Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Birthday Boy

This is getting a little close to being a week late, but Happy Birthday to my sweet Zach! We were in Washington visiting Ryan's family on Zach's birthday so I didn't get to post this on time. He is six years old! Time flies. Zach brings so much happiness to our family. We call him the family comedian because being funny comes so naturally to him. I have never met a child with more expressions. He has the best giggle in the world. You can't help but laugh when he does. He is always thinking about something and has asked us some seriously deep questions. The kind that make you say, "hmmmm....go ask your dad". His big brown eyes make me melt. He adores his big brother and tolerates (most of the time) his little sister. He enjoys legos, sports, the Wii, and playing with Rece. He is super excited to start kindergarten this school year. We love you so much Zach!












Happy Birthday Zach!

Monday, May 30, 2011

Happy Birthday Rece!

Our sweet boy turned nine years old today! He is such a blessing to our family and we just could not love him more. We have loved watching him grow up into the wonderful boy that he is now. Some of his favorite things are reading (favorite books: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Captain Underpants, Big Nate and Weird School), sports (soccer & basketball), legos, jumping on the trampoline, and spending time with his friends and family. His favorite subject in school is science, but he is an all-around good student who works really hard and expects a lot from himself. He is a wonderful big brother to his younger siblings who both look up to and depend on him. He loves to read the scriptures and faithfully woke up every morning at 6:45 during the school year to read. He is a great example and we are so proud of him.











Happy Birthday! We love you so much!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Five Days of Disney

We went to Disneyland the middle of February and had a fabulous time. We picked up Ryan's sister, Jill, in Provo and met his parents in California. We stayed for five days and went back and forth between Disneyland and California Adventures. Rece kept asking me what my favorite ride was. Too hard to choose, but definitely not the teacups. The teacups made me sick, but Megyn loved that ride. She loved everything. She would get off a ride and say, "That was awesome!" Rece is tall enough that he was able to ride everything. And he did over and over and over. Zach is a little more conservative. He didn't care for a lot of the rides. Especially the Tower of Terror. I think we may have scarred him forever.

I didn't even notice that lady standing there when I took the picture. How very observant of me.

Megyn was in princess heaven. She met Cinderelly (not a typo - this is how she says it) with Prince Charming, Belle & Ariel. She also got to meet Tinkerbell. We bought her this Cinderella dress and she has worn it every day since we got back.

The boys both got picked for Jedi Training. It was a dream come true for both of them. Zach got to fight Darth Vader and Rece fought Darth Maul. They received a diploma at the end of their training stating that they are now padawans. Zach has taken this very seriously and tells all of his friends that he is "Jedi trained". Such a funny boy.


Here are those stinkin' teacups. Never. Again.

This is at the lego store in Downtown Disney. Really fun place to visit. I thought it was amazing the things that had been built from legos. We didn't escape without buying several sets of legos.

Here we are on the huge Ferris Wheel. We went without Zach and Ryan. Ryan has a fear of heights and like I said earlier Zach wasn't crazy about a lot of the rides. The views from up there were fantastic. I would like to thank Jill for recovering enough to take the picture for me. She was scared silly to be there.


Cutest toys ever.

Toon Town. The little kids loved this. The rides here were more Zach's speed and there was a lot of fun photo opportunities.


This is while we were waiting in line for the Aladdin Show. We saw the show 1 1/2 times. The first time we went apparently the magic carpet malfunctioned, so they cancelled the show right in the middle of the performance. It was, however, totally worth the wait in line to see it again.

We decided to do a character dinner one night. We made reservations at Goofy's Kitchen. It was really expensive, the food was not great, but we did get to meet tons of characters.

These pictures don't even begin to show all the fun things we experienced. We are already planning our next trip back! We had so much fun and we enjoyed spending the time with Ryan's family!

Monday, January 24, 2011

A Little of This....

I love to blog, but I really have a hard time finding the time to do it. So after many months, here I am! Ta Da! Here is a few things we have been up to and not necessarily in this order.

Christmas 2010! We had so much fun! What's not to love about Christmas? Ryan and I determined that since we were going to Disneyland the day after Christmas that we should scale back a lot on the gift giving. That kind of back-fired on us when we decided about two days before to postpone our trip due to weather conditions. I don't think the kids even noticed. Megyn got the baby carriage and the Strawberry "Korcake" doll and car that she wanted. Little girls are so fun! Everything is pink!


This was the year of the Lego. Both boys wanted Legos. Rece wanted Star Wars Legos and Zach wanted Harry Potter Legos. Santa came through - nothing but smiles!

Megyn is my newest helper in the kitchen. Her favorite ingredient? Chocolate chips! She is so my daughter!

Of course, we have played in the snow. For some reason, the only child I have pictures of is Zach. Probably because he is always wanting to be out there.

Lastly, basketball. These pictures are from fall basketball. The pictures are horrible. For some reason, I cannot get a good picture in those school gyms. But Rece has had a ton of fun playing and I will probably have some more recent pictures soon.


Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Trick or Treat

Halloween was a week long event at our house this year. If my count is right, my kids dressed up five times. I was kind of relieved when it was officially over. Here are my cute little trick-or-treaters: Rece the nerd; Meg the butterfly; and Zach the Harry Potter. Not a scary one in the bunch!


Happy Halloween!

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Fall Soccer

We finished fall soccer today! This was the first year we played soccer in the fall-so much better than spring. The weather was perfect for pretty much the whole season. Both boys improved so much. Here's a picture of Zach with his coach/dad.

Right after receiving his medal.

All of Rece's games were in the evening.

This age group received pins instead of medals. Picture of Rece with his coach/dad.

I just thought this picture was funny. Megyn's favorite thing to do during games was to practice her throw-ins and dribbling. I guess she has been paying attention.