Easter 2011

Happy Easter! We had a fabulous and

fun Easter this year.

Egg hunting was the name of the game for us . . .

Taylee and Hunter mid-hunt
Skyler got in on the action,
but sadly has to hang back for
the little ones.
Otherwise, he'd have 80% of
the hidden eggs!

Creative hiding is our goal!
It didn't take Taylee too long to figure out
what egg hunting is all about

My cute nephew Cody

And our sweet Kenzie

And last but not least . . .

Our niece Kira

(she's beginning to think she's too grown up

for this egg hunting business ;0)

In addition to Easter celebrations, we
got to have a nice lunch to celebrate

Kent's Birthday.

Skyler's just taking in all the fun

The kids all got these awesome bubble

wands in their Easter baskets. They are the

best bubble blowers that I've ever seen!

Taylee is all about bubbles these days,

and these are heaven sent in our home!

They are $1 at Walmart.

Can't believe I just admitted publicly

that the Easter Bunny shops at Walmart . . .

Please excuse Taylee-Bugs messy

face - there was lots of chocolate

to be had! And she LOVES chocolate!

Once we got back to our house, the
egg hunting continued . . .

Once all the eggs were found at our house,
Taylee kept saying "more eggs . . ."

Finally, we got her to use a
two word phrase! (this has been

a focus of her speech therapist lately)

Guess we just needed the right motivation!

Skyler kept her busy by hiding and re-hiding

the eggs. What a good big brother!

Hope you all had a Happy Easter!

Happy B-day Hubby!

Wow . . . 37! Kent's birthday was this weekend, and although it kinda got lost in all the Easter madness, we did have some fun celebrating! We started with a birthday dinner at Iggy's on Friday night ~Good times and good eats.

Kent got new golf clubs for his birthday, so we took them out for a test drive on Saturday. The best way to describe that experience was . . . COLD!

Skyler was too tough, or too cool, or too CRAZY to wear a jacket. And he froze!

After golf and a nice steak dinner, Kent got to open presents and eat cake and ice cream! Taylee was happy to help with both!

Happy Birthday Kent! We love you!!

P.S. This simple post took me over an hour to create ~ because I am a techno-retard!

Like Mother Like Daughter

It's a well known fact among my family, and a few good friends, that I talk in my sleep. A Lot. Unfortunately, I have recently learned that I even talk in my sleep when I nap at work (on my lunch break of course! I do work graveyards after all). Embarassing, but true . . .
Well, earlier this week I was up early in the morning to work out before the little princess got up. I could hear her rustling around a bit through the monitor. She started to fuss a bit, then said "mooore." This is her favorite word - she uses it hundreds of times a day - for everything! From snacks to her favorite drinks, for more tickles, to see her favorite part on Sesame Street again, to hear her favorite song again . . . Apparently she dreams of more too! I guess she's a sleep talker just like her mommy. ;)

Caaahr

Taylee has a new favorite toy. Her caaahr. This fabulous toy comes to us from our favorite neighborhood friends Dawson and Daphne. (Thanks Jennika!) Taylee LOVES it! Any time we get near the garage, to ride in our real car, she is begging for "her caaahr." She is very cute riding around the neighborhood in her car, playing the little "radio" proudly. It plays one tune, and I think it's "My Fair Lady." I can't be sure though, as I have only heard it 471 times this week. Unfortunately this week's snow has put a little damper on her fun. She spent 20 minutes riding around in circles in our garage, while I pushed. Did I mention I love this little stinker, and would do (nearly) anything to make her happy?

On a side note, you may notice her hair is growing (yay!). In the interest of someday having long hair, we are not trimming it (not even her bangs!). She has some nice curl (well, waviness, that I coax into curls) in the back, and it's stick straight in the front. Kinda like a little mullet. Then the little wings ala Farrah Fawcett fan out on the sides to top it off. Believe it or not, it's actually pretty cute in person, however, that isn't coming through in photos. In addition, it should be noted that we have tried, and tried, and tried to get bows, flowers, ponytails, etc, in her hair. Not happening. She locates and dismisses anything we put in her hair within minutes. She throws the offending hair accoutrament on the floor in disdain. I have oodles and oodles of adorable hair bows, flowers, and headbands (thanks to all my very generous friends!), collecting dust in the bathroom. Well, maybe someday . . .

