33 and 2!

 

 

Casey had only one request this year for his birthday.

He wanted the boys to make him a birthday cake.

I kind of thought he was kidding, but he wasn't.

We chose a monster truck theme because we had just gone to see them.

I picked Lane up from school and had him ditch music class (he was so sad about that. NOT),

and went to my parents to decorate in secret.

The boys really did do most of it by themselves.

I was super impressed by their creativity!

I even caught Lane staring at his masterpiece with approval!

He is my attention to detail child and is a PERFECTIONIST.

Almost to his own fault.

He loves to decorate the house for holidays and makes sure his outfits are up to par with

what is in style. I let him frost the cake and kind of cringed when I passed the knife off to him

thinking it would look like a mess when done.

I was so wrong. In fact he did a better job than I would have done!

 

 

 

 

We drove carefully home to find dad's truck parked out front.

Perfect timing!

He was so surprised and really thought I had forgotten about his birthday wish!

Rusty had a T-ball game so we hurried and sang happy birthday and headed out the door.

Thank goodness Casey doesn't believe in celebrating birthdays and was probably happy to save

money on going out to dinner. He is so easy to please. Doesn't like attention or lots of fluff.

We love our cute dad and we wouldn't know what to do without him!!

 



 

 

 

THIS little thang had her birthday the following week!

She is sure a smarty pants and keeps us laughing constantly.

She is SASS-Y!!!!

Oh my word , she sure runs the roosts over here.

She likes to bite Rusty and only Rusty.

Mostly it's when he is teasing her.

The first time it happened Rusty came running to me crying.

Sure enough he had big teeth marks on his wrists.

In a scold voice I asked Lindi if she bit Rusty.

She confidently nodded her head and said yes.

Then she opened her mouth wide and made chopping down motions with her teeth mimicking

her biting Rusty with a SMIRK on her face!!

Oh. My!

I couldn't stop from busting up laughing which only put fuel to her fire.

 

This morning I walked into our bedroom to find her jumping on our bed,

buck naked, with a cup of blueberry yogurt and spoon in her hand!! Oi!!

A couple of Sunday's ago Lindi dropped something during the Sacrament and said
"oh crap", pretty loudly. We heard a few snickers around the room.
Us included. We had never heard her say that before!
Casey leaned over and said, I wonder who she got that from?
I looked at him blankly.
Not 5 minuets later my purse fell off of my lap and dumped onto the floor.
Without hesitation I mumbled, oh crap.
Crap, that's where she got it from!!!
 

 

She sure spices things up in our family.

But we couldn't love her more!

 

 

I took some pictures of her on her birthday.

These faces capture her personality perfectly!

 



CHEEEESE

 



 

Her birthday falls during spring break so lucky for her we went and did

something fun! Pogo Passes are the bomb.com. They added Makutu's Island

so off we went! I went up in the tunnels with her for about 15 minutes before claustrophobia

hit. I love this picture of her cute little bum in the air:)

 



That happy smile on her face melts my heart.

And you see that yellow slide in the background?

Holy fast and steep!!  

It takes your breath away more than the bonzi slide at SunSplash!

 



 Later that night we celebrated with take out from Matta's and cupcakes!

Happy Birthday is her favorite song right now. And wheels on the bus.

I'll catch her singing it all by herself while she is playing, its adorable!

 



And just like that she turned TWO!!

 

 

 



Snow is falling all around

 

 

Casey threw out the idea of going to Gallup to visit Stephanie and Travis.

I called her up and 2 days later we were on our way!

Stephanie said that the weather forecast mentioned 20% chance of snow.

And even if it did snow she said chances are it would melt 5 minutes after it landed.

I was kind of bummed because I thought it would be fun to play in it.

Rusty was 3 month old the last time we have even SEEN snow!

We drove up Thursday after Casey got home from work and arrived around 9.

Stephanie was at a meeting but of course she had homemade chocolate chip cookies

right out of the oven waiting for us when we arrived.

It's like staying at Monica's house when we visit:)

She is the best hostess and makes sure we are comfortable and pampered the whole time

we are there! I wish we could host them when they come into town!! Hopefully soon!:)

 

We chatted for a bit then headed off to bed.

The best surprise was waking up to a snowy winter wonderland!!

We couldn't believe it.

It was breathtaking and almost unrealistic.

The kids couldn't wait to go outside and touch it.

Only they didn't last long outside barefoot.

It got even better.

Collins school was cancelled and was able to party with us all day!

 

 

We gathered as much extra snow gear the Evans' had on hand for us to use.

(thank goodness they lived in Buffalo:)

After scraping the snow off of the car,

we then proceeded to Wal-Mart where we scoured the place for any remnants of snow clothes and

gloves they had left in stock. Which wasn't much!

Lane got to wear some nifty irrigation boots and Lindi got some little boy track pants that

were water proof! 

 

 

 

We found some nice hills in a park nearby and had the time of our lives!

 



 

Well, this little girl wasn't enjoying it so much.

She had to be held. If she wasn't being held she was crying!

Waaaaaa, what am I supposed to do in this white, cold, fluffy stuff??

