Avery Jae

 Avery was born April 29th at 3:03 pm. She was 6 lb 15 oz and 20 inches long. Everything went very well. We have been having so much fun with her. The kids love her so much. They are always wanting to hold her and are very concerned if she starts crying. We are so happy to have added her to our family. She is such a joy.

 Landon was a little unsure of Avery at first. Now if he sees Brooke holding her he has to have a turn too.

 Brooke such a good little helper. She is such a great little mommy.

We love having Avery in our family. Her little personality is so fun.

Landon Turned 2

Landon turned 2 about 2 weeks ago. He is getting so tall. We did a Mickey Mouse Birthday for him since he has been so interested in that lately. We took him and Justin out to dinner for their birthdays to the Bombay House. The food was great and the kids loved all the paintings on the walls.

He was so excited when he woke up and saw the decorations we had put up. He knew they for him.

We got this plastic fire hat at a restaurant called Firehouse subs. He absolutely loves it.

Brooke wasn't the happiest that it wasn't her birthday too. I had to keep explaining to her that she already had one and she will have another just later.

I made some cupcakes with Oreos on top in the shape of Mickey Mouse. They were a big hit!

Some of Landon's favorite things right now are Mickey Mouse, Trucks, and Airplanes. He can climb pretty much anything. He can climb right out of the pack n play now. I am just hoping he won't climb out of his crib quite yet! He is afraid to go down slides. He is so funny to listen to. He copies everything that we say now. My favorite is when he says thank you and excuse me. He has also leaned how to tattle on Brooke even when it wasn't even her. He just points in her direction and says Brooke did it. And in case you didn't notice from the pics, his sippy cup is always attached at his hip.

Valentines Fun

This Valentines I decided to do the 14 days of Valentines for the kids. So I had them help me make some valentine boxes. They had a blast with it. Everyday Brooke would ask me if she could go check her Valentine box. Don't we all love surprises. She would ask me to read the little Valentine notes over and over.

Hobble Creek Canyon

We went through Hobble Creek Canyon before it snowed. It was so pretty, and nobody else was even there. It was nice. The kids had a blast running around and exploring. We found this nice picnic area to eat. After lunch Brooke really wanted to go look for deer. Luckily we found a few in the trees!

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Yellowstone

We went to Yellowstone for a family reunion at the beginning of the month. It was so fun! We were able to see so many animals. The kids loved seeing all the different ones.
This one is a coyote that a bunch of cars pulled off to see. We were like what is it? Oh a coyote...
There were so many bison.
You had to be careful while driving by them because they would just cross the road whenever they felt like it.
You can't see it in this picture, but there is a herd of buffalo covering the field and the hills.

There was so much steam coming from everywhere. It was kind of scary.
This was Old Faithful. We almost missed it since we had to take a bathroom break. The thing was so small we were all like ok... So we went on a small hike and waited for the next one to go off and we were all a little more satisfied! We watched from the backside and got misted!
Let me just tell you that this place does not smell very good. The nice breeze that would come would always bring the lovely egg smell with it.
There was all these pockets of water all over the place. The water was so clear you just wanted to jump in.
But you might not want to because they all were bubbling because they were so hot!





There were so many beautiful waterfalls!
This one was called the Grand Canyon. It really does look like the Grand Canyon.

This is not snow on the mountain. I have no idea what it was, pretty much like everything you see there. Who knows...

Another waterfall.

This was such a fun vacation. Everything was so amazing and jaw dropping. We were so lucky to have great weather the whole time. Thanks everyone who made this trip happen :)