Easter 2009

We had a fun filled Easter this year!
We started out with our ward's annual easter egg hunt with a hot dog roast afterwards. My sister Brandi and nephew Kayden came along too. Getting ready to devour some hotdogs!The next day, on Saturday, we went to Annie & Chris's house with all of Todd's family to let all the cousins color eggs.

Before we could even start all the little kids with such excitement to be together created their own little fun....."plunkin down the stairs"! They all lined up at the top and said ready...set...go and down they went screaming and squeling all the way down! I think they had more fun doing that than they did coloring eggs. Look at their faces closely. Their expressions are priceless as they are squeling down the stairs! Coloring eggs.....well you get the idea at least. and YES my kids don't have shirts on. I am all about lessening my laundry load with elimianting staining possibilities! :)

Ethan had fun experimenting mixing different colors. Hula hoopin'....I don't know how this happened but they thought it was the greatest thing and it was so hilarious to watch these little hips wiggle to try to hula hoop.

Easter Morning!! Such cheesers.

Easter egg hunt at Grandma & Grandpa Barton's after church.

I took these pictures the next week so we could have pics with the baby since she was napping after church throughout the whole easter egg hunt and all! Sundays at church are rough for her since she won't sleep so by the time we get home she knocks out for awhile!

My cute kids in there easter clothes!

Ethan

Cambree

Adalynn

My three adorable kids!!

Adalynn @ 6 months

Ok..so I am quite late on this post, I know, but here is her 6 month update.Weight: 10 lbs. 7 oz.

Height: 25.5 in.

Head: 15.75 in

Ya she is tall and VERY SKINNEY! She is a little smaller weightwise than my other two but they all have been small on weight ALWAYS so we aren't worried at all. She is a real good eater and is rolling over and babbles, screeches, and squels with delight and she sleeps through the night and takes 3 anps throughout the day. She is very happy and content. She hardly ever cries and sometimes I don't even know when she wakes up because she will just wakes up and lay queitly playing with her blanket or toes and wait patiently until I come in to get her. I am always greeting by flapping arms and a grin. The loves her crib and blanket. Trying to put her to sleep anywhere else is ridiculous! She won't sleep unless she is in her crib with a blanket! Sometimes it is difficult to go places but if she skips a nap she is fine as long as she is entertained.

She is a beautiful baby and we love her very much! Now we just need her to gain some weight. :)

Here are some pictures from her 6 month photo shoot I did of her. I think she was technically 7 months when I took these but...shhhhhh....don't tell. She threw a fit the whole time, which is not like her, so I am amazed I got some really great shots.

Fun at the Home & Garden Show!

So my sis Brandi and I went to the Spring Home and Garden expo just to see what it was about. We had quite the fun day and met some celebrities!! Well....to me atleast! Brandi just moved here so she had no idea who these people were but was happy to take pics of ME with them! All along she was thinking I was a big dork for wanting pics with them. The pics aren't the best cuz we had to use Brandi's camera phone since neither of us had a real one.

So we met and talked with two of the Good Things Utah girls Reagan and Nicea! I actually met Nicea before at my cousin Shelley's bridal shower and wedding. She married Niceas brother. If that isn't name droppin! :) hehe Ya know...me and Nicea...go waaaayyyy back!

And then I got to meet one of my idols....Joy!! From Joy in the garden! I sat in on one of her classes about fruit trees and pruning the correct way and loved it! Brandi was bored. I went up afterwards and got to ask her several questions about my garden. She is so nice!

I even had a lady from the newspaper interview me for an article she was writing about the home and garden show for the paper. So I am a little bit famous now! I'll try not to let my head get to big!

Thanks Brandi for such a fun day and being a good sport about my obsessions.

Kids say the darndest---don't worry girls, we got boobs!

So not very often do I get a moment to myself being a mother of three kids. This is an example this and not being able to even have a moment to be angry about the no privacy act that is motherhood!

The kids were watching a movie. I did this so as to try to distract them so that I could attempt to have just a split second to myself. I was in a moment of prayer and pondering when Cambree came in. I was kneeling beside my bed and had my head down of course and she walked over to me ever so quietly and started to stroke my hair and this is what she said.....

Cambree: (stroking my head) "Don't cry little mommy................you got boobs."

I looked up at her and saw she had the most concerned eyes. I smiled at her and she smiled back. I could help myself and burst into laughter.

So don't cry ladies.....we have boobs!

Sisters??.....What???...It's true.

So we had such a blast when MY sister came to spend the day with us! This is my half sister who just happens to be three weeks OLDER than Cambree!! YES! My half sister is 2 1/2 years old! Cambree and her got along so well. Usually Cambree has only boys to play with and so she was in heaven having someone to play dollies and dress up like princesses!

We had lunch and then made cookies. We made teal butterflies and pink unbrella cookies for the cookie press. The kids had fun making them and even more so eating them outside on the back porch!

Then they had fun playing in the backyard.

