Easter

We had a fun Easter this year. Aiden and Josh dyed easter eggs and participated in a large number of easter egg hunts (of which I have no pictures for some reason). They found all of their eggs at our house and then wanted them to be hidden again two more times! Silly boys.

Here are a few shots from coloring easter eggs. We colored far more than we will ever eat as hard boiled eggs and yet they still asked for more!! We had a good time. 

Aiden was pretty proud of this egg with his name written on it! Can you tell?!

One of the Easter egg hunt surprises was the movie Despicable Me. We watched it from Netflix when it first came out and Josh asked about it a lot after. Well, I broke down and bought the movie and it came with some bonus minion goggles. This is a really funny shot of Aiden as our little minion! (He had just eaten red noodle soup for lunch so it is still all over his face!)

This is not from Easter but I thought it was a cute picture anyway. The boys and I were visiting my mom and they all snuggled up to read a book together. Thanks for taking time to read with the kids Grandma!!

The T.Rex Named Sue

Near the end of March we were able to visit the museum to see the Dinosaur exhibit of the T.Rex named Sue. It was really fun! The boys had a really good time looking at everything and didn't want to leave when we were finished.

Here is our family in front of Sue - kinda looks like she's ready to eat us, doesn't it!

Josh got to hold a dinosaur bone fossil while at the museum. It was REALLY heavy but he thought it was awesome that he got to touch it.

I had to take a picture of Sue from the top floor. I thought it was so incredible that they had nearly all of the bones that made up this dinosaur. It was HUGE!

On our way out Aiden found the children's discovery center. It was closed but the horse was outside and he just had to sit on it. Pretty cute if you ask me!

We had a really fun time at the museum. It is fun as the kids grow up to see what interests them and the different things they begin to enjoy. We play a lot of dinosaur games around the house now and most of them involve Sue! Thanks Darlene for the tickets!!

Aiden is 2!

Our baby is now 2 years old! He is growing into such a little man - I can't believe it. Aiden wanted a Chuggington birthday (which, for those of you who don't know, is like the new Thomas). Brandon and I set to work on his cake and it turned out awesome! For weeks after his party Aiden would take my hand, walk me to the kitchen, and show me his cake front saying "Aiden birthday". He loved it!!

Here is a picture of the cake with the birthday boy! I love the dimple in his left cheek - may it never disappear!!

 And here is a picture of the back of the cake.

This cake used so many different fondant colors. I had to line them all up for a picture because I was mixing colors like there was no tomorrow - my wrists and forearms were very sore for the following few days.

Aiden got a super cute robot apron from Jess and Dan for his birthday - he was so excited to have an apron like Dad, Mom and Josh. I can't believe how fast he is growing up!!

We are so lucky to have Aiden as part of our family. He is our cute little snuggle bug as well as our little monster - all bottled up in that sweet little face!! Aiden loves to make others laugh and will work very hard to produce the results. It makes for a fun environment in our home! We love you Aiden!

Josh is 4!

Josh is now 4 years old!! It doesn't seem all that long ago that I found myself in Utah calling Brandon to tell him our baby was on the way and to get there quickly!

For his 4th birthday Josh wanted a pirate birthday party -- so a pirate birthday party is what he had!! He was so excited about his pirate treasure chest cake.

He invited friends/cousins over to play pirate games before opening presents and having cake and ice cream. They played a few games and did a treasure hunt....it was a lot of fun.

The kids each got their own pirate bandanna and surprisingly Aiden kept his on the for the entire party!! He was adorable!

Here is a close up of the treasure chest cake. We were really excited with how well it turned out. Both Brandon and I decided that two cakes a year is enough for us, especially since they have to be made 2 weeks apart!! All things considered, it was a fun cake to make.

It has taken a long time for Josh to eat food when we go out to eat - but here he is digging in to BBQ ribs from Famous Dave's - evidently this was a good birthday dinner choice!

We are so lucky to have Josh as part of our family. He is growing and learning so fast and is such a light in our lives. With a vivid imagination we never have many dull moments with Josh around! We love you buddy!!

Our One and Only Snow Day

It seems as though we only had one snow day this year that the boys were able to go outside and play. It's a good thing we took advantage of the 2" of snow! Brandon took Josh and Aiden out and played around the entire yard with them. They loved it!! 

He pulled them on the sled...

He helped them fully utilize their dump trucks....

And Aiden got to enjoy putting on his snow clothes for the first/last time! Last year he was too little to play outside and this year he had the entire get-up and only used it once!

I didn't mind not having slick roads or snow around this winter but the boys sure would have loved a heavy snowfall to play in!

(I posted this last night near midnight then woke up this morning to find it had snowed....perfect time to post about our one and only snow day. I think I cursed myself!!)