Easter

So maybe I'm a little behind on my blogging, but I won't apologize- I'm 34 weeks pregnant- work full time and try to spend every extra second with my kids. After they're in bed I either spend time with Jason or try to keep up with my long list of 'to-do' projects (mostly sewing). This just isn't a top priority, I guess- So I'll continue to post- mostly behind by a month or so.

Anyway, here's Easter 2011:

We got up and got showered/dressed, then we came downstairs and the kids (Parker) found the Easter baskets

This is about what Aria looked like for the rest of the day (and many days since)

That baby, always by her side

 Parker's favorite part of his Easter basket:

 Pirate stuff

Then off to church. Parker was, of course, too nervous to go up and sing with the primary kids. But then he was so upset afterwards- that he missed his chance. Well, upset is maybe not the right word- it may be more like distraught or in agony.

After church my parents and my grandmother came over for dinner, egg dying and an egg hunt

The egg hunt:

This next video cracks me up. Parker is a super smart kid- but he has his blonde moments.

If you listen, Jason is trying to hint to Parker to look all around near his feet to find and egg nearby.

I love that Parker just spins in circles looking right at his feet.

Then opening up the eggs

 The Easter bunny left some money inside a few of the eggs- so Parker went and got his play wallet to put his money in.

Later that week Parker picked out a toy to buy with his money- he seemed to think it was pretty cool to hand over some money and get to take his toy home.

5 Years

Today is my 5th wedding anniversary

 

Those first two pictures were taken by my old roommate for our engagement photos

Anybody else remember when I was a red-head? Or when I changed the color of my hair every month?

Times have changed, huh?

Best Day Ever! May 12th 2006

Obviously, I wasn't a blogger back then- so I thought I would post some about our honeymoon.

For our wedding night we stayed at the Marriot at Desert Ridge, and in the morning we went over to my parents' house and had brunch with a bunch of family and opened our wedding presents with everyone there. Then, we left for our honeymoon:

We went to San Diego-- we drove out to save money, and we left on Saturday the 13th (the day after our wedding) - we cleaned up the car from after the wedding, but left the 'JUST MARRIED' on the back window and got honked at a few times.

We stayed at the Marriot in La Jolla, and though we brought a little food, we ate out a ton- I don't even want to think about how many calories I ate that week.

We visited Sea World:



Me, holding a starfish



at Sea World you have to pay just to park there- and Jason asked the guy if we got in free since we were on our honeymoon- they let us pay just the motorcycle price (which was about half) so that was pretty cool

We also went to the San Diego Zoo:



Look at what a stud I married



 We went to a couple of beaches- and we hunted for seashells

 And Jason took me to Balboa Park, which I had never heard of, but it was beautiful

 We went shopping and just hung out



Me, being cool- drinking my Jamba Juice



It was so fun to just hang out with Jason 24/7

We also went to the San Diego Temple while we were there.

It was an awesome trip- I got to be with the coolest guy on the planet all day and see some awesome stuff.

Rock On

I was baking cantaloupe pecan bread (which is soooooo good) and Parker stole some of my ingredients to use as drums

He makes me smile

Bucket

Kids are silly.

Mine are no exception.

Want proof?

Bucket hats:

 Then Parker made his a backpack

 And put his tools into his 'backpack'

 and what one does- the other wants to do.

So Aria tried to make hers a backpack, too.

 And tried again:

 And then got some help from Daddy:

Dressing Up

One of Aria's favorite hobbies lately is to put blankets or clothes on herself.

Often, the blanket is on top of her head

Other times she wraps it around herself like a cape or like a shawl.

She also loves wrapping her towel around herslf when she's done with her bath.

And if she finds axtra clothing anywhere- she's sure to put it on



A pair of shorts on backwards over her pajamas and a backpack (also backwards)



 Here she pulled her hair clip out, and put Parker's shirt and shorts on over her church dress:

We love this little bug

Beds

A little over a month ago- we moved the kids into bigger beds

Parker got a bunk bed (and he picked out his own bright red sheets)

which left the toddler bed for Aria to take over.

 Parker was so excited to get a 'big bed'- it was so cute- he was quite excited to actually get into bed the first night.

Aria transitioned perfectly. It was over a week before she got out of bed even once. I had to 'super-nanny' her back into bed for like 10 minutes and then she was back to being the perfect sleeper she's been since she was just 2 months old.

Soon we'll be pulling out the basinet for the littlest baby Tieman and readjusting the crib and such. I can't believe how fast my little babies are growing up

So cute

We watched Conference this year from the comfort of our own office, since we could watch it online.

The kids watched parts, mostly the music-- and they did quiet activites in the background.

Here are the kids watching together

Are they cute or what?

It's hard to say...

Try to guess which letters Parker had help with, and which one he made all by himself:

He is one cute/smart kid

I Love AZ

Believe it or not, these pictures are from last month- I love living in Arizona.

"Camping"

About a month ago the young women went on a camp out- I was supposed to go up for the 2nd night and join them- and be there for the last morning. The young women had issues (long story) and so I ended up going home that night. But first Jason and I got to hang out with the kids and a guy from our ward with his kids.

I don't know why kids in camping chairs are so cute

 Around the same time, Jason set up the tent in the loft so the kids could play in there.

Jason even pulled Parker's mattress in there and Parker took his nap in the tent one day.

Here they are in the tent:

 Jumping on the mattress:

 And Being Cute:

 This next picture is super blurry- but I love it anyway...