Jazz Game!

On April 3rd my mom decided to spoil all the Grandkids & {kind of surprise} them by taking them to a Jazz game since it was their spring break (it was Carter's the week before). She had bought tickets & Dac & Tay found out by reading her text messages & looking on the Ipad but we wanted to keep it a surprise for Carter because he is obsessed with basketball right now & the wait all day would have been too much :) {he would rather watch re-runs of basketball games on tv than cartoons}

The girls with the Jazz Cheerleaders

Me & the kids!

Soooooo Pumped!

Grandma w Tenley & Dac

Cub & Tay

 At half time we went down & got our picture taken with Thurl Bailey. He signed Carter's shirt & the girls pink Jazz balls! He was definitely a lot taller up close than he looked from on the tv :)

 It was so cute, he picked Carter up & set him up on the table to sign his shirt! I'm pretty sure Carter was in heaven the whole game/night!

Everyone riding the escalators down! My kids thought that was fun!

The kids had to go check out the water fall after the game & put their hands in!

The game was close until the 4th quarter then the Nuggets blew out the Jazz! Tenley behaved a lot better than I thought she would { we were about to leave her with grandpa at first :) }  The ride home was a long ride. There was an accident so we sat in traffic for about an hour. Luckily Carter fell asleep but Tenley- she talked the entire time! Dac wasn't too happy about having to sit by her in the back, he had a headache by the time we hit Layton :) Grandma never fails when she spoils! All the kids had a blast! Thanks for the fun memories!
* Carter is trying even harder now to get his Michael Jordan cup filled so we will take him to a Jazz vs Bulls game :) *

Easter Day!

Early bird Carter was up at 7. Found his Easter basket & a bunch of the "boy colored" eggs. After about 30 minutes he couldn't wait any longer to dig into it all, so we woke Tenley up. {which was a bad idea, because she was tired at church}The Easter bunny brought 2 shoes, an outfit, coloring books, chalk, bubbles, soap, little nick nacks & treats of course!

My mom had sent home their Easter gift from them- body pillows, shoes, hat, & umbrellas! The kids love their body pillows & sleep on them every night!
Then we were off to Church! Carter listens so good at his primary class -he came home & told us how he learned about Jesus being resurrected & what it meant! ...made the Easter day just that more special!

Of course they didn't want their picture taken together. {we were in a hurry} so this is all I got, them looking their best- apart :)
When we got home the kids were begging to dye eggs, so while daddy made us a yummy dutch oven, & steak lunch we dyed eggs! {I was kind of a downer this year so we only did 6 eggs each} they did 1 of each color & then put puppy & kitty stickers on them because that is the kit Tenley chose this year.

 

After nap time, the Easter bunny had magically put more Easter eggs out for ANOTHER hunt {this time outside}

 I think the egg hunts are what the kids loved the most!!! They would sit out for hours looking for eggs :)  With holidays, the kids get funner & funner as they get older! Hopefully next year Tenley won't be so terrified of the Easter bunny :)!

Easter Egg Hunt & Dinner!

We did the annual Preston Easter egg hunt Saturday morning.The Easter egg hunt is as exciting as Christmas morning for our kids, I swear. Carter always asks when the hunt at the park is going to be. So he was pumped it was finally here...

First thing we ran into the Easter Bunny.

Tenley of course wasn't going to even get near the Easter Bunny, so no pictures of them together with the bunny this year! They let the parents go in & help the 1-3 year olds. So I held Tenley's basket while she shoveled them in, she got tons! Carter was nervous about doing his age group {4-6} so luckily Jaxton took some of the nerves off! He ended up being fine & getting lots of eggs too!

patiently waiting for the hunt to start.

Baskets overflowing.

Carter & Jaxton scoping out their egg hunt!

Daddy helping them unload all their eggs!

The weather was perfect! The kids got tons of candy, & free ice cream cones {which seems to be their favorite thing to get in town now days} We let them both bounce in the bounce house & then called it a morning!!!
Saturday night we went up to Justin's parents house for dinner. The guys hid some Easter eggs up by the pond for the 4 grand kids {while we distracted the kids} so they had another egg hunt before we ate dinner!

After dinner the kids went down & played by/in the creek! His parents gave each kid a cute basket with treats & something they like to do. Tenley got Tinkerbell gardening gloves, & lotion & Carter got a fun game like horse shoes but its nerf & you throw it into rings, & a paper airplane-along with all their treats!
Its so fun to have cousins & grandparents close on both sides for the kids to able to grow up with them!!!

