Girls Weekend and Spring Break

Ok this happened a while ago when my friend Kristin was still pregnant and now she has her gorgeous baby girl but, here is a pic from when I got to hang out with my old roommates from Utah State. As you can clearly see and in the words of Maggie "we still stylin and profilin" , oh yes can't tell you how much I love these lovely ladies and how happy it made me to see them again and even though it's been years, it felt like old times to get together and stay up late talking and laughing. Time went by waay too fast. 

 So Savvy found my camera on the counter and I told her she could take some pictures. I deleted most of the pictures of random household objects and some of me washing the dishes in my pjs with no makeup on, but here is her self portrait and some of her snapshots of the stuffed animals and dolls she dressed up in her jewelry and posed for their photo shoot

 I took the kids to a bowling alley with one of my friends and her kids during  spring break. The kids really wanted to be independent and bowl by themselves even though they really needed some help. Savannah could barely lift the ball and it was kind of iffy most of the time weather or not the ball was going to make it to the pins, but they had a great time and that's what matters.

 Unfortunately Dax did not get to do a lot of what he was wanting to do  which was walk down the lane and explore the whole bowling alley on his own, so he ended up not having as much fun as the rest of the kids.

here is Savannah in a cute dirndl given to her by her Aunt Di. Thanks Di she loves it!

getting ready for Easter!

We are soo loving the warmer weather lately before the heat gets to us. We got to enjoy a free outdoor concert at one of the parks here and I took some pictures of the family having fun at the park

Latest news

Our latest news is that baby number 4 is another boy. We are all getting so excited for him. Savannah was disappointed to find out that she would not be getting a little sister, but now that she is used to the idea she is excited for her new brother. I am quickly becoming as big as a barn and waddling around doing the best I can.  Dax is making so many changes right now. He is getting pretty steady on his feet and trying to say a lot of words. His favorite one is please, but he keeps asking for things he is not supposed to have. It's hard for me as a speech person to see him making a sign and trying to say please at the same time but still having to tell him no you can't have my cell phone or that bag of food that you are just going to throw all over the floor. He and Sav get to hang out together during the day for now and its fun to see their interactions. When they aren't hurting each other they have a lot of fun together.

a picture she wanted me to send to Grandma and Granny

Visits

 This month we had a fun visit with Grandma and Grandpapa. Thanks for watching the kids!! They loved it :)



We also got to see Granny and Grandpa this month. In which visit Granny worked very hard to keep Dax away from his mama so she could cook and do stuff.

Finally some nice weather! We headed to the park.

tight rope walking at the park

Grandpa and Dax

he is constantly trying to get on the table

learning to walk in his sister's pink princess shoes and sooo proud

memories of December

 December was crazy as usual, even more so for us because we celebrate two birthdays before Christmas plans even begin. The extra birthday cakes and ice cream go great with all the extra sweets of the season.  This year we took the kids back to Jumping Jacks, (bounce house heaven and a great place to get energy out) they each invited a buddy. Van came in handy once again.
 Jonas is loving learning Spanish in school and is getting into reading books. He is really picking up and using the same humor and sarcasm that his papa uses and loves getting together with friends.  Savannah is very proud of getting older. She loves to tell people how old she is now and loves to frequently name all the people she is older than. She spends lots of time at the table doing art, but also loves dancing, singing, and everything to do with princesses.

Birthday boy is 7 this year

"I"m four years old!"

Savannah had some special experiences this Christmas. First of all, she had been talking about Christmas and how excited she was for it practically all year long. As part of her joy school, she got to be in a nativity, where she was able to play the part of Mary and on another occasion she got to be the angel.

 Then she did a wonderful job playing the part of a very cute snowflake in the nutcracker. This was especially fun for me because of how much sentimental love I have for the nutcracker ballet.

decorating cookies at Grandmas

Then we headed to the SLC for fun with family for Christmas

Christmas Eve, staying warm on the couch

 Playing in the snow with super fun cousins

Christmas Eve night with cousins

Christmas morning

Jonas is fascinated with Wesley's new ipod and Sav LOVES seeing her adorable baby cousin

enjoying new video games (Dax thinks he knows whats up)

Savannah having fun with her new matching princess doll

Upgrade

Time for footies!

The kids were spoiled by their Aunt Mo for their birthdays

Jonas takes his hot chocolate making duties on Sunday morning very seriously

We got home before James the other day after church and discovered we were locked out of the house, so I took the opportunity to take some pictures while we waited for James to get home with the key. I was grateful to have a moment to just sit down and pay attention to the kids for a while.  

Our exciting news - we are expecting baby #4 next year and we now have a new golden Kia so that we will be able to fit our whole family in a car once baby comes along. It was time for an upgrade. Jonas had ridden home in a friends' vehicle and told me " you know what I like about their car? It's easy to buckle the seat belts." He was used to being scrunched with two other car seats in the back of our Honda where it was often difficult to find his seatbelt let alone buckle it. This is our new family vehicle. I've never been one to get very attached to a car before, but it's soooo nice to have the space that this van is quickly becoming one of my favorite things. It makes me happy.