Alexa is 6!

Our big girl Alexa is SIX!

I can't believe it!

It is so fun watching her grow-up,

and it is both exciting and sad to see how fast it really happens.

Alexa eating her "sugar cereal" that she chose out for her big day

Presents!

Alexa's Cowgirl Party!

Pony Rides

decorating bandannas

games and tricks

Cupcakes and Squeeze-its

And ended with a sawdust pile to find treats!

Alexa Janis with her Grandma Janis

(Thank you for helping at the party!)

The Fam, yee-haw!

This poster was for school, she wanted all of her favorite things on it...

BLUE (and all the colors in the rainbow)

Family

Riding her bike

Art

Gymnastics

Her bunny

Dance

Silly Faces

Soccer

Disneyland and Roller coasters

Camping

Swimming

The Beach

Horses

Her sisters

Jumping on the tramp

Sledding

Sunshine

and a few things that aren't on her poster...

Panda Bears

Squirrels

School

Friends

Cafe Rio Salad

Ice Cream

Reading

Butterflies

We love you Lexa Lou!

Happy Mother's Day!

Dear Lord, it's such a hectic day


With little time to stop and pray


For life's been anything but calm


Since You called on me to be a mom


Running errands, matching socks


Building dreams with building blocks


Cooking, cleaning, and finding shoes


And other stuff that children lose


Fitting lids on bottled bugs


Wiping tears and giving hugs


So where's the quiet time I need?


Yet when I steal a minute, Lord


Just at the sink or ironing board


To ask the blessings of Your grace


I see then, in my small one's face


That you have blessed me


All the while


And I stop to kiss


That precious smile


Tyler and the girls made this cute sign for me on Mother's Day.
They made my day so special. 
I feel like the luckiest person to have such an amazing husband and such darling daughters to live each day with.

Easter! 2012

Our cuties...3...2...1..

We have bunnies!

Two of them

Alexa and Karli both got to pick one and name them

We are loving them

Alexa named hers Rose and

Karli named hers Scarlett ("scar-scar" for short)

The weekend of general conference,

my mom put on a Easter egg hunt at her house!

It was WINDY outside...so some of it was done inside :)

The grand kids hugging Grandma to thank her

All the grand kids that were there

(Dallas' kids are in Texas...miss you guys)

Our neighborhood Easter egg hunt and breakfast...

the girls had a brilliant idea to

sell some of their candy (since they had so much),

lemonade,

and make-overs! of course :)

With their friend Merry.

Easter Morning!

The girls gathered candy around the house and made the traditional "candy artwork"

before divvying it up between all of us!

We took a couple of pictures of our girls after church

 and with their bunnies....

We went camping for a couple of days for Spring Break...it was a blast!

We were fortunate to have such great weather for it, and we invited a my mom and some of my siblings to come celebrate her 59th birthday on her birthday!

The last night, Alexa got sick, and in the middle of the night she threw up all over in the tent.

So we ended our camping trip a bit early and packed up and went home...it was a bummer.

Rilee Mathilde is ONE!

I can't believe our little baby is one!

We had a fun day celebrating RILEE!

Alexa and Karli wanted to do a turtle or sea turtle theme for her...

(from her birth I have seen similarities in her to a cute cartoon sea turtle)

so I let them make the cake and help me make a fun poster :)

We opened a couple of presents when Tyler got home,

went to dinner, and invited Garrett and the Crumps over to "party" with us :)

Rilee has been such a joy to have in our family. 

We have nicknamed her "smiley Rilee" because the her big, instant smile.

She loves to cuddle, and loves to play and tease.

She is curious and into everything.

Rilee likes things with buttons--remote controls, phones, cars, music toys, etc!

She loves to dance and move to music and clapping.

Rilee has taken a few steps, but is in no hurry to walk.

She LOVES to climb onto our little rocking chair and rock, rock, rock!

We love our little Rilee Roo!

St. George March 2012

We stopped in St. George on our way home from California

for a two night stay!

Gotta' love sunny St. George!

and gotta' love swimming, hanging out, splash park, movie nights, more swimming,

and a nice visit to the temple and visitor's center.

It was a great end

to an AMAZING trip!