*Happy Birthday Trey*

My sweet little boy turned 1 year old
sniff sniff. Where did this year go?
(tutorial for his shirt here)

Tearing right in...

And loving what was inside!

Playing with his new toys.

We were so bummed out that his

"big surprise toy" we had for him, we

had to take back because it didn't work..ahh

kinda frustrating. Oh well, he sure

enjoyed playing with all his other new little toys!

Trey loves balls so we thought we'd attempt

a ball cake. And I say we because Tyler was

in charge of the basketball and he did everything from

icing, coloring, decorating, etc.

I thought he did a great job! And my job was the football.

Put the two together and waa-laa a

Ball Cake!

The football was Trey's personal cake to

smash, smoosh, and smear all

over his face......

.....But that didnt happen

His face pretty much tells it all.

No diving in, No poking at it, Not even a taste...

just a blank stare!

We love you Trey!!!

Happy 1st Birthday!

4th week of March

Spring Break....WAHOOO!!

We spent the earlier part of the week

just hanging out with Daddy during the day,

playing outside, gave the van a deep

clean, watched basketball, basically just relaxed...

just what tyler needed and wanted!!

Then to top off the rest of his week we decided to

go on a little family trip. Thursday afternoon we loaded

up the kiddos and off we went to Omaha, Nebraska.

We even splurged and got

a hotel for one night!;)

The drive there was so pleasant.

The kids watched a movie, Tyler and I got to

talk, we had beautiful sunshine with us the whole way.
(And Trey LOVED loved LOVED being able to face forward!)

1st stop: Mormon Trail Center

Addie loved being able to dress up like
the pioneers. And to my surprise she
absolutely LOVED learning about the
pioneers and the church history.

And heres T. boy in his Pioneer cowboy get up!

Addie wore her sweet little pioneer outfit for the entire tour.
And loved to pack up the little wagons like the pioneers
would have in their day.

Hansen family pulling our handcart.
We had a great time at the Mormon Trail Center
and even had a fun surprise when we arrived there.
Sister Jolley a Missionary who is from Tylers home town
who Tyler taught in a missionary prep class before we got married
was serving at the Trail Center on this particular day
and was able to give us the tour.

2nd stop: Winter Quarters Temple

Unfortunately the temple was closed
for cleaning so Tyler and I couldn't go
like we had hoped to do. However, we
had a great time walking around the beautiful
temple and enjoying the spirit we felt while
being there.

3rd stop: Dinner...
one word
YUCK!
(I honestly can't believe I didn't walk out of there
the minute I stepped in. This was thee most disgusting place
i've ever been. We were all so hungry so we settled for this place
just so we could get back to the hotel to swim a.s.a.p.) BARF!
And BARF I did the following morning a couple times. It made
me so stinkin' sick.


Anyway, onto a better note.....

4th stop:
Comfort Inn Hotel
We got to go swimming, jump on the beds,
Eat waffles and cereal, and watch cartoons!!

5th stop:

The Henry Doorly ZOO

We spent 5 hours at the zoo

and the kids did absolutely amazing.

Not a peep out of Trey the whole time

and they both loved to see all the fun animals.

Addies personal favorite was the Aquarium.
We spent a good chunk of time in there.

Maybe she's like her mother and has a passion deep down

inside of her for the ocean and ocean life. Can't wait to take

her tide pooling someday!

Up close and personal with the penguins

And another all time favorite...the Giraffes!

This was seriously the BEST Family trip ever.

Great weather, Happy kids (the whole time),

Only a 2 hours driving in the car, Good memories (except dinner),

and best of all......just spending time together!

March in a nutshell

1st week in march

We still had LOTS of snow

so we made the most of it and

built a snowwoman!

2nd week of March
We had no snow...Yippee...(thank you sun and rain for
melting it all away). So we spent a lot of time outside
enjoying the new spring weather we've been
anxiously waiting for!


3rd week of March
We had an awesome GREEN party in honor of
St. Patricks Day! And we had awesome guests too...
Unfortunately we were having way to much
to be interrupted by a photo shoot..ha ha!

A Fathers dream...
nothing like chillaxin' on the couch
watching March Madness with your little guy!





And Week 4 was just amazing
Spring Break+No studying= A LOT of Family time with Daddy!!!
this one deserves a separate post!

Look whos walking...

We have so looked forward to going to the Gala this

year and a HUGE thanks to a sweet friend

of ours who watched the kids so we could go!

A night out on the town!

Music, Dancing, and my personal favorite....
watching all the drunk people...
okay okay thats not really my favorite,
but it was very entertaining.
My personal favorite was the CHOCOLATE fountain
and the great company to enjoy it with!


Ty rocked the suit!

Take a good look....
'cause this here is a fine (and sober) bunch
of future doctors of America!
(oh and their wives too!)
What a good lookin' group huh?!!

Just some things about our little Addie girl

I don't want to forget....

• She loves to sing
• She loves to make Trey laugh
• She is always wanting to help
• She loves to color
• She loves to paint
• She makes friends easily
• She looks forward to going to preschool each week
• She loves ice cream cones
• She loves to play Hide and Seek (especially with Daddy)
• She LOVES to work side by side with Daddy when he's got his tools out
• She loves Noodles and asked for it just about every night
• She is Mommy's shopping buddy
• She loves to play outside
• She loves buckets, shovels, and dirt
• She looks out her window every morning to see what the weather is like
• She gets herself dressed in the mornings
• She loves to make big piles of blankets and then jump onto them
• She loves these movies: Bolt, Thomas the Train, and Polar Express
• She loves spelling her name
• She loves riding on airplanes
• She loves spending time with her Grandmas and Grandpas
• She is serious...full of life...but serious
• She does not take naps anymore
• She loves to go swimming
• She is not a picky eater
• She loves to wrestle with Daddy
• She loves to watch tractors hard at work
• She likes to put toys, nick naks, etc. in random places around the house (for instance i find random toys shoved in the back of my pantry)
• She is very curious
• She does NOT like getting her clothes wet (even if she gets a drip of water on her shirt, her little world completely stops until she has a dry new one)
• She is a great big sister
• Shes loveable!

We sure love you Addie!

Addies "3" Birthday

Happy Birthday breakfast,

Daddy is SUPER at making these heart

shaped pancakes and eggs!

She's even mastered showing how
old she is with her fingers and very
excited about it too!


We celebrated her birthday at
Jumpin Jacks! Daddy took pretty much
the whole day off to spend it with Addie and
celebrate her special day. She had SO much
fun being able to RUN, JUMP, and BOUNCE
around. (something she hasn't done cooped
up in a house all winter long!)

This picture isn't the greatest but honestly
its the best one I got while we were there.
She LOVED the BIG slide and tried
all sorts of different ways to go down it.

And These....
were the motivating factor to get her
to leave Jumpin Jacks! She couldn't wait
to open presents when she got home!

Funniest part was she was most excited about
her "rice bag" then anything else!! ha ha.
Lately shes been requiring a warm rice bag in her
bed everynight to go to sleep with so I decided
to make her her very own for her birthday. It even has
an "A" on it for Addie.



Loving life in the "3" lane!


As requested, a TRAIN cake with GREEN frosting!

And the moment shes been waiting for all day........

EATING CAKE!!!

After a very BIG slice of cake and some seconds

(yes probably not the best but hey its her birthday

I just couldn't say no) it was into pajamas and

off to be we all go! We were all very tired,

yet full of sugar, and all had runny noses!

We love you Addie!