Thursday, March 29, 2007

Picwic in the Park

The weather was beautiful today so we decided to have a picnic...or a picwic as Josh would say. Once I explained what a picnic was, he was very excited and helped plan the menu. He thought we should definitely eat chips and cookies. So we packed our chips and cookies along with some sandwiches and veggies and headed to a park close to our house. The boys had a great time! After we were done eating, we walked over to the playground. We talked Josh into attempting the two biggest slides they have there...he's always been too scared before. He loved them both and went on them over and over. Here's some of the pictures we took! Enjoy!












Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Grandma's Here!!

Well, the past week has been filled with grandma!! My mom came in last Thursday and leaves tomorrow. We are very thankful she took the time to come see us. Darrin and I were able to go on a date and then work on our ward missionary calling. We are specifically assigned to work with the Young Single Adults and it's often hard to make visits with 2 little kids, so it was nice to have a baby-sitter!
My mom and I did some shopping, and we also made a blanket. It turned out really cute! It was fun to work on a project together.
The kids are growing like weeds and had a great time with Grandma. I know they will have a hard time tomorrow. Andrew will be 18 months on Thursday and will go to nursery on Easter. I think he will like it...the only problem will be Josh thinks nursery is HIS class and Andrew isn't allowed to come...so we're trying to prepare Josh. Andrew likes to do everything Josh does. If Josh gets napkin, Andrew needs one too. If Josh is eating yogurt, Andrew needs to eat some too. He loves to play trains and cars and read books about trains and cars. Josh is quite the independent kid these days and mom is enjoying it. He can wash his own hands, doesn't have to ride in the cart at the store, and loves to use scissors and glue. He's so fun to talk to and loves playing with his cousins.
Darrin has been hard at work doing the usual work stuff. He hurt his leg playing soccer so he hasn't been able to play in the last couple of games. I stay busy doing everything and anything. I was recently asked to play a song in church on Easter so I'm busy practicing that.



Family all ready for church
A tender moment as brothers

Grandma!

This is the blanket we made




Saturday, March 17, 2007

Josh's 3rd Birthday

Well, it finally arrived: Josh's 3rd birthday!! He's been anticipating his birthday for months now, and he was so excited that he woke up at 7:15 this morning ready to get the party started! We had a fun filled day of presents, eating at Panda Express for lunch (his favorite restaurant), playing at the park, driving the neighbor's toy car, decorating his cake, sticking his fingers in the cake and then licking them, having the family over for pizza and cake, more presents, and more cake. He was very tired by the end of the day! Some of the presents he got were a remote control car, a doctor kit, some books, and Mack and Lightning McQueen from the Pixar movie Cars.



So proud of his Mack

Driving the neighbor's car


Everyone off the sidewalk!!

Decorating his cake with Dad


His race car birthday cake


Happy Birthday to you!