Catchin Up

So I thought I would just forget about posting all the other old stuff I wanted to post and just give a quick recap of Dec through March.

Life has been crazy back at work. I haven't been able to do what I really should do or want to do with updating pics, blogs and scrapbooks. By the time the kids go to bed all I want to do is sit and watch a show or read.

So much has happened and the kids have changed so much, especially Hannah. She is quite the talker. She says so many words and now will try to say anything you say. I am amazed that she isn't even two yet. Evan didn't talk till at least two and half, so it's totally different for us. She has to do anything to keep up with her rough and tough big brother.

Evan has been in Soccer since October and loves it. It took awhile for him to actually want to stay out on the field the whole time. We also had several issues with him learning to listening and not bumping or hitting other kids. I have had to learn to let it go and let the coaches handle the situation. A couple of weeks ago he and another boy got into a full on fight. The other boy was much bigger and picked Ev up and threw him on the ground. Ev got up pushed him and the boy did it again. I know this might be awful but I was sitting in the stands kinda laughing with a friend, while I watched the whole thing. I thought, you know Ev needs to learn his lesson without me always running out to take him out of the game. Its part of sports and he will have to deal with the consequence and answer to his coach.

I can't wait for Spring Break and I am looking forward to a summer full of Vacations, Birthday Parties and no work. It pays to be a teacher:) Even if we loose 8 percent of our pay next year? Yes I love my job and wouldn't be doing anything else.

Here are the pics in order from the newest to the oldest.

Happy St. Patty's Day

At Chuck E Cheese

Gross, Sucking on the car

Her Favorite ride of the night. She rode it like 15 times. Evan below saying NO WAY!

Valentines Day. Opening gifts from Grandma B.

A random day of snow at the house. The kids love playing in it.

And eating it.

Christmas Dinner at Grandma Robins

They love their cousins:)

Adventure Dome

This weekend my good friend Randi invited us to Adventure Dome because one of her students was having a birthday party. I thought sure, that would be fun, besides I haven't been there in about 16 years. Boy was I in for a shock. All I can say is that it was gangsta. It was super crowded and definitely not the Disneyland atmosphere I was used to. Good thing Evan doesn't know how to read or cares about what people are wearing.

Other than my shock, Evan had a good time riding a few kid rides, staring at the scary roller coaster and playing a few arcade games. I think my highlight was playing Evan in a game of air hockey. The look on his face was priceless. I was happy to get a few pictures, especially because he is at the stage where he will smile for a picture. You know I LOVE that!

Evan Dancing

Before Christmas Scott was at Fry's Electronics buying me a present. He lost track of the kids, went to look for them and found them in the stereo room rocking out. Scott said he watched them for a long time and when he turned around to leave there were 8 employees all standing around watching and clapping for Ev. I think this is one of the funniest things I have ever seen, but of course I am biased because they are my kids. Enjoy!

Don't forget to press pause on the music which is located on my sidebar

Wedding Day - October 23, 2010

We are so excited for my brother to be married to a wonderful woman. This was their big day. The temple sealing was amazing and always reminds me of the commitment I have made to my own husband. I wish Jeremy and Sarah the very best in their bright future. We love them and are blessed to have been apart of their day.

Everyone awaiting their arrival


Here comes trouble :)

Baby Adam

JC and Baby Devin

The happy Couple

The boys keep running around the tree chasing eachother.

Our Sweet pea

He played in the pond with these sticks for about half an hour.

These are Sarah's twin nieces running up to give her a hug and Hannah thought she would join too.

Dallas ZOO

Our family headed to Texas in late October for my brother Jeremy's wedding. Scott and I got to Texas a day later than everyone, so we were on our own for a day while the rest of the fam was in Gilmore.

After trying to figure out what to do with the kids in Dallas we ended up at the Dallas Zoo. Admission was really inexpensive so I thought, well this is going to be a small zoo with minimal animals. NOT SO! I was amazed, the zoo was one of the best I have ever been to.


This is funny because we thought that there was just a big hallway of pictures of animals from the Savanna. WOW, we were totally wrong because they had a HUGE exhibit of real animals, including elephants, giraffe, boars, hyenas, zebras, lions and many more. It was the biggest exhibit with tons of large animals. And the habitats were amazing.

I thought this was hysterical. A gorilla was laying on his stomach throwing leaves on himself and then pounding his fist on his stomach. What a Man. Evan was not interested at all.





A Meerkat

These Meerkats were Evans best friend. Every time he called for them one would come running right up to him. He loved it and could have spent hours there watching them. I think they really wanted Evan's food in his hand.

The amazing Savanna habitat.

Evan actually got to feed the giraffe. Scott bought some lettuce from a stand and the lady said they probably would come up because they weren't that hungry, but one did! We were on an elevated platform, Evan just stuck his hand out with the lettuce and a giraffe came right up to him and ate from his hand. It was a coolest thing ever! Unfortunately my camera had just died, so I couldn't capture the moment.

If you are ever in Dallas I would highly recommend going to the Zoo and taking part in the giraffe feeding. Such a neat experience!


I found a picture on Scott's phone. Yay! Now you can see Ev trying to feed the giraffe

SNOW Day

On Monday we were all home together as a family. We decided we wanted to do something fun with the kids, so we headed up to Mount Charleston for a day of snow play. It had been raining, but I saw no signs of snow on the mountain and thought we would be disappointed when we got there. Boy was I wrong! We hit BIG snow. It was amazing and I am always in awe at the sight of snow only being 15 miles outside of the Vegas desert.

I was a little nervous with Scott driving in it and was afraid we would get stuck. We saw a few cars stuck on the roads but our 4wheel drive handled it fabulously. We went to a hill that we had been to previously to go sledding on, however there was a big sign saying closed, NO SNOW PLAY, so we found a place to pull over and let the kids just play.

There was a small hill that Scott pushed Evan off of. Hannah had no desire to be in the sled, but enjoyed playing in the snow. They both loved throwing and eating the snow and Evan was making a snow angel at one point. I don't know where he learned that, but it was pretty funny.

Daddy was really cold and was ready to get back in the car. Evan did not want to go and keep yelling I want to eat snow. Dad had to tell him we would find another spot to play, but of course we didn't, it was just a ploy to get him back in the car. Instead Scott thought it would be fun to go off roading which we did, against my wishes. Evan thought it was pretty cool. Off roading is just not for me. I told Ev that maybe daddy would get a motorcycle and they could together. I will stay home.

Anyways our little adventure turned out as an awesome family FUN day!