Preschool carnival

Picture day at Dance

1st Grade Program

Black Rock BBQ

April Happenings

Easter Sunday

Easter

March Happenings

Blue Angels

After taking a little break from soccer, Abbey decided she wanted to play again, and I’m so glad she did. It was so fun watching her this season. They were on the bigger field and they had goalies. Abbey did so well. She played hard and scored lots of goals. She is a good little player and I hope she’ll keep playing. She even got to play goalie a few times and she did great. She told me, “It’s so embarrassing when a ball gets passed me mom!” They had a good team and they won every game! Go BLUE ANGELS!

MARCH 2012

Green Dragons

Disneyland: Spring Break

Salt Lake City Travels

In February, I had to go to Salt Lake for some continuing education for my dental hygiene license. Soooo, we decided to take the whole family and stay with Kyle and Megs for the weekend! We packed a lot in to 3 days and enjoyed every minute of it. I got to ride Trax with Kyle to the convention {he kept on going to the U for his classes} and it was so nice to be able to have that time to talk to him. I spent all day Thursday in class and just half a day Friday. The kids had a blast playing with their cousins that they have missed so much. Friday afternoon, we went swimming at Kyle and Meg’s gym and then Friday night we had an amazing sitter {who had all 5 kids in bed when we got home} and we went out! We had great seats to the Jazz game and it was a blast. Saturday, we celebrated Jo’s birthday {So sweet of Meg’s, Jo was so thrilled} and then took the kids ice skating. We picked Avery up along the way {couldn’t convince Carter to come} and it was the most fun I’ve had in a long time. We all loved it! Even Harvey got to ride around in his stroller. The kids were falling all over the place and just cracking us up. Iz and Abbs were pretty good by the time we finished, Lu had some killer Ice skater moves, and Jo and Avery had very sore bottoms! We had such a fun weekend with family we LOVE and MISS so much!

February 16-19

Valentines Day Party

Adde and Ezra had their annual Valentine’s Day Party {we didn’t know it at the time, but this will be the LAST St. George Valentines pary...Kelly and Jessi are heading up to American Fork! Oh, we
will miss them!} The party was a lot of fun, as always. The kids decorated cookies, Played some fun Valentines games, and passed out Valentines. They had fun playing and just being together. And the adults enjoyed visiting and kissing on Miss Ruthie! Thanks to our fun cousins for having us for another great party!

The Month of February

The month of February was FULL of fun activities. We spent President’s day weekend with the Peirce Family and had so much fun with them. Papa spoiled them as always with fun tractor rides. Harvey was terrified and only sat with Papa long enough to snap a picture. He DID NOT want a ride! He’ll come around. He still absolutely adores Gramz and Papa and is now associating Papa with tractors {or anything with wheels really} He sees his tractor book and says, “Papa!”
I got to have breakfast with Abbey at school at “Mom’s and Muffins” at the first part of the month. It was fun to see her in her school setting and watch her with her friends. I love that she’ll still love on me and give me hugs and kisses, even at school! She is my sweet girl and I hope she doesn’t out grow that anytime soon!
Another exciting day for Abbey happened in February. She got GLASSES! The doctor is a good friend in our ward and was surprised at how near sighted she was! I told him that RJ and I were both pretty blind, and he said we’d better get Jo and Harvey in for check ups too!! Oh dear!
Some other fun things for the month of February were with our little growing man! Harvey is loving his cereal in the morning and LIFE is his favorite. He’ll nod or shake his head No to tell me which kind of cereal he wants. The picture on the upper right is Harvey going through the carwash with me. he wasn’t sure what to think of that! And the bottom pictures are showing just more of Harvey’s funny obsessions. He loves to sit in “little” chairs. The girls doll salon chairs or high chairs. He so funny, he just cracks us up! And of course the vacuum/sweeping fetish isn’t letting up either! He LOVES them both...no is OBSESSED with them both! What a funny boy!!

