are you ready?

Are you ready for the biggest update ever? We have been non-stop around here for the past month and things are finally slowing down for the time being. We'll see how long that lasts! So here we go.......

Bentley's new cutest thing is to say,"Hey Gaige, come sit on my lap and I will read you a story." This is probably my most favorite thing to wake up to.

We also enjoy building forts in the living room.

Jenna through a St. Patrick's Day party. We ate all green foods - jello, pickles, and pb&J sandwiches cut into four leaf clovers with green sprinkles (Gaige just licked off the sprinkles) - and she gave each of the kids necklaces, hats, and little pots of gold. Way to be Irish Jenna! These boys looked like the most adorable leprechauns I have ever seen with their red hair and freckles!

Spring break was back at the end of March. We went to Disneyland and spent a few days at my parents' house. And of course we spent some quality time at the beach.

On May 16th my friend Jenny and I threw a baby shower for our friend Jen. We had each of the guests iron on a pre-cut out shape onto a square of fabric. Then I sewed it into a baby blanket. It turned out super cute.

We had an Easter egg hunt at Preschool. Lauren made these cute easter bunny masks for the kids, we decorated rice krispy eggs, and had a little brunch with all of the moms.

The boys are still enjoying naps together like two little loving sardines in a can!

Bentley turned 3 on April 2nd! We went to see How to Train your Dragon with Shea, Clare, and Nicholas. We had so much fun and the movie was awesome. I made a pirate cake for Bentley and he and Gaige opened their big birthday present from Mommy and Daddy - a baseball tee that also shoots out wiffle balls. Needless to say they are thoroughly entertained with their present. Bentley never ceases to amaze us and he is getting to be such a big boy. We love him!

The next day we headed down to Orange County to spend time with family. Our first stop was Aunt Carrie and Uncle Rob's house. Grandma was there and we had lots of fun with cousins too. The boys were spoiled rotten with birthday presents and had a ball coloring eggs. Gaige is the fastest egg dyer ever. Within 5 minutes he had colored 12 eggs and his belly green!

We spent Easter day with my parents and Shannon and Adam came over too. The boys ate lots of candy for breakfast and Easter dinner was awesome as always. Thanks Mom and Dad.

The boys got so many presents for their birthdays. Bentley keeps telling me that he wants it to be his birthday again, like he hadn't had enough parties already! One of their favorite things were their Buzz Lightyear and Spiderman kites. So we went to the beach on a very cold and windy Saturday with Grace, Lance and Sloane to fly them. Lance dug a huge tunnel for the kids to crawl through and we built sand castles too. Then we had lunch at The Counter - some super great hamburgers and sweet potato fries.

Since Easter fell on General Conference Sunday and we didn't get to take pictures of the boys all dressed up with their new ties, we took pictures the next Sunday. Look at these handsome boys!

We went to the LA Zoo with Lauren, Alex and Austin. Here is a picture of the monkeys!

We had a birthday party for the boys and their friends at the pool. When I asked Bentley last month what kind of party he wanted he told me a "Peter Pan, Captain Hook, pirate party." So we had a Peter Pan, Captain Hook, pirate party complete with inflatable pirate swords, pirate hats, tinkerbell headbands and bubble wands, pirate beach balls, a crocodile cake, and Peter Pan hats for Bentley and Gaige. We had lots of fun with friends!






Happy Birthday Gaige! Gaige turned 2 on April 18th. If you ask him how old he is he will tell you "Thwee." Of course he thinks that he is the same age as his brother. He celebrated with his friends at church in nursery with brownies. And we had icecream that night which is Gaige's favorite treat. Even if it is freezing and he is shivering he still manages to scarf it down. He had to wait till the evening to open his presents because we had church so early, then I had meetings, and they had a nap. Matt said he tried to sneak off with one of his presents to unwrap it in his room before nap time. We love this silly kid!

On Monday we had a preschool field trip and went to the Natural History Museum. The boys loved the dinosaurs and all of the other not so living animals there. They loved asking me what everything was and then repeating my answer. We had lots of fun but I think this is the unfortunate location of where I was bit by a spider which caused my ankle and foot to swell to the size of a 500 lb woman's. It's called cellulitus - the infection of the fatty cells in your skin. Not so fun. It was painful to walk for a couple of days but I'm on the mend.

Oh! And remember that time I got my hair cut and decided to get bangs? You know, the blunt kind that go straight across. You'll just have to wait to see them. They are very successful at covering the wrinkles on my forehead and less expensive than botox! Thanks Kelli, you always do a great job styling my hair!