2 Years Old

Our little bean burrito..... A healthy eater....Very curious.....And at times a little monster....

He's grown up so fast....
IT has been a wonderful 2 years....

And we look forward to many more.

They Grow up so fast.

Always smiling.... Always getting into things....Really getting into things!!!..

She jumps right in....
Ready for any adventure

Works hard...

She is such a joy...

Madison turned 5 in June.. I can't believe our little girl is growing up so fast.. She had a great birthday party---loves all the little dolls and anything PINK. She is so much fun and all girl!!!

AHHHHH SUMMER

AHHHHH SUMMER! Just some pictures of some of the things we did.

JACOB and MADISON rock climbing
LAGOON

SAM loved the train
Jacob went on some of the kiddie rides. But I did get him to go on Colossus and Jet Star. He would get off and then say, "lets go again!!!" Madison tried the Tidal Wave. Lots of fun. Jake and I went on Snake Rapids..We got soaked!

And Carlos of course has gone Fishing.

OLD vs NEW

OLD VS NEW

We did it! We moved! ( a little over 2 months ago..-I am just now getting my camera and everything set up again after the move, internet disruption and then a computer virus) .

Moving was much more stressful that I thought it would be(despite the kindness of the people that bought our house-sarcasm implied!) Who would have thought just moving down the street would be such a hassle.. We had great help from the Elders Quorom and friends. (many who watched my kids or helped me clean the house). It was surreal to say good-bye to our first home that we put so much work into and also made many memories. But it also felt good to move on to something else.. Granted we didn't make a huge move.. We are still in the same neighborhood and the same ward.. The kids play with the same friends and go to the same school. But it is amazing what living on a circle does for the kids and what an extra bedroom does for me.. Bed time is so much easier (madi and jake are no longer sharing a room) . The kids love their space. I love that they can go outside to play in the circle and I no longer worry about speeding cars as we did at the previous house...there are also more kids around. (I just noticed in both pictures Sam is in his diaper.

For the first month I felt like I was living in someone elses house and it was somewhat depressing. I couldn't get comfortable.. And then I painted the bathroom (it wasn't a pretty bathroom at all). IT is amazing what a little change can do. After that I have been going room to room fixing them up. It now feels more like our home..

I just put up all our a few days ago pictures (2 months later). Jacob said, "Mom, this looks like a home now." and Madison said, "I like what you did to our house." I never knew they paid much attention to the walls or even noticed. Not everything is finished but it is livable.

We all are loving the new house.. We have been very blessed...especially in selling our old home! I feel much more settled here and we MAY stay for a long time. But I won't promise anything!!!

walking on sunshine june 2008

Madison did Dance this spring with her friend Maya and Mckenzie. She would come home and show us all they did that day. When she got her costume she put it on right away and would do this model like pose... The recital was so cute and she did a wonderful job...they may not have remembered the dance but they did have fun, except for one.


after the recital we walked around the park for a bit (there were other activites for riverton days) and Madison heard the song from Enchanted and she started to dance improv.. she was so cute.. We will definately do dance again.