Valentines Weekend

For Valentines weekend we went up to Salt Lake for the Monster Jam! Brock really wanted to go for his Birthday and both he and Corbin have been looking forward to it and so excited. So we drove up on Valentines and went to the Monster Jam at the Energy Solutions Arena. We left the twins with my parents at our hotel, and I'm sure they were much happier there. Brock and Corbin were both so excited to see the Monster Trucks. Brock's favorite truck called Maximum Destruction was there and when he saw it he about freaked out! Corbin's favorite truck of course is the Superman Monster Truck, but unfortunately it wasn't there. We had a blast, although Corbin did fall asleep for about 10 min. There's something about the roar of engines that lulls him to sleep cuz riding with Blake in his semis or on the equipment has the same effect.









Afterwards we went back to the hotel and picked up the Twins and went with all my family to the Pizza Factory and bowling! We all had fun! Even the twins thought the bowling balls were cool!

We spent the rest of the weekend hanging out at the hotel, swimming and spending time with my parents and my fam. Not really romantic but definitely FUN!!

Hiking and Pirate Pizza

A few weeks ago we went down to St. George to help haul off some trash from my sister's house that they moved out of and decided to make an evening of it. We ended up going to the red hill and hiking around with the kids. They were so excited to all be outside and running around, we all now have spring fever.




Afterwards we went to this new restaurant my sister Emily had told us about called Pirate Island Pizza (my kids called it Pirate Pizza). It is such a fun place for kids! They have such fun decor and atmosphere, and my kids loved the arcade! They don't just have pizza either, they have a lot of other food options and Blake and I thought the food was good. I definitely recommend it for kids. It is now Brock's favorite place to eat in St. George.

What's Going On

So we still have the sick bug around our house. But the good news is after I stopped taking the Zicam my taste buds started tasting again after a few days. The bad news is that I ended up getting sick with a sore throat. Blake has also had a sore throat, Daxton is fighting off an ear infection, MaKelle has a runny nose and cough, and Brock has also had a sore throat along with a fever. Corbin is the only one who hasn't gotten sick, lucky kid, and hopefully he doesn't.


A sick Brock

A very sick looking Dax - just look at those eyes :(

On a happier note Daxton and MaKelle have been learning so many new things lately. They are both crawling really well now and can get all around the house. However it seems they usually end up following me around wherever I go. And they are starting to play so cute together. They pull themselves up to furniture and are starting to cruz around the furniture. They wave bye bye, give kisses, play patty cake, and are "so big." They are truly so busy. They have been learning so much so fast and before I know it they will be walking. AHHHH!


A sleepy girl

A crawling MaKelle

A crawling Dax

We love bath time!

Here's a comfy place to sit

Since MaKelles hair is starting to get longer, I thought I would try something fun with her hair. It didn't last long though.

The babies are finally playing with and enjoying their Christmas from Santa

A few weeks ago we went up to Salt Lake for a landscape expo. Not that I went, but Blake and Travis did. Nicole and I went to the mall instead. We met up with my sis Beca and my neice Ashlynn and had a great time shopping and playing. My cousin Liz got us rooms at the Marriot right by Temple Square and we had so much fun! Thanks Liz! We of course had to ride trax and the boys loved it. We went over to the Gateway mall and the planetarium and enjoyed a few days away. The highlight for the kids of course was swimming, in fact thats all I got pictures of. The twins loved the water and Travis took Braxton for his first swim. There was a small gym right next to the pool and all Brock wanted to do was exercise with Blake. He was so cute pumping iron!


Braxton lounging by the pool



The boys were way excited about Valentines and so we made some Valentine cookies. When it came time to frost the cookies Brock wanted yellow frosting and Corbin wanted green frosting. And so we had yellow and green hearts! Corbin just wanted to eat them anyway he wasn't into the frosting part. He frosted one big one and then he just ate it the rest of the time. Brock however was very creative in his frosting - mixing the colors and creating designs.



One night Grandpa came over after the kids had gone to bed and he peeked in to say goodnight. Brock was already asleep with his monster truck placed neatly on his head and Blake just had to take a picture. The kids always have to pick a toy to sleep with every night



Corbin likes to try on MaKelle's headbands, and of course he talked Brock into wearing the yellow one since yellow is Brock's favorite color. And Corbin likes green and this turqoise headband was the closest thing to green. And since it was a boy color it was OK to wear a headband. :)

8 Months

MaKelle and Daxton are 8 months old now!! They are growing so quickly! MaKelle started crawling, or more like scooting, just before Christmas and now she can get around everywhere. Of course she always heads for the stairs, and she loves to find little crawl spaces behind my couches and in between furniture to crawl through! And now that she is mobile she has become like a little vacuum picking up every tiny little thing she finds and putting it straight into her mouth! I have to always be on the watch with her. Speaking of which MaKelle has cut a tooth! Her first tooth which is on the bottom right. None for Daxton yet, but I'm okay if we don't get any more teeth for awhile. Daxton is starting to crawl now himself. He hasn't really taken off yet, but he gets up into the crawl position and will take a few steps forward. He is starting to do patty cake and loves it! They both are starting to wave bye bye and are just so busy!! They have also had some colds and ear infections which have made them grumpy and it's seriously ruined any hope of sleeping through the night! We have also started feeding them finger foods and they are getting pretty good at feeding themselves. And like always bath time is so fun for them. Daxton loves to splash and MaKelle just enjoys the water. However Mom ends up soaked by the time she has bathed two slippery and wiggly babies! All in all they are happy!

CONGRATS!!

My sister had a beautiful baby boy on Jan. 7th weighing 10 lbs. 5 oz. His name is Daniel after our Dad. He has a lot of Dark hair and long dark eyelashes! After fighting off an oncoming cold (love Zicam!) We finally got to go to St. George to see them and hold that sweet little boy! Congrats JJ and Vuki on your sweet little Daniel!!