Happy birthday Grandpa Kevan!

Rob's family came down to Utah to visit during their spring break.  It was a fun time.  We love having people over!  The kids love all of the extra attention too.  :)  Rob's dad was here on his birthday (last monday) and he was nice and took everyone out for dinner at Golden Corral.  My kids love buffets because they get to choose lots of different things to try.  We had a great time and we hope grandpa had a great birthday!

 Emery wanted some ice cream from the dessert table, but she decided on this fluffy pink cotton candy instead.  She was a little weirded out at first because it was kinda hairy...but uncle Alan showed her how to eat it and then she dug right in!

 Yum!

 Here is the whole group!  Yay!

 Happy kids eating their desserts.  Zac got ice cream and Sadie also chose the cotton candy.

The kids really enjoy having their grandparents here.  Here the kids are cuddling up to him as he reads them a story.  

Smoothies and popsicles

 Every once in a while, I decide I want to make a smoothie for myself for breakfast.  The kids don't really like them, and Rob will drink a little bit sometimes, but mostly they are just for me.  You would think by now that I could have mastered the art of making just enough smoothie for one person.  Nope.  I always add the fruit and look at it and think "that's not enough" so I add a few more blueberries and peaches and maybe a little more banana.  Then I blend it all together and somehow it multiplies into a smoothie for 5!  Ha ha.  Every time.  So recently, I came across a popsicle mold I bought a long time ago and decided to pour the leftover smoothie into that.  Score!  The kids loved them!

Don't ask me why they won't drink fresh smoothie, but they will eat it when it is frozen to a wooden stick.  ha ha.  Oh well.  It works.  Last week we had some beautiful weather and we were able to go outside and enjoy a yummy smoothie popsicle. 

 Emery was very good at taking bites.

 This is just cute...her hair is ALWAYS in her face.  She refuses to let me do it in the mornings...and sometimes it is a battle I just don't want to fight.  :)  SO When her hair gets in her eyes I tell her I can't see her...

 This is her solution.  Ha ha.  Look at that cute face!

 Showing me her technique.  Pretty good.

Many more smoothie popsicles to come as the weather heats up I'm sure!

Zac's haircut

I finally cut Zac's hair.  I don't even remember the last time I cut it.  It had been a LONG time.  Mostly it was because our hair clippers were broken, but also because I am lazy.  :)  I finally went out and bought new clippers (the cheapest ones...so who knows how long they will last.  ha ha) and cut Zac's hair.

He absolutely hates getting his hair cut.  He hates having the little hairs all over his face, so he cries and sucks all the hair into his mouth which makes him more upset.  So it is very difficult to give him a good haircut, but what can you do?  I think it turned out ok this time.

 Before.

 Before.

 Mess...don't mind all the crumbs.  That's a lot of hair.  We won't wait so long between haircuts next time.  

 After.  So handsome.

Much better!

My birthday!

 My birthday was last week but I have been so busy that I haven't had time to post about it yet.  What have I been busy with you ask?  Well...just look and see...

 Rob got me a KitchenAid mixer for my birthday!!!  I have been wanting one of these for YEARS.  Seriously.  So I have been busy mixing and baking up a storm since I got it.  :)

 I love it.

 And the kids love to watch it in action too.

 Here is Rob putting my cake together.  I mixed the cake batter and I made the frosting so I could use my new mixer.  :)  Turned out delicious!

 While Rob was putting the cake together, Emery was tucking Uncle Duncan in for a nice nap.  She put that blanket on him herself.  ha ha

 Then she joined him for a nap.  So cute.

 Lighting the candles...He didn't actually put 28 on there.  Can you believe that?!?!?  I think I only got nine!  ha ha  

My mom and dad joined in the festivities while I blew my candles out.  :)

I had a great day and I love my present.  It has been put to good use so far.  And I've only had it a week!  Rob is the best!

It's a....

GIRL!!!  That's what the lady giving the ultrasound said anyway...and that was after she had to poke and jiggle and try to get a better look.  The cord was right between her legs, so I'm only about 70% sure that it is a girl.  I never trust the ultrasound 100% anyway.  But we are so excited about having another little girl in our family!

We put some pink balloons in a box and had the kids open it to find out if it was a boy or girl.  They opened the box and yelled "balloons!!"  So I said "so are we having a boy or girl?"  And they didn't know.  ha ha.  I guess we should have explained that pink meant girl and blue meant boy before they opened the box.  :)  I asked Zac if he thought pink balloons meant girl or boy and he yelled BOY!  ha ha.  Then we told them it was a girl since the balloons were pink.  Then he referred to his balloon as a girl the rest of the night.  ha ha. 

Another girl!  We are so excited!

Warm weather in February!

 It has been unusually warm this February.  Like it has been in the 60's the past two days.  Crazy!  We are loving it though.  Shorts and short sleeves.  Nice.  Yesterday while the kids were supposed to be napping/resting, we were outside playing because it was just too nice to not be out there. 

 Zac re-discovered his shovel that had been buried in the snow all winter.  

 And he dug...for a long time.  :)

 While I read my book...yes, I am reading a hypnobirthing book.  Interesting stuff.  I am hoping to go all natural for this birth, so I am reading anything and everything I can get my hands on.  ha ha

 Then the kids found "treasures" and brought them to me.  Zac found this tiny nail.

And Emery found some sea shells.

 Then she had a meltdown because she didn't take a nap.

 Notice her hand on her eyebrow...I hope she never grows out of that!

On Monday evening, after we picked Rob up from work, we went to Thanksgiving point.  Since it was so nice, we went to the farm instead of the Dino museum.  The kids had a blast!  We met up with some friends while we were there so that was fun too.  We love our friends!

 Emery loved the pony ride even though she said she didn't want to do it.  

 Sadie wanted to ride on the biggest one.  :)

 Rob helped the kids feed the cows some hay.

 The wagon ride.  That was the only time I got cold because there was a little breeze.  Other that that, I was comfy in my short sleeve shirt!

 The kids in jail.  This was what they did when I said "make your best jail face."  ha ha

And Zac had this huge smile on his face the whole pony ride.  

I know we are probably going to get cold weather again soon and I hope we do.  We need more snow!  But while it is here, we will enjoy the warm weather as much as we can!

Beyond Glaze

For Zac's little preschool group we took a field trip last week to a place called Beyond Glaze.  It is a little doughnut shop with mostly glazed doughnuts with gourmet toppings.  They make them look fancy too.  We got to go behind the scenes and watch them frost some of the doughnuts.  That was really neat.  I think the parents liked it more than the kids!  I mean, they just wanted to get to the eating part!

 Here is the whole group.  There are five kids in the preschool group plus four more siblings along for the ride.  

 Here are all of their flavors.  Don't the all look so pretty and delicious?!?  They said their maple bacon doughnut was by far their most popular doughnut. Hmmm...maybe I'll try it someday...but probably not!

 They were kinda pricey, but we decided to get three to share.  Zac chose plain maple, Sadie chose the cookies and cream, and I chose the peanut butter and chocolate one.  They were delicious!

 Zac demolished his in just a few minutes.

 Sadie chatted with her friend while they ate theirs.

And Emery just stuffed hers in her mouth.  ha ha