Lily's 1st birthday

I figured since I have so much that I need to catch up on, I would start on Lily's birthday and work backwards.

Lily really enjoyed her birthday cake.

This is the cake that I made for Lily. It was so much fun!

I hope these videos work and that you enjoy them. Lily does love to be the center of attention. She is such a sweet girl.

More pics of the kids . . . but mostly Lily

Lily and Jax

We spent some time at Melissa and Zac's house a while back, and they got the Legos out. It was fun to see everyone playing with them.

Lily LOVES paper. That is better to her than any toy she could have.

Sledding

In January, Ethan's class had a sledding party for a behavior reward. Siblings were invited as well, so we all went. I believe that was Brian's friday off. The kids LOVED it! It was a lot of fun.

Ethan's 7th birthday party

We celebrated Ethan's birthday with some of his school friends in the middle of January. Here are some of the pictures that we took.

I made a Dragon cake for him and he chose to go with a "How to train a dragon" theme.

Here they are playing "Viking Says".

They had a lot of fun when Brian was the viking . . .


I made a paper mache dragon egg for a pinata. It wasn't very strong, so we had to tie it up with some strap. They did have a lot of fun swinging at the pinata.


This pinata has just about had it . . .

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Here is everyone that came to the party.

Back row L to R: Trey, Kaylie, Dylan, Zoe
Front row L to R: Jonny, Grant, Ethan, Emma

Sasha was about to get in the picture and we did take pictures with Sasha in them, but they looked a little chaotic.

Ethan opens his presents.

They all had a really fun time. I planned the party, and Brian pulled it off. He's great with groups and kids! What's not to love? After his party, Ethan was talking about his next party. It was pretty funny.

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Random pictures

I love Lily's sweet face.

One fun thing about having a little girl is finding random stuffed animals/dolls lying in Lily's crib with a blanket over them.


BATHTIME!

Lily at 7 months old.

The snow is so much fun . . . we are ready for spring though.

Sasha has two new favorite activities . . . playing dress up and getting her picture taken.

Christmas 2011

Here are some pictures from Christmas day and Ethan's birthday.

Some of the boys presents . . .

Hello Sasha!

After opening our presents at home Christmas morning, we went up to Alta and spent the day with Brian's family. Ethan is opening his birthday and Christmas presents from Grandpa and Grandma.


Grant did love his Christmas present . . .

Lily was asleep while everyone was opening their presents, but later in the week, I got a picture of her relaxing with Grant.

We did celebrate Ethan's birthday, but didn't take pictures. There will be pictures from a friends birthday party that we had for him just recently.

Sasha's 3rd birthday

On the 18th of December, Sasha turned 3. I can't believe that she is already three. Where did the time go? A lot of our family came. It was so nice of you all to come, thank you!

Sasha blew out her candles all in one blow.

I love the look on Sasha's face. She was so sweet and thankful for her gifts.

She also liked the princess attire.


Happy Birthday little Sasha!

I have to tell you a funny story, to me anyway. The boys were wearing their "play" clothes, so I asked them to change into nicer clothes. After they changed, the came up wearing nice white dress shirts. I figured I did ask them to dress up in nicer shirts. Funny boys!

Lily at 6 months old

It looks like we had some little fingers touch the lens of our camera, so some of these pictures are blury. They are fun pictures of Lily though. Here is Lily at 6 months old, even though that was a month ago.

California

We celebrated Thanksgiving in California with Brian's family. It was so much fun! Julie, Jeff and their children were visiting from Utah. Diane was also there. We spent the Thanksgiving holiday with Melissa, Zac and Teagan, who were very gracious hosts. Me, Brian and the kids stayed in a hotel close by. It was so much fun and the kids LOVED playing with their cousins.
















Diane brought up the wonder blocks, which are always a lot of fun!

We even got to spend some time at the beach. It was a lot of fun! The boys loved playing in the water. It was a little cool, but they still had a blast!

Even Lily seemed to enjoy it. Actually, she had a hard time. She didn't sleep very well, which made everything not much fun for her. She does have a cute smile though . . .

I love this picture of our beautiful children . . .

Ethan wanted to be buried in the sand. Wish granted . . . Brian and Diane made him into a merman.

While we were down in California, we went to Disneyland. We spent a bit of time at the Lego store. Here are the kids with Lego Woody.

There was a beautiful Christmas tree just after the entrance to Disneyland.

We first rode the Dumbo ride. We could control if we went up or down. The kids loved that part.

The boys could get me to feeling a little sick. I may have had a turn or two.

It's a small world . . .

Diane and some of her grandchildren.

Sasha was able to see some of the Disney princesses. She's loved anything princess ever since.