Saturday, March 31, 2012

beautiful blossoms


I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world Heavenly Father created for me.

Spring has sprung and blossoms are all out in full bloom. It's amazing!
I have fallen in love with magnolia blossoms. I don't think I have found a prettier blossom. They are gorgeous!




Happy Spring Everyone!


On an unrelated note, this little cutie has started crawling. Slowly, but surely.
please time, slow down.

spring is in the air

Found this delicious recipe for cadbury chocolate egg cookies on our best bites. tried them. delicious!

One of our favorite road side ice cream stands opened up.
The kids couldn't wait to get there.
Ice cream and a glorious playground combined. who'da thunk?


lovin' warm weather!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

great path

We found a great path by our house. I can' t believe we have never been on it until now! It was a perfect place for kids to run.



B finding the perfect rock for throwing
and the release

C just happy to be along for the ride

B, of course, running away from me


love seeing these blossoms!
great day for a hike on a perfect trail!

9 months, please slow down


Our little adorable one is 9 months old.
I want to slow down the clock and stop time right now.
She is pure sweetness!



She is honestly the most content happy baby on earth. ever.

She does not cry.
She could be poopy, have her brother laying on her, having a toy car driven on her head, sitting in a car seat for 6 hours, hanging out in the stroller for hours,
not even a peep!

She is constantly smiling. Mouth wide open, her little teeth exposed, just so glad to have someone paying attention to her.

She is 27 inches long (26%)
Weighs 18 lbs. 6 oz (40%)
She has two teeth, they just both broke through.
She has just started becoming very mobile.
Rolling all over, and cute crawling attemps.
she rocks back and forth on her knees a lot.
She kinda hops forward and then moves her knees.
She loves baby oatmeal (b usually shares some bites with her).
She eats those little things that dissolve.
She loves being held and played with.
She has a great baby belly laugh.
She has the pinchablest chubby cheeks ever.
Her thighs are also so cute and chubby (is she really only the 40th percentile for weight, it must be mostly in her thighs)
She honestly brings so much joy into our family.
She is adored!

Saturday, March 24, 2012

a few random pictures

This is one of B's favorite spots.
Standing on the warm radiator and looking out the window.
he longs to be out there ALL the time

So, the other day I walked into the kitchen and found B using the honey bear as a bottle and sucking down honey.
he keeps trying to snitch it. i have had to hide it, but then I forget where I put it
he also loves banana muffins and shoves them in faster than he can chew
G got to go to a birthday party at a gym. he had a great time (wish i had brought my real camera with me), he did a cannonball into the ball pit
and he got to swing like tarzan.
i loved this place!

BEST WINTER EVER!!!

undoubtedly, for me, this has been the most amazing winter ever!
Nice warm temps, I think it only snowed three times. That's it. And this March has been AMAZING! We've been in the 60's or 70's for almost this entire month!
Weather perfection at it's best.
I realize summer isn't quite here yet, and yes, I realize it could in fact snow. It won't matter. I never hit that 'tired of snow' attitude yet.
Thank you sunshine for being my friend this winter!
We have been riding outside

and we have been loving the sunshine
B has also learned he LOVES to be outside. Anytime anyone is outside he screams and cries at the door until someone takes him out.

I dream of having a fence to keep this little guy wrangled in for me :)

Thursday, March 22, 2012

thoughts

today i was snuggling with my favorite 6 six year, a favorite past time of mine. he lays down by me and we share the same toasty blanket and we chat.
today he said, 'mom, do you miss when we used to be small'
i said, 'yes, you were so sweet. but when you get bigger, you learn lots of fun new things'
he said, 'mom, i don't want b to get any bigger'
'i am going to miss him'

he is so sweet.

Our little B has pretty much everyone in this family in the palm of his hand. K had taken him outside to play. It is no small feat. It consists of chasing after B as he tries to continually run in the road. After K had been out there for about 20 minutes, he breathlessly brought him back in. B threw a tantrum. He laid on the floor and started crying. K looked at me and said, 'mom, it is so much work playing with him outside' I said, "i know' I was making dinner and couldn't go out with him. B who was still crying on the floor looked at K, K looked at me and said, oh, mom, he' so sad, he proceeded to take B by the hand and lead him back outside.

we've all gotten soft.

Monday, March 19, 2012

wrap up

These are a little out of order
Our trip down was CRAZY! I don't know if I had ever seen it rain so hard for so long. C kept saying, I think we're almost through it, and then it would pour for another 3 hours. :) Saturday morning, we got a call from a very concerned lady in our ward who was calling to see how we were doing with all the tornados around us. We had no idea. We stayed in south carolina friday night and all that night there were tornados touching down in the state. We never saw any, but now all the rain made sense.

On our way home, it poured (just like on the way down), it also happened to be 'bike week' there were motorcycles EVERYWHERE.
These poor bikers were all crowded under every overpass there was. The rain was CRAZY!



The gang the day we left!
We will miss them so much!


Oh Florida, we will miss your sunshine! and cant wait to see you again!

more of disney


The kids in line for the flying carpet ride in disney, J was showing me her pins
G was showing me R2D2
We miss our cousins!

waiting anxiously!
The view from our hotel
Dad and B on the balcony,
loving the florida weather!

florida, post 2

Our next post

b decided to jump in the tub, after he was already bathed and fully clothed. C had gotten his clothes off by the time I went for my camera

The first day we were there, we took the kids to the beach to collect shells. it was a little chilly and was pretty convinced the kids would stay out of the water

k liked the shell collecting idea,
the kids did not like the idea of staying out of the water


This picture makes me chuckle. our 5 year old nephew had never been to the ocean before and despite the chilly climate, he dove in head first, fully clothed into the ocean. he had a great time and was soaked to the bone and shivering by the time he got out.
it was perfect!

J enjoying herself!
C even liked the beach
it seems like almost every pic I have of B, he is running away from me
We went to the Orlando temple, it was beautiful! Bright white temple and beautiful blue skies

Posing for the camera

G brought his car along, Finn McMissle, and played with it constantly!
Shall we cal this 'controlled chaos'?

once again, B running away
he finally stopped for a second for a quick picture
She is such a cute little one!

Two cousins

C playing with dad
Everyone ready to swim!!!!!!!
the kids highlight
There were some great pools here, the kids took full advantage of them


B loved floating next to dad
everyone chilling in the pool
On our way to Cocoa beach, we passed a huge cruise ship
ready for EVEREST