Catch up.....

So, May and June were crazy busy for us! We were home a total of 1....that's right....1 weekend the entire month of May. Luckily, we were able to be home more in June, but we were playing catch up the whole month from being gone all of May. May consisted of....Disneyland (which you've all seen), Rhett's lil sister's wedding in St. George, said lil sister's wedding reception in Altamont (which I made the cake for), and a gazillion other little tasks that had to be done. June has so far consisted of a giant sand pile being dumped on my driveway, which then had to be moved to the backyard for Ava's swingset. Evidently 18 tons is a little more than we needed for the swingset (thanks geneva rock), so the sand ended up in every other flower garden/vegetable garden in our yard. June has also been filled with planting hedges, moving my office downstairs to prepare for baby boy, a trip to St. George with my fam for boating (always a good time), a yard sale, and another gazillion little tasks that have to be done. There is also still a family reunion to attend. June was also filled with Dr. appts. We found out that yes....we're having a baby BOY! We're super excited about it.....especially Rhett, if you can imagine that ;) . We had to go back for a 2nd ultrasound a week and a half later because when the tech did the original ultrasound she saw "excess fluid" around the baby's heart. Luckily, the 2nd ultrasound showed that there is a little excess fluid, but not enough to be concerned about. My tummy is getting bigger by the day and the lil guy is quite the mover.....especially when I'm trying to sleep at night. But, I suppse that's to be expected. Other than that, I really can't complain. I have about the easiest pregnancies ever. Here's a few pics of the happenings....

Ava in her new electric Jeep that my cousin sold to us for a killer deal. She loves it!

Finally....summer has arrived!

Ava riding some of the rides at Fort Herriman Days
At first she didn't want to get on the ponies, but then she didn't want to get off.

Chloee and Ava @ Madison's birthday party at Airborne

Ava playing on her giant sand pile

taking a dip in our hot tub

Ava got her very first tooth cleaning in May......

No cavities!

The wedding cake I made for Echo's reception in Altamont. Need a cake? Let me know!

Echo's wedding reception in St. George

Disneyland!!!

My Mom and Dad recently decided that they wanted to take all the grandkids old enough to enjoy it to Disneyland. So.....Me, Rhett, Ava, my Mom, my Dad, Brayden, Shaelynn, and Rylee all packed up and headed on down. The weather was perfect! We had such a great time and it was so nice to get away! Thanks for the trip mom & dad!!!! Here's pics of our adventures.....

Dad wearing Rylee's "Bride" mickey ears......nice Dad....

All the girls say the teacups was their favorite ride......of course

Evidently day 1 of Disneyland was a little much for Ava

Day 2

Evidently day 2 was even harder on her. BAHAHA....she had a blast though.

On Saturday we took the kids to the beach. It was a little chilly for swimming suits, but we all still had a great time! This was the all girl's first time to the beach.

Easter 2011

I can't believe Easter has come and gone already! This year is FLYING by! I also can't believe that Easter was almost at the end of April and it was still freezing outside! Seems to me Easter Day should always be a bright sunny warm spring day. I mean, doesn't it kind of make sense? One would think that the resurrection of Christ ought to be a sunny occassion. Just a thought.

Here's pics from our Easter festivities.....

Ragean being a part of the action.

Shaelynn & Rylee being good little girls trying to smile for the camera, Ava completely ignoring my requests to look at the camera, and Brayden making the typical face a 12 year-old boy would make when doing an egg hunt with a bunch of little kids. :)

Just in case you didn't know....

Just in case any of you didn't know....We are excited to announce that we will be adding our 2nd baby to the family! Due October 28th! Hopefully he/she (he, if you ask Rhett) doesn't decide to come on Halloween, we already have a kid born on a holiday. I am currently 10 weeks and sadly, my pants are already getting tight :(....gotta say, I don't recall showing this early with Ava. Guess that's what you get with the second. Happy to report that I haven't been sick at all! THANK HEAVEN! Justbeen tired..... like every other pregnant woman on the planet.

Our Little Artist

Oh Ava......I put Ava down for her nap today, just like every other day. Today, however, she was surprisingly quiet right away. That should've triggered my attention immediately, but I have a cold and wasn't feeling well so I had laid down on the couch. When she got done "napping" she came out of her room all sorts of happy and excited to be done with her "nap". A few minutes later I went to her room to get something and this is what I saw.....

yeah...that'd be play lipstick (thanks Aunt Corinne) all over her walls and bed. I must say, she is a smart one....she was very stealth-like while drawig her masterpiece and when lectured on how we don't draw on the walls or our bed she says....."I'm sorry Mommy, I'm a big girl. I won't do it again". How can one get mad at that? We made her clean it up (luckily it came off with a wet washcloth) and told her if she EVER did it again, I would throw away ALL her pretties. This made her basically have a complete meltdown. Perhaps it will leave an impression and she won't do it again. We'll see.

This would be my 3 year-old who insisted in riding in the infant seat on the shopping cart. Go figure.

Land of the Princesses

As of late just about EVERYTHING Ava does has something to do with princesses, dressing up, fingernail polish, and everything girl. She is the biggest girly girl ever, which is quite a strange thing to me. For any of you who knew me when I was younger, I was just about as Tom Boy as they get. I have no idea where she gets her girlyness from. Although, I must say, it is quite humerous. Since she is so girly, naturally her 3rd birthday party HAD to be a princess party.

She had such a blast with all her friends! They were all dressed up as princesses and did all girly things. Here's some pics.....

Playing in her room waiting for everyon to show up

One of my BFF's Tiff doing face painting for us.

BFF Heidi doing painting nails

Of course there were presents

she got more stuff then she knows what to do with

Naturally, there had to be a princess castle cake....yes...that's homemade

Thank you so much to everyone who came to Ava's party and made it such a special day for her. She still talks about her party every day!

Herriman recently opened a new rec center. We got memberships with the intentions of working out....HA.....so far we've really only used it to take Ava swimming. Although, Rhett did go play basketball one day with his work buddies. Surely we'll get around to the actual purpose of the memberships right?

Ava and Dad just hanging out

Ava singing.....she's saying "give me attention!"......right....as if she doesn't get enough attention.