Red Rock

 And we're off!

 The girls found a large boulder to hide under

 Having a blast..we even saw a small water fall

Long day for the little bubba!

We took the munchkins out to Red Rock Canyon to hike over Easter weekend. The weather was in the 70's and the sun was shining and the kids were so excited to spend some time together as a family! What a fun day!

New "Fun" Toy

We have a new toy @ our house!! I loaded the kiddos up in the bike trailer for a spin around the block. Who knew how much they would like it!? They don't just like it..they love it! The girls ask me every day if I can take them to school in it! This is not only good exercise for me, but it's a fun outing for the munchkins too!

Words

Words of encouragement...
By 10 a.m Thursday morning M had changed her clothing 6 times!! I finally said "Molly I would like you to keep the outfit on that you are wearing because I am not washing any more clothes." she then said, "Mom, really it's ok because you can just wash them tomorrow."
Words of advice...
"Mom, why did you take the long cut?" (laughing)what do you mean Ella?..nevermind just take the short cut next time ok!"
Words of sympathy...
E would not eat her lunch wednesday..she said "Mom I just think that dad is better at making peanut butter jelly sandwiches then you, but don't worry because you are good at making me go to bed..ha ha!!"
First words...
In most cases why is it that a child's first word is usually not MaMa. Simon's first word is ELLA..with a second word of DaDa. He woke up Saturday morning saying Ella Ella! I am glad he likes his sister..but what about me ha ha!

Our little Animals!

Here is the little man..I just can't get enough of him!
Is that not the cutest face!?..What a little sweetie pie! I'll have you to know I kiss those chubby sweet cheeks ALL day!!

These girls sure love their brother! They had so much fun with these hats.

(thanks Shannon for the pics!)

Eddie

Meet our fun Elf Eddie..straight from Santa @ the North Pole!
The girls have been so excited each day this month to wake up and find Eddie in a different spot! He has also brought the girls a fun Christmas book to read each night to get them in the Christmas spirit!
Thanks to Eddie for making our Holiday fun this year!

Oh Christmas Tree..grr..

After all is said and done...it looks beautiful...and so do the girls.


Simon really got into some trouble..he likes to help at grandmas house and at home with the lights..ornaments..tree skirt..pine needles..and lets just say anything he could get his hands on!

With great excitement!! We took the kids over the weekend to purchase a fresh cut Christmas Tree. To great dismay, once we got the tree picked out, tied to the car, home and inside, we needed to do some major cutting! Can I just tell you this tree stand you see pictured caused us much grief! The girls were so exicted to decorate the tree. I had taken them to pick out a few new ornaments...they had been waiting ALL day for Spencer to get home from rounds at the Hospital...they ended up waiting an additional 2 hours once we got the tree home to get it to stand up without falling over!! NO we are not brain dead when it comes to putting up a tree..but the individual who cut the bottom of our tree merely did not do an "A" job. It was quite comical actually...You should have seen me on the floor trying to cut a large branch...then Spencer doing the same...Ha Ha!! We did it though! The girls were so good and I think Simon only ate a few pine needles and maybe chewed a few ornaments ha ha (j/k).

Party in the House!

Ella celebrated her 5th Birthday in November!!

We had an animal party! A fun face painter and balloon artist came to celebrate with us and the kids really enjoyed it!

The boys!

Upon Ella's request, we went to Red Robin for a birthday dinner. Thanks Grammy for the fun yummy dinner!

Lots of balloon animals @ the Birthday Party! Ella requested a Monkey of course!

Molly requested a pink dog!

Molly wanted to have her face painted like a Witch. She has really been on a witch thing since before halloween.

Ella had her face painted as a princess

Travis, the TiGeR (Ella's cousin) was the first person to invite all the way down from Utah to her birthday party!

Monkey's all around...cake, balloon animal, face paint, and her outfit.

Chunky Monkey!

This is our cute Chunky Monkey! I could blog for days about my little Simon monster! He is just the cutest boy EVER! We just love him to pieces! My sister sent some fun hats down for us to use this fall/winter. I just couldn't pass up this photo...seriously isn't he the cutest!