Father's Day

Father's Day was great. We love celebrating the wonderful daddy that Eric is! I'm lame and forgot to take pictures of him with the kids but we took a few later that night. The kids had fun coloring cards for daddy and saying happy Father's Day like 50 times to him! After naps we headed to the Winwards house for a crab bake with friends! For the girls it was mostly chicken but still yummy! The kids spent most their time jumping on the tramp. They were being so silly!

I hope Ava and Dresden know what an amazing daddy they have! He loves to come home and wrestle and play on the floor and spend as much time as possible with them. He even plays barbie and colors strawberry short cake books with Ava. And they love every second of it!

Ryan, Dane, Joe, and Eric

Dresden and Tae wrestling on the tramp

I made sume fun Father's Day dessert but it was pretty hot out! :) Dress shirt ice cream sandwiches and "grill" brownies!

Birthday party

Me and my friend Becca's birthdays are only two days apart so we decided to do something fun with all our friends. We had both gotten these coupons for half off at Sky Zone! Its a big place with a ton of tramps put together. There was even a place for dodge ball. It was SOOO much fun! We jumped for two hours and just had so much fun playing add-on, dodge ball, and just doing lots of tricks! karrissa and Joe and Casey and Derek came to jump as well. I can't wait to do it again. After that we headed to CreATE! It is a yummy burger restaurant where you build your own burger. And I have to say the people working there were soo nice! We had a big group and they were so helpful and even gave me a free custard cause it was my birthday! The Plicka's, Kinghorns and a few of becca's friends were able to join us for dinner. I'm so glad everyone came, it was such a fun little party. I was so sad I forgot the card for my camera but luckily Karrissa brought her camera!




playing dodge ball with a bunch of jr high kids! It was a blast!

Becca, me, Karrissa After two hours of jumping we looked quite sweaty(especially the boys! :)

Casey & Derek, Me and Eric, Becca and Ryan, Karrissa and Joe

The whole group (Dane and Camille were ordering food)

playing

Ava loves to play with her friends! The first pictures are at our old house. The others are at our new house.(Yes we moved again! If any one is keeping track it's our 3rd move since we have lived in Vegas!:) Sometimes we miss our backyard but the girls had fun any way!

Ava and Kylie playing with the hose. It was pretty entertaining to watch!

McKinley and Ava playing with squirt bottles and a spray bottle!

We painted Ava's room and we used chalkboard paint on the bottom. These girls were the first to try it out! Ava thinks it's pretty cool to draw on her walls!

cute kids

These are just a few random pictures of my two cute kiddos! They do the funniest thing sometimes and CAN play really well together. The super sweetness is wearing off as they both get older but they still have those cute moments!





He seriously is always climbing on her!

she was on a hair stylist kick for a while. She wanted to comb everyone's hair and they had to have the blanket over them.

Dresden's sad/mad face

Love these! She was being so sweet helping him put his shoes on. I love how she talks to him and tries to show him things. Alot of my pictures have the wall in them because I have to be sneaky about pictures or they stop what they are doing and ruin it! :)

Town Square

We went down to town square to let the kids play on the toys and eat at California Pizza Kitchen with the Nelson's. It was sooo hot but the kids had fun on the toys. We ate at Yogurt Land first which is always so yummy!

Dresden and Ava on the way there! It's a bit of a drive and Ava fell asleep. I don't know how she can sleep like that but she does it all the time. And I just thought Dresden looked cute!

I wasn't very good at taking pictures on this little outing!

Brinley and Ava coloring at dinner

Memorial Day

Wow this is so late! We had such a fun memorial day though. In the afternoon we went to the pool with some friends and ate some wings! Ava loves the pool. She is so good with her water wings. Dresden swam a little but mostly ate all the food he could get his hands on!

Later that night we got together for dinner. Instead of the regular BBQ we had the most delicious fondue party ever! It was so good and I can't wait to do it again.
So funny Ava and McKinley showed up in the same swim suit!

Fifteen Months

Yea! This is another one of my favorite ages! I can't get enough of him lately, he is just so sweet and FUN! He is learning so much right now. I love his sweet open-mouth kisses. He still loves to read books. His favorite books are 10 little Ladybugs, Goodnight Moon, and this touch and feel tracker book that he has "loved" a little too much and is in two pieces now! He also likes 5 little monkey's jumping on the bed. I love that he smacks his head when they "bump their heads", and how he shakes his finger and says "no, no, no" when the doctor says" No more monkey's jumping on the bed! He is finally starting to become interested in T.V. For awhile there he would only watch ONE show, Backyardigans: Race around the world. It really was only that episode and it's still his favorite. He will watch anything that has music he can dance to, or dogs. I love watching him dance, he just bends his knees and sometimes shakes his arms. He also loves swimming. He is so fun to play with in the water. He is not afraid of it and loves to get his whole body in.
He still only has the three teeth on the bottom and now has 4 on top.
He is also now at the age that church is not so fun and we might as well be inactive for the next 3 months! I can't wait for nursery! He pretty much just wants to run.
He is finally falling asleep in his car seat! Yeah!! He is down to one long afternoon nap and he sleeps through the night still.
He is talking alot more, which makes me soooo happy! Right now he can say Banana(nana), ball(he has the "l" part down so good, it's my favorite), uh-oh, dada, mama, hot, duck(du), bubble, and recently, no, down(dow), and I swear he is saying Ava! :) We encourage him and ask him to talk alot,probably more than we ever did with Ava at this age. Ava is so cute with him, she is always saying "Dresden say...." usually it has something to do with what I was just asking him to say. He loves it and actually listens to her!
He is signing more too. I feel like he has all the essential signs, it's so nice. He can sign: all done, eat, milk(usually means any juice too), more, please and we are working on thank you.
He is just so cute and sweet right now. He does throw some pretty awesome fits though. Like lays down on the floor and kicks his legs. It makes me laugh every time. It's just so planned out and fake! And he can be quite clingy! Haha!
Nicknames: Dresden do, bubba do's, chubba, bugga boo!

I always picture my kids reading this when they are older and so sometimes I want it to be me talking to them! So here are some thoughts for him.

For Dresden:
I love you so so much! I love seeing your happy little face when I get you out of your crib. You have the sweetest little smile through your binky. You love your binky a little too much right now but sometimes that's a good thing! I love that you don't cry or fuss in the mornings, you are just chill, hanging out it your crib reading books. You love your basketball hoop and ball. You have a hard time sitting still during Sunday school because there is a basketball hoop in the room! You love when daddy comes home! You say "dada" so well and with the sweetest voice. You are such a picky eater right now. You love oatmeal, cereal, fruit snacks, mac&cheese, and string cheese. You have quite the sweet tooth as well! Your daddy hates it but sometimes you want to put on Ava's headbands. You look so adorable though! You love to tackle your sister every time you get the chance. You love playing with her while you eat. She always makes you laugh. You love to cover your eyes and play peek-a-boo. I love watching you play and dance. You will just sit and bounce for like two minutes. I love reading books to you and hearing you jabber when you look at books yourself. My favorite is when you back your little booty up to sit on my lap. You are so special to us and we love the happiness you bring to our little family. You are such a blessing! I love all the things that come with having a boy! We love you Dresden do!!

He had his 15 month check up and these are his stats:
Weight: 24.7 lbs- 50%
Height: 31 1/2 inches- 57%
Head circumfrenece: 47cm- 57%

Here are a few recent pictures.




Dresden with the cowboy hat and Ava with her lasso! They were being so funny!