Busy

We have been so busy this month.  I feel like I haven't even had time to take a break.  We have been having so much fun though!

This is what I see most nights.  I love seeing them all snuggling and reading books.

We have spent time at BBQ's.  At this one they had a trampoline and Logan LOVED it.  This is on my list of things I want for our yard.

Brooklyn just liked playing on the blanket on the nice sturdy ground.

Logan and Layne have been having swim lessons.  Layne picked it up so quickly and I am hoping that pushes Logan to really start up too.  Logan has gotten really brave at the pool though, and loves jumping off the diving board and going down the slide.

We went to a really fun bike birthday party.  Logan isn't too confident on his bike so he brought his scooter. They decorated their modes of transportation and then had fun races.

Brooklyn had so much fun with the balloons and this little chair.

Something we discovered Logan really wants for Christmas is a wiggle car.  They are so cool.  I hope he gets his wish and gets one for Christmas;)

She also had fun on this princess car.

For Logan's birthday last year Hilary gave him going to the Penguin Encounter at the aquarium.  They day finally came that they got to go.  Logan had so much fun.  Thank you Hil!

Logan took all of these pictures.  They didn't get to touch the penguins, but the penguins got awfully close.  One even pecked its beak at Lincoln's shoelace.

We have been to the new splash park.  It was so great.  They have a playground for little kids, one for big kids, and the splash pad.  We can't wait to go back.

  

We have also been to Trafalga, bowling, lots of shopping, Logan's preschool graduation, the library swimming A LOT, and several parks.  We watched a boy in a wheelchair for a week and I painted my parents living room and hall. Logan just had his last day of school today (I will post about graduation and his last day of school later) and we can't wait for even more summer fun!

Memorial Day

We had a great Memorial Day.  Our day started out with breakfast with some of David's family.  Logan had  so much fun with his cousins and we enjoyed chatting with his family.  After breakfast my parents took Logan and Brooklyn to Grantsville to look at some family members graves so that David and I could go see a movie with my siblings.  We went and saw Men In Black 3.  Of course the only thing I took pictures of were our last activity.  Swimming and BBQ at Aunt Kate and Uncle Michael's house.  It was our first time swimming this year.  Logan of course loved it.  He is a little fish.  Brooklyn loved it, but was so cold the whole time.  The pool is heated, but she was shivering like crazy.  That didn't stop her from wanting to be in the water.  It was a great day and we can't wait for lots more swim parties this summer!

Brooklyn in her cute bee swimsuit.  She is at such a difficult age with pictures.  All she wants to do is grab the camera.

The back of the swimsuit.  How cute are those wings?

He is so confident in the water with his life jacket on.  Hopefully pretty soon he will be confident without it too.

Brooklyn only wanted her daddy to play with her in the water.  She is definitely a daddy's girl.

I am so happy this kid loves the water so much.  And this life jacket makes this so much easier in the pool!

16ish Months

This is the most recent picture I could find.  It definitely shows her grumpy side!

This little lady is 16 months old.  I haven't done an update on her for awhile and I really need to document some of the things she is doing.
-We haven't been to the Dr. since she turned 1 but her weight is about 18 1/2 lbs.
-She absolutely loves the water.  She would take several baths a day if I would let her.
-She loves clothes and shoes.  She will definitely let us know if what we pick out for her to wear is not what she wants.
-When we pick her up to hug her she pats our backs.
-She loves to give kisses.
-She has a love/hate relationship with Logan.  She loves him so much and calls out for him when he is not around, but she also loves to push his buttons.
-She loves baby dolls.
-She loves to carry around purses.
-She is 12 teeth.  8 in the front and 4 molars.  Teething has been awful for her.  It is really sad to see how much her mouth hurts.
-Some words she says at 16 months: Mom, Dad, Logan (Wo), Hil, woof woof, meow, tweet tweet, go, car, bath, Grandma, Grandpa (bapa), ball, bow, she pretends to snore, juice, shoes, please, sorry, thank you, cracker, cookie, candy, fish, hot, cold, yes and her favorite word NO.  She is saying new things all the time.  She also will sign more, please, thank you, milk, candy, fish and sorry.
-She can point to her nose, eyes, mouth, ears, tummy, toes, hands, arms, legs, and hair.
-She doesn't really love to eat.  I am thinking it is from teething but things she will almost always eat are, any kind of fruit, cheese, chocolate milk, juice, spoonful of peanut butter, black beans, and any kind of sweet.  This girl has a major sweet tooth.
-For some reason this little lady loves to scream.  She screams when she is happy, mad, sad, or just because.  I am really hoping this is just a phase and it will end soon!
-She loves to dance.  She will dance to any kind of music and even tries to sing along.
-When you ask her to give you a high five she will.  When you ask her to give you bones she hits her head on our nuckles.
-Church is really getting rough with her.  She does not want to sit still.  Luckily I am in the nursery so she comes in there for half of the time so David can actually listen in class.
-Whenever she picks a flower she puts it up to her lips and blows on it.  Any kind of flower.
She is such a little diva, but I couldn't imagine her any other way.  We love our little drama girl and can't wait to continue to watch her learn more and more.

