Back In Action

I'm back.  A lot has happened over the past month and a half!  We moved.  We are in a little condo.  Its nice.  We love it.  It's so close to everything.  I ride my bike whenever I can.    

Hyrum is still working a ton and playing soccer and some occasional golf.  He is teaching Charlotte to putt.  She keeps bragging about how she "got it in 5."  Not bad, eh?  Charlotte turned 4 and got a new bike and still loves drawing, doing puzzles and taking pictures.  Savannah cut her first tooth a few weeks ago and has number 3 on the verge of making an appearance.  She enjoys eating food, pulling hair and poking eyes.  I am keeping busy being a wife and mom and shopping for house stuff.  My latest favorite things (besides my family) are naps, cereal and my label maker.  

Our Happy Easter

Every holiday gets more and more exciting as Charlotte grows older.  She is so into it!  This Easter she had a blast dying eggs, hunting for eggs, eating candy from eggs and visiting with the Easter Bunny.  She insists that the Easter Bunny is a girl.  I always thought it was a boy... although it looks pretty girly with the long eyelashes and the giant pastel bow.  Who really knows.  We went to the ward Easter party and had an egg hunt and got to see a lot of friends and eat pancakes (our ward rocks).  The Folsom Eggstravaganza was a big hit.  It was packed!  It only took about 60 seconds for all the kids to find every last egg during the hunt.  Events like this just further solidify my love for Folsom.  We also got together with family.  Charlotte and Savannah LOVE being around their cousins!  It was really a nice holiday.  The weather has been so beautiful.  I love this time of year.  Oh yeah... and I turned 27.

Food and Ponytail

Our little Savannah is growing up fast! Last week she started trying out baby food. She didn't really care about the food but had a great time grabbing the spoon. Also I got to the point today where I was about to shave the baby's crazy mullet hair do. (Her nickname has been "Shark Fin" for obvious reasons)  But I decided to try a ponytail instead. As you can see it looks great! Some of her other latest tricks involve saying "mamamama" and "babababa" and rolling onto her tummy.

Disney Princesses On Ice

We had the pleasure of going to see Disney Princess Wishes on Ice on Valentine's Day. Charlotte and Hanna had the best time! Their eyes were glued on the performers the whole time. Melanie and I enjoyed it, too! We got to watch from the suites. That is the way to go. Complimentary food and our own bathroom. I'm not used to the VIP treatment. One of the attendants offered me a water bottle and I said "no thanks" because I though I'd have to pay like 5 bucks for it. Then she told me it's free... so of course I went for it!
Watch the video below for a little preview of our magical evening!

Savannah's Blessing

Our sweet little 

Savannah Claire 

on her blessing day! 

 

Thank you to all our dear family 

members who were in attendance.

  

Valentine's Party

Last week we invited a bunch of family and friends ages 2 months to 4 years old to come play and pass out valentines at Tricks Gymnastics. We had a great turn out and everyone had a really good time. The "big" kids got to dance, go in the bouncy house, jump on trampolines and swing in the pendulum swing while the babies sat patiently in their car seats and watched all of the craziness (Savannah sucked on her toes).  I think we will definitely do it again.  Thanks TRICKS!

Goose Attack!

It was a bad idea to begin with... I took the girls out to Negro Bar to take some pictures.  It was really, really windy and super cold.  As we approached the beach Charlotte was crying because the wind was blowing her hair all over the place and the blanket I had thrown over Savannah's car seat was blowing off, and we observed a large flock of geese.  They were peaceful and quiet until they saw us coming.  During the warm months of the year these geese feed off of the left overs from the beach goers.  Apparently it had been a while since they had been fed.  A long while.  They started to honk loudly and come towards us.  I have vast experience feeding geese so I didn't worry.  They would leave us alone after they found out I had no food, right?  Wrong!  They walked right up and bit me on the leg!  Then I threw a stick at it and yelled a bit and then they moved on.  I think Charlotte will forever be freaked out by geese from this incident.  What punks!  It didn't hurt, but what nerve.  Never bite the hand that feeds (or leg for that matter).  We used to come to feed the geese often- but no longer!  And I didn't get any good pictures taken.  I did capture the bite on video, sort of.  You can hear my say, "Stop It!"  The camera work is poor because I was trying to push the girls back behind tree for safety.  Ok, the whole experience is pretty funny.

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