Lehi Round-up

This year our ward had to make a float for the Lehi Round-up. It turned out awesome and Addie and Sadie were picked to ride on it. They had a lot of fun and looked so cute!

Oaklee and Asher watching the parade

Happy Smiley Boy!

Here are some pics I took of Easton almost a month ago. He is such a happy baby and really only cries when he is hungry or tired. He will smile at anyone and talk to them as well. We sure love this little guy.

Seattle

We took the kids up to Seattle over the last week and a half of school. Ryan's Aunt and Uncle live up there so we went to stay with them. The kids did awesome in the car and we had an amazing time. We took them to Pike's Place, the Yankee/Mariner's game (streaking man included!), Whidby Island by way of the ferry, Deception Pass and playing on the beach at Whidby Island, Chittenden locks and Woodland Zoo. We also had a ball just hanging out with Scott, Amy, Trev, Kenz and Court. This was a vacation that I didn't want to leave and we actually ended up staying an extra day. On the way home, we drove through Montana and down into Idaho Falls to see our BFF's the Christensen's. We finally arrived home Friday morning around 1 a.m. so that Addie could make her final day of first grade. Here are some pics from the trip...

On our way....

Pike's Place

Checking out Seattle from Uncle Scott's office

Yankee Game!


Having a ball with Trevor and Kenz

The streaker tackled!

Game went into extra innings....Sadie couldn't make it

On the ferry to Whidby Island

Walking on the beach

Uncle Scott showing the girls the anemone

Eating ice cream with Uncle Scott

Chittenden Locks

On the Komodo Dragon at the zoo

Side notes.... Asher LOVED Trevor and Scott and any boat he could see. The girls loved Kenz and Court especially playing "The Game of Life". I loved watching "The Big Bang Theory" with Trev and Amy (we were the late late nighters....). By far one of the most fun vacations we have been on and we owe it all to the Butterfields who we miss every day!

Just like Daddy

Asher came up to me today with a pencil. I asked if he wanted to color and he told me no and then pointed to his ear. I realized he wanted to put the pencil behind his ear like his dad always does, it is amazing what these kids notice. His ear was a little to small to hold the pencil so I put some tape on it and voila! Pencil behind the ear. He wore it around for a bit with a huge smile on his face.

11 YEARS!

May 12, 2011 marked Ryan and mine's eleventh anniversary! Ryan worked since he just returned from D.C. the day before and I spent the day at gymnastics, the doctor for Addie and the dentist for Sadie. We dined on tuna fish sandwiches at around 9 o'clock and both fell asleep watching Monday's episode of Mike and Molly. Yes, it was an awesome anniversary! We are going out Saturday for dinner, possibly a movie and games with friends.

Just want to let Ryan know that I love him so much! He is a wonderful husband and a fantastic dad! I love that when he comes home from work, all the kids run to him, they want to sit on his lap or play with him and just talk, talk, talk. Asher especially is becoming a Daddy's boy and I know Ryan is absolutely loving it.

Thanks for putting up with me the last eleven years, and I look forward to many, many, more!

Love you babe!

Easton's Sleeping Habits

So, the only way I can keep Easton in his bed is if he is sleeping in a boppy. My sister has this "boppy lounger" which is basically a boppy with a cover that covers the entire boppy so there isn't a "hole". I just hope I can transition him because soon he will be too big to sleep in the boppy. Oh and the patch on the boppy lounger that says "do not let baby sleep in lounger" is just a suggestion....right?

Bike Ride

After the Lemonade stand, we took the kids on a bike ride. We had Ryan pulling Asher in the trailer, both girls on their bikes and Easton in the baby Bjorn with me on my bike. We ended up riding to Grandma Bushman's so the kids could wish her a happy mother's day and play at her house. The girls did awesome! Sadie was who we were worried about but she didn't complain once and the end result was a 7.5 mile round trip bike ride! Asher was asleep in the trailer about 5 minutes into the return trip. Now that we know they can do it, we will probably make this a more frequent thing. It will be nice when Easton is big enough to ride in the trailer with his brother, until then he will be stuck with me.

Pumping up my tire....notice where he is checking to see if it is "full"

He was so tired!