DrEsS-uP-fUn!!

The other day Mackenzie was in her room playing dress-up and Avery hadn't let me get anything done all day so I took her in to play in Mackenzie's room for a while. Mackenzie came out laughing and said come look at Avery!! So I walked in and this is what I saw...Mackenzie had put dress-ups on her. She was so proud of herself!

This is how I found Avery sleeping the other night...Doesn't look too comfortable to me. SHe is getting so big. She says Mama and she's getting to be pretty mobile. I took her to the Doctor on Monday and she weighs 19 and a half pounds.

RaNdOm

Aww... Such sweet kids!

Avery and Kenzie snuggling on the couch

Gavin is such a boy! The other day, he was watching this bird and asked, "can I catch it?" We said "sure you can." Of course, we didn't think he would be able to, but the next thing we knew, he was standing on the porch with that little bird in his hands. He was so proud of himself. We let him hold it for a minute, then he let it go.
My sister Staci and her family came over the other day and the kids had a blast playing together. They got out a box of dixie cups and played with them for hours.. I wish I could be entertained so easily. Thanks for coming guys! It was fun!

Silly Avery

Avery is such a funny baby. This is what she does all day long. She must love the sound of her voice because she is constantly screaming. Everywhere we go, people just laugh at her. She will be sitting silently, and all of the sudden let out a high pitched scream. It's really funny when we are sitting in church and she won't stop screaming. She is such a happy baby and has such a fun personality.

Easter

This year, instead of going to the community Easter Egg hunt, we decided to do our own. We invited a few families over and we had a really fun Easter egg hunt. For the older kids, my friend had a great idea to number the eggs. They all had 15 eggs to find and they had to find them in order 1-15. It took them quite a while to find them all. It was fun. It made it a challenge, so instead of all the eggs being gone in 2 minutes, it made their Easter Egg hunt last quite a while.

Coloring Easter eggs

Avery trying to eat her egg...Shell and all.

Kenzie left this present for the Easter Bunny. He must have really liked it because he left her a thank-you note in her basket.

The Easter bunny gave as all Webkinz-Even me and Dallas got one. The kids also got coloring books, crayons, a few little toys, and of, course, candy.

Avery got her webkinz, some onesies, socks, and a few little toys.

While I was trying to get ready for church, Avery was fussing in the other room and Kenzie said she would take care of her. I came out, and saw why she was suddenly so happy...

Kenzie gave her a sucker!! What a nice sister! It was so funny watching her. She was so sticky. She wasn't very happy when I took it away.


What cute kids..

sick day

I have been sick and Sunday was the worst day by far! I was dizzy, my ears hurt, my throat hurt, and I was hacking all day. So Dallas took Mackenzie, Gavin, Uncle Preston, and Grandpa Sill, up to Flaming Gorge for a couple hours. The kids had fun running around and throwing rocks into the water. As for me and Avery, We stayed home, took a much needed nap, watched Twilight, and made some vegetable soup.

Grandpa Sill and Uncle Preston

They saw these big-horned Sheep-Gavin was so excited.

Gavin's Big Weekend

Gavin had a great Birthday. Friday for his Birthday he wanted pizza, and he wanted to make his own cake. So I helped him make his cake. He picked monster trucks and m&m's to decorate it. We ate dinner, had cake, and he opened his presents. We take our kids to the store and let them choose their own birthday presents, so he already knew what he was getting.

He chose tools, The screaming Banshee truck, a big semi truck filled with little cars, and the space Buddies movie. Mackenzie picked him some stuffed bears, and Avery got him Aarplanes.Saturday, we went to Salt Lake to the Living Planet Aquarium. It was fun. My kids loved it. Mackenzie had to look at EVERYTHING! She thought it was great. Gavin loved the shark tank and the gift shop.

this fish was HUGE

All the kids, except Shelby, Avery,Gage and Nate

I thought the Jellyfish were pretty cool

Mackenzie trying to touch the sting-ray. She would stick her hand in, but never dared get close enough to touch it.

Grandma Sill and Avery

My camera's battery died about 10 minutes after we got there because I, of course, forgot to charge it. Oh well-At least I got a few pictures. Then we went to the to the gift shop and Grandma Sill let them all pick a toy. Thank You! When we got done, the kids were starving, so we went to lunch at the Mayan. The food wasn't great, but it was fun watching the cliff divers. We came home to a ton of snow, I think it's the most snow we've had all winter combined! Hopefully it melts fast! I am ready for spring!

BiRtHdAy BoY!!!

Gavin is turning four years old today!! I can't believe it! These past 4 years have gone by way too fast. Gavin has been such a joy to our family. He has such a sweet personality. He is always willing to help and is always happy. He is just like his dad. He loves being outside and loves animals. He has always been a mama's boy. For the first 18 months of his life, he wanted nothing to do with his dad. Boy has that changed... Now he wants to do everything "like dad". He is "excited about turning four and growing up so he can be as big like dad." He loves his sisters, he plays with Avery all of the time, he loves to feed her, and he always makes her laugh. She gets so excited when she sees him walk into the room. No one else can make her laugh as hard as he can. We have tried and tried, but she always laughs at him more than anyone else. He is so easy. He's happy just to stay home and play, and he entertains himself. He also loves to play with his friends. He is my little cuddlebug. He has such a loving personality. I am so grateful for the person he is becoming. Happy Birthday Gavin! We Love You!!