we had some birthdays

We celebrated birthdays while in St George. First came Emma

Aunt Lauren made her a yummy pink with sprinkles cake. Emma is now 6. 6!! Seriously where does time go? She is still our funny crazy girl who still will not wear anything but a dress or skirt and loves make-up. Then it was Jonas who insisted on a brobee cake (from yo gabba gabba). This was the best I could do. He loved it.

Jonas is 4. He is getting so big. Its a big year for him since he will now start pre-k. So crazy!! He loves anything electronic. You can always find him on the computer/ipod/ipad...whatever and if he doesn't have one he will find out who does and become fast friends. Happy Birthday Emma and Jonas!!

the bucket

While in St George Noah made a big mess with a rootbeer float. So I decided the only way to clean him and everything around him up would be to just hose it all down. Somehow we ended up with him in this small bucket that had a hole in the bottom. He sat this way for a good hour before I had to finally take him out kicking and screaming.... who knows how long he would have sat there.

Sweet tan line showing through the bucket

His "angry face" always makes me smile. Love him!

off to utah for the summer... part 1

As soon as school was out in Virginia my brother Nick flew out to make the long drive to Utah with me and the kids. The kids were surprisingly really good up until the last few hours of the third day, but we made it! We then spent a lot of time just hanging out. We went to my parents house in St George doing a lot of swimming a little bit of hiking.

We celebrated the 4th and nothing says "american" more than a demolition derby.

we have moved

We left our home in Virginia, but not without spending one more day doing our favorite family bike ride through D.C. We already miss it. Here are some of my favorite pictures.