Pulling weeds/Park day/Date night!

Last Friday, I did my morning run and when I came back home, I had no desire to go lay back down. I decided to go outside and pull weeds [and take down the Christmas lights...in February].
A little while later, Davey brought our little princess outside and she was asking to help me. So...I decided to put her to work.I gave her a bag and she put all of the pulled weeds in it.

The perfect job for a two year old! :)

Also, Fridays are park days and this particular Friday, we were celebrating Mallerie's birthday.

Yup, that's how Hayley eats cupcakes...and cake...and anything.

At the end of the day, Davey's parents had offered to watch our kids while we went on a date so we all got ready to go over there.

Hayley wanted to wear my high heels.

All ready for my hot date with the hubby.

Papa and his two baby grandkiddies.

Nana measuring Hayley for some dresses.

We went to Outback Steakhouse and had some really yummy steak. It was such a great day/night and we are so grateful for Jed and Annette for waning to take our kids.

A Busy, Fun filled day!

Last week, we had a very fun filled day. We started off at Bounce Jungle with some friends in our ward.It took Hayley a long time but I was proud of her for getting all the way to the top of this one.

Bubba gave it a try but chickened out.

Both kids trying to get up one of the bouncy things.

Hayley going down one of the slides.

Later that day, my siblings had a half day so we took the lightrail down to Tempe Town Lake for a picnic.

All my peeps.

5 year old Sammy holding both of the toddler leashes. :)

Picnic time!

Mom and Will.

My sweety girly.

Dallen loved chasing the birds away from our tables.

The kids found a slide and enjoyed going down it a million times.

Following in his sister's footsteps.

My Mischevious Andy Bubba

I have such mixed feelings about my Andy Bubba at this age. I want him to stay the same and yet---he is into everything and has seemed to turned into a troublemaking toddler this week!
This morning, my little mr blew out his diaper...not up his back like our normal blow outs...but down his leg to his ankle. It was gross enough for me to not clean him without the help of the bathtub so in he went.
I washed the little bougar down and got him out, snuggled him in a towel (my favorite part), and dressed him for the day.

Not twenty minutes later, Hayley runs in and says, "Bubba got the white stuff everywhere!" I went into their room to find this.Dont you love his face? "Who could have done such a thing, mom? Not me..." Such an innocent looking boy.

It was smeared all over in his hair...so back in the bath we went.

I scrubbed his hair and went to grab his towel and when I look up, my little boy is standing up, hands on his back, hips forward, knees bent, PEEING into the bathtub. I was laughing so hard. True manly fashion, right?

I want to document so much of that boy's life right now.

He likes to be attached to my hip. I never experienced any of that with Hayley.

If I'm sitting on the couch and Hayley is standing there talking to me, he will walk over, weasel his way in front of her and say, "No! Mama! No!" He is very posessive of me, especially when it comes to me paying attention to Hayley.

If I'm holding her, he runs over and cries at my feet.

If he thinks someone is trying to take away the thing he is playing with, he will start yelling, "No!" and running if you come within 5 feet of him. Seriously, there are times I just have to stay that far away if I see he is playing with his favorite toy or he will freak out. I guess he's used to other kids taking away the things he wants.

He understands SO much more than I give him credit for. I can ask him where something is and so many times, he will point to it or go and get it.

Andersen can make me so happy and so frustrated all in the same minute. I love that boy so much.

Dinner at Joel and Ginger's

Last night, we had dinner at Joel and Ginger's. We love going over there to see them. Their 3 girls are always keeping our kids busy. :)
Andersen found the pink doll house...but at least he picked a car to play with. :)

We roasted hot dogs for our chili dogs in a fire pit in their backyard.

Andersen was in heaven since they had a couple balls to throw around.

Instead of helping Davey keep Andersen away from the fire pit, I took a picture of him trying to baricade Andy with his legs. ha.

Andersen REALLY wanted to try Kaitlyn's Dr Pepper...too bad we didnt let him.

Ginger and Rylee keeping warm by the fire.

Ginger and Hayley keeping their feet warm by the fire.

Hayley tried her first s'more that night...and of course, loved it.

There's my boy, over playing with the ball again.

And everyone else hanging out by the fire.

