8 years!

Happy Anniversary! Here we are eight years and three boys later...it has been wonderful! I love you!

Party, Party, Party

Happy Birthday Carter! Carter turned 6 two weeks ago, but due to blizzard conditions his friend party was postponed until this past Friday. So, the celebration was stretched over two weeks.

We had a family party for Carter when everyone was in town for Tanner's blessing. This was our day to do cake and presents. It was fun to have so much family around to celebrate.


Round two was his actual birthday on April 14. After a minor setback of McKay locking me and himself out of the house with Tanner inside (the fire department had to come and break into the house for us) we headed to Carter's school to deliver cupcakes and celebrate with his Kindergarten class. Carter got to wear the birthday hat and everyone sang to him. Carter just loved it. I forgot to bring the camera, due to the stress of our "setback."

Round three came this past Friday and the weather decided to cooperate this time. We had a pirate party at the park. We did hot dogs, a pinata, and a scavenger hunt. Carter had a lot of fun with some school friends and some church friends.




It is hard to believe that Carter was so little like Tanner only six years ago. He is such a sweet, smart, and thoughtful boy and we love having him in our home.

An Easter Blessing

Tanner was blessed in church on Easter Sunday. It was such a nice day. We loved having so much family in town. My parents were here as well as my sisters Melanie and Megan, my brother Josh and his wife Kyle, and Lamont's brother Bennett and his wife Jenna. We had a great weekend at Carter's soccer game, bowling, playing games, and celebrating Carter's birthday.

On Sunday Lamont blessed Tanner in church. It was a beautiful priesthood blessing, and I am glad that my dad and our brothers were able to join him. I am also grateful that Lamont was able to do this for Tanner. Tanner wore the same blessing outfit that both Carter and McKay wore. Afterwards, we had a nice ham dinner together to celebrate Easter.

The Men (& boys)

Everyone who was at the blessing

Uncle Don, Aunt Susan and family came to join us for dinner.

The Bunny came!

Spring Break?!

We decided to stay home this year for spring break and take it easy. However, spring break felt more like winter break! I think this snowstorm was larger than any of our winter snowstorms. In fact, Carter's school was cancelled for TWO days due to all the snow, in addition to his week off. The good thing about a spring snowstorm is that it doesn't stick on the ground for very long. It also makes for great sledding weather once it has stopped snowing. The sun was shining and it was warm enough that I was getting pretty hot in my coat sledding down the hill. I guess if we want a warm spring break next year, we'll have to head to Texas or Florida!

My little snowman!
Tanner stayed snuggled in his carseat while we did a little sledding.




The boys had a blast!