Puddle Jumping

This morning Logan looked outside the window and asked if he could go play in the rain.  So we did.  The kids had so much fun.  I don't know how they weren't absolutely frozen, but they were soaking wet and didn't want to go inside.

Brooklyn fell several times in the puddles and it didn't even phase her.

Logan loved running from far back and jumping in the puddle.

Her hands were frozen because she kept splashing the water with them.

My two cute kiddos playing together.

They had so much fun playing.  It makes me excited for when the rain is actually warm so they can go out and play again!

Aviary

A couple of weeks ago we decided to use our Pass of all Passes and go to the Tracy Aviary.  I wasn't too excited about going because David and I were leaving for St. George a couple of days later and I had a lot to get done.  I am so glad we went.  Both kids loved looking at all of  different kind of birds.  Logan even got to feed the pelicans and some amazon birds!

Brooklyn did so great in the stroller.  She loved looking at all of the birds.

My favorite was definitely the peacocks.  They were just roaming around right in front of us, and then they would jump on trees and buildings.

These birds were bright orange.  I wish the pictures portrayed how bright they really were.

I don't think they were supposed to, but the kids got close enough to the peacock to touch its feathers.

Brooklyn by a goose.

SOCCER!!

Logan finally started his soccer season.  We signed him up in February and he has been so excited to finally start.  We went to his organization day last Saturday and they did a little practice.  He pretty much thought it was the greatest thing ever.  Finally on Tuesday he had his first game.  The kids all voted on a team name.  They are the Tigers.  Logan had so much fun, and we all had so much fun watching him and all of the other kids.  Unfortunately, David and I were out of town so we missed his second game, but he told us it was so much fun.  We can't wait for each game to watch him play and progress!

Lined up ready and getting ready to play.  Believe it or not he is not even the smallest on his team!

In the middle of the action.  We aren't sure why, but he makes this silly face while he is chasing after the ball.

He would get so thirsty while he was playing.  He kept trying to run off the field to get water.  Something to work on!

So happy after his first game.  Hilary and Layne even made a sign for him that said "Go Logan Go!"  He for sure had the biggest fan section!  Lucky boy was even in charge of treats for the first game!  We are loving soccer and can't wait for his next game!

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday was great. We had church first thing in the morning and David spoke. He did such a great job. I am married to an amazing man. I am so grateful that each Easter we get to be at church to remind us why we truly celebrate. The Atonement. I am also so grateful that Logan knows Easter is fun, but we celebrate because of our Savior.

After church we had the Quinney family over for a little Easter egg hunt and dinner. Logan and I had fun putting candy in the eggs, and that he got to celebrate with his cousins. When dinner was over me and the kids went to my grandparents house (David stayed at our house with his family) for our big Easter celebrations! It started out with the Easter Egg hunt. This has always been one of my favorite things and it is so great watching my kids get to experience it. Logan did great and found all of his eggs and then more in the free for all. Each egg has candy and money in it and Logan ended up finding $8.75. Brooklyn had so much fun hunting for eggs as well. She ended up with $5.45.

