Birthday Celebration & Cousins

The day after we returned from AZ we got to go see our other cousins and celebrate Lauren's birthday. Chris was busy so I took the kids to gma & gpa. They had a blast! Dallin kept an eye on Gentry for me most of the time.

It wouldn't be time spent with the cousins without a pick-up game of baseball. It was too cold outside for those of us who aren't die-hards like these three guys.

The three-year old was excited to celebrate with French Silk Pie that grandma made.

My two favorite pics are of Wyatt and Ethan holding the girls with their new rubber-band guns propped up (they didn't know I was taking a picture)

Grandpa got to enlist the help of 'graders' to make his job much faster. Hadley enjoyed drawing at the table with them all.

Lauren pretending to be sleepy & Grandma pretending to be sleeping.

Overheard

VINCENT: (Talking to himself) You know there's this boy on my team. I'd like to trade him.

Lauren and Grandma & Grandpa

Trying to get a good shot of Grandma & Grandpa and Lauren on her birthday. Nope: four out of 6 eyes open.

Caught Grandma in a chuckle. Lauren's eyes say it all.

As good as it gets I guess. Thanks for the fun birthday celebration! (More pics of that to come)

Trip to Arizona

Molly & I took a quick little trip to Arizona to visit A.Jodi & cousins while Chris stayed home and worked. We even got to see it rain in the desert.

Lauren gathering eggs from the chicken coop w/A.Jodi - this was a major highlight for her.

When Gentry wasn't sitting or clinging to me, she was on Molly's lap.

Overheard

HADLEY: When I grow up I want to turn a nonsense word into a new word everyone uses.

ME: That's a good goal.

HADLEY: So instead of saying the words cuddly, soft, white & fluffy you could use the word Taf.

ME: Okay.

Daddy (Uncle) & Me Nite

Uncle Brig was the stand-in for Chris at Vincent's Daddy-and-me-Nite at preschool. They got to make a sweet Valentines for me and hang out. Thanks Brig for being so willing. I love how you were the first person Vincent thought of to ask come.

Happy Birthday Lauren!

Look who's three!

Her only request for gifts was that they be pink! And so they were. We also made pink cupcakes with pink frosting to share with friends at the Beach Pit. Happy day for a happy little girl.

Doctor Visit

Don't you wish we all got this excited to go to the doctor's office! (Neither knew they were there to get their immunization records up to date - why spoil the fun?)