"Texas" Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa came home from their trip in time to spend a few days with us. Grandpa did cannon balls into the pool, took Connor to an Astros game, and Grandma is always good for stories and  snuggles.  Glad we got a little time with them...next time we will visit when they are in town the whole time. :)

Easter in Houston

We spent the Saturday before Easter in Jon's parents backyard. They live right on a lake where the boys could fish, everyone could swim, and they had the perfect patio for hanging out. I don't remember the last time we did Easter egg hunts in swim suits! So fun.

Eliza fell asleep in my arms-a rare treat for me!

I think these 3 are pretty sweet!

The Easter bunny visited!

Cutie pie girls!

Before church-don't know where Eliza was??

Sadie even lost another tooth on that special day. What a fun surprise! Easter Sunday night,   I had a talk with Sadie and Connor about our Jesus our Savior and what a special day Easter day was. We talked about what a blessing it is that HE died and was RISEN three days later. We watched a couple of little videos on LDS.org. I hope they get the true meaning of Easter in addition to the fun traditions that we do!

Spring Break in Texas!

When the weather was particularly bad a couple of weeks before spring break, we decided to book some tickets to go see some cousins, grandparents, and SUN!  Ryan couldn't take the time off work, so the kiddos and I took off to Houston together. The flight down went well. The kids are so spoiled with their own dvd players, an ipad, and an iphone. How did we ever get by with out so many electronics?? 

The first couple of days grandma and grandpa were in Boise for Madison's baptism. Melanie let her kids ditch school, and we loved going to parks, the pool, going on walks, and eating at Chick-fil-A! The cousins instantly hit it off, Melanie and I had a blast, and Jon bonded with Eliza by offering her endless Oreo cookies and any other junk food she wanted.

All 3 plugged in!

Sara and Sadie swinging!

These two are little divas.

Cole and Connor-such good boys!

Girls day out at Market Street.

Naked little swimmer!

My kids LOVED Cole and Sara's go karts...

Sara and Eliza

Splash Pad

All of the girls!

Valentine's Day 2012

 I realize this was months ago-but I just came across these cute Valentine's photos and had to document the fun day! Sadie had some friends over to decorate sugar cookies, and then later I got to go help out with Connor's first grade party. I sure love my little monkeys...and their dad too! 

Connor's Basketball Season 2012

I'm pretty sure I can blame Eliza for the lack of pictures I have taken this past year of Connor's sports.  She is always trying to run onto the field/ court. This season was another great one. Connor LOVES the game of basketball. I love to watch him (and Ryan is one proud dad)! The first game of the season, Connor was a little hesitant on the court, so Ryan decided to motivate him with money. I know its terrible parenting, but the incentive of 25 cents for rebounds and 50 cents for baskets made sure was motivating. I think Ryan was out 10 bucks one game! Towards the end of the season, Ryan started to regret that bribe! Fun times!

The one video I took all season-no shot but a little dribbling action!

Mouth is always open for shots...

Up for a rebound!

Random Happenings in March 2012

I have been terrible at blogging and taking pictures. Here are a few randoms from the month of March. 

Repainted fireplace

Kitchen Before

Kitchen after!

Eliza is obsessed with her binky and buckles.

Rare sunny day at the park with my girls!

Connor ate scrambled eggs for the first time since he was a baby!!

Eliza's belly button is still a major outie and she LOVEs to show it off-especially by lifting her shirt and showing perfect strangers!

Lots of dollhouse play with my girls.

ELiza is my outside girl-she climb the ladder on the play set and go down the slide all by herself now!

Swimming! My girls are loving the pool these days!

Connor saved up enough money to by a Nintendo DS  (thanks to Grandpa Mark giving him the final $40)- and in true Connor fashion, he is playing it outside.