Happy 8th Birthday Parker!

What a fun day for Parker! He woke up to balloons and streamers, went to school and daddy brought him and Ryler happy meals at lunch! Then mom went in to volunteer in his class for awhile and brought donuts to share with the class! After school he had his first day of cub scouts! We gave him the option of not going, but he was so excited to go! After scouts, we called some cousins and grandparents up lasts minute and met at the park for pizza and cupcakes! What a great day, I can't believe I have an 8 year old!

Playing outside

Enjoying the beautiful winter weather that Mesa brings! I love these 4!

Trio Birthday Celebration

Whitney is living in Oregon this year, but we still had to celebrate Talia, Parker and Whitney's birthdays all together as a family! We had fun face timing Whit and Brad and eating cake for them;)

Talia's Baptism

What a special day watching our niece, Talia, be baptized! It was good prep for Parker too, as his was the following Saturday:) I am so proud of her decision to be baptized. 

Trampoline

First time "jumping" on the trampoline! At one point we looked over and she was flying like a rag doll, with big brother bouncing her! We stopped that quickly and hopefully she wasn't too shaken up:)

Oh Christmas Tree

I have let this candy tree sit...and sit...and sit...on top of our fridge and I finally told Parker it was time to throw it away, a month after Christmas had passed. His response... 

"No!!! I want to show it to my kids someday!" Haha

Girls night

We were laughing so hard at Shanell for bringing a selfie stick to girls night, but it made it possible to snap a pic of our fun night eating icecream and helping grade math homework:) 

Speech Graduation

I met with this boy's speech teacher in January and she explained that he has met all of his speech goals over the last 3 years and she doesn't think he needs speech anymore! He still can't always be understood but the sounds he can't say are normal for his age and they hope they will develop on their own as he begins to read. They had a little "speech graduation" party for him on his last day and he came home with a little banner and certificate. So cute!

4 month well check...at 7 months

Finally getting around to her 4 month shots, a few months late, due to insurance changes. This little beauty did great! 

MLK Parade

Fun day in downtown Mesa for the Martin Luther King Jr. parade! We had all the cousins there and then went to Grandma's for lunch! Fun day of no School!

Raking leaves

"Helping" Grandma take leaves! We may have done more damage than good, but it's good for the boys to learn how to work!:)

Erika's Wedding

My beautiful friend got married in the Gilbert Temple! She moved here from Peru when I still lived at home, the missionaries found her and she was baptized and we became good friends during my Young Single Adult years! She has been married for awhile, but this year, she and her husband decided to prepare for the temple and I was able to go to the session with her back in November, when she went through for the first time and then to her sealing in January. I am so happy for her and her husband and wish them the best!!

Kate turns 2

My niece Kate turned 2 and had a little "party" at the Idea museum in downtown Mesa! It was so fun to meet up with the little cousins, while the older ones were in school and celebrate with this cutie!

Night Owl

I think this picture was taken at around midnight, because what else do you do when your baby is wide awake, but take selfies and paint your toenails ? She loves staying up late, no matter what I do. I have decided she knows it's the only one on one time she gets, so she purposely wakes up when her brothers are all asleep. I love this little night owl of mine. 

Baptism Invites

Parker didn't make it easy for me to come up with a picture for his Baptism Invite, but I wouldn't trade his fun, silly personality for anything! I love this kid so much and am so proud of his decision to be baptized!