OUTSIDE!

We have been spending a lot of time outside lately. It has been warm for the last two weeks up until yesterday. The boys have gotten tan and are wearing shorts. They love being outside. The other morning I was outside weeding and the boys were playing on their bikes and my friend/neighbor (and the love of both Doran and Brock's lives) Kenzi texted me to look across the street at the park and the picture above is what we saw! There were tons of deer! It was pretty cool to see. I didn't know deer even came this far down into the valley.

Jayce slept over Friday night. When I woke up this is what I found. Doran is a cuddler! I don't think she was very happy about him laying on her!

A little bit later Brock came out and laid on her too! They are watching Bakugan which explains why Doran wouldn't even look at the camera. This last week he has been saying "My name is not Doran, it is Dan." Dan is the main character in Bakugan. He has had many names: Astro Boy, Junior (Dale Jr.), Battle Force 5 which was later shortened to Burt, and so on!

This is pretty cool! I brought the bikes Santa brought the boys outside now that is warm and Brock knows how to ride it! He will just get on a peddle away. I don't know when kids usual learn how to peddle but Doran still can't figure it out so we thought it was pretty fun that Brock did!

Look at him go!

Last year I posted a picture of a peacock on our house. That night I realized it wasn't that cool when I heard how loud they are! Well this was our neighbors house this morning! There were 6 peacocks just hanging out on the front and side of their house! I had to take a picture!

Ok we are starting to finish the back yard. I decided to take some pictures. I never put pictures of our progress last year so I figured I would now! This picture was taken when we were under contract. It was a jungle!

Here is a picture of one side looking down from the porch. We put in the concrete curbing last summer.

Here is the other side. We also put in mulch last summer with the help of my brother Ry-cracker. Way better but I still need to plant some flowers. I hate yard work!

We had the backyard graded a few weeks ago and brought in dirt and had it trenched. He also trenched the strip up front and we will put grass there when we do the back. Saturday Seth and our neighbor Adam laid concrete in our back yard and this little square up front so people can walk up to the house without stepping in the mud until we get grass. I think it was a great idea Seth had to put it there!

We put road base on the side of the house to extend the RV pad back. Hopefully in a few years we will be able to have it be concrete all the way back.

Here is the pad they laid outback! I think it looks so awesome! I am excited for the yard to be done so the kids can play on it and maybe have a table out here so we can eat too! I am glad we had a neighbor who was willing to help and did such an awesome job! We are gonna owe them big time!

Here is the back. I wish I would have taken a before picture of it too. It was a jungle! Weeds were taller than the deck! Once the sprinklers are in we will probably grade it one more time so it is smooth and then on to the sod! We can't wait to have a backyard!

Our (my) favorite place!

One of my favorite places is open again! The gardens at Thanksgiving Point. The boys love it too, I don't know how much Seth loves it, but he will take me any time I ask. The boys definately forgot about it over the winter so it was almost like taking them for the first time. They both carried quarters to buy fish food and when we got there the fish food was empty. They were so sad. Luckily the fish still thought we would feed them so they hung around!

I asked them while we were down by the waterfalls what their favorite part is and they both said the waterfalls. Then I asked them in the car on our way home and they both said the fish. They had a blast!

I can't wait for the tulips to bloom. They are my favorite flowers and it is so beautiful there when they are everywhere. I made Seth promise today to take me a lot during the festival. He is the best!

Easter weekend

We had such a fun weekend. Friday night we colored Easter eggs and I forgot to take any pictures. I wish I would have because Doran's face when we pulled the first egg out of the dye was priceless.

Saturday we had Granny's Easter egg hunt, which to some is known as the hunt of the century! She always does so much and all the grandkids love it. Doran has been so excited and has been talking about it since St. Patrick's Day.

Here are some of the kids watching the eggs and treats get 'hidden'.

I was pretty sad that Seth had to work all weekend. He didn't make it to a single family get together. But since he wasn't there, Brooks helped Doran hunt and I helped Brock. Doran got so much stuff he almost had his Jr. bag full. Brock probably got 20 things.

Jayce is the best hunter there is. She always gets the most stuff. I think the look on her face shows how much she loves it!

Brock found a thing of bubbles but it had been broken open. He was very concerned because once he found those he no longer wanter to hunt he just wanted to blow bubbles and how can he blow bubbles if they are spilled? He kept saying "I found 'em Mommy. Oh no, they're gone!"

Easter morning! So fun! I was in my room getting ready when I heard a sound in the family room. I came out and Brock was just sitting on the fire place going through his basket. He had found the little Easter egg gum and was trying to get it open. He didn't get that it was a special day. So I gasped really loud and excitedly hoping Doran would wake up, he did! He came running and yelled "Oh my goodness!" The rest of the morning he just talked about how the Easter bunny was so quiet, he came in and didn't even wake anyone up with his hoppin'!

Once I got the boys ready we went over to Grandma and Papa K's for breakfast. It was so good! Kevin made a breakfast casserole that was full of jalepenos and it was out of this world! They gave all the grandkids cute outfits and treats in a little sand bucket.

