Cousins!

Ashley and Shaun went to Salt Lake for their anniversary and Kenzlee, Brock, and Joslynn stayed with us for the weekend. The kids LOVE their cousins and it was lots of fun. Kenzlee was a great help with Brooklyn and Joslynn (who love to fight) and Brock and Carson played really hard. It's fun to watch Carson and Brock play together. Carson is finally old enough to really play well with Brock and they have lots of fun. They both slept on the bottom bunk and poor Brock got smothered by Carson.

On Saturday we went to the playground at the elementary school by our house. The kids played on the slides, jungle gym, and swings. They also played on the teeter-totter. Carson had never seen one or played on one before, so he thought it was amazing. I took turns with the little girls on my lap and we teeter-tottered with Kenzlee.  Brooklyn and Joslynn would laugh and laugh when it was their turn. So sweet and so cute.

At one point we all piled on a tire swing and slowly (to make sure no one fell off) rocked side to side. I did my best to get a decent picture before anyone fell off. :)

 

Later that day we painted pumpkins in the driveway. Once again, Brooklyn had a lot of fun with the paint. I don't think there was a single inch of the pumpkins that didn't have paint on them. 

We had a lot of fun with our cousins. We need to make this more of a monthly tradition!

Playing in the leaves

We had a few weeks in October of AMAZING weather. It was warm, sunny, and perfect. I love fall even though it only seems to last a few weeks in Idaho. We met up with some friends at the park to play on one of the really nice days. The kids had so much fun playing outside in the sun. Pretty soon they found the leaves and had a blast. I think it was the first time Brooklyn has played in the leaves and she loved throwing them up in the air. It was hard to get a good picture because they had so much fun jumping and dancing in the leaves.

I really enjoy days like this with the kids. It's so fun to watch them play and just let them be kids. I think I'm going to be really sad when Carson goes to school and isn't by my side to play with all day. I guess we just need to work really hard at making more memories like this one. :)

Random Cuteness

The last few months have been busy for us and we have been trying to enjoy summer and warm weather as much as possible. Here is a little look at what we have been up to:

Typical mess under the high chair once Brooklyn is done eating. It's a constant chore to keep it clean.

Donuts with Daddy!

Melaleuca Zoo day! We never get tired of going to the Zoo. Carson's favorite part is sitting on all of the fake animals. 

Lately the kids have been obsessed with my glasses. Carson put on a pair and looked so funny!

Playing the Disneyland game on the XBox with Daddy. Carson loves the game after we have been there and he knows all of the rides.

Carson and Brock are finally getting to the point where they play really great together. It's so fun to watch them become good friends.

This little girl loves the popcorn popping toy at Target and always wants to push it around while we are there. Although its cute while we are in the store, I refuse to buy it. :)

Carson likes to take pictures and will randomly say, "Mom, lets take a picture." I don't mind. He's such a cutie. 

Brooklyn found my stash of girl scout cookies one morning and ate an entire package of thin mints. If she wasn't so innocent looking and cute I would have been really mad. 

The kids love playing outside and they especially love playing with their water table. It was such a good investment! 

One day we played at the park for 3 1/2 hours and Brooklyn fell asleep as soon as she hit the car seat. 

Time for some bigger sunglasses!!

Smores for FHE

Snowcones with our cousins!

Carson randomly got the block of cheese from the fridge and took a few bites out of it. Silly kid.

Swings

Two weeks ago we went up to Rexburg to hang out with Ashely and the kids. It was a semi-nice day, so we ate pizza at the park and played. Brooklyn tried the swings for the first time and she loved it. Kenzlee is such a great little cousin and pushed her and played with her all day. Carson and Joslynn loved swinging next to each other. I can't wait for it to be warm all the time so we can do this more often!

March Updates

Here is a little bit of March in review:

We went to a friend's house for dinner one night when Jason worked late. While we were getting ready to go home, Carson asked to take a picture. Sweet little boy. He is actually happy and saying "Cheese" in this picture, you just can't tell.

We went to the park with Kenzlee and Brock one afternoon. It was still a little chilly, but it was above freezing and the sun was out so we went. The kids liked being outside and Brooklyn liked going down the slide with Kenzlee. I even crawled up and took the kids down the slide a few times.

Brooklyn loved playing on the playground equipment. She wants to be bigger than she actually is. Silly girl! If I let her, she would crawl up to the top and then crawl right off the edge.

On St. Patrick's Day we had Stake Conference. I love the messages of Stake Conference, but I had having to wrestle 2 kids through 2 hours of speakers. This year they had overflow in the Relief Society room for those kids that were noisy. We lasted about 45 minutes in the main part and then went to the Relief Society room. It was heavenly. We could listen to the speakers and the kids could get their wiggles out. Of course, we all had to wear green and we HAD to take a picture or two. :)

Going to dinner as a family is more stressful then it is fun. We went to dinner one night with Ashley, Shaun, and all the kids, and it was a little crazy. Brooklyn can get out of any high chair (I'm serious) and she is such a wiggle worm. She would rather be crawling around on the ground. It gets exhausting trying to hold her and eat at the same time. If she wasn't so cute..... Ashley let her try her first lemon that night. Her reactions were priceless. She just kept going back for more!

Brooklyn learned how to stick our her tongue...

 

and drink out of the tap while the bathwater is running....

and ate some lasagna like a pro.

Carson learned his new favorite mode of transportation around the house...

One day as we rounded a corner in the car, I heard Brooklyn start crying her scared cry and looked back to find her tipped over in her seat. I quickly pulled the car over and found that her base had been unbuckled. Carson had been playing in the car earlier and must have unbuckled it without me knowing. Poor little girl! She was pretty ticked!

Brooklyn rode Carson's 4-wheeler around the driveway and loved it. Carson won't ride it because he is scared of it, silly boy. I guess it will be Brooklyn's now!

We took a walk on one of the nicer days to check the mail. The kids rode in our wagon and Brooklyn thought it was pretty cool. She had to stand up the whole way and wouldn't sit down.

The kids are finally learning how to play together. They can often be found wrestling and normally Brooklyn wins. She was quite the little attitude and she can hold her own. I'm loving this stage!