Happy happy birthday

... to an amazing person I get to call MOM!

She is beautiful inside and out and I am so glad that we live close enough to see her every once in a while (although still not enough).

I hope you have a very happy birthday! Thanks for all you do for me.
Loves and Hugs to you on this special day

XXOXOX

Grateful Sunday

family; near and far. It's just good to know you are loved.

health; this weekend I have been down and out with something AWFUL. I can't imagine living this way all the time. Thank heavens my awesome husband picked up the pieces and worked his tail off doing yard work, cooking, cleaning, mopping, taking the kids to the park & church (all 4 of them) so that I could have peace & quiet and sleep. What a stud. He really is amazing.

financial security; I am so thankful for Sean's job and that he has worked so hard to provide for our family even though it includes way too many sleepless nights working on a project he has to finish.

home; I love my home. I love the memories I can create with my family. I hope it will always be a place that they feel safe and loved and want to be.

laughter; sometimes (all the the time according to Sean) I forget to laugh at things instead of getting high strung about them. I should remember the saying "don't sweat the small things" and just roll with it. When I do laugh I love it and definitely need to do it more often.

My little blue eyed boy

turned 3 months yesterday!

He is SUCH a joy to have in our home.

He is now sleeping 12 hours at night (straight)

He can do a full on push up (since he is a belly sleeper) when he wakes up.

He is starting to belly laugh and it makes us all crack up

He is moving all over his crib so I don't think it will be long until he does roll

He is usually content unless he is hungry or needs to be burped

He drinks from a bottle with no problem (believe me that is HUGE for us. All of my other kids were too stubborn and would only eat from ME. It is so nice!

I just can't get enough of my Jax. He is so much fun.

I love each stage that they grow into. However, it does make me a little sad that I just put away all of his 0-3 month clothes. (Ahh, I think he's my last, so it is even a little more sad). I am so grateful to have him in our family.

Park City, Soccer, and Lagoon

Tay's Spring Break this year was right after Easter Weekend so Sean took the week off as well to play with us. He still worked a ton (because he had so many projects to get done, he is amazing) but he was still with us when we were awake and doing something. He stayed up late many nights to work. We originally toyed with the idea of going to St. George or Las Vegas, but in the end we just went to Park City and had so much fun. Sean found this awesome place by the Canyon Resort which was way nice. The kids had their own bedroom and 2 flat screen TV's and we had our own room with a kitchen and living room in the middle. It was fabulous. The kids loved swimming (sorry no pictures of that). We also shopped the outlets and got all the kids summer clothes. That was my favorite part! I am so excited for summer now.

What a hottie!

We also went out to eat, went to Boondocks, saw "How to Train a Dragon" (which I LOVED. It was such a cute movie) and lots of other fun stuff.

On Saturday Tay had her 1st soccer game of the season. She did awesome for not playing for 5 months. Pink Thunder is back in action. Jayson and Rylee made an excellent cheering section again.

We told Tayler if she scored a goal that we would take them to Lagoon and get Season passes. She sure tried her hardest, but didn't get a goal this time. We still took them however. It was Jayson's first time at any place with rides and he loved it. We stayed about 6 hours and everyone had a great time. Tayler is tall enough to ride all the rides so her and Sean headed off to ride the new scary roller coaster Wicked when we first got there. She is a brave girl. It ended up being a really nice day. Not too chilly, but perfect! I think it got up to 67 that afternoon so it was nice.

Their favorite ride of the day was the one with the water slide. I thought they were crazy since it would be cold when they were all wet, but they loved it and wanted to do it over and over again. We all came home a little sun-kissed. Ah, I love the sun!

It was an awesome SPRING BREAK week. I wish it would happen once a month! We loved having Sean around and it was so nice to have a change of pace. I love my little family so much and love the memories that we have of being together. I hope they do too!

Easter Weekend

On Friday night we got to see Aunt Ashley out at Grandma's house. We sure do love her! She wasn't able to come for the funeral and Jackson's blessing, so we were really excited to see her when she did come. We had a great time visiting. Jackson was being a little fuss bucket, but Ash, Brent and Grandma still watched our kids so that Sean and I could go out on a date. We pulled out the letter "W" so we hit Wingers and Walmart, to get Easter stuff. (that's about all there was :) Thanks so much you guys! We sure love seeing you.

Saturday was a lazy day watching Conference. I loved every minute of it. Between the last session and Priesthood session I left to run some errands since all 4 kids were down for a nap. When Sean got home from Priesthood we ran to the mall to look for rings. Sean lost his wedding ring about 3 years ago and since he has lost so much weight we wanted to get him a new one and I lost my wedding ring as well. (YES, it's true and very, VERY sad). I still get a little teary eyed thinking about it. ANYWAY, we went and looked at rings and went out to eat as a family. It was a nice night.

Sunday was awesome since Conference fell on Easter Sunday as well. I think it was perfect! The kids woke up earlier than I wanted and were all ready to search for eggs so that's what we did.

Jax just chilled in his swing during the festivities

Lookin' at all the loot. Good thing my kids aren't huge candy eaters (well, except Jayson)

That evening, Shelly and Mike invited us over for Easter dinner and another Easter egg hunt. It was delicious as usual and the kids had a blast hunting for more candy and eggs.

All in all it was a fabulous weekend. I loved listening to General Conference and having that "BOOST" again to try to do better and hearing words of encouragement, which I needed. It was awesome. I am so grateful for our Prophet and Apostles that help to lead and guide us in these days.

The Tooth Fairy's been busy

Tayler lost her 6th tooth Wednesday night and Rylee lost her 2nd tooth last night (Thursday night). Jayson tried to pull a tooth out to join in the fun, but to no avail. Hopefully he has a few more years until the tooth fairy visits him. Rylee is convinced that Jackson will start getting all of the teeth they have lost.

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p.s. Jackson slept for 7 1/2 hours straight last night. Ahh, feels good. Hopefully it will continue.

p.s.s Yes Rylee's eyes are still a bit puffy in the picture. She thought the 2nd tooth would be a little easier and she would be a bit more brave, but it was still a wee bit tramatic again (she pulled it out by herself though after Daddy hooked on the dental floss). She has the cutest little lisp now.