Then we got to come home and enjoy a quiet morning and afternoon of conference and toys! Then we went over to Nate and Samantha's for the Engman Easter party! Nate and Samantha got the coolest playground this week for their kids and my boys were in heaven! (I would be too... in fact I was even a little tempted to climb in and play ;) )

Brock had the time of his life! He would still be playing now even though it is freezing. I think it is the first Easter I remember waking up to snow!
Then we had another Easter egg hunt! Brock still didn't get very many eggs and Doran was mad he had to stop! After the hunt was over they both started getting really whiney and Brock made me hold him non-stop. So I decided it was time to go home... Brock was asleep in the car before we made it 30 seconds! It is a good thing we only live a mile away from them!

dark in here!

The boys have been so funny lately. They say things that always make us laugh! I had to write them down so we don't forget. The other night we were at my mom and Papa K's cabin and we were trying to get the boys to bed without much success. I told Doran to just close his eyes and he got the maddest look on his face and said, "I can't close my eyes! It is dark in my eyes! It's dark in there!" Seth and I looked at each other and just started laughing! It was so funny.
They also have been telling us lately that they are either 'too big' or 'too little' to do what we are asking. Doran will say both and Brock always says he is too little. I love it! If you call Brock from another room or ask him where he is he will point somewhere on his head and say, "I right there."
The other night I put Brock down and told him to fold his arms, close his eyes, and say the prayer. He did and said, "Dear Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Chirst, amen." It was so funny because he had the proudest look on his face. Normally he prays for quite a while and blesses everything from Daddy's motorcycle to a certain toy so it was pretty funny to hear him cut it so short. We sure do love our little guys! Every day they suprise us!

5 YEARS!

Today is mine and Seth's 5 year anniversary! I could have spent my entire life searching and would have never found another man even close to being as awesome as Seth! I love you Seth!

The Bean Museum

Today Doran's preschool had a field trip to the bean museum. I have never been there before but the boys were so excited to go. They both were wearing their backpacks this morning while they still had their pj's on!

Well, when we got there things weren't looking up. They were both very cranky and Brock kept throwing some of those awesome terrible two fits!

But of course they would still say cheese for the camera!

Maybe some day when they are in better moods we will go back and try again.

This morning Doran was excited, again, to wear green. I told him it isn't St. Patrick's Day anymore so we don't have to wear green. He was sad because he loves special days. So I told him Easter is soon. I told him about the Easter bunny and our family Easter egg hunts that we will go to. He is very excited to find all the eggs. He keeps telling me 'I am going to get all the eggs but I won't throw up cause they aren't real eggs, huh Mommy. They are fake eggs with candy in them!' He is so funny when he excited. Thank heavens he gets that they aren't going to make him sick or Easter would not be fun this year. He worries about most food having eggs in them and if something does it upsets him and he won't eat at all until we calm him down. Brock was excited too, but he has already forgot!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

The boys have been so excited about wearing green all day. They keep telling everyone that they are wearing green. They didn't pinch anyone who wasn't wearing green though even though they saw lots of people who weren't!

When I was explaining to them that it is St. Patrick's Day they were excited to see if SpongeBob was wearing green! Wrong Patrick guys! I thought it was pretty cute.

They love getting pictures taken of themselves. They both will scream cheese and jump up and down. Then they both start yelling 'I wanna see it!' We went to the laundro mat this morning to clean our comforter and when they started getting bored I just pulled out the camera and they were happy! They are such fun boys!

Doran's school projects

Doran has been getting so smart lately. He is counting all the time and on some of the preschool kids shows that he watches he will count along or shout out the letter or number that they are asking about. It so cool to see how much he is learning. He loves bringing home art projects from preschool. At his Valentines day party is the first time I have ever seen him draw a face. It is on the heart below. It makes me so excited for all that is to come!

Who is that!?

Seth has been trying to grow his hair out for quite a few months now. The other day he asked me if he should cut his hair... I smiled at him and said YES! I still thought he looked extremely attractive with his hair long, but I love him with his hair short....

1 hour later he was back in the chair of his favorite barber in the whole world, Pam!

Woot Woot! I think it looks so good!

The cabin

My boys have a new favorite place to go! It is Papa K and Grandma's cabin! They love it! It is so fun. It is just relaxing and our new favorite way to spend family time together.

It is just outside of Kamas and the Provo river runs through the back yard. The boys don't know that yet though!

The boys love all the pictures on the walls. They will look at them all night and keep telling us who is who. I have a feeling we are going to be going there a lot more lately.

Monster Jam!

We went to Monster Jam the night before Valentine's Day with the boys and it was so fun! We all loved it! The boys favorite is Grave Digger but they also loved monster mutt! We hope we can go again to somewhere bigger so there is more to watch.

Here was the boys favorite part of the night! When Grave Digger rolled over! I could not believe how loud the trucks were or the smell they put off!