Where have I been?!!!!

I know you are all probably wondering if we fell off the face of the earth and well I wish I could say that so then maybe I could have a better excuse as to why on earth we haven't posted in quite some time! Need I say more? For me time has been going by so quickly that I hardly have enough time in a day to get things done! Easter came and went, and now May is already a week over! Brinly graduates from Kindergarten this coming Monday! (I didn't know that it was such a big deal to graduate Kindergarten until now!) One year down how many more to go?! The summer schedule is quickly getting filled up with annual events. Here are some pics of the past month:
Starting with traditional egg decorating
The Egg Hunt on Saturday in Grandma and Papa's backyard


Then Easter morning

Brinly's first tooth!

Brinly finally lost her first tooth! I swear that thing has been loose for almost three months now and Brinly was so not wanting to play with it at all. Instead she would just complain about it hurting when she would bite down on it. So Sunday night I told her she needed to work harder at it because it was turning brown. No one believed me that it was that loose until I got my fingers on it and we played and wiggled it for a minute or two and then I heard the pop! out it came and Brinly was slightly stunned and kept licking it because of how weird she thought it felt. We were all pretty excited. !
So she had her first experience with the toothfairy and all. Yeah!!! But at the same time it's a bitter sweet feeling cause that just means she's growing up that much more

Go Cubs, Go! Go Cubs, Go!

So I know it's been a little while since I've last posted. I thought I'd let you know how spring break went. Most of you know that we went to Phoenix for Spring break to enjoy a little of our annual Cubs Spring Training Baseball experience. First of all 91 degrees is what we enjoyed or lack there of. We went to a couple of games, did some shopping, lots of eating, more shopping and lots of driving. All in all we had a really fun time. Brad and I drove down with the kids Wednesday morning. We drove through Vegas because we heard that route was faster! not exactly! The dam was cool and the new bridge they are constructing was fascinating but to drive 4.5 miles in 1.5 hours not so fascinating! Needless to say, our 6 hour trip turned into over eight hours because of that, construction in various spots, and rush hour that we would have missed had we been through Phoenix 2 hours earlier. The trip was well worth it though. Mom and Dad joined us Thursday night to finish out the rest of the weekend. We enjoyed having them with us except they might rethink sharing a suite with us next time because the girls wanted to be right in their room with them and couldn't understand why they could not follow them into the bathroom. Yeah so there is no privacy in our home! Good luck!

Snow moblin' on Beaver Mountain

So this weekend I got talked into going snowmobiling up in Beaver. I was reluctant at first because well, four kids says it all! But I thought that we needed to get some pictures of the kids in the snow before there is no more snow. Needless to say we went and had a great time for the most part. The girls were all troopers especially Skylar since she is at our mercy. We ran into one little mishap with her and red/cold feet but we got things under control and everything was fine after that. We spent the day with Brad's brother Aaron and his wife Lisa (that is definitely going to take some getting used to!) and there friends Eric and Dallas (also known as Derek and Alice). So the girls get a little confused sometimes! Eric and Dallas are good sports about it though. Lots of fun!Skylar falling asleep on the ride up to the cabin.
The girls ridin' in the sled Brad bought this year to pull behind the snow mobiles.Dallas, Maddie, and Eric
Skylar loving her tongue!This is a small lake above the cabin property that is covered in snow right before we drove over it with the snow mobiles.
Right behind us is the lake we just drove over.

Skylar is Crawling!

So Last week became a first for Skylar. She learned to crawl! It's kind of a bitter sweet for me because I don't want her to grow up. This year is already flying by so quickly. But what can you do? It's fun to watch her learn and discover new things. She is into everything now, and before we know it she'll be walking! Aahhhh!

As Some of you may know we attended a wedding this weekend and the all day festivities. Aaron and Lisa are married! Yeah!!! The ceremony was at 10 am on Saturday and was wonderful of course. The Luncheon followed at 1 pm, then family pics @ 5pm and reception from 7-9 pm. What a day, but it was well worth it. We are so happy for these two and we hope they are excited to close that chapter and begin a new one. Here ar some pics: