Mommy Daughter Date

Throughout the fall there had been quite a few parades that we got to go to. Every parade had a big huge ship with Ariel and Prince Eric and Ursula with Sabastian following the ship. Britlyn was ecstatic everytime she saw it. I remember one time Ariel waved specifically at her and she about melted! She was so excited!! It was a Tuacahn float so it all looked pretty realistic. Tuacahn was putting on The little Mermaid and I wanted to take her to it SO bad! Well one day Luke was at work and some guys came in...Long story short, Luke ended up talking to them and found out they were in the show! He told them that he had a daughter that really wanted to go. Well they went on their way and that was that. Well the next day that same kid came in looking for Luke and he had 2 tickets to go see the show that night!! Luke came home and handed them to me and I am not sure who was more excited...Me or her :) So Britlyn and I had a Mommy Daughter date to see The Little Mermaid. She hadn't ever seen the movie, just read the book. So some parts were a little confusing to her...but she loved it! I didn't tell her where we were going. She just had to figure it out once we got there! It was such a fun surprise! We had such a great time and the show was AWESOME! they did such a good job I thought! I love spending time with her. she is such a sweet little girl! I love her to pieces!

Photographer in the making

Every once in a while i will go through the memory card on my camera and I will come across pictures that are new to me! Ones I clearly didn't take...and every single time I know exactly which little hands took these special moments and it makes me smile every time. Even though about half of them turn out blurry...I find myself having a hard time erasing some of them because there is usually a story behind it! They are usually quite simple and of nothing super exciting, but they are of my sweet little family every single time. And I love that! Here are just a few that I came across. Can you guess who took them??

3 kids and a picture

Its always a miracle in my household if I can get a picture of ALL 3 kids together. It doesn't happen very often but once in a while I can get one. I have given up on trying to get them all to smile, and have just been greatful to get one of all their faces looking in the same direction! :) Gosh I love these cute kids!

Halloween Cookies

I bought the kids a cookie kit and let them decorate their own cookies for Halloween. I think next time I will avoid the black frosting! But they had fun, and that was the whole reason I bought it! Even if it was a nasty mess to clean up! :)

Corn Maze

One of the weekends we were in Delta we went out to my Uncle Jared's corn field that he had turned into a maze for the Elementary School. The kids had a blast running through it and playing hide and seek!

 Kael is the funnest cousin ever and is such a good sport and a good friend to Britlyn and Kolten. They really love having him around!

This is the most ridiculous scary picture of me, but I had to post it cuz it's not very often that I get a picture with the kids.

Koy enjoyed the corn stalks too :)

Koltens 2nd Birthday Party

I am SO far behind in my blog its ridiculous, so here goes to alot of catching up...

Kolten turned 2 Sept 27th. We had a little family party on his birthday but then we had a party in delta on Oct 3rd with his cousins! He didn't mind celebrating twice :) We of course had to have a football party. When I took him to the store to pick out some plates for the party, He didn't even hesitate when he saw the football plates and cups. Grandpa Hughes helped me make this awesome football cake! The goal posts were actually luck of the draw, we stopped by wendy's on our way to Delta and the kids meal toy was a finger football game :) So we used the goal posts for his cake! We had a quick little party with balloons in Grandma's back yard followed by presents and then cake and ice cream. He is such a funny little boy when it comes to balloons. Any chance he got, he would grab someones balloon and hurry and lay on it to pop it! I love him more than words can say and I am so glad he is my sweet little (big) boy! I can't wait to share many more birthdays with him!!

NO TRAINING WHEELS!!

We always had a joke that Kolten would be riding without training wheels before Britlyn would. Boy were we wrong! Kolten is so athletic, his balance and coordination is incredible for his age. But Britlyn sure showed us. One night the kids were fighting over the bikes. We bought Kolten this little bike from the DI for 5$.  It didn't have any training wheels, but thats why I bought it. They used to fight over hers, but he just liked to push it. Her bike is bigger and has training wheels on it so it was hard to walk beside with the training wheels. So this one was perfect! Anyway, when they were fighting, I told her to go get his bike. She said, I can't! It doesn't have training wheels! I said, well maybe if you ask dad he can help you ride it without training wheels! She liked that idea! So Luke held on to her seat for a few steps in the driveway and then he let go without her knowing. She rode it about 20 feet and we were so excited! Once she realized he didn't have hold of her she got scared and stopped! Then when I told her she was doing it all by herself, She was so shocked and just wanted to keep trying and trying! After that, he would just help her get started and then he would walk along side of her and she would just pedal all over the driveway and street! It was the craziest thing for us to watch! She just picked it right up! She is a total pro at it now, and the training wheels eventually came off on her bigger bike. She still makes me a little nervous, cuz she sometimes doesn't pay attention to her steering, but Im sure that will always be an issue since she is a girl :) but we are so proud of her! We are sure glad she didn't let her little brother beat her to it !! Way to go Britlyn!!

Britlyn's 1st day of Preschool

This year Britlyn gets to go to a public school for preschool! I love it SOO much better than the home preschool she went to last year! Although she had a really fun time last time, this year is so much fun for her! She absolutely LOVES her teacher Miss Mitchell. She is from Brazil. Her teacher fell in love with Britlyn right off the bat when she found out that her Uncle Kresdon was serving his mission in the same mission as her at the exact same time. We still haven't figured out if they know or remember each other yet, but most likely :) So they have had a connection from the get-go.  She goes on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 3 hours. It is a fabulous little school! Whats even more fun is that I used to go to this school when I was in the 2nd or 3rd grade. I actually cant remember which grade. I think 3rd though. anway, She is absolutely loving it!

Like I mentioned before, Kolten HATES to be left out of anything big sister is doing! He of course had to take a picture by the tree and sign :)
Every morning Kolten cries that she goes to school. He wants to go SO BAD! It is the saddest thing ever. He always points to himself and says "Toten, Toten" (Kolten) and then he nods his head and says "Ya, Ya" He always wants to go to school with her so bad! Some day buddy, Some day :)

One day when I picked Britlyn up from school, I was about the 7th parent in line. When I got up to the front and her teacher let her leave, she said." Britlyn is the PERFECT child!" Then she started the bowing motion towards me! She just kept saying, Seriously, she is soo good! I was a proud momma that day! :) She didn't mention that to any of the parents in front of me, so Britlyn must have really stood out to her! Gosh, she makes me so proud :)

little parrot

Koy loves it when Luke holds him way up high on his shoulder! He loves to be perched up so high. I call him a little parrot when Luke holds him like that. I just think he is such a cute little baby :)

Jumperoo Time

Lots of firsts for Koy lately. Well In the month of August anyway. We finally got the Jumperoo out. He gets so bored laying there or sitting in the bumbo, so we decided to spice things up and see if he liked the jumperoo! He does :) as you can tell! Im pretty sure I have some of the most handsome little boys :)