Alittle Photo Shoot......

On my wall in the living room I have pictures of my kids and the family, as does every other family out there I'm sure. But unlike most I always have to change my pictures. Kids grow sooo fast and I always want to capture the moment as they are in the present. SO yesterday was another photo shoot for my boys. Dustin loves dressing nice and having his picture taken, but Bradley on the other hand hates every last minute of it ( as I'm sure you can tell on his face).
Here are a few of the photos I took. I also got to take a few of my nephew Taidyn. He is a ham. He found a stick and insisted the stick needed it's picture taken with him. Ha ha. So In every picture of him there is a stick ......
Hope you enjoy.

Taider Mater's Birthday

My nephew Taidyn turned 3 on the 20th of this month.

I can not believe how fast time has past and how fast this little rugrat has grown.

When he was born he was sooo small , he could barely fit into premie clothes.

Now he is running every where and although he isn't the biggest boy (he is still kinda small), he has the personality of a 20 year old.

I swear there isn't anything he misses , and has to do EVERY THING on his own.

We got to have his party at our house ( because my sister lives in a small apartment).

Here are a few pictures from the day. I'm pretty sure he had a wonderful day. How do I know you may ask? Well he was Singing ,

"Happy Birthday to Me"

all day long.

His mom said he sang it  from the moment he woke up and  'til the moment he went to bed.

Had to get OUT.

We just had to get out of the house.
Spending all winter in the house has taken it's toll on us all. SO Daniel decided it was time to get out and go for a drive.
So on Sunday we headed up to Rexburg for a good breakfast, then off to Ashton towards Mesa Falls we went.
We went with the intentions of seeing the falls but what we didn't realize was the road is closed to cars and trucks and only opened to snowmachines and those willing to hike back in. We weren't willing to do the 4 mile hike in the clothes we were in with the kids and dog tagging along. So we compromised and hiked a small hike around the little parking area they had there.
It was fun , trying to NOT fall on our butts as we hiked up and down.
I'm pretty sure the boys had a blast sliding on their butts, and the dog well she just loved being out and running without getting into trouble for eating every thing in site. Alittle side note I think puppies are worse then babies when it comes to eating things they aren't suppose to.

It was a great day. It was  nice to get out and enjoy the fresh air.

Now if only summer would get here already, so we can head out camping and enjoy the outdoors more.

They were sledding down on their butts =)the dog thought I needed her help getting up the hillthey had these little cubbies to sleep in and keep warm. Dustin was posing for the camera he hehe doesn't like his pic taken so he was trying to take it away.... =)

My BABY turned 8!

My baby turned 8 on March 6th.

I'm kinda sad about it too.

All week last week I was remebering the day my little man came into the world.

It was a hard delivery and kinda scary for us as well.

But in all we are all healthy now and doing just great.

Dustin couldn't be more of a blessing then he is.

He is always so sweet and full of emotion, he is so artistic , and loves animals.

We would have one of every animal in the world if it was up to him.

Infact he wanted a bunny for his birthday this year from a friend of his at school.

Of course I said no way in hell because we have 3 dogs, yes 3. One inside all the time and 2 outside. I think thats enough pets for me.

But any ways, back to the party, on Saturday we celebrated in style of course.

He insisted on raspberry cheesecake this year , so I made a whole bunch thinking we wouldn't have enough but to my dismay we have soo much left over it's a bit overwhelming , because that damn cake keeps calling my name from the frig.

He got to invite a few friends over from his class. And the house was full of screaming kids.

Here are a few pictures from the evening.