Grandma & Grandpa Visit

My parents came down from Oregon to visit for a few days, they really wanted to see Eli play in a soccer game.  Luckily, it was probably the only nice week that we've had ALL year!!  No rain, not even clouds in the sky, it was great.  We got to go out and do some fun activities.  First we went to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point.  I've never been to the gardens, but it was really beautiful, and I got some great pics of the boys!!!

These are the Koi in the pond-the boys wanted to stay and watch them all day

Here is Ethan watching the fish - he through the hugest fit when we made him leave!!

Here's Grandpa Jim trying to keep up with the boys as they run through the gardens - they weren't all that excited about the flowers :)

They had a childrens area in the gardens and the boys loved playing in the water area

They had every type of tulip you could think of but this was by far my favorite, I've never seen anything like it, cool huh??

We also went to Kennecott Copper Mine.  Everyone loved that, especially Ethan who wanted the trucks soooo bad!!!  He kept pointing at the trucks when we were outside looking at the mine and then when we went inside the visitors center he was using all his strength to try and push open the display cases (which don't open) to try and get the model trucks and tractors out.  Poor boy, he was so frustrated!!!

 This is one of the tires that go to the massive trucks they use in the mine, WOW!!

A big thank you to my great dad who fixed our fence that broke in the wind storm the week before.  I don't know what we'd do without you.  Love you :)

Bronson - 6 mths old

I can't believe my little baby boy is already 6 months old!!!

He is a wonderful baby, and his darling smile melts my heart everyday :) 

He continues to grow like a weed, 18 lbs and 27" tall.  He loves to roll over and jump around in his bouncer. It's only a matter of time before he's crawling around chasing after his big brothers. Bronson loves to take baths and splash, splash, splash!!! Which means I'm completely soaked by the time he's done.  He also loves to suck his thumb- my other boys never did this.  You'd think Bronson was teething the way he puts everything in his mouth and naws on it, but no teeth yet.  He has been sleeping through the night for a few months now and that has been fabulous.  He loves his brothers and lights up everytime he sees his daddy.  Bronson has been the perfect addition to our family, we love him tons!!!  

 

Easter 2011

It was an exciting Easter this year!!  It's the first year that Ethan understood what to do at the easter egg hunt, and Eli was constantly asking how many days till the Easter Bunny came.  The easter egg hunt was at grandma's house with all the cousins and the boys had a grand ole' time.  Eli was running around as fast as he could trying to get as much candy as his basket would hold and he did a pretty good job, his basket was filled to the brim by the time he finished.  Then there's Ethan who wanted to stop and try to open every piece of candy that he found, good thing he had his aunt Sara helping him out.

On Easter morning, Ethan woke up first and he went about his morning demanding breakfast as soon as he was out of bed, just like usual.  Only after his belly was full did he notice the easter basket sitting out.  He instantly knew which one was his or at least which one he wanted, because it had a package of HotWheels cars in it - he loves cars!!!  He was so excited, he started doing a little dance and couldn't wait to get the package open.  He didn't even care about the candy in the basket which is saying alot for our little sugar tooth :) 

When Eli finally rolled out of bed the first thing he said was "Did the Easter Bunny come?"  Since Eli's older, the Easter Bunny hides his basket, he had a little trouble finding it but when he finally did, he had to dump it out so he could see it all and pick out what he liked best- the candy!!! 

Ethan got a little side-tracked at the end when he found the soccer ball in the yard.  Just like his dad!!!

Hope everyone had a great Easter :)   Love ya!!!!