Look who's 4!!!

Matthew had such a great birthday. We started off the day by going to
the mall, which he enjoys. We were picking out some school clothes. He of course got to go to the candy store. Then we came home and played a little, took some naps and we were off to Chuck E Cheeses. It's always so fun to go there. He had a blast with his friends and family. Then we came home for more presents,cake,and ice cream. Such a fun filled day. I can not believe he is 4 already.

Yea for Matthew

Today is Matthew's swim class, he got his 1st ribbon, and he gets to go to the next level. Yea for Matthew.

A day in the life of Brandon

Every day brandon thinks he needs to pull the DVD's down over and over. And me the sucker picks them up over and over again. Shows how well our kids train us. I guarantee in our new place they will not be in Brandon's sight. Also he loves to play in the sprinklers with the kids. I thought these pics were funny.

Ashlie went in the potty!!

Yesterday was a big day for Ashlie. We are trying to potty train her and she finally went. YEA!! We will see how long this lasts, I fear she will take a while. If you have any tips please share. 1 in diapers would be GREAT.

Georgetown to Idaho Springs Half Marathon

So , on saturday Jeff and I ran a half marathon in preparation for the St. George marathon. Unfortunately we have no pictures because we had no camera with us. So you may not even believe me =) I was really really proud of both Jeff and I, because I have not been able to really train. I have been having some knee and ankle problems and so my longest run has been 4 miles. Jeff's longest was 5 miles. So we went out not really knowing what to expect. The race was beautiful and it was a nice sunny day, and we just kept going and going. My body felt great and before you knew it we were at mile 10. Yea only 3.1 more miles to go. About then, my ankle and feet starting to hurt and I wanted to stop so bad, but Jeff just kept pushing me and encouraging me to keep going. Thank you so much for that. It's so great that I was able to run with Jeff and that he didn't ditch me. Finally we finished with a time of 2 hrs and 10 min. We were so proud and amazed that we didn't have to stop once. Except for a bathroom break. It gave me a little more hope for the marathon in October, but we will see what my old body will let me do.

Matthew, Matthew and more Matthew

Matthew has been practicing really hard to learn his letters. The other day he wrote his name and cat for the first time. YEA!! I was so proud of him. It such a great thing to see your child so proud of what they accomplished.



Last week matthew had a friend over to play and he decided to hit matthew in the head with a bat. At first he just got a big goose egg, but as the days went by, it has moved down to his eyes and under his eyes. His whole middle of his head was swollen it was really sad. It is starting to get better slowly. You really can't see the color of it on here, but he looks pretty funny.



We went camping this last weekend, and we came home and matthew grabbed the sleeping bags and started going down the stairs in his sleeping bag. I though it was cute because he did it all by his self. It's so cute to have matthew getting older because everything new he does is so cute, and it makes him seem so much older.

Happy Birthday Brandon

I can not believe brandon has turned 1 already. This year has gone very fast. Brandon has been a very challenging baby at times he is our first spit up, colicky baby, but he is such a joy to have around. I love this age because it really starts to show there personality. He is a big performer and loves to show off. He loves to to face plants on our bed and just roll and roll everywhere. He really loves his big brother and sister and loves to tackle them. Well I could go on forever.We had a fun little party with some family and friends, he did not like his cake though, he just crumbled it up and spit it out. Happy Birthday buddy we love you.









Here is brandon enjoying a birthday sucker.

Puerta Vallarta

Jeff and I had a really good time in Mexico. We went for 6 days without the kids=) It was actually very hard to leave them for that long, but it was a much needed break for both of us. We went with my best friend Crystal and her husband Bart. Cindy, a friend from Chicago, and crystals dad and his new family who actually live in Mexico. We stayed at the Marriott there. It was so gorgeous. The pool was right on the beach. One of the best things we did there was called canopy adventure. We got to ride in a big Swiss army truck up into the mountains about 50 min and just sit and enjoy how pretty and green it was. Then we got all our gear on( harnesses, helmets, carabieners,gloves etc..) and you basically zipline from tree to tree about 90ft up in the air just over looking the trees. It was awesome!!! They said total rope was a little over a mile and a half. The rest of the days we just relaxed,ate lots of mexican food, did a boat tour the next day that took you to different beaches and snorkeling, we played in the ocean, went downtown to the flea markets, the boys attempted to boogie board,you know just typical stuff you do on vacation. We had a really good time. Thank you so much to Doug and Sandi (aka grandma and grandpa) for watching the kids while we were gone. We hope you do not have more grey hair HE HE. And thank you to Brian and Becky for picking us up at the airport at 11:00p.m, at the last minute and letting us gratefully crashing at your house after missing our connecting flight. ( NOT OUR FAULT) Any way here is a little slide show. There were so many pictures I could not decide, maybe I will post some more a little later.

Check out my Slide Show!

walking???

Here are a few pictures of brandon walking with his little walker. He is getting better each day, but definitely will not be walking by his first birthday. Which is in 6 days. YEA!!

brandon

I just thought this picture of brandon is so cute. I am working at posting some pictures of our trip=)