Sunday Evening

Sunday after church we drove to Mesa to walk around the temple grounds and to watch the Joseph Smith video at the visitor center. It was such a good time with the family. The boys are always drawn to the Cristus statue. Max was in awe of the statue and Spencer was squealing excited and kept saying Jesus. He made us visit the Cristus again before leaving. We did not look at the fountain for very long, because Spencer kept trying to go swimming and when we told him no he would cry and throw a fit. He did not get it that it was not for play! We got to go through a display that was set up for Easter it was a room full of artwork of Christs life and music playing in the back ground. We are glad to live so close to the Temple and are able to visit as a family often.

First T-Ball Game

Max played very well at his first game! He played second base and short stop. He had two turns to bat, and hit it hard. We are so proud of our little slugger.

Max went with Daddy last night to watch the Arizona Diamondbacks play baseball against the Colorado Rockies. He wanted to play just like them at his game today and was shocked there was not a large score board with Numbers on it. He kept saying I want my field to look like theirs! Baseball is his new passion for sure!

ZOO DAY!

We love to go to the zoo with friends!
There is never a dull moment with these guys.

Max is all signed up for school

Max signed up for the upcomming school year today. He is very excited to finally be able to go to school with a "real" teacher. This is him out side the scool office and by the front of the school building. I hope he always stays this excited for school!

Max the photographer

Max asked to take pictures and this is some of his work! Good job max!! You just can't look at the messy room in the pictures! ha ha... I did not post the pictures he took of the walls, but those turned out good too. It is funny with a camera how after ever picture the kids have to look at the photo. Now max is older after we take pictures he always wants a turn to take a photo.

ticklish feet

Does anyone NOT have ticklish feet? I went last night with two girl friends to get pedicures. When she started to work on my feet I could not help but laugh...I am sorry I think they are more tickling than scrubbing your feet! I pose the question because she looked shocked when I started to laugh. I asked her how many people laugh while getting their feet done and she said no one else laughs- can this be true? I thought maybe she didn't understand what I asked so I asked her again in two other ways, and according to her I am the ONLY one that laughs for a pedicure. To me that seems impossible. Just a side note....my toes turned out cute, but I still used my boys toes for the photo-thier feet are still cuter than mine!!

BOY STUFF

Having a house full of boys means forts, pillow islands, ninjas, hot lava and other "boy stuff" - These are pictures of the latest fort/island. I am not sure how many days out of the year that the couch cushions are actually on the couch...growing up I would build a barbie town but never anything like what

these boys come up with!

fun in the sun...

We love to play out side. The weather is perfect and there is plenty to do!! Both boys love to ride bikes. There is a park right next door to the apartment that we ride to. when we get there max climbs trees and Spencer loves to run around the volley ball court. Max has discovered hop scotch and enjoys playing that game as well. They enjoy having picnics on the patio for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I don't think our patio is ever clean there is always toys and forts out there! I am not sure if it is possible to always keep a perfectly clean house with two little boys-

well three if you count Elbert!

Then and now

So we finally replaced my camera that broke a year ago. When we moved the memory chip over I laughed as I saw the last pictures I took. The boys were so much younger. When I saw a picture of bug I remembered how big he was. That is how he got his nick name BUG because he was our round little bug. The picture in camo was well over a year ago and the spider jammie picture is of this Easter. How fast they grow! A little fun fact about Bug is that he has ALWAYS weighed 29-32 lbs from FOUR months old to today he stays in the same range. No kidding!! Max is well on his way to be a base ball player, and I think Bug will be our football player. Spencer is just not a baby anymore!

Play Day With Friends!

Max and Nicholas are best friends. They tell everyone that they are brothers. They love to play power ranger and just be silly. It always amazes me what can entertain a child...a plastic bin????

Spencer and Ethan are also best friends. Max is two months older than Nic and Spencer is just a few days older than Ethan.

They always have fun together. With our kids the same age, AND with how much fun they have together we will have to plan our next pregnancy for the same time! That would be funny...are you ready Traci?

Easter Sunday

Sunday the boys woke up and enjoyed their candy breakfast! They collected eggs and found treats in their baskets.

We go to church at 1:00 this year. The boys were STUDS in their new suits!!

When we got home we had a roast dinner that turned out great in the crock pot. We have the tradition of watching the movie The Lamb Of God. Then, after it cooled off out side we went on a walk to the park. It was a very relaxing holiday. The highlight of this year was being able to go to the temple and watch the Easter Pageant it was AMAZING! We are going to defiantly go to the pageant every year.

More pictures of Saturday!!

We went to the park and met several of our friends from our ward. After the Easter egg hunt we had a pizza picnic with diet coke of course! The kids loved the day at the park!

Easter Egg Hunt!

The boys had a lot of fun Saturday at the park for an Easter Egg hunt. Spencer caught on quickly to how it is done. Max had a lot of fun playing with friends. They ate snow cones, jumped in a bouncy house and there was carnival games as well. When the egg hunt started it was our fist year splitting up between the two age groups. Max did really well with the older kids and still got a basket full of eggs. Spencer strolled along in the baby area and collected a full basket. After the egg hunt was over he unloaded his basket and recollected them all again! Holidays are so exciting with little ones.