Uh, Oh!

Holden is eighteen months old now.  He is such a character!  I call this post "Uh, Oh" because that is his favorite phrase.  He says it whenever he drops something, throws something (and he throws everything) and he even says it BEFORE he throws things-so funny!  He also says Mom, Dad, Go, Ball and Binky.  He is constantly jabbering.  We think he'll be talking sentences soon.  He has even picked up a little sign language. He loves to play with balls, give high fives and go outside.  He has a fit whenever anyone goes outside.  He stands by the door and screams!  It's so hard being the little one. 

He gets to go to nursury now.  It will be so nice to be able to listen in Sunday School and Relief Society!  If he stays in nursery, that is.  None of my kids have been fond of nursery.  I personally think it will be hard for him to be confined in such a small room for almost two hours!  This kid loves to move!

Texting already?

Nope.  Just playing games!

His Eighteen Month "Bear" picture.

Spring Break

The first day of spring break (Friday) we visited our friends the Kotters in West Jordan.  Gwen treated us like royalty.  Yummy food including warm brownies with ice cream-my favorite!  We even ditched a couple of kids and did a little shopping.  I wish I would have gotten a picture of Katelyn and Ally in their matching outfits.  They sure love to be with each other!

The second day (Saturday), we went to EarthFest in Brigham City.  The kids enjoyed planting seeds and visiting the USU play park.  Then we came home and worked on moving all the junk from our house garage to the new garage.  I'll have to post some pics of the new garage another day.  It's SOOO nice to have nothing but our vehicles in our house garage.  Josh can even fit his pickup in it now!

Sunday was Stake Conference.  I sang with a combined choir and it was an uplifting meeting.  Josh decided not to go though.  He was too scared to give four-kids-alone a try, I guess! 

Monday was my day.  I dragged the kids shopping in Ogden.  Ha Ha!  I did treat them to luch at Chick-fil-a, so it wasn't all bad for them.

Tuesday was for the kids.  We went to the Dinosaur Park (after they cleaned up the house-mwuaahaha).  These are our fun pictures:

When I say "look scared kids", this is what I get.  Dramatic Ally, sorta-scared Logan and bored Jensen.  Silly kids!

Jensen's favorite dinosaur-the Troodon.  He loves the show Dinosaur Train and learns all kinds of things about dinosaurs.

Ally's favorite-the Allosaurus.  Wonder why?

Logan the climber.

I finally let him out of the stroller-sweet freedom!

We love to dig!

Holden, too!

Logan's Baptism

Logan was baptized on April 10, 2010.  Josh baptized him and Grandpa Naylor confirmed him.  Ally gave the talk on Baptism and she did a great job!  She talked about the steps for being able to return to Heavenly Father and how Baptism and Confirmation were two of them.  Grandpa Lynn and Uncle Kerry McBride were the witnesses.  Grandma Carilee gave the talk on the Holy Ghost.  She told about some examples of when people listened and didn't listen to the Holy Ghost.  Our new Bishop gave Logan a journal and he already wrote in it about how he felt so warm from the Holy Ghost. 

We had a barbeque at our house afterwards and it was a really enjoyable afternoon spent with friends and family.  I hope Logan can remember his baptism day for the rest of his life.  It was such a special day!

Our Newest Family Members

     After Lucky Peep, Jacksie, and Quacker disappeared last summer, we promised the kids some new pet ducks.  They saved up their money and were able to buy them on April 2.  They are all Peking Ducks and a little hard to tell apart, but the kids are excited to have pets again.

The kids named them Baldy, Sammy, Daisy and Ducky.  They have already grown so much!  It will soon be time to send them outside (yay-no more smelly garage!).  Hopefully they will have as much fun with them as last time.

Easter/Candyfest 2010

We spent Saturday morning at the annual Braegger Easter Breakfast.  It was at Grandma's shop as usual and the food was great.  Holden didn't know what to think of his bucket.  He kept throwing it on the ground and kicking it.  He loves to play with balls so I guess he thought that's what you were suppposed to do with it.  This picture was taken right before he tossed it!

Two of Jensen's favorite things-being outside (even though it was FREEZING) and candy.  He had all of his candy eaten within two days.  And then he started on eveyone else's!

