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

Easter 2010

Happy Easter!

The kids were excited to decorate the eggs this year! There were stickers to decorate these eggs with funny faces too! Everybody went to bed feeling excited to wake up and hunt for those eggs. Unfortunately, Lexy woke up during the night throwing up. It was so sad. She woke up feeling horrible but was a trooper. She hunted for the eggs along side Ethan and Bella, but as soon as the eggs were found, she went straight to my bed to rest. She threw up a few more times that day, but after some rest, she finally felt better. We had Easter dinner at my mom and dad's house and everybody felt great! (Unfortunately, within the next couple of days, we have all had whatever it is that she had. Thank goodness it is Spring Break and we can lay around and do nothing for a few days!)



Ready to dye those eggs!

Making the silly faces on the eggs!

Hunting for eggs... the easter Bunny hid them throughout the whole house this year!

Our favorite Easter gifts!

Final Score...

Really, it has been FOREVER since I have added anything to this blog. I have been super busy and tired these last few months and have had no energy to work on this. After MANY complaints from friends and family, I decided to add our Christmas pictures (it's only the end of March!) I needed to get them in before Easter next week!!

We have great news to share also... In August, our family will be blessed with a new baby BOY! We just had the ultrasound yesterday and found out that Ethan will no longer be the only boy in the family. He is so excited!! 2boys and 2 girls sounds pretty good to me:))

Christmas 2009

Christmas 2009 in Ohio

The Rico cousins

Christmas 2009 at Nana and Papa's with our cousin Gavin.

Ethan and his cousin Gavin. He was so excited that there was another boy in the family!

Baby Gavin 11/14/2009

We got to see our first nephew/cousin on the Rico side for Christmas this year. He is so cute! The kids absolutely adore him! After a 26 hour drive across the U.S, we got to spend two fun weeks with Tony's family for Christmas. Once Gavin was born in November, Tony decided that we needed to go out there! We're so glad that we did. We had such a great time. Surprisingly, our kids were really good during our travels. It was well worth the 26 hours in the car- there and back!