Kaitlyn made sure to keep Hayley warm.

It was such a fun night with them. We also watched the movie Red which was really funny. A good couples movie---action, a little romance, and a lot of comedy.

These pictures are from this morning. I walked in the room to see Hayley trampling around in my boots.

And my cute little Andersen with his happy, hilarious faces. He is such a good kiddo.

We still love park days!

We love park days...I know, I sound like a broken record because I am constantly saying that. But every Friday is our big park day with all of our friends in the neighborhood and we have so much fun!
The kids get sandy and sweaty, and I lay on a blanket and talk to adults. Win-Win! Here is Hayley all ready for park day. Davey got me a new camera for Valentine's day and I wanted to try it out before we left for the park.

I love this camera! The images are clear, the speed is much faster so I can capture the moments easier, and it's so lightweight! I love tickling my kids and hearing their giggles.

I really really love the giggles. Girly giggles, boyish giggles, all kinds of giggles in our house.

And again, we love park day. Hayley's favorite is the twisty slide. Look at her big, chocolatey smile.

The view from my resting point. I love how many families come to the park and allow all of our kids the opportunity to learn social skills. It really is such a fun thing for us.

A great Sunday night

Ugh! Argh! Ack! Today was just a not so good day. The more I replay today's events, the worse I feel. I've always believed that I'd want to know the truth if I had originally been lied to (still with me here?) but I guess I was wrong. Because knowing the truth today really only hurt worse.
And then being bombarded with a messy house, whiny kids, and a non-existent husband (just non existent because of hw and school)---today needs a do-over.
By the way, I was wondering...
Does anybody read this blog? Can you leave a comment if you stop by today? Because I honestly dont care and I wont give up this blog since it's our family journal but since it's private and technically 50-something people have been "invited" to read it, I wonder how many of you actually do.
Just curious, that's all.

Anyway, I really did get on here to post about some of our funfilled Sunday adventures.
Here are my mom, nephew, dad and Hayley skyping with Andrea and JP in China. We do this most Sundays and I do it throughout the week as well. Love my skype! I am always changing my mind on my favorite Dallen and Hayley picture---right now, it's this one! They are so adorable!

There's Andrean and JP...Kai Bear is almost always napping when we have the time to Skype. It stinks---but I guess there's not a whole lot we can do about it.

Sammy being a weirdo.

Dallen and Hayley watching Sammy be a weirdo and wanting to do the same. :)

I love my family and dont know what I'd do without them. They pick me up when I am down and my parents just have a way of making everyone feel important and loved.

Nerds, Sleepovers, Messy rooms galore!

Nerd Alert! Just kidding...Nana made Hayley these awesome pajama pants and I love how high I can pull them up so they arent too long on her.

But dont worry, we hide her nerdiness under her pretty Tinkerbell jammies. :)

Toy Story blanket, Buzz jammies, and Buzz and Woody at his side---our little guy is set for bed!

Tinkerbell jammies, baby Chloe, Duffy (her ginormous frog), and the blanket Nana made for her---our sweet, little Hayley is set for bed too! :) This is seriously how my kids sleep every night..besides the pajamas. Those change. :)

Friday to Saturday, I had a sleepover with my friends.

Here is Leyla getting glitter toes.

Annie showing off some different glitter colors to choose from.

Carol and Annie laughing their heads off during our LRC game.

Th next day, Annie, Heather, Carol and I ventured to Chandler mall. We stopped at BJ's for lunch.

Annie and Heather

Carol and I.

Annie and her adorable son, Weston. That kid is such a fighter and he was SO happy on Saturday. His recent surgeries are to thank for his happiness since he can no longer throw up and has a feeding tube to help him gain weight.

Little Weston on the ride home.

When I got home, I walked into Hayley's room to find this. Gasp!

(and actually, this picture was taken after almost all the little balls at been put in that red bin that's kind of in the picture)I realized we had to do something since it's hazardous if she needs to get up in the middle of the night so we cleaned her room...

Ta da! And actually moved a lot of the balls and things from her room into Andersen's. I guess if theyre both going to have toy rooms, we need to distribute them more evenly. Hayley's room is far from perfect and clean but this looks WAY better than the above picture.