I love this picture!  We have sweet Ally, happy Logan, silly Jensen and hungry Holden.  Holden loves candy, too!

After the Braegger Breakfast, we went to the Hartley Lunch/Candy Hunt in North Ogden.  The kids love going there and they always get a ton of candy there, too.  Sunday night we ended up coloring Easter eggs.  It's amazing how something so simple can be so entertaining!  We all love to eat them, too!

The Easter Bunny was very kind to my kids.  Besides the usual Peeps, Quax and trinkets, the older three all got a new Webkinz.  Ally got a super cute bunny, Logan a moose, and Jensen a new dog.  Holden got his favorite movie-Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.  He always giggles when things start falling out of the sky.  It was a fun weekend for all of us.

Birthdays!!

Jensen turned 5 on March 4th, 2010.  He was so excited for his birthday.  He started counting down after Christmas.  This picture cracks me up.  His happiness is about to make him explode! 

He got all kinds of fun stuff for his birthday.  A scooter, zhu zhu pets, hotwheels and John Deeres of course!  He had John Deere birthday hats, a John Deere cake and a John Deere pinata.  He loved driving his tractor across the top of his cake.  He has grown up so much in the last few months.  He can write his name and most of the letters.  In fact, he thought he would be able to go straight to Kindergarten as soon as he turned five!  He was a little disapointed to find out he had to wait until August.

Logan turned 8 on March 18, 2010.  He got to invite some friends for a fun afternoon at Toads Fun Center.  They did miniature golf, laser tag and the arcade.  Then we brought his friends back to our house for pizza, ice cream and cake.  He had so much fun playing with his new nerf guns.  Mom and Dad even got him a Nerf game for the Wii.

We love our Logan and are excited for his baptism next month.  He has such a kind heart.  He is doing so well at the piano and with his school work.  March has definately been a busy (expensive) month.  I had my birthday on the 17th, too.  Josh took me out to dinner and my sweet visiting teaching companion brought me a shamrock cake.  It was a nice day spent the way I like it-with my family around me.

Disneyland!!

We left for Disneyland on January 30, 2010.  We went with our friends the Kotters.  It was quite the adventure with seven kids ages 1 to 10! We stayed at the Homewood Suites and it was really nice!  The free breakfast was awesome, but we needed to buy stuff for lunches in the park.  So my nephew Brian and his wife Deb took us to the grocery store.  Gwen and I were glad to have the luggage rack to carry all our groceries in!  A million thanks go to my niece Tiffany for getting us in to Disneyland for free!  And we got to ride in the Lilly Belle train car, where all the celebrities ride when they come to Disneyland.  Pretty cool!  Thanks Tiff!  I'm not sure Josh would go if we didn't get in free...

This is our fabulous Conductor Tiffany in the Lilly Belle.

The seven dwarves!

Josh tried really hard not to talk on his cell phone.  He made it through the first day, but by the second day he couldn't stand it anymore and had to check in at work!

Ally liked getting autographs from the characters.  She and Katelyn were inseperable during our trip.  It was fun for her to have a "sister" for a while.  She liked California Screaming and Splash Mountain.

Logan had a lot of fun on all the roller coasters.  He wasn't afraid to try anything and he loved them all.  He especially liked California Screaming.

Jensen was very excited to get his own Mickey Mouse ears.  His favorite rides were Mullholland Madness, Jumping Jellyfish, and Heimlich's Chew Chew Train.  He did not like Splah Mountain! 

Holden spent a lot of time in his stroller.  His favorite part was when we let him get out and run around.  He had fun chasing all the little birds around.  He was determined to catch one!

We had so much fun! It was so sad to leave and come back to the cold and gray weather in Utah. It was so nice to spend time with our family and friends. My favorite funny moment was when we were in the SLC airport after flying home. Our friends were behind us, so it looked like Josh and I had six kids. Some older gentleman looked at all of us, walked up to Josh, patted him on the back and said "God bless you." So funny to watch Josh turn red so fast! It didn't take him long to explain they weren't all his-so funny!

My least favorite moment was when Holden got the stomach flu. He was sick all night before we flew home. But he did sleep almost all the way home on the plane so that probably made it easier for us all. Overall, it was so much fun and I can't wait for our next trip to Disneyland!