Mosquitos!

We had a fantastic week and THIS is the ONLY picture I took! I guess with warm weather comes mosquito bites and I was feeling So bad for this little guy on Saturday morning when he woke up after being eaten alive by a sneaky little mosquito! He had 20 new bug bites. Needless to say- I tore apart his room that afternoon. changed sheets, vaccumed under the crib, vacummed corners and baseboards, and found 2 sneaky little bugs hiding in remote corners just waiting for poor Brady to go to sleep so they could feast. Ewwww! Anyway- they are dead now- so hopefully he can sleep in peace.

 Before bug bites we had warm sunny weather and loved every second of it! We...

• Went for walks
• Fed the horses
• visited the sheep and fed the ducks/seagulls
• Played at the park
• had picnic lunches
• Played outside with friends
• enjoyed sand all over my house (benefits of a sandbox:)
• made strawberry jam
• started planting our garden
• pulled weeds and cleaned up the yard
• stopped taking naps! (what?!... definitely not a continuing trend I hope.)

All in all it was a great week. I decided to pull out the boys new Easter shirts since we won't be here on Easter. Aren't they handsome?!

* I just realized that list made me sound totally domestic- planting a garden and making strawberry jam all in 1 week?!  Not normal around here- but hey... Something about the sunshine makes me actually want to be productive- and the gardening thing was only because Jason made me:-)

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!