Then after a quick "REST" which ended up being a 10 minute "sit on the couch" asking every 30 seconds if it was time to play again, we decided to take a wagon ride to the park. Ethan rode his bike and the two girls rode in the wagon. Adalynn had fun riding in the stroller. McKadee didn't really like the sand at first so Ethan held her hand at first. It was soooo cute!

They all took turns burying each others feet in the sand.

Cambree and McKadee seriously kept giving each other hugs all day! They were just the best of friends.

We were so glad to have McKadee come visit and spend the day with us. She needs to come more often....dad, that's a hint. ;) wink wink.

Mother and son excursion

So as some of you know, my dad has a fishing guide business in Idaho but comes down every year to the Southtowne Expo Center to participate in the Sportsmans Expo. So my dad needed a lift down there in the morning and help setting up his booth and my Grandpa Scott rode along too. I decided Ethan might like seeing all the fishing and wildlife things so I took him along as well.

They had a whole section just for kids and he got to go around to all the booths and learn about each activity and then when he completed the task they would stamp his little "passport" and at the end he won a prize for completing it which ended up being a coloring book with caryons. He was stoked!

So first things first, Ethan had to go fishing with Grandpa! My dad always talks to him about goin fishin and catchin BIG fish and has yet to go on a real fishing trip. (Maybe cuz his mom really doesn't care for him to be a fisherman. :) I hate fish.) He learned how to hold the pole and waited and waited. He actually hooked the biggest fish in the tank TWICE but didn't pull up in enough time so it got away. Then he hooked a smaller fish. He was so excited but I think didn't quite understand why he didn't get to keep it and take it home. This picture is like two seconds before he hooked the BIG fish so if you look close you can see it!

Then it was on to the Dog Splash! They had a big water pool set up and people were competing their dogs in a jumping contest to see what dog could jump in the water with the longest jump. Ethan loved it!! Has been asking for a dog ever since! Her he is waiting for the next dog and telling Great Grandpa Scott how they make big splashes and then swim around to get their toys.

Here he is learning about boat safety!

Here he is minature golfing.

Ethan sits on a four wheeler just his size while he learns about ATV safety and the importance of helmets! He chose the green one of course....green being his favorite color!

Ethan loved this hammock and begged to buy one. I told him we didn't have trees to hang it between. Then he asked if we could buy some trees! :D He is so funny!

Then he got his face painted like camoflauge and thought this was awesome!!

Then learned how to shoot a bow an arrow. He was a really good shot and the guy was surprised at how well he did for his age(4) and said he was a natural at archery! He chose the green bow of course.

He ended up getting 8 out of 10 arrows at the target with one of them being a BULLSEYE! Then Ethan and I went rockclimbing! Ethan only made it up not quite halfway and wanted down. I made it up to the top.

Then right before we left Ethan got a fake elk tattoo and this is him showing his best Bad Boy attitude!! Look at him....isn't he so TOUGH!

As much as I hate to admit it...I DID have fun at the Sportsmans Expo! Mostly cuz I got to spend the day with Ethan and watching him have so much fun! He was so excited to see all the "REAL" (stuffed) bears, deer, and elk and all the "BIG" fish and don't forget the splashing dogs! And it was fun spending time with my dad and my grandpa scott.

Two "REALLY" old guys

So my dad was down visiting from Idaho and came over for dinner with my Grandpa Scott! I always tease my dad about being a really old guy and then I guess that makes my grandpa a really, really old guy! My Grandpa Scott always says,"I'm preparing to move to my one man condo." Ha ha Grandpa! Or if you ask how he is doing, he replies, "Not as good as you!" He is such an optimist huh!? And I say that with the utmost sarcasm. Love ya Grandpa Scott!

It was the first time for my dad to see Adalynn since she was born! He needs to get down from Idaho a bit more since she is 6 months old...DAD!! :D

Adalynn was quite curious as to who the heck was holding her. But if you saw this face...you would wonder too. Ha! Love ya Dad! Ya know if you make faces like that, you're just askin for it! :DMy kids snugglin with their Grandpa.

Here is Great Grandpa Scott, Ethan, Cambree, Grandpa Scott (my dad) and Adalynn.

The crazy runs in the family as you see here with my dad, I, and my kids all making goofy faces.

Here is Great Grandpa Scott with Cambree & Adalynn.

Cambree kinda likes her Great Grandpa Scott. She insisted he read her this book from him for a bedtime story. She says so excitedly, "Great Gram-pa read me a book!"

Thanks for the visit you two REALLY old guys!! It was fun!

Adalynn at 4 months.

OK... I know that technically she is 5 months but I took some really cute 4 month pics that I wanted to share.

Adalynn is the most content baby I have had. I thnk being a thumbsucker has a little to do with that. We took her in for her 4 month checkup like a day before she turned 5 months and she was 10 lbs 10 oz. So she is a little on the small side but which one of my kids have ever been big! :)

Adalynn is healthy and growing stronger by the day. She has learned how to arch her back and push her feet and turns herself around in a circle with her head staying in the same place and her feet moving. It's so funny.