Friday, June 13, 2014

doc mcstuffins party


This girl was super excited that it was finally her turn for her party.  After watching her siblings having their parties she was ready to go! She was waiting for it all day and waiting for her friends to get to our house. We had her party after the girls recital.  My mom, Amber's family and Janice all came to the recital to support the girls, and then came over afterwards to celebrate Bryleigh's birthday. 
We had lots of fun treats.


We started out coloring. 

We played pin the bandaid on lamby.
Even the big kids had fun with the game, and wanted to keep playing.
The girls doing a check up on Uncle Adam.
Then we played dr. and did check ups on stuffed animals.  All the kids also had fun with this one that surprised me.  But I was glad they were having fun.

Dallen giving his clumsy a shot. Clumsy is his little buddy!
Giving her bear some cuddles.

Present time! She was so excited!

She had the funniest expressions.  She loved everything!
After every present this was her expression. 
She loved the dress my mom made her. She put it up to herself all by herself. 
Cake time!  When I asked her what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, strawberry or chocolate, she wanted rainbow.  So a rainbow cake she got. I loved that she had a opinion of what she wanted.

Blowing out her candles.

Bryleigh and her rainbow cake.
She was also very cute and wanted her hair like doc mcstuffins.  In two braids. She is too cute!
Happy Birthday party Bryleigh!

It was a bitter sweet day.  It was a fun day filled with the recital and a fun birthday party.  But it was also the last time we were going to see my sister's family for a long time. They left the next day for New Jersey.  So it turned sad really fast and we were all in tears.  It was too much to get pictures together so the other pictures I've posted is what we have of the kids all together. We are glad they were here long enough to spend the day with us, and the last year! 

p12 May

We've had fun exploring the mountains by our house.  My sister gave us their baby backpack so it made it much easier to take all the kids with us. We went up to the shoreline trail up at fernwood and the first hike we went north.  Then the second time we headed south. 
We had a good time, and it was nice to get outside and enjoy the nice weather.  The kids favorite part was crossing the rivers on the rocks.


My sister graduated from medical school and my mom and I threw her a little graduation party.  I asked my friend Lisa if she would make some cute dr. tools out of fondant to put on the cake.  She did a awesome job!  We are so proud of you Amber!  Good luck in New Jersery with your residency!

Rylan is becoming such a reader.  I love it when it goes from reading because you have to, to wanting to read!  He is loving it and gets excited to wake up in the morning so he can read. I am so proud of him! 
My two buddies this last year.  After running errands we got home and I looked back and this is what I saw. Dallen took his clumsy with him and got him all buckled up safely!  Bryleigh needed a picture too!

We weren't able to go to one of Bethany's softball practices so we went to the batting cages to practice batting.  Hannah and Rylan also took a turn batting. 
Dallen and Bryleigh were so excited to help me make Dallen's birthday cake.  They are good helpers!

The girls at their dance recital.  I didn't get many pictures of them, but they were so excited and they did a great job!
These cute boys at the recital! Dallen was so excited that Gideon wore his Jake shirt too!

memorial day

We had my sister's family and my mom over for a memorial day BBQ. The kids had fun playing together and then we pulled out the slip n slide and some water balloons. 
All lined up and ready to go!

We ended our night with a fire and some yummy smores!

13 years

We celebrated our 13th anniversary this year. It's amazing to me that it has already by 13 years.  Time flies when your having fun!
We were able to have a few nights to ourselves the following weekend.  My mom came and stayed with the kids and we took off to Logan.  We spent a couple night at the anniversary inn there.  We love that place and escaping into other places.  We started our weekend by going to the Logan temple. It was fun to explore a new temple and it was great to be there and feel at peace and away from the world for a little bit.

After we went to paradise bakery for dinner and then we escaped to Hawaii for the night. It was so nice to just relax and not have any kids needing anything. 

The next day we found a trail that went along the Logan river and had a nice walk. 
Ky couldn't resist throwing some wood into the river, just like the boys!

That night we escaped to Egypt. Another nice relaxing night.

Before heading home the next day we stopped at a historical restaurant the blue bird. It was a neat building.
It's been a great 13 years and am excited to what the future holds!
I love you!