Conference

Conference was wonderful this year. I really enjoyed the talks and spending time together as a family. There were great lessons for everyday life which is always good to hear! The kids did pretty good, I made them each a conference basket and different things to do and eat! Ava is even starting to remember a few names as they speak.

Eric's 30th Birthday

Wow Eric is actually in his 30's now! Crazy! It's kinda lame when you have to go to school on your birthday but Dresden and I surprised him with some Balloons and Donuts. He has some great friends at school, one of the girls made a treat for him the day before and another made cupcakes that day. The door was decorated and one of the schedulers brought in a card and treats. Apparently everyone loves Eric! But I don't blame them! We got there a little late and he was at lunch with the boys from Endo but Dresden and I decided to decorate his car while we waited. We ended up saying Hi real quick in the parking lot as he was getting back. The car was going to be a surprise but as we were talking to him Dresden says "we painted your car Dad"! But it was fun seeing him for a little bit.

He got some new shoes for his birthday and we actually went out over the weekend. I was lame and didn't feel very good that night but I hope he had a good birthday anyway. Ava's so sweet she kept wanting to wrap up everything from around the house and give it to daddy. We sure love him and are so thankful for all the hard work he puts in at school and home! Happy 30th Birthday Hun!

I still love seeing Dr. Wilbur!

Dresden had fun spinning in the chairs in the resident room!

Dresden was very good and decorating the car!

I don't know why he is so anti pictures but I tried to take one and this is what I got. I didn't realize it til now but when I asked Dresden to hold the balloons for a picture at the school he did the exact same thing (top picture) Like father like son I guess!

I kids came in and then I forgot to try for more. Oops!

The Hunger Games

When the Hunger Games came out one of my friends thought it would be fun to make Hunger Games t-shirts and go on a group date to see the movie. I had never read any of the books even though we have all three because Eric has read them all! I saw the preview and Eric has told me alot about them and I thought it sounded awesome and very interesting so I was excited about seeing the movie.

So for craft night we used freezer paper stencils and make some pretty cute shirts! It was so fun and easy! When Ava saw my shirt she said "cool shirt Mom!" When I told her I made it she thought it was pretty cool and wants to make one herself. So that will be a future project for us. As we were making the shirts the girls were all talking about the books and how great they are. They couldn't believe I had never read them. They all thought I should read it before the movie...in two days! So I decided since I had them I might as well. So I read the whole book (minus the last 4 chapters) in two days even with spending an entire day at the zoo for one of the days. It is a super easy read and Eric was a big help. He took the kids to the gym by himself so I could read and I read on the way to the zoo. It was kinda fun not knowing the ending but then I had to go back and read the end after the movie.

It's amazing how much gets left out of the movie but I still loved the movie and the book. I will definitely be reading the rest!

We had a fun little date afternoon with our friends.

Eric's Spring Break

Eric's spring break the the week after Ava's. We were so sad they didn't end up on the same say but we took Ava out of school one day and spend the day in Omaha with our friends the Nehrings.

The other days Eric was so nice to let me take naps and took good care of Dresden. And Ava was thrilled to have him come to her school and eat lunch with her at school. I love how excited she gets. It was so so nice having him home with us. It's been a long time since his last break and we had a great week spending time together.

These are a few pictures of the Zoo. We can't get enough of that place!

We get to see IMAX moves for free with our pass so we watched the 3D Sharks movie. They both loved trying to grab at all the fish!

After the Zoo we headed to Smash Burger for dinner! It's been a long time and it was so yummy!

Rainy day

The kids love when it rains! I think mostly because they get to wear their rain boots. We just watched for a little and played with Dresden's cars. Man that kids loves his cars! He is always lining them up and talking to them. It's one of my favorite things to watch. Sometimes he lets Ava play with him.
After that they decided they needed to go outside. Ava had fun exploring in the back yard looking for treasure and Dresden was busy watching worms and trying to pick them up. Eewww! They love anything that gets them outside.





Ava coming back with all her treasure/trash. Of course she found the hoodie that is a size to small!

Dresden was so funny, he really wanted to take a picture with the chalkboard after me!

Baby #3

We are so thrilled to have announced that baby #3 will be coming soon!

We posted on facebook a few weeks ago, which is the way to make it official these days.

I went in for an ultrasound at exactly 8 weeks and the baby was measuring 8 weeks 6 days. YAY! So my Doctor changed my due date to September 20th. I was so happy to walk out of there almost a whole week ahead of what I thought I was. I love my Doctor too. It's the first time I have had a male and it's not at all as bad as I had thought. Right now I am 15 weeks and feeling pretty good. This is the first pregnancy that I have never thrown up so that has been really nice. The morning sickness mostly came in the evening and seems to be easing up. The only thing that has been really hard is how tired I am. I don't ever remember being that tired with the other two. Poor Dresden has watched movies and played by himself a few afternoons. I'm so lucky he is such a sweet boy and let me take a short nap. Sometimes when I ask him if I can take a nap he says "Almost mom, almost!". I think it also had a little to do with going to the gym in the mornings. I didn't working out with either of my last pregnancies but it's just part of our routine now. I plan on continuing as long as I can.

I also can't believe I have to wait til I am 20 weeks to find out what I'm having! Seriously it's been so annoying, especially since I'm used to finding out around 13 or 14 weeks. The only place that does early ultrasounds is in Omaha and it's $125. Twice as much as it is in Utah. I don't know how people wait til the delivery to find out...this is torture!!! I feel like I can honestly say I don't care whether it's a girl or a boy. I can think of pros for both. I'm just so so ready for a tiny baby.

The timing of this baby isn't exactly what we had planned but looking back I know that this is the perfect timing for us. I feel so blessed and still can't believe it's my turn again. I absolutely love being pregnant.

This is a picture of a picture but this was our first look! Just a little peanut!

St. Patrick's Day

We love Saturday's! Any day that daddy is home all day will always be our favorite! St. Patrick's Day isn't that exciting of a holiday but we tried to make it fun for the kids. We wanted to make it to the gym so we just had a simple breakfast of Lucky Charms and green milk. Then later we had a treasure hunt. I couldn't find mine from last year so I used a new one. The kids absolutely love looking for clues. They had so much fun and wanted to keep doing it over and over. Ava can read a few of the words but it will be even more fun when they can read the whole thing. They found the treasure and were thrilled with the candy. Dresden doesn't really like Chocolate and Ava doesn't like skittles so they kept swapping each other, and of course making a mess.

I love this boy! He is so silly and smiley! I couldn't resist taking some pictures of that cute face while he was bringing me his shoes!

The aftermath!

Later we went outside and rode bikes. Dresden is so good on his bike. I'm glad we went with the bigger size but now his is a little bigger than Ava's bike. She is going to need a new one soon.