Weekend Getaway

This past weekend we took a trip down to St. George for a fun little weekend getaway. The first stop on our trip was to the Tuachann to see "The Little Mermaid". The play was okay but nothing compared to Tarzan last year. By the time it was over all three of my boys were sound asleep.

The next morning we woke up, ate breakfast, and then took a little dip in the hotel pool. Next we went to the Fiesta fun center and we rode bumper boats, go carts, and we played in the arcade. Kade and I had a blast squirting Kyle and Tyce.

Jess is just cute huh!

After the Fiesta Fun center we went to "Cars 2" at the 3D theater. My boys have been waiting so long to see it and Kade loved every minute of it. After the movie we decided to head down to Mesquite to stay another night. When we got their the boys just had to go bowling.

And it was so hot so we took another dip in the hotel pool

It was so nice to getaway for a little while. We have been really busy with farming and cows and since we got them on the mtn a little getaway was just what we needed. Here we are a few days earlier up on East Mountain fixin fence before the cows went up.

After fixing fence we headed down to the arena for the annual Castle Dale Days kids rodeo. This year Kade decided to do a little Muttin Bustin. I was so proud of my little cowboy for being so tough. Here he is getting ready.

This is just a silly picture of Kade. He went upstairs, spiked his hair up, put on some shades, and then walked around the house like this:

What We Have Been Up Too.....

I know that summer just started, but man we have been busy!
While Jess and I were in the hospital Kyle branded calves. He had so many people come and help him.....and he got the job done. No one took any pictures so I was glad that we had this little straggler so that I could help brand at least one calf.
We started our little 4-H club last week and for our first activity we rode our bikes to the swimming pool, had a picnic, and then went swimming. Here are all of the kids ready to head out!

Cooling off in the pool

We went on a little camping trip up Huntington Canyon and it was nice to get out and enjoy the mountains.

The kids had a ball playing in their "club"

For the past two weeks Kade and Tyce have been in swimming lessons. Kade has done so well and could swim across the entire length of the pool after just a few days of lessons. Tyce loved it at first and we super fearless until a lengthy swim scared him pretty bad. After that it was kind of hard to get him to swim for every long....but he did really well when he would actually get in a try.

Kade swimming with his teacher cheering him on

Tyce jumping off the diving board....he loved that!

Kade in flight

Finally we attended 4-H camp and once again I wasn't impressed.....but Kade loved it and was front and center for every presentation. Here they are listening about different types of bugs.

Tyce liked looking at the bugs too. He's funny!

The coolest part about camp was the little bug catchers that they made.....you would put your tube near a bug and suck it up throw the straw. Kade caught a few aunts and was thrilled.

So our summer has started out with a bang. He can't wait for more fun activities!

Kade's Preschool Graduation

I will have to admit that I have the most handsome preschool graduate in the whole world. Kade graduated from Kiddy Korner Preschool and he has really had a ton of fun with his teachers Ms. Sandra and Ms. Karla. For their graduation they had a little program where they sang songs and said a little part. Kade did so good. He knew his part perfect and he sang all the songs. He was so handsome out there and he looked so grown up. I am so excited for him to go to Kindergarten because he is so ready!

Such a handsome little guy

Kade and his best pal Kelsey

These too really are quite the pals....they have so much fun together and I hope that they always look out for one another.

This week we have also been in the hospital with Jess. He has had a cough forever and we finally figured out that it was not only pneumonia but RSV, Influenza A, and Influenza B. Our pediatrician (who was also my pediatrician) said that in all of his years of being a Dr. he has never seen a kid with all 4 things at one time. We spent five days in the hospital and are now home trying to still get rid of the pneumonia.

Here he is at the hospital when we first arrived. He looks pretty cute for being such a sicky huh!

Jess never had a fever and was never cranky. He actually thought that it was pretty cool in the hospital with all the attention.

He is now home and is feeling much better. He really missed wrestling with his brothers and got right to it when we walked in the door.

