St. George trip (not in order)

I was in a hurry to post our St. George pictures and didn't put any of the pictures in order, sorry.

We were able to go to St. George for 10 days and visit with friends and family and just have a good ol' time. Below are some of the activities we did while on our vacation.

Sister Lindsey North (Taylors sister) finally came home from her mission in Canada. We were so excited for her to come home. The kids were excited to see her and loved watching her come off of the plane and they especially loved holding her big boquet of balloons. It was great to see family there and chit chat while awaiting her arrival. So glad to have you back Lou and we loved spending time with you while we were home.

We were able to attend my little sis Krista's graduation while we were home as well. We are so proud of her and she is so incredibly smart and motivated and I can't wait to see what she decide's to do next. She graduated from Tuacahn high school. Graduation was a little different at Tuacahn (not any shorter that's for sure) and a lot more entertaining. They had speakers, dancers, musicians, songs, and the best part was the great firework show afterwards. Congrats Krista!

"Look at my ears mom"!

On the drive back to Spokane Brynlee was stuffing marshmallow's ("marshpillow's" as Brynlee likes to call them and "smarshmallow's" is what Kamryn calls them) in her ears and she thought she was so funny.

Swimming with my good friend Shauna and her little boy Kason.

Kamryn and Brynlee's cousins Maudi and Marlee joined us for a swim one day too.

Golfing (on many occasions).

Pirate Island Pizza (Kamryn's favorite).

Swimming with friends. I was so happy that I was able to get together with my best buds and hang out with them. I miss them all so much and I am so happy that we still get together when I come home and I hope we continue to do so. All our kids get along so well so it makes getting together so easy. Love you guys!

The drive back to Spokane is GORGEOUS in May and June. It is so green and just beautiful. Here is one of my shots from inside the car (LOL). Isn't it so pretty?

Just helping mom........that's all

Just clearing off the kiddie table for you mom.

Just putting the DIRTY dishes away for ya.

I made a big mess with my dinner so I am vaccuuming it up.


Thanks for the help Tayson, you are such a big helper!

Memories

Tayson has been sitting like this for quite some time now. He doesn't sit on his bum or crawl on his knees. He usually crawls on his toes and sits on his feet. It is so cute! I had to take a picture just for my memory's sake. He has just now figured out how to stand up too. I love it! He sits like this and then all of the sudden he starts pushing his legs up and stands up like a big kid. He does it all the time and loves it, and is getting so good at it too. He can stand there for a long time and could even take some steps if he wasn't so chicken. Soon enough he will be walking. Crazy!

Tubby Wubby

I was bathing Tayson the other night and was thinking about all the pictures I have taken of the girls in the bath tub and the few pictures I have of Tayson in the "Tubby Wubby" (that's what Taylor calls it). So I busted out the camera and took some pictures for his scrapbook. How cute is he? Back off ladies......he is all mine!!!!!....... Tayson loves the bathtub soooooo much, as soon as he hears the water he moves those arms and legs as fast as he can to get to the tub.

Kamryn's dance recital

Kamryn had her dance recital a few weeks ago and she did an amazing job. The day before the recital they had a dress rehearsal and she freaked out. She cried and cried and told me she was scared. It was actually quite hillarious and I wish I would have taken pictures of her crying during the dance. Anyways, I had a talk with her after the dress rehearsal and told her not to be scared and that mom and dad would be there to cheer her on (blah, blah, blah you know the routine). So dance recital night she was totally pumped and ready to go. She was so excited and was having the time of her life at the recital. She did so good and after it was all over she told me she wanted to do it again. It was so cute! I love dance recital's and I myself had a blast and loved every minute of it. Brynlee was mesmerized and loved watching the "Fairy's" as she calls them. I am so proud of you Kam and love you to death. I just wanted to give a shout out to Kamryn's dance teacher Mauressa and tell her thanks for such a great recital and thanks for all you have done for Kamryn. She will miss you a ton.My cute little flower.

Kamryn's best buddy Teagan.

I can't wait until Brynlee starts dance class and we get to cheer her on too. That will be a blast!

Daddy's little girl.


What a cheeseball. She was all smiles that night. I am not kidding either. She was so giddy and happy and was posing for the camera's and having a ball.

Here she is in action. I have video's of both of her dance's below somewhere.

Posing for the camera once again. Most of her pictures are like this.


Last but not least.....here is her certificate she got that night. How cute is that?

He is just so cute....

Tayson can be such a little stinker, but I just can't find myself getting upset with him cause he is just so cute. He gives me the biggest smile whenever he knows he is in trouble and it just melts my heart. I found him on Kamryn's bed having a good ol' time. I have no idea how he got there and I am afraid there are many more of these incidents to come.

Tayson is now in a big boy carseat and he LOVES it. He can actually see what is going on now rather than looking at the back of a seat.

Dance Recital Videos

Make sure to pause the music!

Happy Mother's Day (a day late)

I had such a GREAT Mother's Day and hope you all did as well. Taylor made me breakfast, we went to church where the girls made me their Mother's day gifts, had Applebee's Fiesta Lime Chicken for lunch (my all time favorite meal in the world and he went and got it for me saturday night so I could eat it for lunch on Mother's day), played outside cause the weather was beautiful, watched Taylor change poopy diapers and clean the house for me, and then Taylor got me a gift certificate to a tanning salon to get a spray tan, and then for dinner our next door neighbors invited us over and the men slaved away cooking and cleaning dishes while the women got to visit. It was such a fun day and what could be better than spending mother's day with your husband and 3 beautiful kids. I LOVE BEING A MOMMY!


The weather was beautiful that day and I got to sit outside read my new photography book(thanks mom), and enjoy watching my kids play with their daddy. Here they are swinging like a helicopter.

Here are my BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYED ANGELS!

Tayson has the most ridiculously beautiful blue eyes with dark LONG eyelashes, but this last month or so his eyelashes have lightened up a bit and his lashes are not as long as they used to be and I am afraid he is starting to lose his eyelashes. I am so sad!

Copy cat........and Walking????????

Tayson is growing up right before my eyes and this last week and a half he has just sprouted like a weed. He copies everything we do, started walking with help, claps, climbs on everything, and much much more. Taylor and I just can't believe the changes he has made in just this last week. The first child's milestones are so fun, exciting, and new and you would think that the 3rd child's milestones would just get to be routine and no big deal.......Wrong!!!....it is just as exciting as the 1st, and 2nd child's milestones. I love watching all 3 of them grow and get to new stages in their lives. This first video is of Tayson saying "Uh, oh". It's hillarious watching him cause he tries so hard. Make sure to pause my music at the bottom of my blog.

Miss smarty pants and future American Idol

Kamryn is my little smarty pants. I love teaching her new things cause she picks up on it so quick.

Kamrn's new thing she LOVES to do is play with daddy's Ipod or my cell phone. She loves to go right to the ringtones and play them all and sing to her favorite tune. She sings SOOOOOO loud if she thinks nobody is watching. Unfortunately she caught me with the camera and didn't sing as loud as she normally would but it's still funny.

Time for bed

This is how Taylor puts the girls to bed.........and this is also probably why they don't stay in bed. They come running out of their rooms once daddy has dropped them off to their beds saying "Daddy pull my jammy's"! I wouldn't want to stay in bed either, looks like fun!

So big.....

Tayson loves to climb on everything now and just thinks he is SOOOO BIG!