Easter Weekend

There's a cute little fishing pond close to our home that Paul and Shar took us to.





Mike caught a turtle instead of a fish

Justin and Owen were great spectators.



Happy Easter!

My friend Meredith organized a little Easter egg hunt at a nearby park. There was quite a big turnout!



Cute Easter dress that Aunt Emily picked out for Abby. So adorable!

Old Macdonald's Farm

Mike had an Easter work party at the farm last weekend. Abby liked feeding and petting the animals, and Owen did pretty well hanging out in the stroller. The highlight for Abby was the pony ride, and when a goat tried to eat Mike's pants!











Abby got a little stamp in her goodie bag, she thought it was lipstick...



Owen's first spaghetti dinner!

New Car!

We said goodbye to our Alero...

and hello to our new Toyota Sienna!
And so it begins....we are officially initiated into the kingdom of Mormon families...
Mike says once we fill this van with a couple more kids and have one of those storage clam shells on top will be the moment when he knows we have "arrived"... ha ha.

chubby bunny

Our Day

Ready for church! Abby has starting being very particular about which kind of dress she wears to church. She likes dresses that are "very beautiful - like Snow White".

This is Owen's new favorite place in the house. Mama and Dada's big bathtub. Yep.

Abby likes to pick flowers for Mama.

Let me in now!

I'm hungry for ribs!

Abby has crazy flexibility.

Silly times

It was a nice day :)

10 months

Our big O has reached the 10 month mark. He sure is growing big!
weight: 27 pounds (off the charts)
height: 30 inches (80th percentile)
head circumferance 18 3/4 inches (93rd percentile)
He loves to eat. He can eat about triple what Abby eats. I'm glad he's not as picky as she is! He loves splashing in the bath, crawling up the stairs (haven't mastered going down though), crawling in the bathroom when the doors open, walking along the couch, clapping his hands, being sung to, did I mention eating?
We sure love having Owen in our family :)

Mike wore this outfit in his one year pictures. As you can see it's quite tight on Owen!





Mike at one year

Look at that big belly!

February so far

Abby learned to go potty on the toilet! It was one of the worst weeks of my life, but we came out successful in the end :) Yipee Skippy.
Abby looks absolutely ecstatic in this picture.

Owen loves his big sister, and I think Abby likes having a playmate (f0r the most part). She dresses up as Snow White several times a day. We got her this dress for Halloween, and we've found that's it's been a wise investment.

Big O got his first haircut. He's almost 10 months old!

We flew to Utah to be apart of Kevin and Heather's wedding. They had all the little girls dress up in tutu's. So cute!

and don't the boys look dapper?

Mike and Owen sported Kevin's hairdo in his honor.


Grandpa Doug was able to join in on the festivities. Mimi was in Germany celebrating the arrival of cousin Simon.





Happy Valentines Day! We had some yummy pink heart shaped pancakes. You can't beat Grandma Jane's buttermilk pancakes - so so good!

Abby decorated some yummy V-day cookies.

We had a delicious steak dinner. Mike loves his BBQ :)