Our Family Date

It is so nice out! All the tulips are blooming and the grass is so green. We decided to take advantage of our spring fever and go to temple square where the flowers are always so beautiful.  The tulips smelled so sweet!  Of course we had to take full advantage of the trip and ride trax, because that's Asher's favorite part.  It was a happy Friday night!

She's getting so big!

I heard Evie growling, (she's a great growler), in the other room so I went to pick her up from her nap and she was standing! She now pulls herself up! She still doesn't crawl, she pulls her body with her arms, dragging her poor limp looking legs behind her, but I guess she thinks she's big enough to stand. Who am I to get in the way? It goes so quickly!

The things they say!

You never realize the things you say or how mean they are until your 2 year old repeats them to you! His new thing is telling us, "don't sass" if we raise our voices, and he told me today, "you're driving me crazy!" Geeze, I'm mean! The other day I was telling Asher to get off the table and he wouldn't listen, so I stated, "I said no!" He reminded me of everything else that is a no, "... and don't hit friends and don't go in the road...hand...adult, and don't go outside when you in the shower, and don't hit Evie, be nice and don't touch it hot and don't .....". I guess the things we tell him do sink in! He is super fun right now, OK and sometimes a huge headache, but either way his personality is exploding out of his little body!
I have to update ... today I was rushing Asher so we weren't late and he turns and looks at me, points his finger and says, "don't hit your mother!", He obviously doesn't know what that means, but I have to admit I broke into a smile!

Soda

Asher wants to say the prayer every chance he gets- but he will only repeat what he is really grateful for. For example "thank you for Asher and Evie and mama and daddy and daddy", "thank you for friends, don't hit them". Once he starts with his thank yous, we just quit talking because he'll continue. "...and the chair and the blanket and the hammer and the pillow..." The other day he was thankful for "Grandma Cindy, Papa, Grandma Kris and soda"! And he does love his soda!

Sergeant Toffer!

Toff is on a leave from Iraq for the next 18 days. I didn't realize how excited I was to see him until at the airport when I hugged him and my eyes welled up with tears. It's so nice to have him safe and know where he is for the next 2 weeks. In my mind he's immune to everything going on over there, but after his platoon was hit and 4 of his close friends lost there lives and others seriously, permanently injured, I realized how real this thing is. My mom said "the hardest part is knowing that the mothers of the men that died prayed for the same thing I do." My prayers are with those families that are hurting for their loss and for Toff that he will remain protected both physically and emotionally. WE LOVE YOU TOFF!

California!

We went on a family trip to Disneyland! Asher LOVED it! Asher has insisted his name is Goofy for the last month so we were excited for Goofy to meet Goofy. He loved the pirates ride, (pirates say yo-ho if you're wondering Asher will tell you).

Evie was just excited to be out and about and have so much to look at.

We also had a ton of fun going to the 3-D movie, the beach, and SeaWorld. We were so glad Brian's mom and step dad were able to come with us. 

It's a miracle

Asher randomly told us today he wanted to hold Evie. We dropped everything and grabbed a camera, since this NEVER happens. They are so cute together- Hopefully this will become more of a regular occurrence!

What a day!

By 11:00 this morning I had changed 4 poopy diapers, cleaned the toilet 2, (from potty accidents), given four kids a bath and fixed 4 little girls hair. What a morning. The day followed suit with 4 more poopy bums. Yikes! Whoa is the life of a mom! At least any mom with 4 kids under 4 years old! Good thing I'm not the mom to all, just the aunt that has sleep overs with the cousins. It was crazy, but a lot of fun! Thanks Klare for sharing your girls! Four beautiful blue eyed babes!

Kmart

I took the kids to Kmart the other day and Asher kept playing with the curtain at the photo booth. "I want to play with it".  So, I decided we would! This is my favorite.

Future Money Maker

Asher is obsessed with the guitar!  As soon as Brian gets home he pulls him to his guitar, then Asher grabs either his sesame street guitar or his new pink ukulele and they "jam-out". They sit across from one another and Asher insists they play with the "guitar face" which is sticking your tongue out and making an angry face.  If Asher's not playing the guitar he's playing the drums.  He's a natural!  His favorite song to sing is "everybody", which is singing everybody's name he knows over and over.  He makes Brian play fast- which also means loud.  

Our Sweet Smiling Evie

Evie is so sweet.  She is always singing and smiling.  Her entire face lights up when she smiles as she crinkles her nose.  When Evie is really excited or happy she loves to flap her arms.  So when Asher plays with his ball every time he kicks or throws it, or on the rare occasion Asher decides to play with her or even acknowledge in a positive way she's there her arms start going.  Then you know she's thrilled with life.

Occasionally....

Every once in a great while, Asher will play with Evie. These are a few, well honestly the only shots I have of them together.

Asher and Daddy

Asher is also obsessed with daddy. He wants to do everything with him, whether it's ficking (fixing) the house, or always sitting on top of daddy, they might as well be connected at the hip!

Sleeping Beauty

Evie loves to sleep! (wonder where she got that from?) Twelve hours a night equals mom's dreams come true! She sticks her two fingers in her mouth, grabs her blanket and pulls it over her face.