The Croods!

We took the kids to The Croods on Monday April 1st for a family night. It was Tenley's first time going to a movie at the theater. She did lots better than I had expected, every time I would laugh she would say "what mom" or "whats funny" or "why you laupin" so most my time was spent explaining what was funny to her :) she got wiggly towards the very end but loved the atmosphere. Carter loves going to the theater, he sits in his seat the whole time & gets so into the movie. It was a really cute movie. One we'll definitely have to watch again!

Big 26 :)

This year for my Birthday it was pretty chill :). Our awesome neighbor Erica called & took my kids pretty much all day, so I was almost lost- not knowing what to do all day...We made chicken & alfredo & watched ncaa basketball games :) {NCAA tournament was on 24/7 at our house, even if it was re-runs :) }I decided for my birthday "present" I wanted to paint my office/craft room seeing how we had taken down the wallpaper a few months ago & it was looking pretty ragged. So Justin painted {I help :) } & I sewed me some cute curtains! {my new little hobby} It looks tons better! Justin took me out to Winger's that coming weekend & we watched the Gonzaga game while we ate! 

Before

After

hangin' out at home with the kiddos!

Great 26th Birthday!!!

Wrestling 2013

This year wrestling started off awesome.  He weighed in at 49 pounds. 1st meet was at Preston. He pinned both his opponents & was loving the whole situation! Pretty much everyone in the family came to watch & they were all so proud! (I didn't get a picture of his 1st pin, it was a girl & he pinned her before I got over to his side of the gym) Tough kid!!!

The next morning we were off to Bear Lake. We thought the meet starting at 9. Ended up not starting til 10, so we waited around for almost an hour & a half. There was a kid in pairings with head gear & a singlet, so right off the bat Carter was scared. He lost his first match & it took some serious convincing to even get him to wrestle the second kid. After some crying- he ended up wrestling & beating him!

Sibling love!

Crying between matches

1st match, workin hard!

So worked up & mad!

All done with his medal, such a relief!

The 3rd meet we took him to was at West Side. He was crying from the get go & didn't want to wrestle once we got there. Once he finally realized he didn't win a medal if he didn't wrestle- he wrestled the first kid & won. But then he wouldn't wrestle the second kid. They were still nice enough to give him a medal.
After that meet he had decided he had had enough for the year. He was always worrying about when the next meet was & looking way too into the whole sport. So we called it good for the year... He is such a tough kid but he gets nervous about not knowing the circumstances & gets so worked up, hes like sweating to death :)
We'll see if he wants to wrestle next year or not- We love him to pieces & he did SO awesome! We are SO proud of you Cub, you're one tough cookie!!!

SNOW cones!

The first of March we were outside shoveling & playing in the snow. The kids decided they wanted some cups to play with, so at first we were building snow castles. Then they thought it would be fun to bring some snow in & make snow cones! It's been a long winter & we're running low on ideas at home, so I figured what the helk :)!

We started with just kool-aid. But by the time they were done they had sprinkles, valentines hearts, you name it :) They had a blast! It's sure priceless to be home with these kids everyday!

Making Pots!

After pre-school we went over to Monique's to let the kids make their very own pots! paint, stickers, flowers, ribbon! and then we planted wild flowers in them...

 My kids LOVE doing "crafty" things like this! It makes the days go by much faster during the long winter time! Thanks for inviting us over! We enjoy your company :)

Bowling & Ice Cream

Friday February 22nd Justin & I took the kids bowling & out for ice cream! We're weird about leaving our kids {we were going to the Afton hill climbs the next day, so we wanted to get out of the house & have fun with the kids}so we went into town & told them we were just getting gas & washing the car, so we pulled up to wash the car....& surprised them by taking them bowling :)

This was Tenley's first time of being old enough to know what bowling is. She loved it  at first & had to roll it all by herself with the stand, then all by herself without the stand, & then by round 7 she was burnt out & ready to go!

Carter would have stayed & bowled all night. He's been playing bowling on the wii a lot lately so he was ecstatic to finally go bowl for reals this year.

He loved to keep score & write the numbers in each time. He even knew how many we knocked down (number wise) without us telling him!

And I of course kicked Justin's butt :) pretty sure I had the high score for the night!!! Then we were off to Big J's for bubble gum ice cream. Doesn't get much better than that for a family date night!