Once the egg hunt was over we did the annual egg drop. I asked Logan what he wanted to do with his egg and he said he wanted to wrap it with yarn. So that is what we did. He was having so much fun he kept running his egg back to get thrown again and again. I think it got thrown twice as much as anyone else, and it broke. But he loved it and I loved watching him have so much fun. It was a great night and I am so glad my grandparents were in town for all of the Easter festivities!

This is pretty much the only picture I could get of both of them smiling. Brooklyn is not to fond of posing for pictures these days.

I love Logan in this picture!
Looking for eggs!
And Brooklyn...

What a handsome boy he is!
Running his egg drop entry back to be thrown again.

All three of their eggs broke. Bummer!

Easter Saturday

Every year the Easter Bunny comes to our house on Saturday. This year was no exception, and the Easter Bunny did not dissapoint. Both Logan and Brooklyn got a new swimsuit, sandals, a kite, a new book, The Muppet Movie, and bean bag toss game, and a little bit of candy. Logan could not believe we finally had the Muppet Movie for our very own house! It is his favorite movie right now.

The Easter buckets.

Logan really wanted these gross fish bone swim trunks. Luckily for him the Easter Bunny loves him. He also starts soccer next week so he got a book called My First Soccer Game. We can't wait!
Brooklyn got the cutest new swimsuit. It has black and yellow stripes and bee wings on the back.
Saturday afternoon we always go bowling with my extended family. We love this tradition. It was so great to have my grandparents here for Easter and all of the great traditions we have. Brooklyn really wanted to pick the balls up.

Logan has always loved bowling and has gotten so much stronger since the last time we went. He didn't need a ramp at all and did really well.

We had such a great Easter Saturday. Easter Sunday will be posted soon.

Loganisms

Logan has always been a very funny boy, and lately he has been saying really funny/adult sounding things.

-"How peculiar. The lephrechaun put tape on his footprints."

-Logan-"Hilary, will you take this chair up to our clubhouse?"

Hilary-"No it's too big."

Logan-"Then how in carnation did I get it down from there?"

-"Hilary do you want to come over and play at the Quinney house?"

-Logan-"Mom can I play with play-doh?

Me-"No, wait til Leslie and Hilary come over."

Logan-"Well when will they be arriving?"

-"I really want to go watch some television."

-His favorite movie right now is Little Rascals and while he was watching it he said, "Mom, Darla sure looks cute in that dress."

The next day he was watching it again and he came and told me, "Actually Mom, Darla looks cute in everything she wears."

-I told Logan we had to leave soon so he turned his movie off. I told him we still had about ten minutes and he could keep watching and he said, "I would be honored to keep watching my show!"

The next one was mean, but also funny.

-(while on the phone with Emily)Logan-"When is Friday?"

Emily-"In 4 days."

Me-"Actually its only 3 days."

Logan-"No its not Mom. Its in 4 days.

Me-"No its only 3."

Logan to Emily-"Sorry about my mom she is just being obnoxious about this."

We just keep wondering where our 4 year old boy is. He talks like such an adult and keeps us laughing all the time. I couldn't imagine my life without this boy!

St. Patrick's Day

We had a great St. Patrick's Day this year. It all started Friday night. The Lephrechaun came to our house around 11:00. Well Logan woke up shortly after that. He came out, looked at the floor, and said, "What the heck!! The Lephrechaun already came." Oops... He will have to be more careful next year.

The Lephrechaun left Logan and Brooklyn lots of yummy treats. He even turned our bread green...


...and our milk. Logan knew right away in the morning to check to see if our milk was green. He was sure excited when it was.

We had green shamrock waffles (courtesy of my mom for letting me use her heart waffle iron).

That silly and mischievous Lephrechaun put footprints all over the house and the kids bedroom. He even opened all of their drawers. When Logan woke up he said, "That's peculiar, the lephrechaun put tape on his footprint." I guess he didn't want to feet to end up everywhere.
I could not get a good picture of these two together. Brooklyn wanted nothing to do with standing still. She only wanted to play with the camera. Logan was a great sport, Brooklyn just cried.

Got an ok one of Logan. At least he was happy and willing to pose.

And because of her great brother playing Peek-a-boo we finally got a great picture of her.

Logan loved going around and pinching family members that weren't wearing green. He still keeps talking about this day!