Memorial Day 2010

We headed to St. George for Memorial Day weekend.  Cameron got in some much needed golf and my mom, sister and I were busy sewing for the upcoming wedding.  In between we had many a BBQ's and fun in the pool. 

This is my cousins little guy Conn, isn't he SO cute!! Charlie and him were hilarious together, they are only a couple months apart.

I know this picture is blurry, but Jake was SO funny looking in his goggles!!!  He had to do a little dance before every jump!

We got together with the cousins and had a blast!

Char was a little shy around the water for some reason, don't know why, she LOVES bath time.  She was content on just wandering around.....

My new sister-in-law Meagan and sister Cris

I made these two Bro and Sis take a picture together!

Jake would just lounge like this forever!  It was quite hilarious!

My brother and his fiance.  They are getting married in July and we can't wait!  We love Meagan, maybe even just a little more than Mat ;)

Preschool Graduation 2010

Jake loved going to preschool this year and is looking forward to go back this next year.  He learned SO SO much!  At the beginning of the year he couldn't write his name and recognize letters and now he has got both in the bag!  Even though Jake is super silly sometimes and it might be a distraction, he has come a long way and is learning fast!  Congrats Jakey!!!

The party was late so Alex was my date and Charlie stayed home with daddy.

Walking to get his certificate.

We love Jake's preschool teacher!  She was so patient with Jake and helped him be the best he could be!

Behind....

It was a great Mother's Day this year!  I always get spoiled and never lift a finger!  Thanks to my wonderful husband and chicklets.  I don't have many pictures of me and the kids because I'm usually the one behind the camera, but this is one request I demanded.  We had a smiley face and silly face picture.

Alex is a little shy when it comes to silly....

But not my Jakey.....he was born silly!!

I think Charlie's smile was by default.  She really was screaming.

Can't ask for perfection, but I love it anyways!

Alex had spirit week a few weeks ago and I got 3 pictures out of four.  First, crazy hair day. Second, sports day, which by the way GO SUNS!!!  Third was Hawaiin day, picture her in a pretty dress and some flowers around her neck.  Fourth was twin day in which her and her friend Bailey, who happened to have the same shirt, wore together.

Cameron and Jake went to the annual Father's and Son's campout.  Jake's favorite thing to do was to throw things in the fire. I'm guessing that's why mom's aren't invited.

Cameron said he couldn't wait to go to sleep!

He has alot of buddies in our ward, they apparently spent most of their time on these rocks.

Jake and his buddy Jack.

Dirt angel anyone?

Boys will be boys.....

My little Alex graduated from Kindergarten!!!  Where oh where does the time go.  I feel like I was just in the car bawling on my way home from taking her to her first day.  Thank goodness for her AWESOME teacher looping up with her next year.  No worries or stresses when school starts up again! 

They had a little program where the kids sang songs they learned throughout the year.  It was SO cute! 

Alex and Mrs. Connelly

Charlie enjoying the music!

Alex and Bailey are the greatest of friends!  I'm glad that they had eachother this year to fall back on.  Never a fight or quarrel with these two.  Alex is very excited to be in her class again for 1st grade.

Mister Jake had his last day of preschool, they had BLUE frosted cupcakes, can ya tell?  It took a good couple of hours for that stuff to fade away.  His graduation isn't until this coming week, stay tuned for photos.

APRIL

So our computer hasn't been working for awhile, so my posting has been lacking. Here is our month of April in a nut shell.

Cam turned the big 30!! Just the two of us went to The Melting Pot the night before, so Alex and Jake thought it would be fun to take him to a movie the next day on his birthday.  They saw How to Tame a Dragon and loved it!!  They also loved having some one on one with their dad.   

We had a yummy icecream cake with friends.

It was little miss Charlie's 1st birthday on the 26th. We had a huge BBQ the night before with lots of friends and sadly to say I was videoing the whole time and didn't get a single picture.  On Charlie's actual birthday Jake decided we should let Charlie try a hot dog and boy was that a good idea, she loved it!  We went to the park after Alex's school and I once again was videoing her, but I managed to take a couple of pictures of the older kids. 

We went to Red Robin for dinner because we thought she loved the fries, but all she wanted to do was chew on a lemon. Whatever the birthday girl wants right?

She really enjoyed opening her presents!! Jake hardly let her open any because he was just too excited to see what she got.

Her birthday cupcake wasn't a huge hit at the beginning, but once she poked at it.........

then tasted some frosting...........

and a little more frosting..........

she finally just shoved the whole thing in her mouth!!!! Too cute......

Some things Charlie has been doing in her first year......

Give kisses (pretty slobbery kisses)

Points and says "what's that?"

says "d"  (daddy)

LOVES to go and pick Alex up from school

Is a little fish.....sadly to say if she's not in the tub, she's in the toilet

Picky eater

Not much of a giggler but she does smile at everything

Started to walk the day before her birthday and hasn't crawled since

19 lbs 6 oz

26 in

Binky lover

Is CRAZY over her Sock Monkey

Here are some of the many faces of Chuck.....

She's a huge fan of the outdoors

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She found a pen the other day and discovered that she could write all over her legs.  Isn't that  the kind of trouble she's supposed to get into when she's older??

She thought it was pretty darn funny!

Jake has decided that he doesn't "need" naps but then somehow I find him either in the middle of the stairs or other random places like the closet or on the floor in our bedroom.