Dylan's Gymnastics Show

Dylan has been in gymnastics all school year and today was their big show. He did great - the bars was his best event.

I finally made it to Nashville

Last weekend Steven surprised me with an anniversary trip to Nashville. I had always wanted to go there and loved it. We hung out in downtown Nashville where all the honey tonks are and also at Opryland. We went to the Grand Ole Opry Saturday night. I loved Opryland and can not wait to go back.

Happy Easter

The boys had an Easter parade at school on Thursday and each carried a fresh flower and placed it on a wire cross. I had them dressed in their Easter shirts from Grandma Diane and they were precious.

We paused our house construction for Easter weekend. Our house was not all the way together but we made the best of it. Steven's mom and Joe came in for a long weekend. I had taken the boys to the neighborhood Easter egg hunt on Monday so they were ready to hunt eggs! Saturday we met my parents at Willowfork for another Easter egg hunt and lunch. Sunday while we were at church Joe and Diane played the Easter bunny so when we came home the boys hunted eggs again. Steven cooked a nice Easter dinner and my parents joined us. It was a nice family celebration.

The boys really enjoyed have Joe and Diane around. Dylan enjoyed stuffing eggs with Diane and getting donuts every morning! They both enjoyed looking at animal pictures and listening to songs with Joe on the computer. They especially liked the chicken dance.

Spring Break 2011

I found this picture on my camera and it was too cute not to post. This is from Spring Break when the boys' cousins were visiting. Our house was wild with 5 kiddos here.

Levi is 18 months

Levi's 18 month check up went well and he only had to get one shot. We had been to the doctor the day before because Dylan has strep throat and an ear infection and Levi had smashed his toe with a Dr Pepper can. Luckily his toe was not broken and he just has a black toenail. He is such a tough boy that it does not seem to phase him. His 18 month stats are below:

Weight 25lbs, 10.5 ozs - 47%
Height 32 5/8 inches - 60%
Head 19 1/4 inches - 79%

At 18 months Levi is developing quite a personality. He is saying more and more words and even putting a few words together. He loves playing with Dylan, being outside, reading books about farm animals, eating fruit snacks and popsicles and dancing. He has a temper and is going to have to start getting time outs for throwing food, utensils or anything on his tray. He also picks on Dylan when he wants his attention. He already wants to be a big boy and do everything himself. He is still a great sleeper!

Cute things he does that I hope never to forget are: make animal noises like mooing, growling, quacking when he sees animals in a book, sings in the car, loves to be chased, does a silly walk when he is happy and swims in the bathtub. He still also loves to tap around in my shoes and puts one of my purses on his shoulder and waves bye to everyone in the house.

Rodeo 2011

Sunday morning Steven and I took the boys to the rodeo to see the animals. Dylan and Levi gladly both wore their cowboy boots and jeans. This was Levi's first time to the rodeo and he loved it. We walked in through the moo cows and Levi was mooing at them. We went to the petting zoo and then Dylan rode a pony. We saw a lot of baby animals - chicks, lambs, goats, pigs, rabbits and ducks. We also went through the farm outside and Dylan was able to plant tomatoes, pick wool and feed the chickens. Below are a few pictures from our fun morning.

Park City Ski Trip

We just got back from our first family ski trip. We went with friends - Clint, Holly and Ty to Park City. The boys skied at Deer Valley two days. Dylan did great skiing - Steven and I were so proud. He went to ski school two mornings and then skied with Steven one afternoon. Steven and Dylan also went on a snowmobile ride. Levi was not too much for the cold weather so we hung out indoors most of the time. We did venture out to watch Dylan and Ty ski, but mostly enjoyed cruising around in the green jeep and looking at the beautiful scenery. We are looking forward to many more family ski vacations - maybe Levi and I will ski next time.