Happy Anniversary!

Happy 6th anniversary to the love of my life.  I would be nothing without you.  We keep getting better looking every year. ;)

Out of the mouth of babes

Katelyn:  We found some dead worms.
Me:  Don't touch them... what are you doing?
Katelyn/Ethan:  We're giving them food (leaves).
Me:  They're dead, they don't need to eat.
Katelyn/Ethan:  Well, when Jesus comes again and they are alive, they can eat them.

I love their faith!  So cute.
4/29/12

Happy Birthday Abby!

Happy Birthday to my beautiful little Abby!  You are such a miracle in our lives and we love you so much!

Airborne!

Dave's sister Jenny is in town and invited us to her 3 three old daughter's b-day bash.  We went to Airborne and had a blast!  In case you haven't heard of it, it's a place full of trampolines and fun stuff.  Seriously, who wouldn't have fun there?  I loved it and I was just playing with the kids!  (I didn't try my back flip... what are the chances that I can still do it and not break my neck?  I didn't want to see. :))

Katelyn showed me her skills on the balance beam.

 Abby LOVED it!

 She was screaming with excitement the whole time!

 My handsome jumper.  (Did I mention he'll be 3 next week???)

 Dodgeball!  (And Abby will be 1 next week!!)

 Climbing the rope ladder.  Seriously, I would have loved this place as a kid.

 Abby fell in and had to chill for a while because she couldn't move.

 My brave Ethan.  This isn't a slide, it's a jump.  Go Ethan!

 Independent Abby going for a crawl.

 How far are you going to go Abby?

 She loved to jump with me.

 LOVE those cute little teeth.

 And her funny little crazy faces.

Modge Podge in a mixed up order

Time, where have you gone?

My little baby is almost 1!  If someone wouldn't mind telling me where the past year has gone, that would be great.  Little Abby is an absolute joy.  She's climbing the stairs like a pro and when I come after her, like the paranoid mother that I am, she squeals and moves faster on her stiff little toes.  She usually crawls really fast into a corner.  Oh, she makes me laugh.

 At my cute little brother's wedding, my dad was a real trooper.  He had just finished his 3rd treatment of Chemo and had lost his hair.  Doesn't he look dashing in his hat?  It was a long night for him, but he did great.  Love you Dad.  He's now finished his 4th treatment and we're waiting for results.

 Could they be any happier?  I don't think so.  Trev and his new wife, Ashley, are the cutest couple.  What a beautiful wedding.

 Ethan's face says it all.  He was so hot, exhausted and tired of being in his suit, that he climbed onto my lap during the dancing and didn't move.  Katelyn was close behind him.  It was a beautiful reception.

Katelyn's BFF's.  I was laughing so hard because these three "princesses" came down in their dress-ups and let me know that they were the three Musketeers.   CUTE.

 Snow!  Finally.  This was our only chance to go sledding, so we took it.  (Have I mentioned yet that I was ready to run out the door the other day to go skiing.  It's driving me crazy.  I need to get into the mountains with some ski's on my feet!)

 The kids had SOOOO much fun.  We started on the small hills and built up.  Katelyn always surprises us and turns out to be the dare devil after her initial timidity.  She was going down the hill upside down, on her belly, standing up and a few other ways.  That's my girl.  Scared of dogs, but loves roller coasters!  Abby loved it too and says "EEEeeeee!"

 Then we went to the children's Book of Mormon exhibit at the Church History Museum.  It was very crowded, but tons of fun.  Here they are building a... house?  It doesn't matter as long as they can knock it down.

 I can't help posting this one.  Look at Abby's huge smile.  :)  They're "planting" veggies.

 Just try not to think of the millions of kids that have stuck they're mouths on the windows in Noah's Ark.

 You always have to finish off a fun day with ice cream.  It's a Hoth rule.  :)  And clever Katelyn is trying to "drink" her ice cream cone with a straw.  Just in case you want to try it... it didn't work very well.

 Yeah, I love Daddy!  Doesn't she have the cutest scrunched nose?  And this isn't even the best picture of her talent. She can wrinkle up her nose like nobody's business.

 This is the best thing EVER!  I drew cards one day with pictures of the kids' jobs.  Get dressed, make bed, dishwasher, etc.  Then we turned them over, picked one and did the job until we were done.  It was like magic!  The kids had a great time and finished their jobs quickly.  The next day, Katelyn wanted to draw her own.  I helped her spell a couple of them, but she finished the rest by herself.  I love the one that says "gitrest" (get dressed) and her (hair).

 And another pic of Trev-man and Ashley and the parent's.  Don't ask me why I call him Trev-man.  I just always do.  Isn't he handsome?

Dave, this is for you (and anyone else interested).  Abby is hilarious!  She's still running in circles and squealing!  We borrowed this toy from a friend and you'd think Abby's at Disneyland.  She taught herself how to run!  (And an FYI for anyone that doesn't know Abby, she's not even close to walking yet.  She barely takes a stiff step when I try and move her legs.)

Halloween

Who hasn't ever wanted to make your own Halloween costumes?  I've always wanted to give it a try, so when Katelyn wanted to be Tinker Bell the idea just snowballed.  May I introduce: 

Katelyn as Tinker Bell

Ethan as Peter Pan

Abby as Tiger Lily

Dave as Captain Hook

and

Me as Wendy

The kids had so much fun in their costumes.  If you want to make a Peter Pan costume, go here.  Tinker Bell was a modge podge of different ideas.  Captain Hook and Tiger Lily were my own creation, but with the same idea as Peter Pan with some extra frills.  I found my Wendy nightgown at the DI for $3.  Awesome.  Honestly, my mom almost passes out when I tell her that I enjoy sewing (some things).  Who would'a thought?

Katelyn wasn't so excited to party in this picture.  Abby sure enjoyed eating hers though.  Mmmm.  Ethan insisted that we call him Peter when he was in his costume.  They were adorable.  :)

 Here's my brother Scott with his adorable son Ben and my Ethan.  Scott and Ben are monsters from Monsters Inc.

 Look!  They're smiling!  Of course they are... they are going to get tons of candy in just a minute!

 Candy, candy, candy!  The trick or treating loot.

 Ethan is growing!  He's growing right out of his PJ's, so after he insisted on wearing his 18 month shorts and t-shirt pj's last night (he's actually in 2T), we bought him these more winter-friendly PJ's.  If you've ever seen Dinosaur Train, you'll recognize his buddy, Buddy.

 What could be better than a box?  They had so much fun jumping in it and laughing.  Oh, and you have to check out his adorable bed with his stuffed animals that he puts under the covers when he and Katelyn make their beds in the morning.  So cute!