Now that Kade is done with school, and Jess is out of the hospital, we can now start enjoying our summer. I have planted my flowers and I can't wait for them to grow. I am excited for the many camping trips and four wheeler rides we will take. I am excited for my kids to be out of the house playing all day long in the pool......but most of all I am grateful to be the mom to such cute little boys. I am so lucky!!

Dance Review, Soccer, and Swimming

I signed Kade and Tyce up in a little boys hip hop class in January and they have LOVED it. Well this Friday was their final show and they were SO dang cute. I was so proud of my handsome little fellas.
Kade has been also busy with soccer. He is such a good little player even though he is the smallest one on the team.

Finally, with it being warm outside, I have let the boys swim in Kade's new little swimming pool. Kade was cracking me up with his goggles and roo's.......who needs a swim suit anyways!!

My little Jess is getting so big. He is crawling around now and is loving being able to explore. He is the cutest little guy ever and I can't get enough of his cute little sun burnt cheeks!

Happy Birthday Kade

Kade is 5 years old.....are you serious? Kade is such a cool kid! He is so easy going and loves to do about everything. He is the star of his soccer team, the highlight of his hip hop class, the smartest in his preschool class, and by far the cutest little wrestler.

Kade wanted to have a Monster Truck birthday party this year and we had so much fun putting it all together. The kids made their own monster trucks and had a ball racing around our backyard on the very cool track. We had a monster truck pinata and of course a way fun treasure hunt. It was so much fun, it just would have been nice if it wasn't so cold.

Also this weekend we took the kids to a playday kids rodeo. It was so fun to see my kids racing around the barrels and riding through the poles. They thought they were pretty dang cool riding Blondie in their very own rodeo.

Who is that sexy mama leading that good lookin' pony? Oh yeah, it's me!!

The boys were SO excited to get their ribbons. It was such a fun day!

Jess is such a little trooper. He has to come along to all of our events.......most of the time is tuckers him right out!

Easter 2011

I am sure that I have mentioned this before, but Easter is by far my FAVORITE holiday. I love Easter because:

You get to paint Easter Eggs. I love painting Easter Eggs. I always boil a ton so that there is enough for me to color some too. The boys also had a blast painting their eggs. Kade made his into monsters and Tyce was thrilled with his superman egg.



The Easter Egg Hunt's this year were also fun. The first one we went to was at the local grocery store (can I just say AWESOME!!!). The kids all came home with bug juice, string cheese, donuts, rubber band bracelets, soda's, and tons of other fun things. It was a hit. The next one was at the city park. We got to take our picture with EB himself.....the hunt was well.....ok.

Chase, Kade, and Tyce ready for the BIG hunt

On Thursday we headed out on the desert for our annual Easter camping trip. In all my 28 years, I have never not camped for Easter. The best part about camping is that my kids play and play and play until they are exhausted. Here are Kyle and Tyce gearing up for a 4-wheeler ride.

Jess was also a great sport. He is a great little camper (a very handsome one as well).

Tyce

We played a really fun game of baseball. Kade is becoming quite the little athlete (he gets it from his mom...... J/K)

The Easter Bunny always finds us out on the desert and this year he brought Kade and Tyce a basket full of fun things like this little paintball gun.

The EB also did a great job hiding their eggs, here we are at 7:00am looking for them.

Jess did a great job hunting for eggs too

Here are my cute little boys posing with their Easter baskets. They were so excited. Tyce said that he saw the Easter Bunny come into our trailer and leave treats (he is always full of stories).

For our ride this Easter, we drove down to "The Jump". Each year we take a drive somewhere cool....thankgoodness it wasn't the dinosaur quarry again.

Our next camping adventure was another Easter Egg hunt. When we were all through finding eggs, Tyce sat himself down in this little spot and "had a picnic". We weren't even close to camp, but he wasn't about to move from his special little spot. He cracks me up. (EB did not give him those shades, it was a treasure that he found on his hunt)

Finally, it is also our tradition to "roll our Easter Eggs".....well or throw them, but it's all the same. By the time we were all done rolling eggs, the hill was all sorts of fun colors.

I am sad that Easter went by so fast. I already wish that we were back out camping! Happy Easter everyone!