The rest of Sring Break...

We had a great spring break! The weather was perfect and the boys had lots to do. Lila has figured out that she can stand up and push the bar stools along the floor to walk...that is until she runs into a wall or something, then she has to get down and crawl again.

The boys had two sleepovers with their cousins Jonah and Marcus. Once at our house and then at their house. Brig even got to spend the night and he was so excited! I can't believe he is such a big boy! The morning after they spent the night we went to Bounce U. The boys had a blast! I had my old crappy camera though and so there weren't a whole lot of pics that turned out.

The boys had several birthday parties to go to and actually had to miss a couple of them because they were double booked; it made for a crazy week and killed my budget buying so many presents.

This was the week before spring break but it was left over on my camera so I threw it in with these. We went to Texas Roadhouse to eat dinner for Scott's birthday with his parents. Scott was not about to sit on the saddle but the boys did for him. They were nice enough to still give him his free ice cream (my theory is not saddle, no dessert!)

Marcus had the coolest b-day party ever!! The boys had so much fun. Obi-Wan showed up and so did Darth Vader (notice him in the back by Brig). They had such a good time having lightsaber fights, face painting, balloon lightsabers and games.

Alden launching a water balloon. too bad Obiwan and Darth Vader got cut out of this shot.

We took an afternoon and went to the airport out here by us and watched the planes land and take off for a while. Dallin being the awesome brother he always is entertained Lila for most of the time. They had fun exploring the grass and both ended up with grass stains on their knees.

The boys had fun rolling down the small hill while waiting for more planes to come.

They thought the jets were so neat. We had a picnic in the grass and really enjoyed the afternoon relaxing. We also went to see Percy Jackson and the Olympians and out to dinner at Serranos with Sandee, Larry and their kids, we went to the park, had our Thurston family dinner for the month, went to our cousin Holly's baptism and luncheon and played way too much video games. It was a good break from school though. It was so cram packed it would have been nice to have a two week spring break.

Trip to the Zoo

We spent a day of Sring Break at the Wildlife World Zoo. It was a beautiful day and a lot of fun! We went with Kim & Glen's family and Mom & Dad Marble.

Dallin smashed his thumb in the door a few weeks back and his fingernail was on the verge of falling off finally so he was not the most excited kid at the zoo he was way too worried about his thumb. Can't say I blame him for that, however this is about the best picture I could get of him since he was pouting in most of them.

Lila taking a cracker break. Crazy girl only took like a 20 minute nap the whole day!!

Scott and Lila sitting in the grass.

Brig, Alden and Gavin petting the baby deer.

Lila loved the animals. I had a freak attack about all the germs she was touching though.

Alden and Garret petting the animals.

Brig loved the baby ones.

Scott, Alden, Dallin and Brig on the log ride. I had to drag Megan and Amanda on it with me. Chickens! Then I ended up being the one who got the most wet. I was soaked. I guess that will teach me to make people go on rides.

Aunt Kim helping Alden, and Scott helping Brig while holding Lila. Kamille in the back watching the attempt to feed the birds. I being the scaredy cat I am would not go in the cage. I hate birds. I know, I know, that is almost as bad as a teenager being scared to go on a dinky little log ride.

Grandma Janice, Amanda, Glen, Lindsey, Megan, Kamille, Garret, Gavin, Alden Brig and Dallin posing for a group shot by the tigers.

This guy was so funny he was sleeping on the cage up above our heads. The kids really got a kick out of that.

Scott and Lila checking out some animals. Lila loved seeing all the animals and being outside. She did great.

No one is actually looking at the camera in this picture I just had to post it because Megan was texting in it. I think she is so cute so it totally cracks me up cuz she (being you typical teenager) is always texting. I love it.

Dallin looking at the zebras. Are zebra's black with white strips or white with black strips?

We have only been to this zoo one other time since it is so far away and so expensive but the kids loved being able to get so close to the animals.

Lila chillin in her stroller.

Feeding the giraffes. While Scott was up there with the boys I ran into a lady that had a toddler named Lyla. I thought that was so funny since I have never met anyone with that name before. I was a little sad though cuz I read in a magazine that Lila will be in the top 10 names in a couple of years. Lila is named after her Great Grandma but that name is so unique and not common at all so that is one of the reasons we loved it. I will be a little dissappointed if it becomes popular.

Scott was very excited for a chance to try out our new camera. He took over 200 pictures ( I posted most of them ha ha ha j/k). It was very nice to have a camera that worked really well and didn't run out of batteries after just a couple pictures and we didn't have to pry the lens shutter open or anything. It is big and bulky though so we may decide we need a smaller one for things like this.

Lila picture overload!

So I found the pictures of Lila I was looking for way back when and then I found some more and some more, so here are a whole bunch of random pics...Lila loves to play pat-a-cake. It is one of her favorite things, she gets such a kick out of it and it never gets old.

naked baby! She is so skinny even compared to my boys who were small.

Lila in her church dress. She looks so cute all dressed up. I love Sunday's for that reason, I get to put all her super cute dresses on with the bows, braclets and shoes that match.

Lila loves to eat. It is pretty funny she is so small, she will eat all day long, well as long as it is people food. This was back in the day when baby food was still good enough for her. She reminded us of a little bird waiting for food the way she would open her mouth and follow the spoon. It was pretty funny. And of coarse she always makes a mess some how.