 

 

 

If you are wondering where the super cute crocheted beanies came from, they were hand made by Stephanie. I told you she is like Monica!

 

 

Casey and I started a snowball fight with each other.

Of course he thought he was dominating me.

 About 10 minutes after our war over, his back was turned to me and I couldn't resist slamming

a big snow ball in face from behind. I got him good!! But then had to run for my life because

he was chasing me down. He tackled me to the ground and started burring my head in the snow!!

 

I should have known better!

 

I was trying to get a picture of his cute muffed up beanie hair:)

 

 

Later that afternoon we got to visit Travis at work and get our teeth cleaned!

Rusty needed a cavity filled.

 

Lane was happy it wasn't him having to get numbed up this time!

 

 

Hehehe, his cheek was feeling fat and numb.

 

 

 

These 2 girlies where so cute in their jammies.

I like how they are looking at the crazy moms in the background  jumping up and down trying to

get their attention for a picture!

 

Got to take advantage of a free snack right in the backyard!

 

 

Travis spiffed up a sweet ramp in the backyard.

There is a slide underneath the snow.

We enjoyed eating out one night WITHOUT kids!

And then watching Troop Beverly Hills and eating blizzards after they went to bed.

 

 

I HAD to post this.

Even though she may not appreciate it.

It is always a dance party at aunt Stephanie's house!

 



 

And we made it to the movies to see Paddington!!

 



 

What a fun weekend it was!

Until Lindi woke up Sunday morning barfing and we had to pack up and leave

 a few hours earlier then planned.

Luckily we didn't spread it to them.

 

 

 

Big time catch up post

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't know how this got started but

while playing outside one day we took some jumping pictures.

Lindi, she struggled to get some air. Hehe.

She would try so hard and this is about as high as she got.

 

 

 

Rusty had to take some of me, of course.

 

Only the wife of a construction worker can understand the excitement of

 a rainy day. Not because the weather is so enjoyable, but  because

she gets a text from her hubby saying meet me for lunch, my work day is over!

Lindi loved her impromptu lunch date with daddy!

Grandmother had a birthday.

I can't even remember how old she turned, so sad!

But it was up in the 90's !!

That women just keeps on trekking.

Even though she is sad about turning another year on earth,

we on the other hand are so grateful she is still here with us!

All the grandchildren came over during the week with a flower to put in her

vases and a cut out heart with a note on it to tape all over her walls.

 



 

My parents took us to MONSTER JAM!

Look at Lanes fists all clinched tight.

Those boys loved every second of it!

 

Lets have a moment of silence for this next picture.

Lindi, who wasn't even sick, fell asleep on my lap!

This hasn't happened since she was probably 5 months old.

I was loving it.

She also has a pretty rad double chin.

 This was a scene from a Saturday night.

Boys and their sports.

 

Mmm mmm. We love Nekter.

We had a lovely lunch, soaking in the sun out on the patio.

After we finished we hopped in the car and dropped Rusty off at preschool.

It wasn't 20 minutes later when I got a phone call from his teacher saying Rusty

had just thrown up all over the floor. When I went to get him his teachers said they weren't sure if he was truly sick because it didn't smell like your typical sick kid barf. They said it had a fruity, peanut butter smell, so gross! That would have been his peanut butter acai bowl.

I still took him home and he continued to barf all. night. long.

 

Luckily nobody else got it!

 

This girl.

She is ALL about accessorizing.
Even if its with her brothers underwear!

 

Marcie is so good to always buy my kids fun holiday treats.

I'm so glad she did because I sure didn't even think about getting

them anything for Valentines day:/



We went out with our good friends the Yamamoto's for Valentines Day.

After trying 2 different restaurants with astronomical  wait times we settled for Red Robin and Iceberg for dessert.

 Here I am trying to be romantic and feed Casey some ice cream. 

What do you know, he denies me:)

 



 

I really like our complementing plaid shirts.

 

Michelle and Aaron are definitely more festive in their pink!

 

2  heavy kids in a wheelbarrow wagon+ long canals= the best butt workout of your life!

 

When it gets really quiet I know where to look.

I am not used to having a climber child.

Drives me a little bonkers.

Every time I get to untangle lots of necklaces, clean up lotion off of the floor and  I still cant find the lid to my deodorant!

Time to buy some dress up clothes for her.

 

 

This is more for my family.

If Christopher, Stephanie or Marcie can guess who I was trying to mimic you get a prize!

hehehe

 

One of our favorite things to do is take In-N-Out burger to Grandmothers house for dinner and to play.

We try to go every other month. I was feeling a little bit of urgency to go over one Monday.

We had just gone over for her birthday but I love to visit her so I called and she said of course,

she would love our company! The kids got their thrill of drinking sprite from her glass goblets and

 playing with her toys. I didn't think much of it until we got news the following week that Grandmother had pneumonia and was in the hospital. She had to stay a week and even after that they wouldn't let her go home alone so now she is living with my aunt and uncle. I was so grateful we were able to have what may be our last memory of eating dinner with her in her home!

 



 

Always making a mess this one.