Vegas Baby

a couple weeks ago we went to vegas!

david had a conference and the rest of us hung out with the fam

check out brittneys pics here....

i only took my camera out for bowling....

we went to the orleans...ate at fuddruckers...yum!

and then we walked through the casino.....2 big double strollers...5 kids in between us...yeah we got more than a couple looks, one...."who you've got your hands full" and of course a lot of smiles :)

gotta have beads at the orleans :)

tyler bowling and cheering for everything and everybody!!

how cute are they!!!

she was so so very excited to get her spare :)

trying out a new spin...

not bad!

gotta love davids reactions!

 

awww....missed the turkey!!

like my form :)

dave helped out with a little extra push

check him out....hes pro now :)

theres a strike again!

thanks dan and brittney for having us, its was lots of fun!!

and then we headed off back to st george and home the next day...hope to be back soon!

Itty Bitty Ball

i love watching tyler do his "itty bitty" sports...this last one was basketball...

here they are "stretching" before they play :)

hes really working hard on those ab muscles :)

(hes the one in the yellow shirt)

smiling for mom 

gooooooo heat!!

yes he was on the miami heat...cool huh?!

makin' some baskets!

he was the best blocker ever!! 

he would always be waiting for them with his arms up :)

his little preschool friend landon was also there, they werent on the same team, so when their teams would play each other it was fun to watch them...theyd be like hey! and then chase one another :) 

this was the last day when they got to play around and play duck duck goose...they were in the pot together :)

the end :)

him and his award and balloon!

tyler would always share his 2 pieces of candy with hales....i think thats why she didnt mind going too much, she knew she would get some candy at the end :)  and she was really cute when she would cheer for tyler...shed see him and immediately yell...goooo tyty!!

too cute i tell you too cute!

next up...all sports....and they get to play volleyball one day...woo-hoo..fun stuff! :)

I {heart} Magnet Boards

ever since my sister got me my first one, i have been in love!

i love them...if i could, i would hang them everywhere and cover them in pictures!

we are lucky my father in law is a master carpenter! :)

and he made each of his kids a beautiful and HUGE magnet board for christmas!

we absolutely love ours!

we hung it in the playroom upstairs....it fits perfect! we love the detail and are excited to show it off when you come over :)

thanks dan!! 
what do you want to make for us next?


p.s. hes also made us an amazing toy box...but we thought it was too nice for the toys so we keep our board games in it :)

Sitting up & New toy

she has now mastered sitting up....

now shes trying to figure out this new toy...

:)

All the single ladies!!

3 of these cute boys are single....

jon, dave, craig, nate

if you couldnt tell from the behind :)

i know i know, the cutest one is taken :) but hey the other 3 arent too shabby ;)

we spent a lot of time with these fine young men over the holidays...playing board games, eating chips, drinking strawberry lemonade, having a few parties and playing super smash (that was the boys thing)

here was one of their super smash nights....it was a boys night, so i just came down to snap a couple pictures of them playing :)

david has some great friends, without them we would probably not have a yard, a fence, or even a playset :)

we appreciate all they do for our little family and for their willingness to always help us out :)

so back to my title for this post

they are single, so any single ladies out there...let me know...i'll hook it up :)

Sunbeams and Nursery

tylers a sunbeam!! crazy i know!

but he was sooooo very excited!!

he did absolutely fabulous! we had told him there werent going to be any toys or snacks after sacrament anymore and that he would need to sit and listen to his teachers....and without any hesitiation he said yeah, thats cause im a big boy now! :)

awwww...yes you are buddy...such a sweet, smart, big boy you are!!

he loves his teachers! david peeked in on him in sharing time and he said he was being cute :)

gotta love seeing your kids doing their own thing...its a bitter sweet moment!

he loves sharing time and all the singing...when we got home from church this last week, he was talking about a golf club and making it in the hole and about his friends in his class! so cute! im sure as time goes on, he'll tell us how that applied to jesus too :) all in good time! :)

thanks primary, we love you!!

heres our sunbeam and little nursery goer!

and miss hailey was changed to a different nursery...and since it is a new year and she is becoming such a big girl, we decided we should let her spread her wings a little too!

we had been her nursery teachers for a while so we had always been in there with her but since we were released she just does not want us to leave....so we felt it was time to see how she did and of course, she did awesome!! i steered her toward the dolls....snuck out and voila!

took a few peeks in the peep hole and saw nothing but happiness...she was kinda clingy to the teacher for a bit in the beginning but when i checked on her before relief society, she was totally fine! we were so happy! when we picked her up she was beaming from ear to ear and was so excited to show us what she had colored....and this week she did great too....we did the exact same thing... show babies...sneak out...and it worked like a charm again....i know it has a lot to do with the wonderful nursery teacher too so thank you wonderful teachers! we love you!

and this little girl doesnt give me much to complain about either :)

she definitely likes to be entertained....but then crashes hard and i get a good half hour to hour to listen and then when she wakes up shes super happy, so yay for you natalie!!

and just a side note....shes sitting up!

and then some pics of the three just for fun!

this last one has potential....definite head swapping potential :)

we love snow too!!

so i was telling david how i taught the kids to make snowballs and that we had a snowball fight and  he said...oh yeah....show me what you taught them....we should have a snowball fight...

(this was like my 3rd one ever, mind you)

but i said sure! and before i could even make one snowball, david started hammering me with snowballs...he always catches me of guard and never gives me a fair chance :)

so there we were throwing snowballs at each other in the front yard as our kids stood in the window watching and laughing everytime i went down :) thanks kids!

heres the aftermath

yeah i got hit a lot :)

yes, i know, he doesnt have any snow on him....he totally wipped it off for the picture ;)

but no worries, i was making one behind my back as he was getting the camera ready and after this one, i begged him to take another picture and he kept saying that this one turned out and i said just one more and i totally planted one right on his head, haha got him!!!

p.s. im practicing my snowball making skills and then we will have a rematch :)