Lila loves to push her little toy and walk with it. The bets are on as to how old she will be when she starts walking unassisted. She turns 9months tomorrow and she can stand by her self for a few seconds before she freaks out and sits down. No steps alone yet though...

Lila falls asleep in this position all the time. It totally cracks me up though. She stands at the side of her crib and cries and then after a few minutes she sits down and finally goes to sleep but she doesn't lay down all the way so she ends up folded in half. I always go in and straighten her out but I couldn't resist taking a picture first on one occasion.

I left Lila playing on her bedroom floor one day while I ran out real quick to answer the phone. When I went back to her room she wasn't there but I could her a thudding noise on the wall. I walked into the boys room right next to hers and she was under their bunkbeds happy as can be kicking her feet against the wall and playing with some toys she had found under there.

This is Lila's favorite play spot. She entertains her self there for a long time several times a day. It's like her own little playhouse. She just loves it there. Maybe she feels safe from the whirlwind of boys running around at all times under there??

Pinewood Derby and other Alden pictures

The kids all love playing at Grandpa Brad's. He has the funnest trees to play in. I can never get my pictures in the order I want them to appear but here they are anyway. In this first picture Grandpa helped Alden climb on the roof to get a ball down that got stuck. He had fun getting up but coming down was just a little bit more intimidating. Good thing he has a big, strong grandpa to help him out.

In the next picture Alden has just jumped out of the tree while holding onto the swing. He started up where Dallin is. The think they have to be dare-devils or something crazy like that I guess.

Alden loves to climb. He climbs on anything, including things he shouldn't be climbing on like doorways and furniture. He loves to climb grandpa's tree, though, and can get pretty high up too.

Last Saturday we had our wards pinewood derby. Alden got an award for the most aerodynamic- looking car. He had a great time working on it with his dad and while he wasn't in the top five he did pretty good and probably ended up in the top 8. Scott showed him one of his old cars from when he was in scouts that had won third place and so Alden wanted to copy the design.

We have a ton of scouts! I am the wolf leader and we have 14 boys in my group. They all had fun though and did a great job cheering each other on. I was very proud of them. We have a great cub master too which makes things very nice.

Alden and the other boys had fun racing after it was over. The younger kids had fun with it too. Ryker came to watch with Grandpa Steve and he seemed to really enjoy it. Alden will be recieving his wolf badge at the next pack meeting we have and he is so excited about that. He really likes scouts and hopefully it won't scar him too much that he had to have his mom be the den mother. :)

Happy Birthday Grandma Lila!!!

Today would be Lila's 99th birthday. Because her birthday is so close to mine I always remember and think of her on March 9th every year. She was a very special lady and I regret not having the opportunity of knowing her better and in her younger years, but memories of her will never fade. I'll always remember her rubbing my head when I had a headache, or playing Parcheesi, or giving me a Coke from her fridge. I'm glad we have such a beautiful daughter who carries Lila's name! Happy Birthday Grandma Lila!

The last weekend in February Dallin and Tara came down for a visit. We crammed as much stuff as you possibly can into such a short time frame to hang out with them as much as possible since we only get to see them a couple times a year. We sure had a fun time. They came for Holly's baby blessing which happened to be the same day as Nick's b-day. I thought that was cool. They will never forget when she was blessed!! anyway these are some pics of some of the things we did...
Hannah smiling for one of the boys playing with the camera

Uncle Chase and Uncle Scottie playing football with the boys while we waited for dinner to be ready and Chad and Elena's Saturday afternoon.

Uncle Scottie trying to get Kariah to smile for a picture, not going to happen but she sure is cute anyway.

all the kids got matching clothes for family pictures. Glen, The most awesome photographer ever, took our pictures and as soon as we get them from him I will post those. I was somehow put in charge of all the boys hair so this is them waiting their turn and trying not to mess up their hair before we left. Our heads are cut off but I would like to point out anyway that my dad is kneeling (waiting his turn Ha ha ha) and he is almost as tall as me standing. So sad, not sure where I came from but the height gene definately skipped me and unfortunately my kids too.

Friday afternoon all us gals went to the Olive Garden for lunch. It is so nice to get away and have girl time for a couple hours. We had so much fun and the food was so yummy and like always Grandma Norton spoiled us all by paying. Thanks Grandma we owe ya (like always)!

Lila and Hyrum checking each other out. She is three months older than him but very much smaller. She was still quicker though, she is a fast little stink and between Holly and Hyrum I had my hands full trying to keep her from attacking too much. She was so interested in the babies. It was really cute.

Friday night most of us went out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. So yummy. I didn't take any pics of us eating but Scott set Lila on the saddle trying to entertain her and it was too cute to pass up, I had to take her picture.

More pictures of the kids at the park. They had such a good time. It is so nice to be able to run back and forth between the house and park right next door. Chad and Elena are definately in a good location.

I think Alden got tackeled. Hee hee hee!

Lila checking out the grass for the first time. She thought it was interesting but got use to it fast ande didn't want to stay put. She LOVES to be outside.

We had such a good weekend and we are so glad we got to spend so much time with family and see Tara's cute family. Can't wait until next time!