A Special Visit

Adele, Anna & Piper came to visit us! Kai was so excited to have "Banana" stay with us for a whole week!! The kids had a blast together and it was so nice to have Adele here, too. Piper and Reese were funny to watch together...I'm excited to see them grow up together (in different states). :)

Jill came into town and brought her two boys, Rhett & Caden. Rhett assisted me in baking some cookies - although I think he could have done it on his own. All the kids had fun together and it was a great visit!

The two monkeys in the popular rocking chair - they shared most of the time.
Piper on her last day with us was begging her mom not to leave the party!

Thanks for coming to visit us! We miss you already and love you so much!!!!

Reese's Blessing

We had Reese's Blessing on Sunday, March 1st. We were so lucky to have almost all of our family on both sides attend. We were missing my brother, Paul and his family and our nephew Brian (Troy's side). It was a beautiful day and a wonderful blessing for our precious little girl.

The circle of men who participated. We are missing Brother Gustaveson from the picture. Reese is so lucky to have so much love in her life!!
My super awesome family!!! WOW! We take a great picture!! :)

Sweet Sydney - always ready for the camera.

Anna loves kisses from Uncle Travis!

Rhett, Brian & Caden - just being boys.

Our beautiful family of 4

My mom made Reese's blessing dress and its absolutely gorgeous!!

Olympic Museum

Over the weekend, we took the kids up to Park City for a day out. None of us had been to the Olympic Park/Museum up there, so we thought it'd be fun to check it out. It was quite fascinating - they had uniforms worn by USA competitors, gear, official olympic medals, and some sweet bobsleds! We weren't quite sure if it was okay to get in this one...but there was no sign saying we couldn't!

Kai really wanted to pick this up (I can't remember what its called). I think it weighed 40lbs! Kai had fun and we learned a lot about the olympics - so, well worth the trip!

Kai's Photos

Recently, Kai has shown a passionate interest in taking pictures of EVERYTHING!! With all of his practice, he is actually pretty good, for a 3 year old. Here are just three of the pictures from his last "photo session". :)

His 2 favorite toys - they play with Kai, take a bath with Kai, eat meals with Kai and even go to bed with Kai. Its so fun to watch him!

Bubbles

I know this is sideways...my niece didn't realize that when she was taking the film. But this is a song that Kai made up about bubbles and I thought it was so cute. Notice the hip action!!

Quick Trip to California

The kids and I recently took a quick trip to Fresno, California. We met up with my mom and all of my siblings and some of my nieces & nephews. It was so fun to be able to get together with everyone - even though we were there for my Grandma Ruby's funeral. This is Travis, Lucas and Reese!

This is Reese and Piper (P-Lilly)! The cutest girls under 1 at the party!!

Kai and Anna (Kai still calls her Banana). This was not the mandatory photo-studio, the kids just really like the play-pen...until bed time.

Gotta Love It!!

No explanation necessary - just an AWESOME picture!!