Happy Birthday!!

It seems we have lots of birthday's right at the same time. We were celebrating one right after another. So we had a couple of parties already and one more to go!! It was 5 years ago that my little girl was born.When she was born she didn't really cry so the Dr's did some tests on her lungs to make sure she was ok. Little did we know that she just didn't like to cry!! She was the best baby ever. Went right to sleep never really cried and was always happy!! I can't believe that she is so old now! She is heading off to Kindergarten next year.
She is so kind and loving and her smile melts our hearts. She loves playing with her brother and sister. She wants to be so big and take care of her little brother, like get him out of the crib, change his diaper and change his clothes. Little does she know that he is just about as big as her!

Her first party was with our neighborhood. She wanted a heart shaped cake with pink frosting. We have such great neighbors and we like to have parties together!!

She has a great little friend that lives in our neighborhood. They love playing outside together in the evening before dinner. This was at one of her parties so I had to put it on because they look so cute together. We are lucky to have them live close to us.


Here she is on her b-day. She had a great day. She went to school that morning then she went to dance and we had some friends come over for dinner. She had a fun day! Happy Birthday to our princess. We are so glad she is in our family! She is full of energy and love! She is such a sweetheart and we love her!

Memorial Fun!!

We were suppose to go to Idaho to see our family but.... work and sickness came up so we ended staying home. On Friday evening we got a call from my brother, Phil, saying they wanted to come and see us since we weren't going to Boise so.... they drove and drove and drove and finally got here early Saturday morning!!! (Now he knows what I go through every time I drive home!)

We had a fun time with his family! Phil had never been to here so we tried to show him the nice and bad side!!!

Here are some highlights of the weekend!

We went to the temple and walked around in the rain!! We've learned that the rain can't stop us from doing things. Good thing we have umbrellas to keep us dry! It's always nice to walk around the temple. Its so beautiful and peaceful.

My pictures are out of order but... right as they were heading out of town we went to Multanomah Falls. We walked up to the bridge and got a little wet from the mist. The boys weren't sure about that!! Phil's boy had to walk the whole way up there so he got his exercise!! My boy walked most of the way too! What troopers! As a family we haven't been there for awhile so it was fun to see it again and go on a little walk!

It got nice long enough for the kids to go outside and play... but they came back in very muddy!! Thats why I am very glad we have tile in our house and not a lot of carpet!!It makes cleaning the mud so much easier. Tay has found it so fun to see how many different ways she can go down the slide.

This little boy is a true Idahoan... he doesn't know how to recycle or like it!!! He emptied out my sack of recyclables into my garbage!! Every time he saw it sitting there he would empty it into the garbage. It was so funny and cute!!!

We took the kids to OMSI. He was a trooper there. He was happy as long as he played with the flying balls. That kept his busy for awhile!!

The girls loved the water table and could have played there all day. The carried water from one table to the other table. Its amazing how much fun they can have with water!

Even little brother had lots of fun in the water this time. He usually is scared of getting wet but loved it!! I think its time we go to the museum more often.

We went out to eat at our favorite place to take family that come into town, a Mediterranean place. We also played games and rode bikes and played with bubbles out front! It was a fun weekend. We were sad that we couldn't go spend time with our family so we were happy some came to see us!!!

Thanks for the fun weekend!

My Mamasita

Happy Birthday to my Mother!!!!















My mamasita is the Best!! She has taught us so much..
She has to be a saint to have 10 kids. She still invites us home sometimes!! (Well actually she doesn't really like it when the boys come home only the girls!!) She has taught us how to have a good time as a family. When all of us kids get together we party until we drop. We eat lots of food, play lots of fun games and laugh way to much. She is the best at waterfights. Our best waterfight was in the house and outside then got back in the house. It looked like the house had flooded and she was still laughing!! She's a good sport.
She loves to do crafts with the kids and bake cookies. Whenever the kids go home thats the first thing they ask to do with Granny is to make sugar cookies!!
My mom has taught us how important the Gospel is in our lives and has shown us by example too.
We wish we could have been at home to celebrate but I guess singing on the phone will have to do this year!! Happy Birthday mom! We love you you're the best!


My mom is lucky to share a birthday with her grandson, Daxton. This makes for a special day for our family.

Daxton would have been 3! What a cutie pie he is. By him coming to Earth it has taught our family how precious life is. We have learned from his great parents on how to turn to the Lord and really search for help. I have learned more about the atonement and how the Lord can truly bless us and help us understand questions.

We love you Daxton, Doug n Brit and girls!

Fun b-day

Our little misses had a great b-day! We partied for 3 days. We had a family party, school party, a neighborhood party and then we topped it off with a fun cousin party!!

What a weekend!!!!

From her G. and Granny she got a Zhu Zhu pet and we gave her a house that the pet can go in. They are lots better than a real hampster.

She loves anything if it has a peace sign on it. Which I don't think shes really old enough to be wearing the "in style" of clothes. I still want to be buying her little kids clothes!!

She got money from her G&G so she went to Build a bear and got a peace bear!! Maybe she will be sleeping with that instead of her ragged little cat!! I kept trying to talk her into spending some of her money somewhere else instead of on the bear but it was so worth it once I saw how much fun she was having when she got it!!

