Random March!

This little boy.... I was so sick at home one Sunday and Derick had gone to church just to remind some people of things and was coming back to help with the kids while I slept. As soon as Derick left without Andrew, he ran upstairs, dressed himself (could ya tell?) and headed out (running/biking, who knew) to go to church with dad. I was trying to call for him to stop but he didn't hear or wasn't listening :) I tried to call anyone I thought may have a phone with them at church or who would be home during church. I was able to reach my neighbor and he said he would go out and look for him. After a while Derick showed up back at home and I told him what had happened, but Derick didn't pass him on his way home. I was so worried he was lost! Our church is a 1/2 mile away, but there are a few streets he could have turned on to get lost. Derick headed back to the church to look for him.
Before Derick got back someone from church brought him back with his bike. Derick searched the roads, the building and couldn't find him so headed home. Come to find out from our friend, he saw Andrew in church looking the way he did and knew something was up. He knew Derick was leaving to head home to be with his sick family so tried to get Andrew to come home. He asked how he got there and Andrew showed him his bike parked in a spot in the parking lot! Thank you Jose for noticing something was wrong and bringing him home to us! I told Andrew he is never allowed to cross the busy street without us. He said, "ya, a car almost broke my bones when I crossed it." AHH! SCARY! (look closely at the picture.....spiderman pj shirt with a tie, suit and skate shoes- he's got style)


My sleepy little girl always cracks me up before I go to bed.


Derick hanging out playing the guitar. He loves to do it and is really good!


Who doesn't like to sit on their brother in a car seat and watch tv?!


My cute Andrew. Loves to be silly and loves to play the guitar like his dad!


A little water and a comb can really make a difference :)


At the Young Women's broadcast with my fun young women! Look how young they all look :) (that includes us Lori, Angie and Jocelyn :)

Happy 5th Birthday Buddy!

I can't believe Andrew is 5! He had a good birthday celebration. We always do something to celebrate Andrew's and Uncle Ryan's birthday which is 2 days later.

We went to Los Hermanos with Cory & Cami and their girls, and Randy & Mary Ann. The kids were loving the ice cream drinks!!

Every year I ask Andrew what kind of birthday cake he wants and I try my best to make it! He has had a train, Lightening McQueen, lamb....and this year he wanted Darth Vader! So here it is, his Darth Vader cake!

I stressed and stressed about it but Andrew loved it and that's all that matters!

We arranged to have Darth Vader come and visit the party (thanks Matt!). The kids were just in awe! Andrew told him that he loved him and that we had his head on our table, Brooke (my niece) wanted to marry him and kept giving him flirty looks. It was awesome!

Can you tell the kids loved it?!

They sure loved eating Darth Vader!

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer...

I loved the antlers he had to wear :)

Time to catch up!

It seems like we have been so busy lately, but I don't have many pictures to prove it! Here are a few I came across...

She may be stinkin' cute, but she is into everything! I can't keep her off the table or counter!

We had a few girls nights the last little while. Here are some of my good friends around Lehi!

I took Andrew to go see a movie. I thought the one on one time might be good. He sat covering his ears the whole movie. Oh well, it was a good thought I guess.

My good friend and neighbor Branden went through the temple! It was such a special day and I am so glad she invited me to be a part of it! Here we are early in the morning heading in, and the whole group that came to support her!

"Excuse me, I work here so I will help you..."-Andrew

That is what Andrew was walking around saying to people after the kids workshop we did! It was pretty cute!


Here he is hard at work hammering. We sanded, glued, hammered nails (and my finger), and made a bean bag toss game! Thanks for the FREE project Home Depot!


And look at this wonderful dad taking his kids when his wife was out of town! (Your kids are too cute, Amy!)

Tomato anyone?

I should have known after I picked a bunch of tomatoes from our garden NOT to leave them out there for a little while. I came out later that evening and look what the kids had fun doing! At least they weren't all over each other, right? Well, the next day the neighbor girls came over to play and they all decided to have a tomato fight! I am so mad I didn't get any pictures of that! They were running around throwing them at each other! They were covered! The only rule, they had to clean up all the pieces out of the grass when they were done, which they did!





Brina, Katie, Andrew and Lizzie pre-tomato fight! They all seem to migrate to the smallest pool and neglect the sprinklers!

Ashley being cute in Andrew's sunglasses.

Once again, sorry for the underlining, don't know why it is doing that...

Highland Splash Park!

My neighbor Angie invited us to go to the new splash park with them! Andrew had fun playing with Nick and JJ, and Ashley was in her own little world crawling around on the rocks and up and down the stream! Thanks Angie, it was fun!

(sorry, don't know why the pictures are so dark and why the words are underlined!)

August Fun!

We have had a lot of fun this summer! It was so nice to be gone to Alaska for part of it. It is so hard to come back to the heat here. I CANNOT stand being hot! The kids just want to play outside but they will melt! Here is a look at a few things we did in August to beat the heat!


Andrew did a neighborhood soccer camp for a few days in the mornings. That picture of him kicking the ball...probably the only time he even attempted to kick the ball. He loved running around, doing drills and stretches...but when it came to the game on the last day, he liked to just sit there and stand next to the ref! Thanks Natalie, Mady and Kenzie, the kids loved it and you should do it again next year!


Ashley enjoying her post-game otter pop. She has the hardest time eating those things and gets so frustrated.


We have been to the splash park a few times this month too. Ashley and Andrew LOVE it! Ashley likes to sit on the spouts and Andrew chases other kids around!





Derick met us there for lunch one day. He brought dill pickle Pringles. They were gooood!

June, June, June...counting down the days to go to Alaska!

I know this was from before our trip this summer, but I am just getting around to posting these cute pictures!

I gave Ashley her first french braid! You can't really tell that is what it is, probably because I only had like 5 strands of hair to do it, but it was cute!

I love that Andrew still has such an imagination when he plays with his toys! It is hard to get mad at him or tell him to clean them up when he is playing so well by himself and not bugging Ashley!


And this is the story of my life....Ashley is happy, Andrew sees that and takes her toy...