Allie Camille's Blessing

A few weeks ago we made a quick trip to Utah to see Tyler's brother, Ben, who just got back from his mission. We decided to bless Allie while we were there.

Colton was so happy to see his cousins!

 They got along much better this time.

As much as two 1 year olds could get along.

We were so grateful to Raquel and Brady for not only driving there once or twice, but to also take our family pictures.

They all loved playing in Nana's garden.

Addie said it was ok to dig in Nana's plants.... as long as she didn't see.

Rylee was so good at helping me making Allie happy by singing to her.

Colton was not as helpful at making her happy, he wanted to get in the basket with Allie.

We were so lucky to have most everyone together again.

We were also lucky to have Lisa there to help Raquel and I with our fashion pictures.

She knows how to make anyone look good.

We are so blessed to have this little one in our family.

Phone Photos

I have a lot of random pictures on my phone

Digging our way out to get to church. 8 inches and church wasn't canceld

We know it is time for bed when Colton gets really silly and crazy.

I saw this on sale at Once Upon a Child for $9. I thought it would be perfect for Colton's room.

Little did I know that it takes up half of his room! And its not even folded out all the way! Every time that he does not want to do something he runs inside and hides.

Last month I went to my best friend's wedding in Utah. It was so much fun to see her and my old friends again!

I was having so much fun in Vegas that this is the only picture I got there.

Colton asks 3 times a day to take a "tubby". He would be in there for hours if we let him.

When Tyler has to work on Saturdays we like to go with him and play with all the toys!

Colton loves all the excavators and wheel loaders.

We also like to steal Dad's gum and blow bubbles... well I blow while Colton swallows his gum.

When we drive to the temple Colton gets to watch his favorite show Kipper. I don't know how one dog can make him smile like this all the way down to Louisville. 

One of our new favorite indoor activities is going to see the chicks at Rural King.

Colton runs around all the barrels and chirps back at all the chicks.

Pam sent a package with Colton's new favorite toy. I tried to name him Spot or Oreo, but Colton named him Arf.

He has to get  Arf dressed and get his bum changed with when Colton does.

It still can't replace his favorite driving buddy "Arf the First" though.

Snow in March!

We are not really people who like to stay inside all day.

But it is hard to go outside when your car looks like this.

So when Ty is home we try to go outside for as long as we can.

I think we made it about 20 minutes this time.

Colton was not so sure about all this snow.

We tried to make a snowman.

The snow did not want to stay packed though.

Colton got warmed up to the snow.

So much in fact that he did not want to wear his gloves.

Before the fall...

Realizing the fall...

After the fall...

I think we all are excited to move to Huston.

Christmas in Maryland

Over Christmas break Steve was nice enough to give me a photography lesson. 

We had some really great models to choose from.

If these two boys were wearing the same colors it was hard to tell them apart.

We got some good family pictures that everyone was really good for.

I didn't want to put any family pictures up cause I didn't want to take credit for Steves picture taking skills.

  For Steve's birthday we went to Air Museum and Cafe Rio!

I loved looking at all the airplanes from above.

Everyone was huddled around dad to get all the fun facts about the airplanes.

The older kids loved pushing around the strollers with the little ones in it.

I think this was on most everyone's top 3 list.

Thanks for having such a fun birthday party Steve!

Colton was more worried about the snacks at the party than he was about the airplanes.

On our drive home we stopped through Pittsburgh, Penn. It was really fun driving around the city and seeing where Steve and Tiff used to live.

We loved all the bridges

We road this fun little train thing called the incline that looked over the whole city.

We also stopped in IKEA on our way home where Colton found his new best friend.

Colton named him Arf. Every time I do laundry these two will snuggle in the laundry baskets forever!

We loved seeing family and had a blast being all together!