Happy Birthday...

Papa Kent!!

Look what she did!

If you want the short version...

scroll down!

For months now, before we put Lexie in the tub we would sit her on the toilet to try and get her to pee. It never happened.

Then one night (April 7th), I was taking her clothes off to get in the tub. She said she wanted to go potty, so I told her to "run in there, daddy will help you!" So she did. And she did.

The next morning she wanted to wear panties and potty on the toilet. And she did. Until we went to my friends house, where she peed her pants twice. Ugh.

*After potty training Cutler (which took for-e-ver) I swore I would never potty train again until the kid asks to. 

So back to a diaper. Plus, my parents came home that same weekend and we were going to be way to busy to be worrying about the potty.

Then Monday came. And she wanted panties on. I was so bugged while I was dressing her...I did not want to do this! But she did.

**short version**

So now we fast forward to today.

For the most part...

She's potty trained!!!

And honestly, I didn't even have to do it. She won't poop on the toilet. It makes her nervous. So once in a while we have to deal with those accidents, which are the worst! And she still sleeps in a pull-up at night time. I hardly ever ask her if she needs to go. I figure, she wants to be big, she needs to come tell me.

And she does!! And she's very good at holding it if we can't get right to the toilet.

Now she sings... 'now she gets a potty treat' when she's done. The Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are her favorite. And we don't really use the seat anymore. But she's so little I'm afraid she'll fall in one of these times.

 

Special birthdays

My niece and nephew were born 1 day apart.

8 years ago.

Which means...Baptisms!!!

I'll post about those later.

For now...

Happy Birthday...(last weekend)

Carson - 24th

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 Megan - 23rd

Easter: part 2

The Easter Bunny found us.

A little bit of the egg finding. Our kids are so on top of it, by the time I get the camera ready

they've already found most of the eggs.

Ugh.

It was kind of weird this year. We had stake conference so... no church.

I know...that's not the right answer, but it is what it is.

Easter: part 1

Let me start by saying...

our car was in the shop last week

My camera was left in the car, so...

We had to use our video camera for the neighborhood egg hunt.

So everything is on video except these few pictures.

Frustrating.

We do a neighborhood easter egg hunt with either breakfast or dinner.

We've done both now. They both were great!

We love our street. There's a ton of kids and for the most part they all play very well together.

All ages.

This year we did a hot dog dinner. We had so many hot dogs left over we tried to have the kids do a hot dog eating contest. Noah & Cutler both were in it.

I didn't hear who won, but I think both boys ate their hot dog limit for the week!

On Saturday, our ward had an activity out at one of the bishopric member's farm. We did an egg hunt and lunch. It was one of the best activities we've ever had. There was such a huge turnout.

We hid over 400 eggs, thinking each kid would get a hefty basket full...

we were wrong.

Noah & Cutler each only got about 5 - 8 eggs.

Lexie was in the youngest group so she got more.

They had a little barrel train ride to entertain.

A horse to ride

And a tire swing to ride

After the party we went on a razor ride. This is by far the best toy we have!!! We went out to Gunlock and rode up towards Enterprise. Very first thing was to cross this river.

Doesn't look too bad...

Until you get up to it and start going through it...

The water came up over the sides.
The kids thought this was so cool.

They wanted to go back through it on our way back.

 

We had so much fun!!

Funny kids

I sent the kids out to take some mail down to the box for me the other day.

It was taking an extra long time so I walked out to check on them.

Here's why the 100 foot walk took 20 minutes

I had to do a little bit of ironing the other day. When I walked back down the hall to put my stuff away, Lexie was in her room ironing. I love that she watches me and wants to do what I do.

I hope it lasts forever;)

Bobcat report

I'm not gonna lie...

I can't believe these 2nd graders have to do so many reports.

I think I did my first report in 5th grade.

Noah got to choose from a list of animals to do his report.

He chose the Bobcat

They put together a power point during school, and did all of the research there too.

Thankfully.

We just had to put together this poster so they could show their work in the hall.

His teacher emailed me his power point, and I can't believe he put it together by himself.

He got a 4, which is the highest points possible!!

Way to go dude!!!

Red Cliffs

A few weeks ago...
on one of our Sunday afternoon outings...
We ventured up to the Red Hill. Mostly to take the kids up to the narrows part. Colby thought they would love it. Our kids, all of them, love anything outdoors. We think that's a good thing.
And they did love it.

And here's the proof that I can still fit!!

I was honestly nervous. There was a couple just ahead of us that turned around.

When I saw them coming back, I thought there's no way I'm gonna fit.

Colby couldn't make it and I had him take Lexie with him.

The boys and I hiked all the way up.

The Loved it!!

Sickness and injury

We were doing pretty good...until the night before Cutler got his tonsils out, Lexie got pink eye.
About a week or two later we thought Cutler got it. His eyes were red, and hurt him, but never goopy...until one day he was playing with the neighbors and their mom brought him home.
[It's never a good thing when the doorbell rings and when you open the door, your child is there with the mom of his friends, and all the friends. I immediately thought the worst.]
His eye was goopy. So we started drops. Then he started with a runny nose...and sneezing...a lot. And it seemed to never go away. His eyes stayed red, but the goopy-ness went away. We finally decided he has allergies...we think.

And now...
I took him into the dr. the other night because he was breathing scary. Short shallow breaths. I'm sorry...anything to do with breathing freaks me out. I don't mess around with it. I'm sure the dr.'s think I'm crazy.
They think he might have asthma, but called it bronchiolitis, which seems to be more likely. He has this nasty cough to go along with it. So we get to do breathing treatments...every 4 to 6 hours. He doesn't love it.

The poor kid can't catch a break!

And then there's Lexie...

Last week she crashed on the road...

on her wiggle car.

It stayed fat until the next afternoon.

And it bled.

She didn't love that she had an owie

on her lip.

Sad.

And yes, we were in our winter coats that day.

It was cold.

Boys Soccer

Oh boy... it's been almost a month since the boys have started soccer. It has been so much fun watching both of them learn and become better in sports.

We took last year off from sports...and it was a nice break. But we needed some more outdoor, running around, getting our energy out things to do!

NOAH:
This year we can really tell he's growing up. When it comes to sports he's a little more 'into' the game. I think soccer is going to be his sport. He loves running around the field, chasing the ball. He's gotten a lot better at controlling the ball, not being afraid to get in there and get it away from the other players, and hustling. He's awesome!! And so much fun to watch!

I think he's even learned to watch his team to see what he needs to do and he's learned good sportsmanship. Not that he's ever been a bad sport, but you can just tell he's growing up.
And it's fun to watch!!

Cutler:

Oh.My.Word. Can I just say...watching Cutler's team is about the most entertaining thing we do all week. He's got to be the oldest one on his team, you can just tell they don't give a hoot about what they're suppose to be doing out there. Almost every game, Cutler plays the whole time because the other kids don't want to, or they need a break. But Cutler can run up and down the field for 25 minutes straight and not care.

His first game he was a little timid, not quite sure he should take the ball from the other kids, and maybe afraid to kick them?? That changed very quickly! This last week he scored 7 goals. And that's becoming the norm! He has never played any organized sport before, he's just too young. He was so excited when he found out I signed him up for soccer. Once in a while he'll pull out the little goal I bought and practice but not really. He can control the ball, and run fast. A great combination!

I love watching my boys learn new things and do things they enjoy!!