Girls Weekend

This past weekend we had our annual girls weekend. We had lots of fun making cards, going swimming, making girl flower bands (sigh cause I am the only one without a girl) and we also went to the kite festival to let the kids play around. It was so hot though the adults all came back with killer sun burns. I am so thankful my neighbor had some aloe vera to slather on. Poor pregnant Kellie got the worse burn which I know makes pregnancy more difficult. Although we ended in pain we still had a fun weekend.

He enjoyed it, me not so much

After going down the slide (he has learned his nose)

Wahoo!

This picture does not justify how big it is but we thought it was so funny showing the size difference between little Kamryn and the the gigantic pizza!

We really were not this hungry. The waitor told us the size below would not feed us. Ya Right! We only had 3 women and 4 picky kids! Higher bill means higher tip for him, I guess.

He discovered this a little before leaving and cried when we had to go.
Loves to splash!

Dishwasher & Easter

So if you lived down here you would know that the dishes never look that clean. Whether its the dishwasher or the hard water (I think its both) We have pretty much resorted to washing our dishes by hand. So with no use for the dishwasher we realized that Mason has found a way to use it. He has figured out how to open it and stand on it so he can reach something he wants on the counter. Today I found him snacking on some barbeque chips. We don't want him climbing up in it, but I couldn't help but laugh at how cute he was and had to pull out the camera!





For Easter this year we just stayed down in St. George, but we still had lots of fun. Saturday night we decorated easter eggs and Sunday we went to church and then had dinner over at our place with 5 couples and their kids. It was nice to have a really good Easter meal together since none of us live near family. We are really enjoying our friends down here, but we still miss our family a lot!Mason got a really fun Easter basket filled with golf clubs, a puzzle, Tadoodles (toddler markers), coloring books, bubbles, and some new sandals for summer. He loves his puzzle but his favorite is his golf clubs. He walks around everywhere with them. He is so cute with his big pot belly too!

Early Easter Suprise!

So I have been complaining the past several months how I wanted to get a new camera to take better pictures. Then my camera started to turn off when we would try to take a picture even though it was fully charged. My husband was really late coming home from school because he came home with a suprise for me, a new digital camera!!!I was so excited! It is for Easter and mother's day but he cant keep a suprise quiet so I got it early, but I am glad! I haven't been able to play with it that much but I took a few snapshots during Mason's bath tonight. I can record video too but I haven't been able to figure out posting it. He even gave in and got me a pink one! I can't wait to play around with it more and hopefully soon I will get photoshop too. I love my husband so much, he is so thoughtful too. I am such a critic and have to read at least 10 positive customer reviews before I buy anything and he even looked those up before hand too! Thanks so much Sweetie!

This is as close as he gets to going under the water!

Oops Forgot!

So here I am thinking I have no pictures to post for the longest time. Well, I totally realized I forgot to put up the pictures when Parker's sister Whitni came down with her boyfriend to hang out with us. We had fun climbing up the red rocks and hitting a bucket of balls. We wish we could see them more often, but it was fun to spend a day of activities together.

Come what may and love it

So in the past two weeks I came across this talk by Joseph B. Wirthlin and have probably watched it twenty times since. I just love this talk and I think it is what we could all use in our crazy lives. I am always looking toward the future saying "oh when parker is done with school our life will be great", "When we get to settle down I will be better mother, wife, member.....", "Once parker has a good job and we have a house I will be able to do this and that". Truth is I know I can't just be looking forward. We only get to be twenty once, have the joy of toddlers for a few years, and enjoy the youthful years of parents before our lives get even more crazy. I love this talk because when I think of those words "Come what may and love it" that means today. Be happy for today. Be happy that I get to stay home with my sweet loving son and to have that special time with him. Be happy that although I don't see my husband that much he is sacrificing and working hard for our family. I have decided that I am going to make "Come what may and love it" my everyday motto, so hopefully I can truly be grateful for what I have and love it. I love this video and its very special to me so I hope you take the time to watch it!

You will have to turn the music off on our vacation slide. I cant figure out how to get it off.

12 Days till Vacation!!!

We are so lucky that we are able to go on a vacation thanks to Kellie and Dan. In 12 days we are packing up to go to San Diego!! We are so grateful that Kellie and Dan invited us to go with them and to make it affordable!!!Parker and I never went on a honeymoon let alone go anywhere on vacation together! We are so excited to go without Mason, although its going to be really hard to leave him. We will miss him so much but we deserve to get away for a little while. We don't know much what we are doing besides staying in Vegas for two nights and going to Sea World and hopefully some shopping! I will definately have a post though with the pictures! I cant wait and its less than 2 weeks away!!

Christmas!!

Christmas Eve and morning we were at the Davis's house. It was really weird because it was my first Christmas not at home, but it was still a blast. Although Parker and I failed in the dessert we made we stayed up late snacking and watching youtube videos. It was fun watching the kids and Mason open up their presents on Christmas morning. I never thought Christmas would be as fun once you grew up, but I think being able to watch the excitement on your children's face is the best part of Christmas. Parker's family also goes to a movie on Christmas so we went to the Tale of Desperaux. It was ok, considering I was so tired I was dozing off in the movie. So these pictures are Christmas morning.

Wake up its Christmas!

Daddy helping Mason open his toy

Mason's vacuum that now I wish really worked cause he is all over the place with it!

He loves his coke

Whit so exited she cant contain herself!!

Kooper with his new tent

Lexi Christmas morning

Ryker with his legos

So Christmas night we went over to my parents for the annual prime rib dinner and oh was it good. It is the best dinner of the entire year (completely wins over Thanksgiving) My dad works really hard to make his prime rib magnificent!! We love it. Unfortunately the whole family couldn't make it and it was just my parents, Craig and Trish, and us. (We did have more prime rib for ourselves though!) After Mason, Ethan, and Kamryn opened presents from Grandma and Grandpa. They gave Mason a learning table. Its so cute every corner has something to play with. There is a piano, laptop, phone, and book. He loves it and hopefully will learn lots from it.

Ethan and Mason playing

Thanks Grandma for the gift!

Christmas night after our delicious dinner!

Enjoying time together