Happy Birthday Nathan!

Nathan turned 4 in January. He is growing up so fast. I am often told he is very well behaved at preschool and in Primary, though when he's with me he climbs all over me and is still pestering his little sister. He is a smart cookie. He knows all the sounds the letters make and tries to sound out words. He sees a store sign that he recognizes and says, "Costco is spelled C-O-S-T-C-O!" or what ever the store happens to be. He is a whiz at the computer, iPhone, and the Wii.

He chose his cake design off Pinterest this year. It was a construction site.

He also got his first set of Legos. We had a fun time building them together, though it was more Audrey's level, but have had less fun trying to keep all the little pieces together on the Cars cars.

He is a very helpful child. He does as I ask him happily and always tries to be the first to get things done. He is very excited to be a big brother again. He wants to call his baby brother "Benny" (from the Boxcar Children books). We'll see.

12 Pictures for 12 Months of Life!

Happy Birthday Claire!

We have truly loved having Claire in our family. She brings us so much joy and laughter.

This year went by so fast.

Happy Birthday Audrey!

Audrey turned 6 this year! Kids grow up so fast!

We got her a Razor scooter and she had her very first friend party.

She wanted a beach party in our backyard. Everyone that she invited came!
She had more presents to open than at Christmas!

They had a blast with the slip-n-slide, pool and trampoline. They also decorated flip flops.

She wanted a beach ball for her cake. It had rainbow swirls inside!

She got a free breakfast at Denny's with her dad and got a free pass to Boondocks thanks to a dad who is great at signing her up for free birthday treats. She loved the bumper boats!

I love you Audrey and am proud of the girl you are becoming. I love your sense of humor and how you are so helpful with Claire.

A Month in Pictures

It's been one month since I've blogged, let's see what we did...

Curtis and I both Turned 30!


He got me an iphone, so now my boys sit like this all the time:

I got him U2 tickets!

We had an AWESOME time. My mom watched the kids for us. We didn't get home until 1:30am. I think concerts like this are for the young, we were wiped, but had a wonderful time.

We had a big birthday party. We filled our backyard with lots of friends and family. What a way to celebrate 30 years of life! =)



We fixed up all our bikes and Nathan earned a big boy bike! He does really well. In his words, he "rides around and around and around!" The weather has been so cold and wet all month that we have only been able to go on a couple of rides as a family.

We went to the school carnival where they had swings, bouncy houses,
cotton candy and shaved ice.

We discovered a new park in Alpine that has several parks designed to make you throw-up.

And it has a splash pad too. I'm sure we'll be visiting there lots if the weather ever gets warmer.



Though Claire is not quite crawling, she can get ANYWHERE she wants
and often gets stuck under the chairs.


I've started eating better again. I don't think I'll go as crazy as I did before, but I have ballooned since eating like most people do, so I know I just can't live that way.
Green smoothies are back on the menu.


Even Claire loves them and believe it or not Audrey has been requesting them.


I've also started making my own bread and grinding my own wheat. I found a K-Tec Grain Mill on KSL for $15. The whole family loves the bread I make. Audrey says, "Yes! You're making bread again!" The recipe I use is here: http://www.simplehealthytasty.com/2010/09/best-yet-whole-wheat-bread_07.html
Her whole blog is packed with great whole food recipes.
We have also been enjoying Bountiful Baskets.
And the kids love mangoes. I can't cut them quick enough.


I have cute kids and I enjoy being their mom.

Nathan is 3!

This little boy is now 3!
(Oh wait, he's not little, he's big! and he won't let you say it any other way!)

On his actual birthday we used his free pass at Boondocks. He had been looking forward to going for his birthday since we went for Audrey's birthday. He kept asking, "Can we go to Boom Blocks?" He was too little to do most of the free stuff, so we just spent the free coins and got some silly (I mean awesome) little prizes.

When we were searching for images to use in his newly decorated room (images to come) we kept seeing Thomas the Train cakes like these:
and he would say, "I want a cake like that!"

Well, I'm just not that fancy, so he got this instead:

I think it turned out great and he loved it, especially since he got to help decorate it.

We forgot to give him a gift on his birthday, so one Saturday we let him open two, a toy gun and a new bedspread, saving two for the family party on Sunday. We forgot them at home. Good thing he didn't seem to notice (we are such good parents, ha, ha). Luckily grandma got him footsies and Alaura gave him some toy cars.

Happy Birthday Big Boy!

Happy Birthday Audrey!

Audrey is so happy to be 5! She says she's grown and is brave now. She got a new dresser, a new outfit, 5 bills (four $1 and 1 $2) from Grandma Judy, and will get gymnastic lessons in August. She chose a butterfly cupcake cake for her birthday, easy for me! We also had a lot of fun at Boondock's.

Happy Birthday Buddy Boy!

Yesterday was Nathan's birthday. He giggled and got all excited each time someone told him happy birthday, so he knew something was special. I made him a Chocolate Beet Cake. Everyone loved it, except for Curtis, he said it was OK, just like most healthy things I make. I felt good about feeding my kids beets and freshly ground whole wheat flour and agave instead of sugar.

Nathan sure loved the beet cake!

He got a wooden train set from Ikea for his birthday. He loved it so much he played with it for two hours straight. We had to put him to bed kicking, screaming and holding on to his trains. His love for trains, cars and trucks has really grown over the last couple of weeks. There is hardly a moment that he does not have a car or train in his hands throughout the day.

Nathan is growing up so fast! We love him so much!






Happy Birthday Buddy Boy!

He kept saying "Again!" and got to blow them out over and over again. So fun!