Sunday, March 24, 2013

St Geezy

We spent Spring Break in St George with friends and enjoyed every moment of warm weather!
 
 
 
George and Omar manning the babies and basking in the sun between mountain bike rides!
 
 
This was my view from where I spent most of my time, watching the kids swimming-- not bad!!
 
 
Malachi and his new best buddy Henry
 
 
 
 
this girl loves the water!
 

 
marshmallow time
 

 
my little clan 
we got lots of snuggle time watching Wreck It Ralph
 
 
We went for a little hike at Slot Canyon, I had the baby in the bjorn, there was no way I was fitting so I sent the kids up with O and our friends Joe and Jana. Omar ended up not being able to fit through so we hiked around and met them at the top- the kids loved it!
 
 
Sienna loving her shadow
 
 
the hiking crew
 

me and my boys
 

 
Isn't this the cutest little arch?!
 
 
I just love them!
 
 
bike prep 101
 

 
this baby loved being sock free and outside!
 
 
We brought the kids some kites and they absolutely LOVED running around the backyard with them. Look close for flying kites!
 


 
Did I say kids? Omar might have had the most fun flying the barbie kite!
 

 
these kids love our baby, even more than their kites!
 

 
We were there for St Patrick's Day and what do you know, Louie the Leprechan found us, peed in the potty and left a little scavenger hunt (thank you Pinterest for doing all the work)!
 
 
funny how a little scavenger hunt makes kids so happy!
 
 
they even found a little pot of gold!
 
 
one last little snuggle fest for these two before we had to leave and come back to real life and the cold!!

Is this a good idea?

 
Sienna made sure to ask if I thought this was a good idea before she climbed on this or at least pretended she might! Oh my silly girl!


biker kids

The kids got these bikes for Christmas but the winter has been so cold we just got to put them together. They were so excited to take them for a test run and just be outside!
 



 
They eventually got around to chalking up our walks and creating a Magical Wonderland (just like Sienna wrote on the walk)!
 

3 months



This little guy is already 3 months and the poor baby has already been taught to hold a purse, thanks to his big sister of course!!

Sunday, March 3, 2013

this kid LOVES to work!

 Malachi absolutely melted my heart the other day. I was trying to finish a project the other day and I was just grateful my kids were quiet. I walked out of the office to find this sight in my kitchen. Malachi saw that I had some dishes so he got a stool, grabbed the handsoap and scrubber and got busy!
 
 

 
he washed all the dishes on both sides of the sink, what a sweet boy!

 
at least a few times a week this boy goes out to shovel



 
he is a creative bed maker, he changes it everyday

 
this day I love how he neatly stacked his animals


 
that night when I pulled back his blanket I found all his little blankies neatly stacked in the corner!
 
I love that he loves to work!!






the EVERYdays

I know I am the mom but every single day my kids prove to be hilarious and just too cute- witnessing it all is one of the many great things about being a mom!
 
 
Sienna is always setting her toys up in cute ways all around the house. I found her little animals in this cute circle around the baby- very reflective of our house!
 
 
the kids are still lovingly torturing this little guy but he does look cute as a little pink flower! 
 
 
I love sneaking to take pictures of my kids just being cute, here Sienna is feeding and taking care of her baby.
 
 
This kid is really wanting a lot of independence lately. He pretends he is making youtube videos teaching kids how to do things- so cute! When he butters his own toast it looks like this!
 
 
Sienna loves to write and loves to make notes. The other day Zeke was asleep in his carseat and when I flipped his cover up to get him I found this!

warm weather & wild animals

This winter has been so cold it has changed our idea of warm! Once the weather hits about 40 degrees we are pretending it is summer!
 
 
yep our daddy is taller than an adult male gorilla
 
 
they LOVE this Rhino
 
 
Sienna tried to join the fun and luckily daddy is a hero!!
 
 
posers!
 
 
at one point I looked over to see this-- I love that these two are such buddies
 
 
oh this elephant- they would skip seeing the real elephants everytime if they can just sit on the trunk of this one
 
 
We LOVE the zoo!!