The 2nd half of April 2016

April 16th- Rich's sad, swollen eye while he had pink eye. He's still such a cute little guy though. :)

April 21st-

When tornado Aisley hits while Keaton is gone to school.

 Aisley is becoming quite the pro at riding Keaton's small scooter. We are loving all the Spring walks we are getting in (in between the rainy days) lately.

 Pink eye in the OTHER eye now... Poor guy.

I'm for sure the dinosaur lately...!

More pictures of this happy, swollen eyed boy.

Aisley took a tumble out of my mom's car and hit her face on the door. (Luckily, my mom caught her and she only hit the door instead of the concrete!)

 April 22nd-

The super random treat the kids picks from the dollar spot at Target. Ha, ha. Surprisingly, they actually liked them. I had to take a picture cause I was laughing so hard at their asian?? treat!

We went out to dinner at the Spaghetti Factory with our best BFF's the Spicer's. (Where we found out all in one foul swoop that they are expecting baby #2 AND moving to Washington State! We are excited for your new adventure friends, but we will miss you!!!) After dinner we went to City Creek to let the kids play in the play place, where I attempted to get a picture of these cute girls together. It was fun to let Aisley and Annalise play together!

April 23rd-

She told me she was wearing glasses just like her aunt Amber. :) Ha, ha.


April 24th-

All 3 of our kids LOVE their uncle Curtis.

The kids riding the horses at Grandma Shauna's house.

I need this shirt. Ha, ha.

How I'm sure Justin wishes our new house plan was!!!

April 25th-

We've been having some pretty rainy days lately. We made a quick trip to Dollar Tree and barely made it back to the car before the rain hit.

I just really loved this. I too love Sister Hinckley.

When you don't think you're tired, but you are and you fall asleep during "quiet time."

Our back door neighbors have a hole! Let the noisy and dirty construction begin!

 I treated myself to a much needed bath and some chocolate. (My new bathtub is very nearly one of my favorite things about our new house... I've taken a bath more nights than I haven't since we moved in! And, yes, I always have some chocolate and a good book to read each and every time. How could I not?!)

April 26th- This sweet baby trying to patiently wait for me to finish doing my hair so that I could feed him. Isn't he the sweetest thing ever?! I sure think so!

April 27th-

These 2 brothers make me quite happy- each.and.every.day.

Partying hard at Crayson's firefighter birthday party! Complete with real, live firetruck!!! Happy 2nd birthday Crayso!!!

April 28th-

Over the weekend uncle Curtis taught Aisley a new trick! How to cross her eyes! Aisley LOVES learning new things from her uncle Curtis. (The list is becoming quite long- how to block the sun from her eyes, blowing on her hands to warm them up when they are cold, how to pump her legs up and down while swinging...)

Rich loves spending time in the jump-a-roo. He is quite the energetic jumper!

April 29th-

April 30th- I love having a bouquet of flowers in my kitchen. Especially in the Springtime. I treated myself to this beautiful and colorful bunch of flowers.

The 1st half of March 2016

March 1st- With the weather warming up a bit some days, Aisley, Rich, and I have been able to walk to pick Keaton up for school. It's been fun for all of us, and Keaton gets really excited when he sees us walk up to the school with the stroller. In our new house, the walk to the school is less than 5 minutes, and it has amazed me how much happiness that 5 minute walk brings all 4 of us. It is nice to feel Spring in the air, to get even a tiny bit of exercise and to just be outside enjoying the Spring blooms and flowers around our neighborhood.

When it comes to texting, this is how I roll.

Rich trying baby food for the first time. I think it went fairly well. Ha, ha.

March 2nd- Mckell came with the kids and I to the Leonardo Museum in Salt Lake City to go to the Mummy Exhibit. (Keaton was scared to death at first, he was literally in tears at the thought of seeing "real, live, mummies" quoting from the intro presentation before entering the exhibit. Good thing Mckell was there to help me calm him down. I kinda felt bad about it because I didn't even think about it being scary for the kids... In the end though, Keaton really ended up enjoying seeing and learning all about mummies and even asked once we were home if we could go back again!) After viewing the exhibit, we walked around the rest of the museum and let the kids play. They had a blast trying out the different exhibits. We were all so happy to get to spend the afternoon with aunt Kell.

March 3rd-

Rich had his 6 month well check and shots this morning and was very tuckered out after all the excitement.

This girl was just happy to be along for the ride. Especially since it wasn't her turn to see the doctor!

(Forcefully) holding hands on our walk to pick Keaton up from school.

March 4th-

Yay for fun jelly shoes and nice warm Spring weather! Me, this girl, and Rich all went and did some Target shopping after having lunch with Justin at Chick-fil-A. (Keaton was lucky enough to get to stay and hang out with dad at work while we went shopping.)

What Keaton made with Justin while he was hanging out at work with him. Keaton had a great time working like dad works.


March 6th-  Keaton's picture he drew for Grandpa Greg of all of us going boating in the summer sun!

March 8th-

Oh man!


March 9th- Before and after SHUTTER pictures!!!

Aisley's fear of loud noises hasn't subsided much over the past couple of months... she still really dislikes all kinds of loud noises... the blow dryer, vacuum, and the sound of all the "booming"- as Aisley calls it- that was going on while our shutters were being installed. Keaton was an awesome big brother and sat by her and played with her the entire time the booming was going on so that she wouldn't be so sad and scared by all the noise.

Aisley's super cute flip-flops from aunt Marcia. Marcia is Justin's aunt (Shauna's sister) and is ALWAYS so thoughtful of us and the kids and is always sending or bringing over the cutest little things for the kids or just sending us sweet messages to tell us hello and ask how we are doing.

March 11th- Zoo day with BreAnne and the kids! The weather was beautiful and we all had a great time getting out of the house for the afternoon!

 March 12th- Rich puts up with a lot of extra special love from his sweet sister, Aisley. :)

March 13th- A quote I thought was powerful from an amazing book series I read by JoJo Moyes entitled "Me Before You."

This girl truly has my heart. She is as feisty as can be and can't be made to do anything she doesn't want to, but she has the sweetest heart and the biggest spirit and few things make me happier than spending time  with her. When it is just me and her she gets so chatty and tells me all kinds of things and I just love it. She's my best little friend and I sure hope it stays that way for forever.

(You can't hardly tell in the picture, but she's holding an A for Aisley in her hands.)

 

Who wouldn't want to take a nap wrapped up in Grandma Patsy's arms?!


March 14th-