Dylan

Dylan played in a soccer league for the first time this spring and just loved it! He asks every night if he gets to play tomorrow. And he is really good too. The first game he didn't know quite what to do, but he sure improved over the weeks. A lot too. He went went from making no goals the first couple of games to about 4 in the last games. He even got recruited to play with a team in a special tournament this weekend. I am just right proud of my little guy. He can be so shy at times so it is nice to see him being aggressive out there and having fun.

He #24 in the above pictures


He has also been busy preparing for his Kindergarten Opera, which he did a fabulous job in. I sort of chuckled when I showed up at the Opera and saw him in his cute little costume...

He is 2nd from the left. I could even hear him singing loud...

Nate was working that night so I left the girls with my nieces and took Dylan to cold stone afterwards. He loved our little "date" and keeps asking to go again. I really need to do that more often.


He also lost his first tooth about a month ago. The adult tooth was already in before the baby tooth fell out, it was weird...

And this is one of Dylan's new inventions on how to get Claire around the house...

I sure do love that boy!

Jesse and Jordyn's wedding

Jesse and Jordyn got married on April 9th in the the Salt Lake temple. It was really neat to be there since he is the last sibling to get married. We had a great day with everyone. It looked like a really warm day, but looks can be deceiving. It was freezing! And windy too.


Nate was kind to lend me his jacket while we waited outside the temple. I am a mean mom and didn't even offer it to the kids. I just let them freeze! I love Aubrey's face here...

Funny uncle Brian...



Chad and Nash...



Hot girls...

And my hot brother and his wife...

What a nerd Jesse is. His front teeth are false teeth and he kept making this face for the pictures. I don't think Jordyn had a clue he was doing this. I am sure she was surprised when she looked at the pictures afterwards.

More cold kids...

My parents and siblings...

We wandered over to the conference center to show the kids where conference took place the week before...

That is better Jesse, keep those teeth in!...

Another of us girls...

I guess only some people got the memo to wear black and white...

What another fun wedding with my family. Again, we had a crazy good time dancin afterwards. Have I mentioned how much I love being with my family? I have the best aunts!

A wedding and spring break

April started off with my grandpa getting married. I have been so happy for him because I know he has been so lonely since my grandma passed away in October. Up until the moment Colleen walked down the isle, I was fine. And then it hit me that my grandma was gone. I was a little sad, but still so happy for my grandpa. It is funny to see him all lovey dovey with his new wife. It was also nice to have all the extended family together again. We sure do have a hoot together. Especially at the dance after the reception. What a crazy bunch. Wish I had more pictures of it.

Here they are...

(and some random girl that I assume is Colleen's granddaughter)

While we were all together, we decided to have a shower for Jordyn, my brother's fiance. We just love her! She fits right in to our family, can you tell?...
(again, I wish I had more pictures of the shower. It was a little crazy with all the husbands gone to the priesthood session)

Easter morning we had at my brother's house and then dinner at my grandpa's rec center. It was pretty cold out so we had an indoor egg hunt and then everyone crashed on the couches for conference.

Since it was spring break, the kids and I stayed down for a couple of days to play with cousins. We went to the Living Planet Aquarium and it was a crazy crazy busy there. Don't ever go there during spring break. Plus, Claire was out of control and screaming the whole time. And Cassie got lost. And we had to park 2 blocks away and walk through muddy construction to get there. And...okay that's all.

We also went to Kangaroo Zoo (a cool bouncey toy place) and that was much more relaxing. Except I decided to race Dylan down a huge slide and got major skin burns on my arm from rubbing on the side of the slide. Ouch!

Why did I not take pictures of these things? I don't know.

My brother got married at the end of spring break. That will be up next.

More of March

Here are some more exciting things that happened in March:

Green pancakes, green eggs, and green milk...

Snow projects...

Coloring eggs...


You can't really see it, but that is a Canadian egg...

First time skiing. Dylan really loved it and keeps asking to go again...

Cassie didn't enjoy it so much, but she still wants to go again...

The kids took swimming lessons too and really liked that. Not a very eggciting month. Stay tuned for April, the month of craziness.