18 months {April 3}

 Harv in his handsome Easter bow tie

{April *}

Mr. Harvey Dean is 18 months old. He is starting to turn into more of a little boy than a baby and I love and hate it all at the same time. I love watching him grow and learn everyday, but I hate that my baby is growing up too fast!

Some things about our little man at 18 months old

He is a man of little words, but has just recently started saying a few words
mom
dad
grampa
papa
hi
outside {where he lives}
ball {such a boy! He LOVES any kind of ball or bat!}
Its hot! {he is starting to blow on his food when it's hot} He also says this when something is cold
nigh nigh {as he waves and gives kisses to go to bed}
bubo {bubble} He LOVES blowing bubbles
And still a lot of gooey jibber jabber

*He is still constantly slobbering
*He has all his incisors, 1 year molars, and is just finishing up getting his canines
*He loves BROOMS, MOPS, and VACUUMS. It is his obsession and we joke about what a great janitor he'll be some day. He always wants the vacuum out. {he has a little one that he likes to push with me or daddy while we vacuum too}
*He goes to nursery and stays the whole time
*He is still our lover boy. He gives great kisses {but also loves to hit and push us away, but he's always quick to love us again}
*He loves the lawn mower and always wanted to push it. The Easter Bunny brought one for him {his size} for Easter and he loves it
*He wants to be outside all day
*He loves to play with his sisters. He gets so excited when they get home from school
*He has 1 nap a day {usually 3 hours. Anywhere from 2-4 hours long}
*He goes to bed around 8:30 or 9:00 and sleeps for 12 hours straight.
*He knows what he wants and will nod or shake his head "no" accordingly {but does not say the words "yes" or "no" yet} I think the girls were telling me "no" before they could walk!
*He loves Grandpa and Papa. When we start to pull up to their houses, he knows and starts yelling their names. Grandpa watches Harvey every Wednesday morning while I help in Abbey's class and Harvey loves it. I ask if he wants to go see Grandpa and he nods and runs for the car.
*He loves the tub
*He is happy almost all the time! He has truly been the sweetest baby.
*When he does get upset and wants his way, he HEAD BUTTS the floor or YOU or whatever is in front of him.
*He squeals and points when he wants something and gets frustrated when I don't pick the right thing and he'll shake his head "no" until I get the right thing!
*He wants to get in the shower with me or daddy EVERY TIME we get in. Even if he just got dressed. He starts tugging at his clothes and tries to get them off so he can get in with us.
*He loves all his fun BOY toys BUT he also loves to carry the girls dolls around and give them kisses or push them in the stroller. He also LOVES the play kitchen and pretends to cook and taste all the play food. 
*He also doesn't like to be left out when the girls get their hair done. He'll bring me the spray bottle and brush so I can spray and spike his hair.
*He wants to drink out of a BIG BOY cup NOT a sippy cup. And he'll often push the sippy away and walk me to the cupboard where the big cups are! He does a pretty good job with his BIG BOY cups.
*He LOVES his red baseball blanket and sucks his thumb anytime he even gets a visual of it.
*He's a good eater and will eat pretty much anything I put in front of him. Some of his favorites are
strawberrys
cheese
cottage cheese
cereal {he's getting really good with a spoon too}
chicken nuggets
corn dogs
orange juice
yogurt
oreos {really any treat! He's a sugar baby like Jo}


Harvey, I love you so much! Sometimes I just stare at you in disbelief of the perfect little person you are, and wonder how I can be so lucky as to be your mommy. You have brought more joy into our home than you will ever know. Daddy has had so much fun wrestling with you and playing ball, mowing the lawn, and playing cars. I love your sweet snuggles and your funny little personality. I love cooking with you in the pretend kitchen and tasting all your tasty creations. I love the time we have just me and you while the girls are in school. And your sisters couldn't adore you more! They love to take you outside to play or tease you by stealing your blanket or chasing you. We love you to the moon and back sweet baby BIG boy!