kembrie's toy.

i don't know if i ever posted kembrie's birthday present. but she LOVES it! we went outside today for a while again to get some fresh air and she'll play in it forever. the funniest thing is that i bought her another ride on right before christmas and she's so tall she really can't ride it anymore! and she wouldn't anyway she thinks she's so big like the other two. she kept trying to ride tysie's trike today. funny kid. the back of the firetruck actually works too! you fill it up with water and then pump and it squirts water! can't wait to use it this summer

super girl!

demanding demanding! this little stinker threw a fit today and i of course could not understand what she wanted. finally i noticed she kept grabbing tysie's supergirl cape. so i put it on her and she threw her head back (oh drama) and walked over to the giraffe! i laughed so hard. little missd drama like her sister already! i thought she was just mad cause i wanted her to get dressed!

still throwing the head back!

hApPy BiRtHdAy dAx!!

dax is 5!!!!!!!

our little man turned 5 today! i still can't believe i have a 5 year old! he's so grown up. he wants to explore everything and got some fun things to use for his ADVENTURES. he's ready to go with his frog habitat and binoculers from grandma and grandpa taylor and his vest from mom and dad (and playhouse to come later) and he got some awesome scripture things from grandma and grandpa white that he loves too. he got a book on the old testament and new testament and the dvds, and a picture of joseph smith and the first presidency. he LOVES reading the scriptures. he just eats it up....i think he knows more than me! he also got a cool buzz light year game and some books from cousins and a SUPER SOAKER! he's so excited about spring! don't we all wish spring was here!

he had a great birthday! thanks to everyone for celebrating his birthday with us!

his motorcycle cake with travis pastrana

dang that rsv!

remember this! i do, a little too well. did you see the news clip on ksl 5 last night about rsv? i've recently heard of 2 babies in our area sent to the hospital lately and it breaks my heart. i wish all of you a healthy next 2 months. FEBRUARY & MARCH are the worst 2 months for my family every year. it's like you think the sickness is all gone and it's just hitting. i think we'll be skipping church again for a while. nursery at home! check out the video at http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9743015

searching for a clubhouse......

well dax turns 5 on tuesday! ah! and all he wants for his birthday is a "clubhouse". and he knows (since he just decided he wanted this) it won't quite be ready on tuesday. so we've been looking for pictures of what daddy should build and came across these. i got these pics from poshtots.com ....and oh just about a whopping 52,000 for the pirate ship! who spends that kind of money on a playhouse! luckily we have dad to built ours and it won't be pushing a number anywhere near that! we first heard of posh tots when braden worked for a moving company in st.george and they were shipping a bed that looked like cinderellas carriage, and it was like 13,000! crazy!

i love this playhouse......but i think we'll do something alot more simple!

ski lessons from grandpa!

dax went skiing for his first time last week!

it was sooo fun to see him ski. i love skiing, and grew up so blessed to be able to do so. my dad worked at powder mountain when we were kids so we could have ski passes. we lived on the mountain growing up and i'm grateful to my dad and mom for giving me that opportunity. it made our family so close (between that and waterskiing) we loved skiing together and i never even wanted to ski with friends, i loved skiing with my family.

i've been a slacker getting my kids up there! i won my first ski race when i was 3 1/2, and dax is finally going at 5! i have got to work on this. but it was a proud moment for me as a mom to see him doing something that i love. my parents were so great to take him up and teach him how to ski. he's such an awesome grandpa! and although grandma isn't in any pictures it's cause she's the great camera man! thanks mom for documenting it for me. me, tysie and kembrie were cheering him on at the lodge and playing in the snow.

grandpa and dax

just getting started

my dad is so silly he makes it so fun to learn. dax was doing so good!

kembrie's cake!

i just finished kembrie's birthday cake! it turned out cute. let's just hope my kids don't ruin it before everyone get's here tonight!

kEmBriE iS oNe!!!

I cannot believe my baby is one already! she is not any where near a baby anymore she's a toddler! and big enough to be one (the little monster is in the 95% for height and 75% for weight! and that was at 9 mo. visit!) we love our little kembrie she is such a fun kid! she's everywhere walking and tearing apart the house. oh it just goes by so fast!

pictures by my cute friend stacie at

http://www.shupephotography.com/ or

http://stacieshupephotography.blogspot.com/

our valentines craft

we opted for the kid version of this craft popping up everywhere. just some tissue paper glued to paper and a super cute kid craft! my kids are obsessed with glue so this was a real treat!