The Trip...

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Soon I will write about the trip but until I have time to do that I wanted to at least get these pictures up. It was such a fun trip!!

A much needed trip...

So, I don't have much to report that is terribly exciting....but I want to get out of the habit of not posting for weeks and then frantically posting 10 posts at once! Life has been good here lately. The weather is perfect, Sean is almost done at Home Depot, and we are taking a much needed break this weekend to San Diego. Sean has been working so much lately, I will be nice to have a whole weekend together. I can't wait! It will be a very short visit but I will take whatever I can get. We get there late Friday night, spend a day at Sea World and a day relaxing by the beach and then we come home on Monday. One of the benefits of Sean still being an active duty reservist is that we can stay in a cottage 50 feet from the beach for an unbelievable price. They are normally pretty booked up but we got lucky- there was a cancellation and I called at the right time! Some time next week I should have some fun pictures to share.
The kids are beyond excited - Tyler just keeps talking about "the do-fins, the do-fins!" (that's dolphins for anyone who doesn't understand two year old!)

Five is Fabulous!!

Jackson's birthday was last week. We asked him where he wanted to go....I was prepared for something along the lines of Chucky Cheese. Nope! He wanted to go to one of our favorite BBQ resturants that has an area the kids can run around and a tree that my kids love to climb and hang from! Plus, he knew that you get to eat free on your birthday. He is a child after my own heart - always looking for a good deal! So, we met up with the family and had a great time! Good Food + Good Friends = GREAT TIMES!!


My favorite thing about this video is that Jack thinks I am just taking a picture and obediently keeps smiling away at the camera!!

Birthdays!

When my mom comes in the spring we usually celebrate her Birthday along with Jackson's. They are only a few days apart which makes it fun. During this trip we spent some time talking about how much fun it was 5 years ago when he was born. It was such a crazy and exciting time in out lives. We have just moved to Germany (literally - we didn't even have our furniture yet!!) and had moved into an old farm house in a small German town. It was beautiful - think Hansel and Gretel but better! One of the things I loved most about Germany was what a big deal they made of Easter. It seemed so much more Christ centered than how we do it here in America. We had fun hanging plastic eggs from the trees, our neighbor Anna was always bring these beautiful painted eggs over for the kids to eat, all the flowers we coming out and everything was sooo green. We also had no TV, one radio station and everything seemed so peaceful. We played soccer with Jason in the backyard, took walks to the park, talked to neighbor and enjoyed every minute of our precious newborn. I love being back in America but there will always be a lot that I miss about our time in Germany. It was a great time for our family.

Here are a few pictures from celebrating this birthday with Jack and Grandma.

Playing at the Park

These last few weeks my sister-in-law and her kids have been here visiting from Utah. One of the days we took the kids (Jason was in school) to the park to feed the ducks, have a picnic, blow bubbles and just have fun together! My kids sure do love all there cousins!

More Grandpa and Tyler....

Here is also a cute video of Tyler playing with his Grandpa.

Water fun with Grandpa

While my parents were here - Tyler had lots and lots of fun with Grandpa!! Here they are in the midst of a water fight!


Hmmmm......Tyler gets an idea....... He drinks the water.......
Then spits it on Grandpa!!
OH NO!!

He was so proud of himself for suceeding with the plan!!

Like Mother, Like Son....

Need I say more???

Easter Day

I am so behind in blogging and pictures that this may seem like an overload of blogs and pictures!! But, I know my family has been waiting to see these! Here are the pictures from Easter day at our house. It was lots of fun with 3 crazy boys and tons of candy! What could be more fun! (I could probably think of a few things - but it was a great day!)

Easter egg hunt

This year we had a great breakfast and easter egg hunt with all our friends from church. It was a beautiful morning for it - I LOVE spring in Arizona! (it is reminding me why I wanted to live here!!) Here are a few pictures of the day. I dressed the boys in matching shirts but couldn't seem to get a picture of all three of the together! They were having too much fun to stop to pose for mom!

Easter Pageant

This year we went to the Easter Pageant at the Mesa Temple with Sean's family. We had a picnic dinner and hung out on blankets to watch the show. The kids had a great time with their cousins.



Can you tell from this picture how much Tyler loves Cheetos?

Sean was play a game with all the boys....who can stay completely still the longest! Here they are doing there best!

Tyler and Eliza

I took this video clip at Jackson's 5th birthday party. We got together with some of the family for dinner and it was a great time. I will post more pictures of it but this one is all about Tyler and Eliza. They were blowing out candles together and at one point Eliza didn't want to share with Tyler. You will see what enfolds...
So....enjoy this adorable video of Tyler and his favorite cousin, Eliza! They are the best of buds!