So FINALLY I found my camera cord! It's about time! :) I'm excited to finally be able to post our pictures from our Utah trip! We had SO much fun on our trip, got to do a lot of fun things and hang out with all the people that we love (though we didn't get to see everyone...there's just never enough time!) We drove up to Utah and that was interesting in and of itself. The kids did AWESOME in the car! They had their basket of toys, books and fun things to do and of course they had their videos. I just don't think it can be done without the videos! They were without a doubt FANTASTIC! It was great having the van this time around! We stopped in Albuquerque (half way) just to break up the 24 hour drive, and give the kiddos and Chris a rest. Our really good friends live there and they were kind enough to open up their home to the 5 of us and it was really nice to get to see them! So the day we got to Utah was the 2nd and Carson's 4Th birthday was the very next day! But luckily Grandma Susie was on the ball! She had a BBQ planned the day we got there and Carson's great grandma and grandpa Egan were there along with some of the family and he got to open up a few presents! That was nice for him after the long drive! And the next day the party continued...Grandma Susie had a great 4th birthday party planned and there was of course a Thomas the Train cake, ice cream, and tons of GREAT presents!! He had a wonderful birthday and he loved being able to celebrate it with Grandma Susie, Grandpa Gaylen, and the rest of the family! Thanks so much Susie for making this day so wonderful for Carson! I can't believe my baby is 4!
Here is a slide show of some pics I took of the kids...they were having a little giggle fest and it was super cute so I decided to snap a few pictures of them...it's always nice when they are all getting along and laughing...nothings better! :)
My parents were on their way to Costa Rica like the day after Easter so we did the egg hunt for the kids at my parents house Saturday night before Easter, hence the pictures being SO dark. Carson kept running from me and my camera so there aren't any pictures of him really. It was fun to watch Landon though. He was so excited and so into the egg hunt. We gave him his basket helped him with the first egg and he had it and was off on his own! Pretty soon his basket was super full and it was as big as he was to begin with, but he refused to let anyone hold it for him. They had a lot of fun though!
Ha ha I know that It has been a while since I've posted an update! A lot has been going on!!!! Me and the kids got sick after my last post in April and that lasted longer than I would have cared for. Right after that we had to start packing to move, we moved into my parents house, a week later left for our month long trip to Utah! We had soooo much fun in Utah and hated to leave!! Right after we got back we had the fourth of July, I started working (watching my niece and nephew for the summer. Not really a job, just different watching 5 kids!) Chris was back at work and a few weeks later it was time to Move AGAIN! This time we moved into a house we are renting from someone in our ward! I LOVE being in a house it's so great! Anyways between all of that and me being back at it in school, I am still unpacking and getting settled and as soon as I find the cord to my camera-computer and I can unload my pictures I will update my blog FINALLY!!!!! So hopefully by this weekend I'll have found it and early next week I can start posting agian! YEA!!!
I asked the kids if they wanted mommy to have another baby? They said yes so I asked Lilli if she would want a little brother, to which she replied, "We already have a little brother...it's over there."
Carson and I were playing Go Fish and as usual he beat me pretty bad ;), he quickly ran to tell daddy, "I cleaned the foor with mommy!"
I plan out the dinners for the month on a calander in the kitchen and Friday's are always pizza days. A few Friday's ago Carson was so excited ALL day for Pizza. He kept asking if it was time yet, I kept telling him it wasn't pizza time yet and finally when Chris got home from work Carson ran up to him and asked, "Daddy, NOW is it Pizza O'clock?" (translation, "is it Pizza time yet)
On the Fourth of July Chris and I took the kids to see the fireworks show and we were eager to see what Landon's reaction would be to them. As soon as they started, he got a little startled but it quickly turned to excitement and then he would point to them and say "POPCORN!"
We often drive by the new Cowboys stadium and Carson will ask about it we'll tell him it's where the Cowboys play football...the other day we went there to drop Chris and a few of my brothers off to watch a soccer game, and Carson asked about what they were going to watch, I said soccer this time not football. A week later at church when we were walking the halls Carson asks about the pictures of the Temples on the wall so we'll tell him they are Temples and explain about them and he turns to us and asks, "But what about the soccer Temple? Where's the picture of the soccer Temple?" (it's a BIG stadium and I guess to him it looked like it should be on the wall of Temples.)
We were going grocery shopping the other day, Carson asked where we were going and I told him to the food store. Right then we passed McDonalds and he asks me, "At McDonalds they sell food right?" I said yes and he asks, "If they sell food there, then it's a food store right?" I again say yes I suppose so, and he says, "Well if it's a food store, then maybe we should go there this time."
When we were in Utah Uncle Daniel would take the kids out on the trampoline every now and then. Once they were out there and Lilli was bothered that Carson was jummping and bouncing her all around so she tells him, Carson stop, you're making me bounce and Carson replied, "that's not my problem." (A little rude.)
We went to lunch one day to Paradise bakery and Chris and I got a bowl of creamy potato soup. We sat down started eating and the kids started inquiring about our soup. We said it was potato soup with cheese...Carson shoot up and said to Chris, "That sounds like my kind of soup!" (We were laughing hysterically!)
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