My 32nd Birthday

Well another year has come and gone. I am now 32 and I am looking it. I feel like I have to may wrinkles in my face, I guess I should stay out of the sun more. I had a really fun Birthday got to go to McDonalds with Jeff and the kids ( I know you are all jealous), then we had some friends over and had a BBQ and cake. For my Birthday Jeff got me a Garmin GPS watch,some flowers, and with my money I am ordering me a swimsuit. I have not had one for over a year. The kids really LOVE celebrating birthday's so it's always so fun to see how excited they get.

1st grade Filed Day

Yesterday I got to go all day and watch Matthew participate in field day. It was a lot of fun to see all the kids. The first picture is of the hurdles, I thought they were the cutest little things ever. Matthew's events were the 50m dash, shot put, discus, running long jump, and the relay.

A lesson in Honesty

Yesterday I took my kids into the gas station to get a treat, and they saw a guy walking in drop his wallet. I was getting Kyle out of the car, and they were walking over to get it. I was telling them to come back over to me,  and Matthew said  "mom that guy droped his wallet" so I told them to pick it up and we would take it in. The guy was walking out and didn't even notice it was gone, so we asked him if he droped his wallet. He was happy he got it back and told us his pants had a hole in it, and it was just habbit to put it there. So they picked out there treat and as we were coming out, he came up to me and asked if he could give the kids a reward for giving him his wallet back and just told me that he got paid and had 500 cash in it, so he was very greatful. I told him he did not need to do that, but he insisted and gave the kids a 10 dollar bill. They were so happy and we talked how good it is to be honest.

18 Months Old !!

18 months old: (sorry about the drool)

Weight: around 22 lbs (we are going to docs next week)
Height: short

Things about Kyle:

Size 3 Diapers 
Size 12 month pants and onesies
12-18 month shirts

LOVES "woof"
Loves watching little einstiens, Diego, and Mickey Mouse
likes balls
loves playing with bros and sis
loves drinking from a straw
You love when I sing to you and rub your little face
Loves playing outside ( Infact you throw a tantrum EVERY time we have to go inside)
loves to show off
loves his baths (except and other peoples house he screams and cries the whole time=)
LOVEs to throw rocks in the river and play in the water
You love when your dad comes home from work, you get so excited and run to the door and say "daaaa" It is the cutest thing.
You don't eat very well at all (we struggle to get you to eat)
loves all furry animals
LOVES to snuggle and give kisses. You are my snuggliest baby ever and I love it
When I am putting you to bed at night you ALWAYS have to have your hand behind my back
LOVES dancing when ever music comes on he starts kicking  his little feet and dances
You are a good little climber
points to nose, eye, feet, hands, mouth
loves to wave to people
Does sign language for more, please, and milk
WORDS: mama, da (for dad), cookie, ball, woof, squishy, uh-oh, thank you, na na for banana ( I know there is a few more but I can't think right now)

Kyle we can't believe you are already 18 months old. You are such an easy baby and a joy to have. I can't imagine life without you. You are turning into a cute, goofy little kid, who just wants to have fun all of the time. We love your cute little personality and the sweet little guy you are.

Brandon and Trains

Grandma and Grandpa Wursten came to visit a few weeks ago and she brought a few crafts for the kids to do. Here is Brandon painting his trains. He was so excited and loved to see his trains.

Conversation

A conversation Matthew and Ashlie had this morning:

We woke up this morning and there was more snow on the ground!!

Matthew: I didn't want it to snow anymore, who made it snow?

Ashlie: Jesus

Matthew: No it's the clouds

To funny!! The kids, NOT the snow=(

Poor Brandon

So when Brandon got out of bed this morning I saw all of this blood on his head. I asked him what had happened, and he told me he fell out of bed. I was thinking wow that was some fall. I asked him what he hit his head on, and he showed me his train tracks. I felt so bad, because he did not even come and get us. Guess he didn't even know either. There is some blood on the floor and his pillow, and his big giant dog.

Canyoneering trip 2010

Over spring Break we were able to go Canyoneering in Zions National Park. We started at 6 am and headed up angles landing hike. When you get to the top, you go the other way towards scouts lookout and continue hiking another hour and a half or so. When we got up there and started heading towards the canyon there was a lot more snow than we anticapated and wanted. We were a little unsure what the canyon was going to be like, because we did NOT  want to get wet. So we continued on through the canyon climbing over lots of snow, it was really not that warm of a day, maybe mid 50's with some wind. We finally made it to our first repel and had some lunch before we went down. Brandon went down first and we realized our ropes were not long enough. At that point we were debating if we should go down or not. We all did and when we went down the second repel we really realized there was NO way of finishing the canyon with our ropes. So at this point we  had an option of gettin back up , it would have been a challenge to get to the top, but we still had a chance. 1 more repel and there was so turning back. So we sat and debated what to do and low and behold another group came up behind us. They were so nice and let us go through the canyon with them. Thankgoodness, because I did not want to try and get back up and hike back the whole way we just came. Although I would pick that over spending a night in  the canyon. Over all we had a fun time, but it was cold. The 3 rd repel was the one that got us pretty wet, and man was that COLD!! And the second to the last repel got us wet again. Let's just say that I don't think I will ever repel this early in the season. To much snow and water, but after a long 12 hour hike we really did have a good time!

Glen Canyon Dam

On our way home from St. George we stopped at Glen Canyon Dam, that is Lake Powell behind it. It was so cool and the kids really thought it was cool. We took a little walk across the bridge, and looked down. I guess you can take a tour, I have always wanted to take a tour, I think It would be really cool

Easter egg dying and hunt

The kids had a fun time dying their eggs. Then on Easter morning they had an easter egg hunt in the backyard. They had such a fun time playing together and seeing Grandma and Grandpa, and cousins.

Easter Egg Hunt 2010

We had a fun easter egg hunt this year more like a 1,2 ,3 go and the candy is gone in 5 sec, but it is fun none the less. This year we went to St. George for easter and my sister and her family came down. It was so Fun to be with family and to have conference as well.