Maddox's 6th Birthday...

I seriously can't believe how fast time flies! I can't believe Maddy is already six! Crazy! He's been counting down the days to his birthday for quite a while and wanted to have a Transformers birthday party this year.

Of course he had to open the presents from Avery, Rich and I first thing in the morning. He got more Beyblade stuff of course :)

We ended up inviting 24 kids and 16 made it (plus family) so it was a pretty full crazy house.

Of course he got spoiled with lots of nice gifts...

Steve was able to come and help out so of course I put him in charge of the pinata...

The kids also played Maddy's version of "Simon Says" which was "Optimus Prime says" and it ended up taking quite a while to get it down to two winners.

Aren't these two the cutest...

Maddy's cousins from Texas McKayla and Carlee were able to come and so Maddy was excited about that!

Here is a video of us singing Happy Birthday to him before having cake and ice cream...

Happy Birthday Maddy! I can't believe how fast you are growing up and how smart you are already! I just love you to pieces! Love you forever and ever and ever... Mom

Friday 12/16/11

Chuck E Cheese's...

Jamie and I bought some cheap gift certificates to Chuck E Cheese's over a year ago on CityDeals dot com. My kids have never been there and have seen commercials on TV and beg to go every time we drive by. We decided to let the kids earn the trip there. Avery had to learn how to write her first name all by herself and Maddy and to be able to write his full name... yep including that crazy last name of ours. We finally took them on Monday. Of course we invited Stacy and kids to come along for the fun. Jamie and I printed some online coupons so we each only ended up spending $10 (when we originally bought the gift certificates) and we had more than enough pizza (2 larges) drinks and tokens (100+) to go around and we ended up being there nearly 4 hours...

Maddy won all these tickets on one of the games (sorry the picture is blurry-my camera was being weird.) My kids ended up with 100+ tickets and were both able to pick out a couple fun prizes. Maddy told me it was the best day ever.

Monday 8/1/11

Huck Finn Days (Strawberry Days)...

This past Friday the kids and I went to Strawberry Days in Pleasant Grove. My sisters Jen, Jamie and Stacy (and all their kids) and my Dad and two brothers (Shawn & Justin) also came. We started the day at "Huck Finn Days." We've gone the last couple years and it's really fun and the kids love it and look forward to it every year now.

The kids eating their doughnuts they got from the Doughnut Walk.

The line to have pony rides is always really long but my Dad was awesome and volunteered to wait in line while we did all the other games... he waited in line for around two hours. What a guy!

My brothers and Dad.

Jen and girls.

Jamie and kids.

Stacy and Jace (Cole was sleeping in his stroller.)

After finishing up at Huck Finn Days we headed over to the carnival...

We got some lunch and of course had to have the famous strawberries-n-cream... so yummy!

My niece Carlee got her face painted and it looked awesome!

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Of course I had to get a picture of the Ferris Wheel!

My Dad slept at our house the night before and the kids had such a fun time with him... thanks Dad!

Later that evening Steve and I and the kids went and did a little shopping and then had dinner at our favorite place Cafe Paesan. We had an enjoyable time spending time together as a family.

Friday 6/17/11

Chess Anyone?

This is a chess set Steve and I bought in Ensenada Mexico while on our cruise back in 2002. We have it in our bedroom and Maddy has been begging to play with it. We finally caved and they had fun... a couple pieces got broken on the top but oh well.

Thursday 4/21/11

Lehi Easter Egg Hunt...

Saturday my sisters and I took the kids to an Easter Egg Hunt at the Lehi Legacy Center. It wasn't a traditional egg hunt however, the kids had to earn their eggs/prizes. There were a bunch of games set up and after playing each game they got their egg/prize. It turned out pretty good and the kids had a great time and definitely made out with way more than the $2 admission we paid.

You were suppose to only play each game once and Maddy was really bummed because he didn't win a cupcake on the cupcake walk. Only the winner got one (which happened to be his cousin Dallin) and everyone else got a plastic egg with something in it. Towards the end however, they were trying to get rid of all the cupcakes and let the kids keep playing until they were gone. Maddy won one right away and he was more than excited as you can tell. He was pretty much doing a happy dance :)

The kids checking out their stash. Avery got the cutest little pink stuffed bunny (you can see it right next to her) and it's become her new favorite thing... she sleeps with it at night and packs it around during the day. She lost her "baby" quite awhile ago and seems to have found a replacement.

Not mine, but I couldn't resist...

Luckily the Legacy Center has concessions inside and we were able to grab a pizza and take it outside and have a little picnic for lunch. In case you can't tell it was pretty yummy... who needs napkins anyway?

My sisters and their kiddos... good times! It was actually warmer than it looks and I even managed to come home with a slight sunburn on my face :)

Saturday 4/16/11