Family Pictures

Thank You Jessica Drew! You did an amazing job!!

Mom had bought some puppets to try to get the kids attention. They definitely worked for the 1st few pictures and then the kids got bored of them I guess. I brought a pack of Oreos and boy did that keep their attentions until we were done! Great idea if your ever doing family pictures with little ones :)

The entire Gang :)

Papa Lars and Gma Jo with their grandkids

love them!

AW! Melts my heart <3

love these kids with all my heart!

speechless...so pretty!

handsome fat boy :)

love him!

Parents and Kids

(Me, Steve, Jake, Mom, Lars, Kaitlyn and April)



REUNITED...

All of my siblings were able to be together again for the 1st time in years! It was so great to have all the family around and to just laugh and have a good time :) Jake has been here since April with his family, Steve and April flew in the 12th and stayed through the 17th. Almost forgot to mention that my grandparents from UT drove down Thusday and stayed through Saturday. We haven't seen them in a few years either. While they were here we did a lot of pool time, lots of eating, family pictures, Sunsplash WaterPark and also a few games.

It was a bad idea to be in the pool while Jake, Steve and Brian were in there playing basketball. When they played, they were extremely rough! Paige, April's daughter, kept yelling "Someone is going to get hurt!" Everyone thought the same thing but never said anything. I joined the boys for a little 2 on 2 and boy was it rough! We all ended up with scratched and bleeding toes!

Friday Night we took Family Pictures at the Temple, which was a blast! They all turned out SOO cute(post to follow!)! After the temple my parents decided to take everyone out to eat so we went to Red Robin. YUMM!!

Saturday my parents took us to SunSplash WaterPark and we had a blast!! It was great to have the whole family there so we could all take turns going down the slides while someone was always with the little kids. All the kids loved the kiddie pool they had with 2 little slides.

And here is a ton of pictures to show how much fun we had :):):)

Jake, April, Steve, Gpa Larry and Gma Henny trying to stay cool during family pictures

Bryson was happy through out family pictures!

Bryson, Paige and Gauge waiting at family pictures

GG, Gma Henn and Gpa Larry found a bench in the shade to relax on :)

Brian and Bryson at SunSplash

Reagan, Brentlee and Paige taking a breatk from swimming and munching

Bryson was SO tired. It was a long day!

Reagan loved the slides!

haha Brentlee and Reagan did each others make up with markers(Reagan has some pink on her face but it doesn't show up as well as the blue!)

GG even made everyone fudge! Reagan was wanting more

Bryson hanging out by Gma Jo's pool

Steve, Jake and Brian playing some intense basketball

Brian and Austin(April's Daughter) playing around

another shot of the boys' basketball game

7 months!

It's hard to believe this BIG guy is already 7 months old!!! He is a total mommy's boy. If he sees me in the room while he's with someone else or on the floor he will cry until I come to the rescue! He also gets very unhappy when he's on the floor because he just wants to move but hasn't quite figured out how. He's slowly figuring out to get up on one knee and push so he can get what's in front of him. I know I shouldn't say this but I Can't Wait Until He Starts to Crawl :) (I will regret it when he does!) He still just has his 2 bottom teeth but I think he's working on his top teeth. He LOVES being outside. We also just tried him in the sandbox for the 1st time and he loved it! Also loved eating the sand :)

Lounging @ the Park while sister plays

My Gangster baby :)

haha just had to put it on him. Reagan and him sure do look a lot alike!

he loved all the toys at 1st and then he discovered the sand.....

what kid doesn't love sand?!

Yummy ;)



Finally

Brian and his dad, Bryant, left Alaska on May 6th to drive down to Arizona and arrived May 9th! They switched off driving every few hours so one could sleep a few hours before they had to drive some more. They drove to Utah and stayed the night there Sunday night and then traveled on down Monday morning and were here about 6pm! I'm so excited to have Brian here for good :):):)

While Grandpa C was here we decided to put him to work. We had him install 3 ceiling fans(1 in Reagan's Room, 1 in Bryson's Room and 1 on the back patio). We also had him switch out our light fixtures outside. They look SO much better! Thanks Grandpa C!!!

Grandpa C and the kiddos having a good time

Patio Fan and light fixture

Fan in Reagan's room

new outdoor light fixtures :) love them!

PawPaw and Granny Visit

PawPaw Les and Granny Gayle came out for a week to visit while Jake and Austin were over here. The day before they got here everyone was throwing up and having diarrhea. Came at the wrong time!! Bryson was throwing up Sunday and was fine by Sunday night. Reagan started throwing up Monday night and was finally feeling better about Wednesday morning. (I think the sickness has finally left our house!) Dad and Gayle were unfortunate to catch it too :( Gayle was down for a few days so we all just laid low and had lazy days.

While they were here we celebrated Jakes Birthday, celebrated my birthday, spent time at moms swimming, went to the Flea Market, took family pictures and took several trips to the park.

PawPaw and grandkids

The whole crew minus Brian :(

Daddio and his kids

Brentlee and Reagan with their balloons from Texas Roadhouse.

Best Day Ever :)

May 6th 

This would be my birthday :) The Big 22 :) This was the 2nd year in a row that Brian wasn't able to be with me. Last year he was helping my parents deive down their U-haul and this year he was working and getting ready to drive down here again :)

The big day was celebrated by training with my trainer at the gym, some relaxation time at the pool and Texas Roadhouse for dinner. Yummy!!! I celebrated with Reagan, Bryson, Brentlee, Nash, Austin, Jake, Kaitlyn, Micah, Mom, Grandma, Dad and Gayle. At Texas Roadhouse I got to sit on their saddle while they all gave me a Texas "YEE-HAW!!". And the balloon guy was there and everyone insisted he make the birthday girl a balloon. It was a monkey hat with a cupcake, super cute! Followed by the T.R. we all came back to my moms house for Pie(I dont like cake). It was also delicious!!!

My sweet hat and Bryson

Another view of my sweet hat :)

hard to see but Reagan got a Ballerina balloon. it was SO cool!

Easter

I know I'm a little late but it's better late than never right?!

My Dad and Gayle sent all the kids Easter Baskets so we decided to open them Friday night we kids wouldn't get too much candy Sunday. They got everything from candy, sunglasses, books, hats, crowns and bubbles. Thanks PawPaw Les and Granny gayle!!!

Saturday I took Reagan to GolfLand for an Easter Egg Hunt. She had a blast!



Saturday Night we colored Easter Eggs. This seems to be like Reagan's favorite part of Easter!

She made a "dad" egg and was very proud of it!

She always made a "papa" egg

Easter Sunday we spent at moms house.

Bryson's Easter gifts(right after he woke up)

the Easter Bunny brought Reagan some gifts :)

Papa Lars and Gma Jo even got Reagan some Easter gifts

Sunday after Church we had an Easter Egg Hunt in moms back yard. Reagan, Brentlee and Nash had fun finding eggs!

Yummy Yummy Candy :)

Bryson's cuteness