Hailey Turned Five

Last week was Hailey's birthday and she had so much fun she thinks that her birthday lasts for five days. Her birthday surprise started out the night before when we surprised her by picking up a surprise person at the airport which turned out to be her Aunt Heather (my sister)

The next day (April 2) we went to Disney World for Hailey's birthday. Heather and I were able to take Hailey on some of the bigger rides because she was finally tall enough, she loved them.

Charlie and Aubrey did their own photo session while we were on the big rides

The day after her birthday we took it easy trying to recover from our exhausting Disney day and then we had Charlie's parents over for a birthday dinner, cake and presents.

Charlie's mom did the beautiful cake and I'm so glad because I still don't have the desire to develop that talent yet, maybe some day.

The next day we went to the beach

The day before Heather left she cut my hair for me and I've enjoyed the change

Thanks for a fun trip Heather!

Cute March Pics

Here's just a few cute photos of the girls from this month.

When the girls are awake I usually wake right up because nothing good happens when they are unsupervised, but last Sunday I could not get myself out of bed and when Hailey shut my bedroom door I accidentally fell back to sleep until my mind remembered the girls were out in the living room by themselves. When I got up this is the scene I saw...

Hailey took it upon herself to get breakfast ready since I wasn't doing a good job of it. It was very sweet of her.

The following pictures are from playing camping. Kids love tents and it conjures up thoughts of marshmallows and who can say no when she even went as far as to make a colored crayon fire.

I'm so excited....I just bought all of this for 84 cents.

Thanks to my friend Vanessa teaching me about coupons and CVS bucks!

Little Leprechaun

I haven't really had much to blog about so here is a random one just so I don't let the month pass by without one.
When Hailey came home from school on St. Patrick's day she was telling me how there were leprechaun's that had come and messed up the classroom and stole cookies. Just around the same time I looked over at Aubrey in her green shirt as she was dumping the glue pens out and had just got done stealing Hailey's green necklace; I laughed and we called her a little leprechaun for the rest of the day. She for sure is a leprechaun, look at her hair she's got a lot of Irish in her.

Here is another addition to the family we got this week. The reason we got it was because this week at preschool was pet week and for show-and-tell the kids were suppose to bring a picture of their pet. Although Hailey begs almost daily for a pet this is the most I was willing to put up with. I feel guilt all the time that I am not a pet person because I know kids love pets but my guilt never outweighs my desire not to have one so I try to take them to the zoo and pet store as much as I can.

We have been trying to do a better job of taking turns doing Family Home Evening and this night Hailey did the FHE on being healthy. For the activity we wanted to see if we could plant tomatoes from seeds and then we had fondue for dessert. Hailey loves being a goof in front of the camera.

Sketch of Art

We haven't really been up to anything other than normal life which is a good thing but I don't really have anything to blog about. I am posting a framed sketch that we received in the mail over the weekend from my brother (his friend sketched it). My family wanted to see how it turned out so that is why I am posting it, but it is an amazing picture. I am in awe when people have talent like that.

I wasn't sure how to turn the flash off and the reflection was getting in the way so I had to take it at a weird angle but you get the idea.

The girls were more excited about the box and had some post fun with their Dad.

Walking around

Here's a clip of Aubrey walking, she is doing really well. She still crawls part time but I think the transition to full time walking will happen as soon as she speeds up the old lady walk a bit.

13 1/2 months old

Happy New Year

I wasn't able to keep up on my blog once the holiday season hit. I was prepared for Christmas but was kept very busy with sick kids and then a trip to Utah and then normalizing back to life in Florida. We had a fun Christmas spent with my side of the family in Utah and we (except for Charlie) spent New Year's in Utah as well.
Some of the highlights: Being with family, playing games, bowling, lazer tag, watching movies, trip to Temple Square, and Hailey's favorite: Sledding. We even celebrated a few holidays like an unbirthday and Easter since we aren't in Utah during those times. Hailey really enjoyed the snow, I enjoyed it but really love my warm Florida winters. Here are some of our snow pictures.