happy birthday Jack!

I am so proud of my Jack. He has learned so mcuh this past year as become my best buddy at home while Sydney and Layton are at school. He love to help out with a project, and if you know Tyler and I seem to always have something we're working and I love having my best buddy Jack with me. He has conquered obstacles this year overcoming his need to be perfect in all he does, and realized it's okay to just do your best. Preschool was definitely something that helped out; to see other kids his same age and realize it's okay to color outside the lines, and write your name with some of letters not looking exact, and best of all he is so proud of the the work he has done. He is reading,writing all the letters and numbers, and having fun with it. This mom could not be happier!! I love my Jack!! For Jackson's birthday he requested a trampoline birthday cake and wanted it to look just like ours, and had a few friends over to celebrate with!

Here's to 3 years!!

Kinsley and Madison turning 3 really is a great reason to celebrate. They survived the terrible 2's and so did we!! Although recently I've been wondering if it's really the terible 3's. Maybe turning 4 will be reason to celbrate too. In all honesty, they do given me a run for my money, like when they our a gallon sized piture of ice and water on the kitchen floor to see what will happen, or flour, or cooa al over the floor or really anything that looks interesting, cut their hair, draw on walls or each other, chop up crayons and chalk, and spread the remains, the list can go on. But there equally if not greater moments of laughter, fun, and entertainment. Like when they watch out for each other, and always have a playmate that they love to be with, to explore with, to pretend with, the sweet greetings they give each other when one slept or napped longer than the other, the dancing and singing they do together, brings so much happiness to me. The challenges they give me and the patience they are teaching me are nothing compared to the joy!! I love these 2 monkeys!!

Good 20's, hello 30 January 2012

I have to admitt I am not at all excited about being 30. My 20's were good to me and 30 just seems old. I did however have a fabulous birthday. Tyler and I took Sydney and Layton up for their first time skiing. Wel Sydney and I skied, while Layton and Ty were snowboarding. We used our pass of all pases so all we had to pay for was the rentals. They both had fun. Layton wore out a little quicker adn was a little frustrated, with a sore bum. Sydney was really nervous at first, but then got the hang of things and did not want to leave that mountain. It was a wonderful birthday, mostly because it was so fun watching the kids learn something new and have so much fun, and I got to spend the day with my favorite guy!!