Happy Birthday, Baby Girl!

This past year has flown by! I can't believe Evelyn is 1 already. She can walk and talk, and loves her Daddy! Whenever she hears him open the garage, she races to the door to see him. She had cupcakes in ice cream cones, and LOVED them. We had a fun party with the Groo's, since she shares her birthday with Uncle Nate. (Missed that photo op - maybe next year!) It's hard to tell which she likes more, the new toys, or the bags they came in.

She is such a sweet little girl, and we all love her so much. Her brother and sister have just doted on her from the time she got here. I can't wait to see what other fun things she will discover in the future!

Ragnar!

Steve ran Ragnar over Father's Day weekend. The team captain was his sister, Stephanie, and Debbie and Jon were on the team, too. Clayton and Elise volunteered, so it was really a family affair.

They all did great, and had a lot of fun.

The finish area was fun, too. There were free smoothies (Scott had 4), fat boys (Ches had 2), and little Powerade (we all had at least 1).

I'm proud of Steve, he trained hard for several months and was able to run his whole route. It was a big deal, and I know the kids like that he did it, too. And now, we have the sticker on the car!

Busy May!

I can't believe how busy May is! Maybe it's a good thing there aren't any May birthdays in our family. On Mother's Day, we got to talk to my sister Lori, who is on a mission in Phoenix. She is doing great, of course. When she left, this is how little Evelyn was.

Now, she is rolling all over the place and even pulling herself forward to get to things. She is one busy little girl!

Scott is playing soccer in Saratoga Springs. His team is the Raptors. He has really become our little soccer player, and is a lot of fun to watch. He had fun at the zoo with the other 1st graders, and also did great in the culture fair at school.

Chesleigh graduated from preschool, and can't wait to go to kindergarten. Her tumbling recital is coming up, and she's also going to perform at Pony Express Days and be in the parade, too.

I love it when the weather starts getting warm, and we can go outside and do all these things as a family. Summer is going to be so much fun!

San Diego

We decided to go to San Diego for spring break. It was a lot of fun! Besides going swimming almost every day, here are some of the highlights.

The first thing we did was go to Sea World. We had breakfast with Shamu, which is awesome! You eat right next to one of the Shamu tanks, and a trainer gives you a show. You are so close!

Shamu was definitely everyone's favorite, but all of Sea World is great. Sunday we went to Sacrament Meeting then out to Coronado. I was so good and packed the beach bag with everything we would need, then we left it in our hotel room. Not so much fun at the beach . . . Coronado is beautiful though!

Monday and Tuesday we went to Legoland. We went to the waterpark there, too. It was so much fun to see Miniland and ride the rides. We even found a few we could go on as a family! It was Star Wars days there, so Scott loved that. Scott and Chesleigh loved driving the cars the best.

Wednesday we went to the zoo. It was trying to rain, but never did. We went on the bus tour very first, and the polar bear jumped in for a swim while we were there.

Before we left for home, we stopped by the Presidio. The museum was closed, but we were able to walk around the beautiful grounds and see a Mormon Battalion monument. Scott and Chesleigh didn't want to go at first, but then when we got there and they were able to run around they liked it.

Overall, it was a great trip! Evelyn was a trooper, and so were Scott and Ches. We made a lot of fun memories!

Here we go!

I'm finally doing it! I'm starting our family blog! We have so many fun things going on, this gives a great place to share them all, along with pictures. If nothing else my kids will enjoy looking at it. :)