Spring Break 2011

I guess it should have been Snow Break 2011! Skyler was off school this week for spring break, and we really enjoyed the beautiful spring weather together (for my family and friends not in Utah, it has been snowing for three days straight!). Fortunately the boys were able to take advantage of some of this snow and they hit the slopes for a day of snowboarding on Monday. They even found a little sunshine! They are both perfecting their moves, and are now nearly professional snowboarders. Of course this is by their own estimation, and I haven't been up to judge them this year. ;) I'm sure you will see Skyler on the pro-circuit by next year!

Twenty Months

When do we stop aging our children in months? Around two? Or will she soon be 27 months? Hmmm . . . . Well, for now, Taylee is 20 months old! She is fun, fun, fun, and busy as a bee. There is so much to say about this fun age, but the main point of this post is so that I can keep a record of ALL her WORDS! So, without further ado - her words - please, help, home, ball, baby, up, down, eye, nose, ear, mouth, movie, more, pull, pretty, dog, eat, cheese, mommy, daddy, Skyler, nana, poppie, Ally (the Subway girl ;) bye, water, coke (I know, seriously!), hot, cold, toes, horse, snack, pop, pillow, blanket, bite, Elmo, keys, light, here, horn, bath, pee, poop, shirt, pants, open, cookie, "hee" (this stands for fruity shake - weird, huh? maybe cuz of the frui"ty"??), snow, outside, trash, shoe, cado (avocado), this, here, work, "hnnnh" (yes?), NO!, apple, banana, story, and lots more that I can't think of now. We are very proud of our little Taylee-Bug and her growing vocabulary.

Taylee Talk

Taylee has a new favorite word. Horse. Except she has a little trouble with her s's. That leaves us with hore. If you are wondering exactly what that sound is, just add a w. Yesterday we had a man ride his horse down our street (yes, we live waaay out west in farm country). Taylee stood in the driveway pointing and yelling "whore . . . whore . . . whore." I'm so proud. ;)

Has Spring Sprung?!

Yes indeed, I think it's happening. The time has sprung forward, the weather is starting to warm, and something green has sprouted in my flower bed (don't mind the weeds)! And Taylee has got spring fever!! She wants to be outside all day everyday, and really, it's not that warm. We spent an hour outside today while I picked the dead foliage from my newly sprouting plants. I know, you are supposed to do that in the fall, but I like to do it in the spring. A little out with the old, and in with the new. It seems like proof that spring is really coming when I find green under the dead stuff.

Here is my busy little helper . . .

Coyote Hunting?!

Last weekend Kent went coyote hunting with his dad and his brother-in-law Mike. They were joined by his sister Shelly and our nephews Cody and Hunter. I stayed home with the kiddos. They arrived mid-day and snowmobiled into the wilderness to their yurt. They spent a BEAUTIFUL day in the Uintas, and when night fell, it was time for some coyote huntin'! Kent's not exactly a hunter, but he went along for the "experience." Not sure he had much of an experience, as they didn't actually SEE a coyote, but he did really enjoy listening to his dad and Mike and their coyote calls. ;) Despite their lack of actual hunting, they had a great time and came home suntanned and snowburned.

Eleven on 3-11-11!

Yes indeed, it was ELEVEN years ago today when Kent and I both showed up at Bogey's and found our future. Yes, we met AT A BAR! But, in our defense, we were both attending a friend's birthday party - which happened to be at a bar. We consider it fateful, because neither of us really should have been there. Kent and his brother decided at the last minute to drop in to the party, and I most definitely should not have been there at 19 years old! Well, with a little divine intervention, and a fake ID, it was a done deal. And, it only took us 5 years to tie the knot! Hey, I was young, and Kent was freshly divorced. Just goes to show you, good things are worth the wait. We are sooo glad that life brought us together. Here's to eleven years and infinity more!

Here we are in our early days as a family