Happy BirthdayParker!!!

My sweet little Parker turned two on Sunday. I cannot believe that he is getting to be such a big boy. He is such a sweet, but mischievous little man. He can get into so much trouble, but he does it so sweet and quietly that it is hard to be mad at him. His vocabulary is absolutely amazing. He will talk you ear off and his favorite things to talk about are the garden, football, baseball, and daddy's lawnmower! For his birthday we gave him a baseball mitt, a tee, a ball and a bat. Needless to say, he was in heaven! We love our little Parker, he is such a blessing to our family.


He has been asking me for months to make him a football cake, so I decided that a BYU football cake would be perfect!

I used Teddy Grahams for the football players, and a chocolate Easter egg for the ball!

Blowing out the candles! Go PARKER!!
Isn't it the first birthday when they get cake all over there face?

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

Benson wanted a close up shot too
This is what baby Adilynn was doing during the festivities. (I always have to include her)

And the classic sibling rivalry over who gets the pipe cleaner goal posts :)

Baby Adilynn 2 months

It is hard to believe that 2 and a half months has already gone by! Adilynn is the sweetest baby in the world. She is so easy going, and she is the first of our four kids to be sleeping through the night at two months. She is so happy all day long and she doesn't mind just hanging out in her chair most of the day, which with three other busy kids comes in real handy! I love this little baby so much, she is such a blessing to our family. She is so fun she smiles every time you look at her. We took her to her check up and she already weighs over 10 lbs, and she is 23 in. long. We cant imagine our family without her. The other kids love on her all day long and fight over who gets to hold her first. Here are the most recent pictures!

It's Easter Time!

We celebrated Easter a little early this year because of General Conference. On Friday we had an Easter egg hunt with our next door neighbors and the kids had so fun! Thanks guys. We also dyed Easter eggs and ate tons of Easter candy! On Saturday we have a tradition that the kids go on a scavenger hunt to find their Easter baskets. (We don't have any pictures of that because the camera died.) Then on Sunday we had the traditional Easter ham dinner! It was a fabulous weekend to spend Easter and watch General Conference as a family.


This is what Adilynn was doing during the festivities. Don't you just want top squeeze her?

The Easter Egg hunt is on!

Dying Easter Eggs!

So Blessed

We were so lucky to have my in-laws come out for Adilynn's baby blessing. We absolutely love having them here. We had a great time together, we didn't do a whole lot, but it was so fun just to be with them. The kids were on cloud nine and they got spoiled the whole time. They flew in on Thursday night and we just went around town and played the whole weekend. Then on Sunday we blessed Adilynn in church. I was so glad that Doug's dad was here to help give the blessing. Doug did such a great job, everything about it was wonderful. Adilynn was so good the whole time too. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for coming, we miss you so much!
Here are the pictures!
The Beautiful Baby!

Sisters and friends forever!
Grandpa Larry and Grandma Lyda

Proud mama
Proud papa

The kids wore their Easter clothes the same day we blessed Adilynn so I had to post how cute they looked!
They are best buddies...most of the time!
My boys!
He is going to be a heartthrob when he is older right?

It's a great day to be alive

My birthday was last month and I couldn't help but thinking about how thankful I am that I am alive. I am 28 with the best husband and four kids in the world. And I have wonderful family and friends. I am so blessed in my life. Happy late birthday to me. Thanks for all the calls and gifts and messages, they really meant a lot.

These are the beautiful flowers Doug gave me. I love that man.

Adilynn ONE MONTH

Here is Adilynn's one month photo shoot! My poor boys might be sad when they get older and realize that their sisters have WAY more pictures than they do. I guess that is what happens though, you take more pictures of your first and last right? Or am I just trying to justify it?

Brielle's Sixth Birthday

Well, I am only a month and a half late on posting this but better late than never!
Back in March Brielle turned SIX!! (I know I cant believe that I have a six year old.) We had such a good birthday celebration. She started out the festivities when my mom was in town. Then the next week we took Brielle, Benson, and three of Brielle's friends to the movie theater to see the Princess and the Frog! (Such a cute movie, it is a must see). I made them treat bags to have while they watched the movie and they loved every minute of it. Then we came back to our house for cake and ice cream and presents. Brielle loves these three friends and she just kept saying that it was the best birthday ever. This is one of the reasons I love her, it was super low key and not a lot of planning but she is so happy with simple things.
The next day was Sunday, her actual birthday and she had requested that Doug make his special chicken and Alfredo pasta! MMMM! It was so good. Then we had ice cream and she opened her presents from us and the rest of the family. It was a great birthday. Thanks everyone for all the calls and presents, she kept telling me that she felt so special, and isn't that what a birthday is all about?

The princess castle cake, made by your truly! She LOVED it!

Blowing out the candles

The beautiful birthday girl!!!!

Brielle with her darling friends!

Of course the boys wanted in on the photo shoot, here is Benson.

And my cute Parker!

One of her friends gave her a hula hoop, so they had a little contest!

Then Doug decided to put on a little concert to serenade the birthday girl!

The kids were cracking up and loved dancing to the rockin music, good thing he is so talented!

Just look at that all-star pose!