Fun With Cousins!

We got to have my brothers kids visit last weekend. My Sister in Law is pregnant with her 3rd baby and was having contractions and was put on bed rest until they stopped.  She also has a 1 and almost 3 yr old! She's a champ! So we took them Thurs-Sat. It was kinda crazy having a 1, 2, 3, and 4 year old in the house but for the most part it went pretty smoothly. And the kids loved it!

Mollie & Haidyn

                                                                     Carter & Ryker

 Two princesses and Woody & Spiderman!

 Movie and pizza party!

Glad we could help out and hope that baby #3 comes soon so Carrie can begin to feel better. So glad I could capture some pictures of the weekend. I have so many fun memories with my cousins and I hope these kids will have the same opportunity!

Mollie is TWO!

Has two years already come and gone?! I can't believe it! Our sweet not-so-little girl turned 2 on Oct 5.

 Carter was more excited than she was I think!

 This was the best picture of the birthday girl I could get!

 We went with some friends to Hop2It.

 We stayed up late the night before finishing her dress up closet. Here is the final result! And she LOVES it!

 It was a Minnie Mouse theme. She is currently very obsessed!

 It was conference weekend so we did a quick party with the fam between the last conference session and priesthood session. She was one spoiled girl! Both sets of grandparents were there and Adam & Steffan.

 5 new pairs of heels!

It was a success!!

Some fun facts about her at 2:
-She wears high heels most everywhere she goes and necklaces.
-She can talk very clearly and in sentences
-She calls milk "gunk"
-Starting to potty train!
-Loves to tuck her babies into bed
-Loves books and would do it all day long if i could just sit and hold her all day long!
-Loves to wrestle with her brother and we find her winning most of the time! :)
-Loves to gives kisses and "loves" to anyone who will take one
-Has quite the attitude and is very opinionated!
Love you Miss Mae! You have blessed our lives in more ways than you will ever know! Happy Birthday Sis!

A few fun things...then on to the good stuff!

Whew! I am behind on blogging...but what's new?! Aren't we all? Me and Chad got to take a little get away to Utah while G & G Reed watched the kids. It was a great time! I didn't get to sleep in, but we stayed at the marriott and had a yummy breakfast there. I actually had time to get ready and curl my hair and attempt to look cute with no kids nagging me! Then I dropped Chad off to where he needed to be and I shopped to my little hearts content! All day long...with no kids!

I fell in love with some skinny jeans...

 And a California Turkey sandwich from Zuppas

And Gardner Village! I wish I had found this sooner in the day because I didnt have much time to explore it!

 We went to dinner with Cami & Chuck & Mason and it was so fun to catch up with them.

When we returned, it was time to hunker down and start INSANITY!! If you havent heard of it, its an intense 60 workout program. And OH MAN it is hard. Most days I end my workout with applying ice packs or ice massage. BUT it is AMAZING! I love it although it is super hard! Chad has already lost 13 pounds on it! And I havent lost weight, but I have lost inches and we both feel great!

 I was getting ready one sunday and some how Mollie snuck some nail polish and tried to paint her babys toes on the COUCH!! It was hard to be mad at her because it was so cute! Luckily its yellow and kind of blends into the couch!

Very random I know! But had to get these pictures in our blog book! Now on to the fun celerations for Mollies 2nd Birthday!!

Carter turns 4!

My sweet little boy is not a baby anymore! Carter brings so much joy and laughter into our lives. I'll never forget the first day I fell in love with him. I can't believe in 4 short years he has gone from this....

To this!

We started his big day out with some doughnuts, this gift,(which we searched everywhere for and finally found it in Utah!) and yard saleing with G & G Hymas....it was Saturday! We couldn't pass it up!

Then we rushed home to finish preparations for his party!

 As the kids arrived we dressed them up as pirates and gave everyone a tattoo.

 The mustaches were a major flop! They stuck so hard to their little faces it was like waxing their lip when we took them off!! Poor kids!

 They were all so well behaved and we had so much fun!

 Then we headed outside for a treasure dig!

 And back inside for presents and cupcakes.

 This little man was on cloud 9 with all the goodies he got from his friends. Thanks everyone who brought such nice gifts!!

 Then we did some sword fighting...

 After the kids went home we started preparing for a family party later that night! We had ranch chicken tacos and both sets of grandparents were there. Jordan, Adam and his girlfriend all came too. We even had the Sorenson family over.

Carter has been begging for a BSU helmet for a long time. We found a good deal on one and got it!

 This was his reaction....LOVE IT!

 After more gifts and more cupcakes.....

 These two little guys played football the rest of the night.

 Absolutely hilarious. We are so blessed to have wonderful family & friends who support us in all aspects of life. We love you all so much. I'm so proud of my little Carter man. We were at the park the other day and a complete stranger came over and told me she could tell my son had a good heart. He is so kind to everyone and happy all the time! I love you Carter. You are my pride and joy! Here's to many more happy years ahead of you!

Best Vacation Ever

A few weeks ago we loaded up the car and headed to this beautiful place...Cascade Lake. It tops my list of favorite vacations! It was so wonderful and relaxing!

 We got there Thursday night which happened to be the season opener for BSU. We crammed ourselves into this little local all you can eat pizza joint and cheered our team on! Meanwhile all the kids played in the arcade in the back. Im pretty sure that night the arcade made bank from all our kids!

 The next day we hopped into the boat and drove to this little beach which we had all to ourselves. The kids loved just playing in the water and had some older cousins to watch them so I could do a little of this...

Dirt or Oreo?? You decide.

 We built Carter's first sand castle...pretty impressive skills Dad!

 And Carter started practicing riding his bike without training wheels! Just trying to keep up with all the older cousins! He never got it, but came so close!

 This little beauty is what we called home for 3 days. Staying in a yurt with a fridge, beds, TV, cable, microwave, heater and wood floors VS. a tent was AMAZING! It made such a difference in our trip!

 The RV park we stayed in had a fun little play area for the kiddos.

 And a beatiful bonfire spot right by the lake.

 Day 3 we headed back to the lake and spent most of the day!

 The boys stealing a picnic table.

I dont have many pictures of the guys because I seriously lounged all day on the beach. While the girls sun bathed, the boys stayed busy playing football, baseball, frisbee, water fighting and boating.Here are some other highlights from the trip....

• Boating... of course! I even tried surfing for the first time...lets just say it wasn't pretty
• Yard saleing and visiting flea markets. Yes you are camping in the mountains, but town is right there too! Its the best of both worlds.
• A little Ice Cream/candy shop which we visited twice. I fell in LOVE with some 'unBEARably hot cinnamon bears.'
• The food...OH MY GOSH..I thought my family ate good while camping. I wont lie...I gained 3 pounds in 3 days! Dustin's pasta tops it all though!
• The lake. Its huge and warm. Loved feeling the sand between my toes and the sunshine on my face.
• Having my hubby all to myself for 4 days over Labor Day tops it all. Life has been crazy lately to say the least. He is my best friend and I am so glad I married him and into such a wonderful family.

Cascade Lake, I hope it wont be long before we see you again. Good Bye Summer!