"You mean, this blog doesn't write itself???"

Well, I thought maybe if I waited long enough my computer would just take over for me and upload all my pictures and write something interesting to go with them but apparently, that is not how it works. BUMMER! Here is my attempt to catch up. . .

Happy 6th Birthday Noah!

Noah turned 6 on the 23rd and we celebrated by having his friend Jaden and his family over for dinner and fun.  The highlight was the Pinata.

Noah picked out the Darth Vader Pinata and we hit it with a lightsaber.  The kids loved it!

Just before the Dark Lord met his DOOM!

And Darth Vador is defeated!

He was so excited, he had to hold his breath while we sang to him!

Happy Birthday Buddy!  It's been a fun 6 years!!! I hope we have many more!

He's a Biker-Dude!

Let me just start by saying that Billy and I have been trying to get Noah to learn how to ride a 2-wheeler without training wheels for over a year now and he has refused to try.  Well a few Saturdays ago we were working in the Garage and he got out his bike and started playing with it.  Well within about 15 minutes he was totally riding it and we didn't help him at all, we tried, but he wouldn't let us.  He is so Billy!!!

If you are wondering why he is riding a pink bike, it's because we realized that the bike that he was supposed to learn on over a year ago, was now too small, so he used Lucy's.

(Just for fun, here's one of Brooklyn)

Two-Wheeler

"Catch!!!"

One Sunday afternoon, while I was off at choir practice, Brooklyn and Noah decided to play a little catch. (I have to give the credit to Billy for these pictures) 

Brooklyn got herself ready to go. . .

You gotta face it, this girl has style!!!

Love the tongue out, she totally gets that from her Dad.

And check out that follow through!  I think we may have a future pitcher!  

Easter

This year Easter fell on the same Sunday as General Conference so we had a fun relaxing day.  We started the morning off with Cinnamon Rolls, Yummy!  And then we cooked a Turkey, cheesy potatoes, and rolls for dinner.  It was all very good.  And of course in between all that cooking we watched conference and played games as a family.  It was a great day!

Diggin' for Dinos

Noah got a fun dinosaur kit for Christmas and we finally got out the part where you get to dig for dinosaur bones in a block of sand.  Noah and Brooklyn had a blast.  Many of you are probably wondering why I would post about this, but it is pretty rare these two to get along for more than 2 minutes let alone 20 so I thought this was pretty amazing.

brooklyn video

Here is a video from brooklyn's birthday.

Brooklyn is 3!

I know I'm a few weeks behind.  Brooklyn celebrated her 3rd birthday on the 7th and I figured I better get some pictures posted before she turns 4.  Brooklyn is such a fun girl.  She seems older than my other kids did at 3, probably because she talks so well.  She is always singing and dancing around the house and I love her cute little voice.  Right now she is going through a really competitive stage.  Everything is a race or a game.  And this sweet little red-head knows how to trash-talk!  Even if we are just walking down the hallway she says, "I'm gonna Win!!"  The one time I actually tried to challenge her by saying, "nuh-uh, I'm gonna win!"  She responded by running faster and yelling, "Not today!"  and of course she is laughing the whole time!  And she ALWAYS does a little victory dance.  If I wasn't busy laughing my head off at her I would probably try to teach her a little more sportsmanship.  (Maybe we'll work on that next week.)  She had a fun birthday, when I asked her what she wanted in the weeks leading up to the day, all she would say was a cake and balloons and a party.  Pretty easy demands, and since I have older kids and know that these simple requests won't last long, that's what she got.  Here are some pictures from the day.

we had noodles for dinner, (brooklyn's choice)

Brooklyn doesn't like to be the center of attention especially when there are lots of people around, so she was very nice and let her siblings help her open her presents.  

Brooklyn's friend Dallis was able to come over for cupcakes and icecream.  

Brooklyn's 2nd cupcake, I don't think much made it into her mouth.

Brooklyn had to have her two new dolls to go to bed that night.  

(thanks Grand-Parents)

P.S.  We are goin on 1 week with out the Binky, I think we are done with them! (They started getting holes in them so she didn't like them, and then she lost her last one about a week ago and we are hoping she doesn't find it.)

All Bundled Up!

This week at I {heart} faces, The theme is "all bundled up."  This picture is from last year, the day I got my new camera.  This was probably like the 12th picture I took with my camera and I knew that I was not going to regret switching from a point-and-shoot to a DSLR.  I have loved it ever since.

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