Her 1st Birthday Party

September 14, 2012

We of course threw A her first birthday.  I did everything Tiny Themed.  Luckily they do a lot now tiny!  We had mini waters, mini hamburgers, mini pasta salad, mini bags of chips, mini goodie bags with mini goodies inside, mini cupcakes and mini fruit salad.  I didn't get pics of it all, which always saddens me after, but oh well I just wanted to enjoy the party with my family and our dearest friends!  The party was a big success, we all had a blast and hung out will it was far too dark to see anything.  The kids and adults had fun just talking and running around.  Thank goodness for the tramp to keep the kids entertained!

Brady was trying to look handsome like daddy before the party and went and got his daddy's hair stuff and put a little too much on!

Joc gave add her first experience of cheetos and she was in Heaven.  Addi now is Joc's best friend.

We did the party on Joc's real birthday so she needed a cake and some singing too!

 

Neither one of my kiddos have ever been interested in their cake.  She took a few small bites and just wanted back to her bag of Cheetos and she was a happy girl!!!

Seriously, words cannot express how much I love these wonderful ladies...they are truly amazing!

trying on one of her presents!

My Shoe Gal

August 27, 2012

This little one loves shoes.  She is always going into my or B's shoe racks and pulling out a shoe or two to bring us to put on her.  She is obsessed.  It's adorable, but so annoying when I'm having to go from room to room to find a shoe!

Too Pretty Here

August 21, 2012

Anchorage Park

I love the parks here.  Where I'm from, great parks that are green, lush and have lots of different scenery just don't exist.  Some mornings instead of hitting the gym it's just so much better to go to one of the great parks and take a jogging stroller and bikes and take hours letting the kids explore!  Plus it doesn't hurt to have them get a TON of energy out!  

Just Swingin

August 18, 2012

Every once in a while we like to bust out the swing that James made for our tree.  Brady is obsessed with the ladder and climbing as high as he can (he was higher before I got this pic).  Addison is now old enough to sit on it and balance and hold on.  Obviously she was lovin it!  

Lake Powell

August 2012

Oh Lake Powell.  You make my heart flutter.  seriously, it's always so much fun and so relaxing!  We go out on the boat all day and then eat, shop, watch movies and play games all night.  Plus you get a rockin tan.  That's my kind of vacation!  

Addi spent a lot of time just naked.  It was easier that way and she seemed to love it that way.  She just slept and swam, slept and swam all week long.

Brady got to wakeboard, jump off everything and anything (boat, rocks, tubes), he also got to pee off all those things too.  What is it that makes it so cool to pee in all these places?  Boys, I'll never understand it!  He loved the jet-skis and the faster we would go and spin the more he liked it.  We even let him drive and he was CRAZY!  Even I was getting nervous with him!  He would jump off the boat without a life jacket and just swim around with everyone.  I can't believe how big he is getting and I have decided I will bring all my kids to Lake Powell to become true fish and really learn how to swim on their own.  There is something about brady having my Uncle Greg, cousin Jeremy, cousin Sean and Rawlin there...all these grown ups doing crazy stuff that made Brady willing to try everything and anything!  It was so fun just to watch him have such a blast!  He still talks about the Lake and Uncle Greg and Aunt Lucies boat.

This is truly my favorite vacation every year.  I love the location and what we are doing and I REALLY love my family that I get to go with every year!  We always have so much fun!  It was fun to catch up with Sean (he got home from his mission a couple months before).  seriously,  I love my family!