Happy 50th Dad!!

My dad turned 50 this last weekend! I couldn't ask for a better dad, he has always been one of my very best friends. My dad always has a new blonde joke or a "really" cool story that he has to tell that of course is never exaggerated :). He sold his farm this year and for the first time in over thirty years has nothing to do. (We hope this means alot more visits to Arizona) We tease him that he could be the greatest Wal-Mart greeter there ever was, or maybe try to be that golf pro he has always wanted to be. He's the life of the party, the glue that holds us together, and the amazing example of what I hope I can be when it comes to service. Happy 50th dad!

Summer is here?

I have seen some blogs lately of people wondering when Spring will come. It has come and gone in Arizona!!! Geez, it seems that we had some really nice weather in the mid seventies not too long ago and now the forecast today was supposed to be 94! Woa!! What happened to staying in the eighties for a bit? I love this place up until about June-October. When you start sweating bullets while walking to the mailbox when it is not even a half a block away you know it's about to get fierce! (I love that word after watching Project Runway!)

The kids took advantage of the nice weather and ran through the "rainbow" sprinkler yesterday. I remember when me and my siblings used to run through the same sprinkler (mind you, it was probably July or August.) We will try to be grateful we are not like you folks in Utah and Idaho who still have snow and enjoy our weather, but's it gets hard thinking that it's not even May yet and we have hit the 90s. What will July and August bring?

Birthday Shout Out!

Happy Birthday to my hunky husband today! He turns 28 and we love him so much!! He is the best husband and the greatest father in the world! He couldn't get any cooler according to the kids, they run and jump and scream whenever he walks in the door, he could be coming out of the bathroom and they still scream and get excited. He works really hard to provide for his family and we recognize and admire him for that. The greatest thing about Cameron is the way he keeps the rest of us laughing. His mom always said he was the perfect child (I'm not sure there is such a thing Jane :) . We all love him for his silliness and the way he can bring so much fun into the room when he's around. I couldn't ask for a better best friend!!

"Hold you"........

We have been out of commish for awhile. My parents and Cris came to visit last weekend, and Cam was sick when they got here, and by Friday night Jake was in full blown flu mode. It was really sad because he wasn't his crazy, funny self. After all the throwing up and high fevers he still is looking like the picture and rarely gets off the couch, and only does when he wants "Hold you," and "juicy." I am a little worried, the kid has not really eaten anything since Saturday and I have tried everything from doughnuts to goldfish (which if anyone know Jake they are his favorite.) I hope this little guy gets back to his silly self soon, I miss him!

Easter weekend...

We had so much fun this Easter weekend! We started off the weekend with fun times at some parks and then Saturday morning we went and saw the movie Horton Hears a Who, which is a really cute movie we have been dying to see. Later Sat afternoon we went to the Annual Eggstravaganza at the baseball Spring training stadium. They throw tons of plastic eggs and candy on the field and have age groups take turns cleaning it all up. The kids had a blast and we loved watching them go crazy! The Easter bunny was there and Jake wasn't so sure about getting anywhere near him, but soon got the hang of picking up all the candy to put in his basket. Sunday we woke up to find the Easter Bunny had come to our house and left some candy in our Easter baskets and hid some eggs in the back yard! We went to a great church meeting and then went to some good friends house for a big Easter feast. It's so great to have such good friends around when you don't have family on the holidays! All in all it was a great Easter for us!

Easter Pics.....

First sleepover......

Last weekend, me and Emily took Alex and Bay to see Enchanted at the last theater in town that had it still playing. It was a really cute movie that I will definitely be buying! We stopped at good ol' Chic-fil-a and had us some chicken nuggets and headed home to have Bay over for the two girls first sleepover. It went really well, they were so excited that they just couldn't close their eyes until about 10:30 they finally gave up. It was a little hard because we had 8:00 church the next day but they sure did have a blast!! Thanks for the good times girls!!

"Scooner"

Jake has a new hobby!! He watched Alex enough and started to get brave and ride her scooter around alot. We saw how good he was getting and how much he loved to be outside and ride it so we thought a few weeks ago we could hit two birds with one stone. Jake still had his "bink" at night in bed and we thought it was time to seperate the two. We decided that maybe we could bribe him into getting his own scooter if he threw away his binky. We both didn't really know what to expect but when we had a little talk with him and explained he was a big boy now and that he didn't need his "bink" and that a big boy should have his own scooter, he went for it. WHEW! He threw his binky away and we headed to the store and got him a "Pider" scooter. That night we were a little nervous on what he would do after he realized what he had done, but with a quick cry and maybe a little shunning us for a bit he got over it and did fine. I have to say he doesn't take quite as long of naps now but with one of the many milestones hit we feel grateful. I also have to say it is quite hilarious that a short little guy that can barely see over the bars of his scooter can be so good at it! He will go down big hills and crash and stand right back up and just laugh it off. He is quite the character.

Mommy getaway....

I got the chance to go to my little nephew Cole's baby blessing, and not only did I get to go but I got to go all by myself!! Yeah!! It was fun to get to hangout with family and not have to worry about all the craziness of the kids many demands. Cam was Mr. Mom and seemed to really have a great time with the kids. He said they "bonded," i'm not sure if that means they ate icecream for dinner and never got out of their jammies, but the house was still standing when I got home.

We loved to snuggle.
Aunt Mandy couldn't resist the chance to play with all that hair!
What a cute kid!

Mommy's little helpers...

We got alot of rain a couple of weeks ago and our car was a mess,

all I had to do was say "car wash" and the kids ran for the door.

He was serious about his job!

Alex loved to put the soap in the bowl!