Some other stuff

So we went to the Water park at Blue Lake Park a couple times this August here is a picture of Billy (my nephew), Spence and Lexi drying off after playing so hard. Both times after we left the park the kids fell asleep almost immediately afterwards.

This is one of the water play things. Billy and Spence enjoyed squirting water at each other though Spence didn't like it when it got in his eyes.
Here is a picture of Lexi having fun with a couple of her presents that she got for her birthday. (check earlier post for info on Birthday). I painted her nails and she is showing that off while wearing some dress up stuff.
Lexi being silly for the camera
Bella wanted to be in on the fun so we put the sunglasses on her and she loved it. She gave us the cutest smile!! She is growing up so fast and loves to smile at people.

I guess that is all for now!!

Happy Birthday Lexi!!!

First off I have to say sorry for not posting at all this month so far. I guess having three children is making me busier than I thought I would be. We have been doing stuff and I have taken pictures, but I never seem to find the time to get them on my blog. So I decided to skip to the end of the month. We just had Lexi's birthday not to long back. She turned 6 years old and I can't believe how much she has grown. For her birthday we took her out to her favorite place to eat, Red Robin. Where they sang to her and she got to take two balloons home instead of one. She really liked when everyone gathered around to sing to her.
Then on her birthday she really wanted to have breakfast in bed. A while back she had asked me when she could have breakfast in bed, since Jared and I got breakfast in bed on Father's and Mother's day. I told her on her birthday she could and she remembered. So I took her order the night before to make sure I had everything. She wanted pancakes, sausage and OJ. Most of the time Lexi is a pretty clean eater so I wasn't too afraid of her having a sticky bed.
Then she was able to have another friend party this year. Last year I did it at Papa's Pizza and it wasn't too much trouble, but this year we didn't. She wanted to have a PRINCESS Party!! So I had her help me plan everything that she wanted to do at her princess party. She said that princess's have crown and jewelry. So we decided to decorate crowns with every ones names on them and they made beaded necklaces and bracelets. Then instead of decorating the cupcakes beforehand, we had the girls each decorate their own Princess cakes. They loved choosing their own color frosting and decorations. Then to top off the party we had Lexi's first Pinata!! She has been really wanting one for awhile, but I always thought she was too young to truly enjoy it, so I told her this year we could. Lexi said that the Pinata was the best part of the party. Above is a group picture of all the Princesses at the party after they decorated their crowns and had their jewelry on.
Singing, "Happy Birthday to Lexi"! (notice only two candles, after she had decorated her cupcake only two would fit)

Here is a picture of all the girls getting ready to hit the pinata.

Overall planning the party wasn't too hard and the girls were really easy. I also had some help from Gavyn's mom, it was so great to have her help. And Jared also helped with the Pinata. Lexi said, "It's a good thing daddy is tall and put the pinata up or else we might not have been able to do it!" I am grateful that he came home to help with that.

Random Things

Bella is now smiling like crazy here is a picture of one of her smiles! She smiles a lot bigger than this, but I always seem not to have the camera out when she does.
Here is proof that my kids do LOVE each other most of the time. I just love it when they snuggle and get along
This picture of Bella and her Uncle Brent is great! Brent loves to hold Bella when he comes over on Sundays and Bella loves to just stare at him. This is a picture of her doing just that.

This picture also makes me think of the surprise baby shower that my sister Michelle threw for me a couple weeks back. I thought that we were getting together for a girls night and when I showed up they were having a baby shower for me. Mostly my sisters and some close friends. The outfit that Bella is wearing is one of the ones that she got from the shower. I don't have pictures of the shower, because I didn't know it was going to happen. Thanks, Michelle for the party!!My sister Vicki surprised me with a visit yesterday with her baby Abby. Bella and Abby are only a week apart (Abby being older). We put the two girls down on the play mat and they sat there for the longest time content, though not really looking at each other.
Here is a closer picture of Abby and Bella. They were both wearing pink onies and we didn't plan that.

Drive-in!!

So I am a little late blogging this, but I wanted to share the pictures and how much fun we had.

We decided one night that we were going to go to the drive-in in Newberg. I actually got the idea from Pricilla's blog when they had went to the drive-in with their kids. I thought it was a great idea to be able to go see a movie with young kids. "Shrek the Third" and Transformers" is what we saw. The kids watched the first movie and then we put them in the back to sleep, while we enjoyed the second movie. I remember going to Drive-in's as a child I forgot how fun it can be especially when you don't have to worry about your kids being too loud. The part that wasn't fun was how long we had to wait for the movie to start Spence was getting restless, so I will have to remember games or something next time. Bella on the other hand was great she pretty much slept the whole time. Lexi was great too she was so excited to be there and seeing a movie. Above is a picture of the kids in the back seat before we moved them to the front so they would be able to see the movie (I sat in the back with Bella for the first movie, so I could feed her).
Bella being a complete angel in her car seat
Jared and Spence snuggling in the front seat before the movie started

Happy Birthday Me!!

Today I had a great birthday. It started out with my mom coming over and watching my kids for a couple hours while I rested for a while. Then she treat the kids and I to lunch at McDonald's. It was so great just to get sometime to myself with out kids fighting or whining. I know that is not what all my kids do, but sometimes it seems like it. Then after Jared got home we all went out to dinner at Red Robin. I love their chicken strips and fries. Then we went to Target and walked around picking up a few things that we needed. Overall I had a great day mainly because I got to spend time with my family and enjoy their company.

Thanks for all those that gave me Birthday Wishes!!!

Happy Birthday Jared!!

I have liked what others have done for peoples birthdays so I decided I would brag a little about how wonderful my husband is since it was his birthday this last week.

* He is such a great father to our children

* He is a hard worker who works without complaining

* He is a handsome man, that I am glad that I will have to look at for eternity

* He loves his Family

* He loves to take road trips

* He is very smart and knows facts to just about anything

* He loves me for who I am

* He loves to read books and to write them too!

* He holds the priesthood and has a strong testimony and is a strong member of the church.

* He is always willing to help people out if he isn't busy himself

* He is the best dad and husband anyone could ask for!!

There is a lot more that I could write, but this is just a small bit of what makes Jared so special to me and makes him who he is.

I love you, Jared!!

July 4th!!

Jared and the kids at my brother, Robert's house

"Happy Birthday, Honey"
Isabella on her 1st 4th of July
Every year since Lexi was little we try and go buy flag shirts at Old Navy to wear on the 4th of July, because we all have matching shirts we always try and get a family picture in them. Not only is it great to celebrate the 4th of July, but it is extra great because we also get to celebrate Jared's Birthday.

This year we celebrated Jared's Birthday early by going out to dinner at the Olive Garden the night before with friends. Then on the 4th we went over to my brother, Robert's house and had a BBQ with his family and my sister, Michelle's family. As you all know it was a hot day and even though they had AC, the kids spent most of the day out in the pool. Below is a picture of them having fun. Then we threw some water balloons with the kids and then got ready to watch the fireworks. Since my brother lives in Vancouver all we had to do was go out on his porch and watch the fireworks all around us and also the neighbors were putting on a small show in front of us. We also did some sparklers and pop it with the kids. We had a great day and especially enjoyed the weather for a nice fourth.
Lexi, Spence, Billy and Logan having fun in the pool
Jared, Lexi and Spence doing some sparklers (Lexi has smoke in her eye)