Happy Birthday Tony

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONY!!

I realized that I did not take any pictures during Tony's birthday this year... sorry! So I decided to use recent pics he's taken with the kids. He is such a great dad and a wonderful husband. It was so fun to celebrate him for a day. We all went shopping for some shoes that he wanted and then went out to lunch. That night, he and I got to go to dinner without the kids. We love you Daddy!

Our Fabulous 5 Year Old

Happy Birthday Lexy!

My Big Girl has turned 5! Lexy was so excited to turn 5 because she knew that it meant she would go to Kindergarten soon. It took a long time for her birthday to get here also because she had to endure Bella's birthday and Ethan's birthday all within about 6 weeks before her birthday. She was in agony waiting for her turn! We love Lexy so much. She has so much personality and enthusiasm.

Lexy learned how to ride a 2 wheeler a couple of months before her birthday. She started to look really silly on that little bike! She does a great job now on the big bike that should last her a while.

Lexy decided to go to the Legacy Center for some swimming for her birthday! The kids had a blast. With their birthday money, the kids bought snorkling gear. It was too cute!

I love this picture. It looks like Lexy is giving me an attitude, talking back to me with the tube in her mouth!! That would be Lexy!!! But really, she was just posing for me.

Being that I am 7 months pregnant, I chose to sit out on the swimming. And for some reason, so did Bella. For the first 2 hours, this was her sitting next to me. When we finally got her in the water, she screamed her head off when it was time to go because she didn't want to get out! Typical 2 year old!

Notice Ethan who can hold his breath entering the water and Lexy who is plugging her nose still. I'm just proud of her for going down by herself when she can't even swim!! Don't worry, Tony was there to grab her!

Congratulations Ashley

Congratulations Ashley!! We are so proud of you.

Ashley is the first cousin to graduate high school. She is such a smarty pants too! She graduated from Alta High School and will be going to BYU in the fall. She should finish there in about 2 years before she plans to go on to Law School. She has set such a great example for the rest of the cousins. Good Job Ash! We love you!

The proud family

After the graduation, we talked to the kids about what it means to graduate and how hard Ashley worked to do so well in school. I asked Lexy if she wanted to be just like her cousins... she said yes, just as pretty and smart! I hope so:))

Who's ready for Kindergarten...

Lexy was so excited to finish pre-school! She can't wait to join Ethan and I at the new school to start Kindergarten. We're so proud of her!

Lexy's pre-school class with Miss Tawny.

Lexy with her other pre-school teacher, Miss Holly. (Lexy was lucky enough to go to 2 pre-schools- one in the neighborhood and one at my school)

My Boy is SO BIG

My boy is getting so BIG! He is such a good big brother and a great son. We are so glad to have him in our family. Happy Birthday Ethan!

I can't tell... do they love him, or do they love that we are having cake because it is his birthday?

We took Ethan and his friend Daniel to Jack N Jill's bowling.

Ethan also had fun racing in the arcade. He's actually really good! Look at the concentration on his face!

The girls having their own fun!

Look Who's 2

Bella turned 2 on April 22! We celebrated with some cake and ice cream at Aunt Laura and Uncle David's house with grandma and grandpa and our cousins.

We opened presents at our house before heading out to Chuck E. Cheese's! Bella's big gift this year was a Tinker Bell Big Wheel! She can almost ride it... her legs are a little too short still.

Chocolate cake at Chuck E Cheese's