Haley's Dance Review!

When did my little girl grow up? Tonight looking at these pictures, I realized my little girl is turning into a beautiful young lady!

Haley had her first Super Stepper Dance review on April 18th. Haley loves to dance! She had so much fun dancing at her dance review this year! She had her Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin, Grandma Houston, and her Mom, Dad, and Sister all there to watch her. (Taylor stayed home with the two little boys so we could enjoy it as well! Thanks Tay!) Haley had the biggest smile on her face the whole time! It was fun to see her doing something she loves so much!

Haley was introduced and escorted by her Dad!

She also got an award for having a perfect 4.0 GPA....Beauty and Brains...What a combination!

We sure were proud of our beautiful daughter tonight!

Haley and Abbey both tried out again this year, and they both made it, so next year we will have two beautiful girls dancing in Super Steppers!

Spring Break 2009

It has been a while since my last post, so I am playing a little catch up......

For Spring Break this year, the kids and I spent a few days in Beaver with my parents. The kids always have such a fun time. I wish we could spend more time up there.

We must have spring fever, because we decided we would try to go up to the Ranch.....It was a little early in the year still and we didn't quite make it because of the mud and snow. We went as far as we could and stopped and had a quick picnic and let the boys shoot their guns for a minute. We took Grandma Houston with us and we still had a great time. We can't wait to get up to the Ranch soon! It is one of our favorite places!

We also had a work day at the farm....My kids are great workers when they want to be! We worked our little guts out, but ended up having fun at the same time! Taylor's highlight was starting the huge bomfire from the big pile of tumbleweeds!

Who knew that you could have such a fun Spring Break without spending a lot of money? Sometimes it is a blessing to have to pinch pennies! We had some great family bonding time this week!

Happy Birthday Trevor!

Our little "Trev" turned 4 years old on February 7th.
He really wanted to have a birthday party, so I finally caved in and agreed. He had nine of his little buddies from our neighborhood. It was so fun seeing these cute kids interact with each other. I think poor Trevor was a little overwhelmed. He was pretty quiet through the whole thing. Maybe next time, we should keep it to just a couple of his pals.

He wanted a dinosaur party, so that is what he got. They played bowling for dinosaur bones, pin the horn on the triceratops, made dinosaur tracks in playdo, and played musical dinosaurs. Then, he opened his presents and they ate cupcakes. The finished it off with a dinosaur egg hunt and watching a volcano erupt. Four year olds are so adorable and think everything is fun. I love this age! Trevor is still thanking me for the fun birthday, so of course all the work is so worth it!

Grandma and Grandpa Baldwin came down that night for cake and icecream!

Happy Birthday Trevor! We all love you!

A Happy Moment

I was looking through some pictures today, and realized that I have very few of my little Tyson smiling. Although he is mellow a lot of the time, he is still a pretty happy little guy! I took my camera and tried to take some pictures of him this morning while Trevor was at preschool. As you can see, he didn't want to cooperate, but at least I can prove that he is a happy little guy! I had a fun time chasing him around the house trying to get him to pose for me.

While we are on the subject of Tyson, he has mastered getting out of his crib. The past two nights, he has woke up several times and snuck into Mommy and Daddy's bed. I know it is a terrible habit to let him get into, but he is just so darn cute, it is hard to tell him no. He definately gets away with more than he should. We sure love him to pieces!

New Years Day 2009

We have a tradition of going to play in the snow for New Year's Day. We went to Beaver this year and had my parents go with us. We played for hours and had so much fun! We are all sad to have to get back to school, work, and life. We have some great memories of our holiday season this year!