Happy Birthday Andrew!

My little man turned 3 at the end of May!  He is such a cutie pie! This little man keeps me on my toes.  He is very busy and doesn't seem to be afraid of anything.  This keeps life interesting.  I really never relax until I know he is asleep in his bed. The good news is that he is finally potty trained and doing really well.  His speech is also getting so much better.  I am so proud of everything he is learning.  He loves Angry Birds and can figure out my smart phone better than I can.  He is also a great brother and I love him so much!  Happy Birthday little man!

More spring pictures

Ellie and I had fun playing air hockey at the community center while the other kids had classes.  She got pretty good!

Ellie's Mother's Day/end of the year program.  She did a great job!

Justin had a great month a work, so we celebrated by going out to the Melting pot.  It was so yummy!

This is at the Library, the kids section had puzzles and stuff for the kids to do while the older ones read.

Taylor's dance recital, she did a fantastic job!

My dad and Andy and the park, I love it when my parents come to visit.

Spring in Vegas

Yes, I know it is no longer Spring, but I am still trying to play catch up on my blog!  It is now August and very hot and I look at these pictures from a few months ago and wish it was Spring again!  Its okay, Fall will be here before I know it and that is actually my favorite time of year.  These are just some different pictures of what we were up to a few months ago.  We started swimming in March, and haven't stopped.  That is one thing you do a lot of here.  And we have plans to put in a pool, but for this year we just have a little one.  The great thing is that everyone else has a pool and they are always willing to have us over.  Our church ward even has a weekly pool party.  There are so many splash pads to choose from at the park as well.  Taylor has been loving activity days with the girls from our church. She and Justin built a car to watch a drive in movie in a while back, I think it turned out so cute, don't you?  We also kept our community center quite busy for a while there. The other pictures are of Noah in his Karate class.  He loves it!  Taylor also took dance, Ellie had art class and Joslyn loved gymnastics.  We are taking a break for the summer, but start up again next month.  I am enjoying this laid back summer.  We did take a couple of fun trips and I hope to be caught up to those pictures soon!

Fashion show with Nina

Last year Ellie made a new friend named Nina, they were in the same class and had lots of fun together.  The hard thing about Las Vegas is that you usually don't know your kids friends parents.  Unlike Utah where you usually do.  So, this makes it a little more difficult to plan play dates.  It really helped me open up and meet people that I normally wouldn't have.  My girls are so friendly and I am so glad that they made so many new friends.  Nina and her Aunt Pam came over to visit and the kids decided to put on a fashion show!  Even the boys got into it, well they were probably forced into it.  At least they let Andrew dress up like Nemo and not a princess!

Boo

Boo, Boo bear, boobers, Charlie, Chuck, yes these are all names that my sweet little Charlotte is called on a regular basis.  Justin loves to do this to all of our kids, luckily it usually wears off before their first birthday.  I know you think I post too many pictures of Charlotte, but I really can't get enough of her little face.  She is so cute and fun!  The poor thing has been quite sick for a couple of weeks, but I think she is finally on the mend.  It makes me sad that she is growing up so fast.  She walks along all of the furniture and I know she will be walking on her own soon.  She is almost 11 months old!  It really does fly by and I am trying to enjoy every second of it.  So, you are just going to have to deal with all the photos, cause they are not going to stop!

Happy Birthday Joslyn

Joslyn turned 6 in February, can you believe it? Our little social butterfly is growing up. Even though we haven't been here for long, Joslyn has made some cute little friends. She does that wherever she goes. She is so friendly and loving and our family is so lucky to have her. She had a fun birthday party, luckily I found a few pics on my phone. I will add the rest later.