Dylan's birthday

Dylan turned 6 in March and had such a fun day. Kind of crazy for me, but he loved it. Lots of kids, lots of games, and lots of presents.

Yes, the pinata is hanging on a broom. Nate was a great broom holder.

I love this little boy so much! He is such a great helper and is best friends with his sister. They fight really good to, however. He is so cuddly and lets me snuggle with him whenever I want. I LOVE that! He is a great student and his teacher told me that she wishes all her students could be like Dylan. The truth is, he gets really shy and scared in front of adults so he listens to them really well. (Except for me, of course. jk) He is ALL boy and loves loves loves being outside exploring, riding his scooter or coaster car, and most of all digging. When we go to the park, all he does is dig dig dig. I love having Dylan in our family. He is a huge blessing to me!

Warmth and a wedding

Vegas was fun. Really fun. Any chance when my whole family can be crammed into one home and be together for a few days is always fun. And crazy.

It was so warm there too, much nicer than this snow infested valley I live in. The sun rises early there, which means the kids do too. By 7am the first morning, Dylan and his cousins were out playing in the dirt. Or mud, I guess. Dylan loves playing outside and I think he broke a new record that day by playing outside for 1o hours straight (with a 10 minute lunch break). I later found out he even relieved himself out there. Nice.

He was having so much fun he didn't even have time to change out of his pajamas. Might as well keep the dirt contained to one set of clothes. His shoes were like 2 lumps of mud after this. This picture doesn't show how dirty they got...

Cute little Max!...



Diana and the twins...

Claire cleaning Lani's house...

We went down to the strip one day and walked a lot and went on some rides.

Of course, someone has to get sick and spread it around. Sadly, I think Cassie was the cause of it this time. I think almost every kid got it and was out for about a day. And it came on suddenly too, even poor little Jackson had no warning in the middle of church when he threw up EVERYWHERE. It was kind of funny, actually. It just kept coming, and coming, and coming. And splattering everywhere since we were in the back on the wooden floor. It caused quite the scene.
But anyways, the wedding was different, but nice. I am so happy for my sister that she can be happy again.

Cute little flower girls...(I may or may not have stolen this picture from Diana's blog)

Attempting a family picture. It was a little bright out and I have no clue how to fix that. I hope to get copies of the photographers pictures soon...

A cute little Claire...

Lani's cute kids. I love these kids!!...

And the cute couple themselves...

And their daughters...

And another cute Claire...

Jesse and Tanya sharing a special moment on the dance floor. j/k. We had fun rippin it up out there though. Wow, when you get our family together and try to have a little dance, it turns into somethin else for sure. Good thing we didn't know a whole lot of the people there.

And the cute couple that we are waiting to hear an announcement from any day now. Yes, any day now would be great!!!

The end.

January = Blah

Seriously, I am so glad January is over. What a depressing month for me. I am not sure why this January seemed worse than others, but it did. Maybe it's this inversion over Logan that keeps our air quality the worst in the nation. Seriously. You can taste the nastiness even when you breath. Good thing we like it here.

I didn't take a single picture last month. And I even have a new camera!

Our days were filled with more sickness than we have ever experienced, lots and lots of pj's and sweats days, and lots of crying from Claire.

We have both kept up on p90x so watch out for us!

Nate passed his written Boards and now all he has left are his oral Boards in the fall. So proud of him and all his hard work. Yahoo!!!

We tried ice skating for the first time and the kids loved it and did really good.

We managed to spend a weekend with my sweet little sister and her family. We had so much fun swimming, shopping, relaxing, and late night milkshakes from Maverick. They were goooood.

Claire keeps me almost more fit than p90x does. That little girl sure keeps me going. Especially on Sundays. But I won't go into that because it would make a long post. Let's just say that I dread going to church on Sunday's, especially when Nate it working. And I may or may not have been seen showing up to church after sacrament meeting is over just so the kids can go to primary. And that may or may not happen more times than not. In 3 weeks, life will be better. And I. Can. Not. Wait!!! (Nursery time)

We have still managed to have lots of game nights. I love having family close and being able to hang out weekly. It is great!!

And now, to look forward to Vegas next week. I can't wait for some sunshine!!!