Rylee's Last Soccer Game of the Season...

After all the issues with the weather this year and the games getting canceled and changed several times, we finally played our last Soccer game of the season on May 5th, 2010. All the kids seemed to have so much fun, and of course, knowing they were getting a medal at the end made it even more exciting. It was really windy that day, but not too cold. Rylee and Jayslin loved being able to play on the same team and it was fun getting some pictures of them together. Cousins Rylan and Jayde also played soccer, so I got some pictures of all of them together. They all played a great game. Rylee did such a great job...

Good Job Rylee, we love you!!!

Happy Birthday....

...to my sweet nieces Trinity & Teyara. On April 23rd, they celebrated their 11th birthday! Unfortunately this year I was in Salt Lake City for a job training for three days and missed their party. They invited a bunch of friends and the cousins and went to the swimming pool in Gunnison. I had planned to make a cute cake into flip-flops, but since I was gone I didn't get to. I had been looking forward to making it, so I was sad I didn't get to for them. Its so fun watching these two together. They have such different personalities, yet are so alike at the same time. They are the sweetest little girls and always have a hug for their Aunt Krista, Uncle Brett and Rylee & Dax too. We love watching them dance, do gymnastics and play basketball.

I hope you girls had a fabulous birthday....I love you!

This month we also celebrated my sister-in-law Brinne's birthday. On April 24th Brinne turned 22 years old. It has sort of become tradition for us girls (me, Shanda, Andrea, and my mom) to get together and pick out a gift and then make a cake and invite the whole family for cake and ice cream. So, here was my perfect chance to make the flip-flop cake I had been wanting to make. The only thing was that I didn't decide on this until the day of the party, so I didn't have much time. My original plan was to use fondant, but I ended up using regular frosting instead because of the short notice. Here are a few pics of the cake I made for her birthday. I think it turned out pretty cute. I have to say it is great having a sister-in-law that I get along with so well. I know a lot of people that don't, and I get along so great with both my sister-in-laws. Brinne I hope you had a great birthday too, love you!

I LOVE these two....

loving, sweet, silly and sometimes crazy kids of mine! They are my world. I love trying to capture as many cute and fun moments of them as I possibly can. They are so CUTE together and watching them just makes my HEART melt.

Here are some random, cute pictures of them that I have captured recently...

Dax is attacking Rylee. They play so cute together.

Rylee had been pushing Dax around in this bin...

Mommy & Dax

Dax loves climbing inside boxes and playing in them...

What a nice big sister....sharing her ice cream with her little brother!

Reading his Blue's Clues book!

My kids are so funny! Everytime the heater comes on Rylee loves to lay by it, and now I find Dax sitting by the heater all the time, even when Rylee isn't around. He loves sitting by them and warming up.

Dax absolutely LOVES bathtime. His new thing is laying on his belly and playing with his toys and kicking his feet like he is swimming. Its so cute. And he loves playing with trucks and motorcycles. He already drives them around and makes "vroom" noises.

FINALLY! Its warm enough to wear the new Easter outfits and she looks so CUTE!

As soon as the weather finally warmed up, we took advantage of it and used every opportunity we could to play outside in the sun and at the park. Rylee drew lots of colorful pictures on our sidewalk with chalk and had lots of picnics. Here are some pictures of the kids playing at the park.

Rylee got an "owie" while playing.

But it didn't take long before she was playing again!

The kids love going on walks and going to the park...they just absolutely love being outside. And I don't blame them one bit.

It is so funny lately watching Dax and his cute personality. As they grow and learn things, their little personalities just keep blooming and its so fun to watch. Rylee and Dax have such different personalities at this age. Rylee was not near as loud and rambunctious as Dax. Both kids were into everything at this age, but Dax puts everything in his mouth still and Rylee never did. Dax loves hitting and banging things too. Rylee had a very girlie personality and Dax is 100% BOY! Dirt, Noise, and All. We love everything about these two precious kids of ours. We couldn't ask for anything greater than them.

And last, I have to show this picture of Rylee at the dentist. It was about a month ago and she was SO big and brave. She layed up there and did so good while they went in and fixed two tiny cavities she had. Luckily they were close enough to the surface that they didn't even have to numb her. She layed there so good while they drilled and fixed. What a big girl. She got to wear these funny movie goggles. She could hear the movie through the headset and see it through the goggles that stuck out in front of her. Pretty neat stuff.

Good Job Rylee...you are such a big girl and I am so proud of you!