That morning she got her first present from her sister.... fingernail polish and of course she loved it. anything that has to do with makeup or nails anything girly they both love!!!!

Finally some Sun!!

We've had a great week of sun and it was well needed. I was getting a little tired of the rain!
So we played extra hard this weekend. We pulled out the summer clothes even though our white legs will blind everyone!!
We went on bike rides, played in the sprinkler, pulled out the slip n slide and have played outside way to late each night. We can't wait for another month for school to be out so we don't have to go to bed so early!!!
Its amazing what a little sun can do to an attitude!! It seems everyones a little nicer or more tired! and seems to smile a little more!! I LOVE SUMMER!!!















My kids can't get enough of the swingset. It was the first thing we bought when we moved into our house and the best thing!!! I love sending the kids outside to play in the back while I make dinner or while I try to clean the house!!






















Little buddy is old enough this year to enjoy the slip n slide! Even if he does just run up and down on it!













Even though it was warm the water was still really cold!! But they loved getting a little water in their faces!!

We've been doing some yard work and he thinks he has to help too. I've raked up the pile of leaves twice and he keeps picking them up with his shovel and throwing them everywhere!! I caught him in the action! Thats why his face is so cute! At least he wants to help me right!!

Hopefully this week will bring some warm weather so more yard work can get done and more sun on our white legs!!!

Tulip Festival

Last weekend we went to the tulip festival. It was a perfect day for an outing. We went early so that we didn't hit the crowd. The were fields of beautiful tulips. We couldn't get enough pictures. It was so nice and peaceful its always nice to get out of the city for awhile.














The kids were so good and loved to walk and see the different colors of tulips. Every color we saw it was their new favorite color!




























After looking at all the tulips we went on a little ride. It was so bumpy and I got to go with the kids! They had cut barrels out and put a chair in them then put some wheels on it! It was pretty sweet. The kids only liked it cause the barrels were painted like cows.
PS. The thing that was pulling the cow train was what tipped on Tyler's foot. So I was a little hesitant to go on it... but it drove us around without any accident!!

















Heres my cute kids and husband. It was a fun family outing.















There was a tractor that each kid had to try sitting on the seat and driving.





















After seeing all these beautiful tulips I need to find somewhere in my yard to plant lots of tulips. They are so beautiful!!! Its a great way to start the spring off!!

Spring break :3

We headed to my parents on Monday and of course I think it snowed just for me!! I wanted to do all the fun winter stuff at my moms and we got to. The first day we were there we had lots on our to do list.....
snowmobiling, feed calves, ride the team of horses, ride the tractor, and ride the 4-wheeler. I think we fit all those in. Beware there are lots of pictures and I still have a couple more that I need to download on my computer!!




















Tay and Colt before they went on our ride in the fields. Tay didn't like it to much after we got done since colt thinks he needs to go fast and try to go on one ski when he's turning. Not good for a city girl that is scared of loud machines anyway!!



















My Dad was out for spring break too so we got to play with him and colt all week! There are some great perks for being a school teacher!!
















I wanted to show the kids how to feed calves since I did that all growing up. Luckily there was a new baby calf so we got to feed a bottle to him. At first they weren't sure but then they loved it!! When it started drooling all over and then wouldn't go back in the shed they were a little nervous but it didn't last long. It was fun for them to be up close and to pet it.























Our little buddy was in heaven while he was here. He just wanted his Grpa to take him on the tractor all day long. The kids soon found the horn and honked it the whole time while driving. We had to go on a tractor ride everyday.
Buddy now asks everyday when we can go to Gpa's to ride the tractor. Summer seems to be to long to wait to go up there!


















We got enough snow that we could take the team out in the field. This was our favorite thing to do when we were little. We'd go with our Grandpa and Dad to go help them feed the cows hay. We would raise sometimes to see how fast we could feed the calves so we could hang on the back of the sleigh and ski with our slick boots. This was a treat for us! When one of the horses of the team got sick we couldn't use the sleigh anymore. So my Dad now uses a tractor to feed the cows hay. A couple of years ago he got a new team and fixed the sled up. It is my favorite thing to do when we go home!!















How can you not be happy when we are riding behind two beautiful horses in the beautiful snow with my family!! My brother was so kind to come after work to drive the team with us, since my dads shoulder is in need of surgery. We did it 2 nights while we were there. It was so fun!
























The farm in the Spring is so muddy. I was glad that he brought his rain boots. Luckily we didn't have snow boots so I brought those instead and they worked great! His uncle kept telling him to jump in the puddles. Little did he know that they aren't the same puddles we have at home. These puddles have a little poop mixed in them!!! Nothing like pure fun right!
















While we were there one of the lambs had a little baby. We had gone to see the lambs that afternoon then when we went out later that night there was a little baby. It had just been born and it was so cute!!! We didn't have lambs growing up but my parents have gotten them within the last 5 years. They are pretty cute when they are little!














If you go to the country you have to be real cowgirls and cowboys right!!! Good thing that there are dressups for the kids to use!!
What a fun week we had together as a family! Can't wait to see all our family again in the summer. Tyler and I always say we have the best families and I think its true. We love spending time with both our families and can't wait to see them this summer!