The Proud Parents of a Preschool Graduate

On May 12th, 2011 Ashton graduated from Preschool. He loved school so much and he was definitely ready to go on to Kindergarten.He really enjoyed his teacher. Mrs. Thacker and Grandma Sharon do a great job! The kids just love them. During the graduation all the kids sang the songs that they had learned through out the year. It was adorable!
Here is the class. Some were more excited than others :)
I was so proud of my little man!
Jeff unfortunately couldn't get off work for this little occasion, but Grandma Nicole was there! She tried to get a picture of me with the kids, but well.....you can see what happened. Love the little stinkers anyway :)
Even though they look semi-naughty in the above picture they were actually really good and excited for their brother. They really loved the singing. Especially since they felt they already knew all the songs. Ashton is a pretty good teacher himself!
And what better way to celebrate graduation than to hang out at grandma's house for a while. It was a great day!

Oh Yeah....We Went There Again

We went to Disney Land in September 2010 and then Jeff's whole family planned to go in April 2011. Well we had just been there so of course we said there was no way we could go. Well....we went. The only person that knew we were coming was Katie. We came up on them from behind. Here there are a few just noticing us.
Finally Grandma saw us. It was the best! I'm glad we were able to surprise them, and I would like to say that is what we had planned the whole time, but it is not. We literally decided the day before we left that we just couldn't miss the whole family being at Disney Land. Except for poor Ron. Sorry about that Ron, (He thought he wasn't going to be the only one not there.)

It was a great time being there with all the cousins. I didn't take as many pictures this time because I wanted to enjoy it more without carrying the camera at all times.
6 months isn't that much time, but it was enough time for the boys to go on rides that they were not tall enough the first time and it took Brielle from a little baby to a little toddler. We wouldn't change a thing.

The Arches

The end of March last year we were really desperate for some out door fun. It had seriously been the longest coldest winter. So we headed off to Moab. We had never been there before and we love being outdoors hiking, so it was the perfect fit.This was the easy hike up to to view the most famous arch in the park. We didn't think the little ones would handle one hike that took more than an hour, so we stuck to the short ones.
Brielle was almost 14 months old and still not walking. Luckily she is a little tyke so she still fit into the baby carrier. It definitely made her easier to carry, and she loved it.

These two had a blast out on the trails. They were in need of some free roaming, and sunshine.
This was my favorite one. The hike was small and if you climbed up to the bottom of the arch on the left there was a sheer drop off that had an amazing view. It's called the Double Arch.

The Boys!
The girls!
On our way home, despite the colder rainy weather, we decided to go up to Dead Horse Point. It was breathtaking. I think the rain made it even more so.

We had a blast and I can't wait to go back!