For Lori

Where do I begin?! I stopped his whole blog business a while ago, because for some reason I can't understand why anyone would be interested in what we're doing every day of our life- and yet, I get on other blogs almost daily to see what everyone else is up to. Backwards- I know. Anyway, I would never call myself a blog stalker. There's really only 3 or 4 that I even check anymore because they are close friends and family and I love seeing what they are up to. SO- one of my good friends from Vegas (can I call you that?) is one that I check often- mostly because her girls are darling and her sense of humor is hillarious. We text (which I LOVE) and she mentioned posting something to my long lost blog. And while I am not funny- and don't have anything out of the norm going on around here, I guess it's only fair that I share a few pics once in a while. So- for now, I'm back. Maybe I'll do a weekly update like some. Or maybe this will be the last one. We'll have to just see how I feel about that.

Also- I guess this means carrying my camera around more often. I see why people only post pictures of vacations and the good parts of their lives- because some of us only get our camera out when we go on vacation! Not something I'm proud of. I need to do better. So if it ever appears that I'm only documenting our exotic vacations and luxurious lifestyle;) Just remember that the months in between are filled with sick kids, poopy diapers, constant cleaning and laundry, and a bunch of other uninteresting (yet fulfilling) things that make up the majority of my life. I just don't take pictures of all of it:0

This is Today! Carter was spinning around while he counted to 100. talk about 1 dizzy boy.

This past week we got to have my brother and his daughter Mike and Kate, and my mom here to visit. Most of their time was spent at Primary childrens with a joint infection-but once she got out we decided to have a little fun. We went to the zoo, flew kites, fed the horses, and ate lots of icecream (thanks to Grandma!) We were all so glad to have them visit- just not so glad about the circumstance.

This is Carter Tubing in January. We went with Katie, Jake and Sadie (my sisters family). Carter and Sadie thought they owned the hill. They waited for no one- and luckily the nice workers at the top pushed them down every time. This pic is out of order because I don't know how to blog.

Kate, Carter and Brady settling down for a movie after a long day at the zoo. Isn't she gorgeous?!

Brady wouldn't have ANYTHING to do with tubing. Except the 2 minutes when Carter ran into him with his tube and Brady got stuck head down- feet flying in the air and screaming for me! So- we sat at the bottom and he took pictures with my sunglasses, pulled a tube around and watched all the other kids havingfun.

This is Brady's normal face. Mouth wide open- and always loud! It was such a gorgeous day that the boys wouldn't even keep their coats on. I love the Sun!

Blog background

So- I guess you have to update your blog in order for your background to stay the same? I just got on my blog and for some reason the background has been deleted. Interesting.

Memorial Day Getaway

I am really looking forward to a little escape with our family for the weekend. 4 days of no responsibility, no bills, no mail,no cleaning my house, no work. Just playing with my kids and my hubby! Hope you all have a nice Memorial Day Weekend!

The Weather

OK- so I try not to say too much about the weather, because I don't want to sound like I'm complaining. After all- I've spent the past 6 years whining about 115 degrees in Las Vegas. So now we're in Utah and I do love that we haven't even hit the 80's yet. But I'm ready! I'm ready for some consistently warm weather. I was happy to see snow melt and sunshine arrive, but now it seems that it's constantly teasing us. Since March we've been back and forth with 1/2 week of sunny nice weather, and 1/2 of the week rain and clouds. We use to be able to watch the weather once a month in Vegas and know that we were going to have Sun. Now we must watch every day. We get our hopes up with a forecast of warming trends, only to be disappointed the next day when they realize a storm is blowing in. The silver lining? We love getting the much needed moisture, and we've learned to take advantage of every little pocket of good weather. If it's not raining then we are out playing. And I've learned that a little mud covering my 2 boys is really no big deal. The fun they have outside is definitely worth the mess.

Congrats to the Dabbs!

I'm just sitting here at my computer wishing I could be in Vegas with my friends! Our good friends the Dabbs are going through the temple today for the first time and are going to be sealed as a family tommorrow for all Eternity. I'm so happy for you guys! You are an amazing family and we love you so much.

Congratulations!

Comparisons

I just thought it was fun to compare their 1 year birthday pictures. I can't even believe these 2 are brothers. They look completely different. And I'm not sure if I had any part in Brady- because he is ALL Jason!

For Sarah

This is for Sarah (one of my best friends) because I guess I don't post enough pics of my 2nd child. Which is funny, because most of the time he is by far our favorite!:) I do love both of my kids, but my little baby just turned 1 on Friday!! I can't even believe it. He is still such a baby to me and until he turned 1 he has been a complete angel. I don't know what's been going on this week, we'll see if it keeps up, but right now Carter is in the lead as far as brownie points go.

This is Brady thinking about eating the cake. It took a few cousins helping, and about 15 minutes before he actually ate any of it on his own. I guess he just wasn't in the mood.

This is what Brady did while all the other kids opened his presents. I guess this is what happens when you're not the 1st child. He is always happy if he has a ball in his hand. It's the one word we hear all day long.

What can I say about that pic? I just love my sweet Brade! Just don't look at the cake. After 2 failed attempts at making a baseball cake, I called up the grocery store. :)

Happy Birthday Brady! We couldn't be happier that you're ours. And if the rest of your life goes like the 1st year, you're siblings might all hate you because you've kind of stolen our hearts.