Soccer...Gym Meet...Dance Recital...

...all in one day!

On Saturday, April 17th, 2010, we had a very busy yet fun-filled day. We started the morning with Rylee's soccer game at 10am. Team Wheelers played such an awesome game today. They all tried really hard and had a great game. Rylee made a goal and while being goalie she stopped several balls from becoming a goal. Team Wheelers won their game and had so much fun doing it. It was kind of funny because Shanda was signed up to bring drinks and Kellon's mom Amber was signed up to bring treats. Well Shanda knew she wouldn't be there because of the gym meet, so she asked me to bring drinks for her. So I did. Well at the end of the game I walked over to Amber to ask if she had her treats so we could hand them out together and she had completely forgot to bring treats. Of course kids have no idea how it works, so when they came up to get their drink and their treats, all I handed them was a drink. Well they assumed since I was handing out drinks that I was also responsible for treats and they kept saying, "this is it?" Now the kids all think I am the lame mom that only brings drinks and no treats on my treat day! I had to tease Amber a little about it. It was pretty funny!

As soon as the game ended we ran home, I changed Rylee's clothes and then Rylee and I ran out the door to watch the gym meet while Brett stayed home with Dax so he could have his nap. We made it to the gym meet just in time. Four of my nieces were in tumbling this year and were each doing two passes. Trinity is 11 and is on level 5. In her group she took 1st place. Teyara is 11 and is on level 4. In her group she also took 1st place. I was so proud of these two. They both did so awesome! Then my niece Jayde just turned 7 and she is on level 3. In her group she took 2nd place. And then Jayslin just turned 6 and she is also on level 3, but a younger age group and she took 3rd place in her group. I am so proud of them also. It was Jayde & Jayslin's first year to be in tumbling. All four of them did so great out there. Good Job girls, I love you!

After the gym meet, I stopped to grab Brett and the kids some lunch and then went home. We knew we had a few hours to play before Rylee had to get ready for her dance recital so we all went on a family 4 wheeler ride. Papa Rick and Lily came along with us. Dax rode with Mommy, Rylee rode with Daddy, and Lily rode with Papa. We had a really good time and even stopped to catch a lizard for Rylee to hold...okay, Brett caught a lizard for Rylee to hold, not "we"!

After that we came home, got Rylee all ready for her dance recital and then headed to Salina so we could get there in time to watch all the soloists perform also. All of them did such a great job and it was so fun to watch. We had Trinity, Teyara, and Rylee all dancing tonight so it was fun to be able to watch all of them. They had lots of people there to watch them....Grandma Dean, Tom, Mercedes, Grandma Judi, Papa Rick, Grandma Shauna, Aunt Shanda, Rylan, Jayde, Jayslin, Trayton, Mayson, Aunt Brinne, Kailey and of course Aunt Andrea was there and Mommy & Daddy! We love watching her, she looks so cute up there and does so good. Trinity & Teyara did fantastic in both their dance and production. They have so much fun with their "Wild Child" routine and then Production is so fun to watch, even though they were zombies and a little scary looking. The production number was to the different Michael Jackson songs. For Rylee's dance routine it was to "Strawberry Shortcake Twist". Rylee's little dance class got up there and looked so cute and did such a great job. They were completely adorable! Rylee & Ady are the youngest in the group. The rest the girls are going into Kindergarten this year, except Rylee and Ady. It will be fun to have Rylee keep dancing with all her friends.

My camera wasn't taking that great of pictures inside the auditorium, but I did get a few of Rylee before the performance.

Rylee cannot wait for next year! She wants to do dance, tumbling, soccer, and baseball.
That's my girl and I am so proud of her!!!

A sucker always makes it all better.....

Today Dax had his 1 year check-up. He is actually 13 months now, but since he got sick shortly after he turned one, we waited until now to see the doctor and get immunizations. The doctor said he is doing GREAT! He said 1-2 words is average and Dax says at least 8-10 words. He is running all over the place and feeds himself with no problem. He is one smart little boy! He weighs 22 lbs. 2 oz. and is 31.25 inches tall. He is in the 40th percentile for his weight (so a little low), and in the 90th percentile for his height (so very tall). His stats for weight to height is in the 22nd percentile. I definitely have some tall kids! He had to get 4 shots today and I felt so bad. He just cried for a second and then he was okay. Once they handed him a sucker he was all better and happy!!!

Here is a picture of him right after we left the doctors....happy as could be with his sucker in hand! (not the best picture since it was with my phone)