Birthday Party!

Last night we went to Aunt Mono's Birthday Party at Classic Skating. It was a lot of fun skating, scootering and playing on the bouncy houses.

I didn't get any picutres of the kids on the bouncy slides/houses. This is a pic. of Danny and Marcus doing the bungee jumping.

Emily with the B-day girl!

Everyone taking a little rest from all the skating.

This was Taylor's first time on rollerskates. He did great, he just needs a little more practice.

Emily chose to go in the stroller rather then attempt to skate. She got a fast ride from Marcus.
Mono-Thanks for a fabulous party, let's do it again next year!

Memorial Day

We had a fun Memorial Day weekend. We took the kids up the canyon to go on a hike and play in the stream.
Emily and Taylor put their feet in the icy cold water.

Danny and Taylor were checking out the stream to see if the fishing is good.


Sorry these are out of order:

Sunday night we went to Tooele to visit the cemetary and see where my grandpa Shields, cousin and great grandparents are buried.
The weather was cold and rainy, so we all huddled under one umbrella.

Isaac like the rain and watching the lightning.

This was earlier in the week, it's Isaac's first sucker! It kept him so quiet for 20 minutes, he loved it.

We hope you had a nice Memorial Day weekend.

Taylor has no school this week, because of Kindergarten assesments- so we've been doing projects and going lots of places.

Taylor wanted to make GAK, he heard about it from Aunt Mono. It's Borax, elmer's glue and water, you make a paste and it turns into a gooey mess. The kids loved it, they played with it all day.

Uncle Derek came as a surprise for Mother's Day weekend, and he let Taylor ride on this motorcycle. Taylor loves Derek, he thinks he is so cool.

I checked out a card from the Library that allows you to get into several museums, and Red Butte Gardens for free for one month.

So last week we went to Red Butte Gardens. The kids had so much fun!

There is a big kid's area, with a sand box, tunnels and things for kids to do. This is a fireman's pole inside a giant flower pot.

The girls, Taylor loves to take picutres now.

We explored a lot of the trails in the Garden's. There is a beautiful pond, gorgeous trees, flowers and shrubs to look at, and lots of water features.

Beautiful view of Salt Lake. We all love enjoying the warm Spring weather, check out Red Butte Gardens soon, it's a lot of fun.

No longer my baby!

It's official- Isaac is no longer a sweet, adorable, calm baby. He is turning into a toddler!

Just the past week or so, he has become demanding, agressive and he has even started throwing fits! We are not ready for him to grow up quite yet.
Here is a picture of him yelling about something he wants, and he yells loud.
He can't walk yet, but he crawls really quickly to wherever he wants to go.

He is really funny about his food. He loves all fruits, veggies, dairy and meat, but if he sees someone even chewing, or moving their jaw, he yells until he gets a bite. It's cute, but can get annoying at times.

His latest tricks are waving "bye bye", giving "high five" and patting his head. He is constantly trying to keep up with his older brother and sister. He likes to play with them and follows them around.

We love this guy to death! He is so much fun and has been a joy to our whole family!

Spring Break Continued...

Later in the week of Spring Break we went camping for a day to ride motorcycles, go hiking and play with cousins. The weather was a little cold, but it warmed up in the afternoon. Luckily it wasn't snowing or raining.

These little girls played so well together all day long.

Taylor and Mckay were busy digging in the sand. They dug a huge trench and played in it.

The girls digging the trenches and holes.

Taylor loved riding the motorcycles with Danny!

Emily and Taylor had so much fun playing in the dirt/sand with their cousins.

Isaac loved being outside all day. He was a good boy all day. He liked sitting by the fire, eating tin foil dinners and smores.

We had a wonderful, fun day. The kids were exhausted when we put them in the car to go home. They are already asking when we can go back.

Spring Break

We had a good Spring Break. It was fun to have Taylor home from school all week. Unfortunately the weather was cold and snowy almost all week! We are all ready for Spring.
Yesterday we went downtown for Grandpa Shields B-day (I forgot to take pics). Then we visited beautiful temple square, the flowers are gorgeous.

Last week we visited Great Grandpa Hawkins. The kids love seeing him, listening to his stories and playing on the swing. Happy Birthday to Grandpa later this week! We love you!

Happy Easter!

We started celebrating Easter on Thursday. We dyed eggs and decorated them with stickers etc.. Everyone had fun but Isaac, it wasn't a good project for him.

After church on Sunday we went to great grandma Shields house for dinner and an Easter egg hunt.

Isaac hanging out with grandpa Shields.

Emily counting her eggs and eating all her candy.

Isaac trying to break into an egg and steal a treat.

Grandma Shields with the boys. We love living near our great-grandparents.

We had a fun Easter. Taylor and Emily ate way too much candy, but they had a great day!