California Trip!!!

We went to Newport Beach the last week in May and it was AWESOME!!! We went with Brad's parents and brother. A big thanks to Reid & Sue who provided the condo for us, it was seriously one of the best trips we have been on! We actually drove and it wasn't bad at all (at least for me, I think I drove for about 45 minutes, Brad says he can't relax when I drive:) And yes, that is Carson riding his bike in the nude.

Addison & Jace playing. Megan is expecting a little boy and is very sick right now:( so we got to spend lots of time with Addison so she could get some much needed rest.

I think Jace's favorite thing was the Master tub. If he was ever cranky we just put him in there with 2 or 3 inches of water and he was in heaven!

We went the the Wild Animal Kingdom which is the breeding grounds for the San Diego Zoo.
This is a picture of a deer, (I think, can't really focus past Carson's Plumber's Crack:)

They do a little train tour of the grounds, it was really neat.

Reid, Sue, & Dain with the Grandkids

Feeding the Deer

The beach was by far my favorite day! (Even if we all got fried!)

The weather was PERFECT!!

Jace wasn't loving the water so much:)

We took the ferry over to Balboa Island and had lunch at Ruby's

Waiting to be seated...

Trying to get Carson in the picture

The biggest sucker Carson had ever seen, too bad he thought it was gross 2 licks into it!

Carson loved the Ferris Wheel

The pools at the Marriot were awesome. This one was just a foot deep so we could just sit back and chill.

Jace was tuckered out! Look how big brad's arms look:)

Our little fish

Mother's Day Weekend

We had an awesome Mother's Day weekend. Scott, Cassie & Kate came down and we had a blast!

We went to the Animal Farm at Thanksgiving Point, the weather was perfect!

Jace loved it.

Carson was scared of whatever animal was in there, can't remember what it was.

Trying to make a break for it:)

Brad giving the kids a ride

Mother's Day

April Stuff

April was a great month! Jace is army crawling all over the place! He has little scabs on his wrists from it and rashes on his chubby little legs. Carson is continuing to be a great help with Jace;) He loves to carry him from room to room and steal his binki whenever he gets the chance. Carson loves to sing the ABC song and pretend he is Clifford the Big Red Dog.

Now that the weather has warmed up a bit we have taken up family bike rides. We have discovered that it works better to have Carson ride his bike and give Jace the some alone time in the trailer:)

This is what Jace does while I am blogging:)

How could I get mad at that face?

Happy Boy!

We went up to Idaho for Conference and brought home an addition to the family. Brad has wanted a 4 wheeler since we got married and got a great deal on this one. Carson is scared to death of it - even if Brad just starts it up the garage he runs in the house and tells me to go tell Brad to turn it off:)

My sister Denise took the big step to home ownership and had us all over to celebrate. We had lunch and then headed off to the pool. Good times:)

Grammy & Jace

Ready for summer!

Chillin at the Legacy Center

Jace loves to crawl into the fridge.

March Pics

Jace turned 8 months in March. He is now army crawling EVERYWHERE. I actually have to vacuum now:) Carson loves to wrestle with him on the love sac and to my amazement Jace actually likes it. Jace is still super cuddly and I love it!

Grammy Bowen came down for a visit and we took the boys to see Gram.

Carson being a little Cowboy. Sometimes I feel guilty because he entertains himself so much that I don't really do much. As you can tell from this picture I am laying in bed at like 7:00 at night:)

This Itty Bitty session was much more successful than the last one! He actually played and promised me that he wouldn't just sit in the corner anymore:)

February Update

We are finally getting around to some of the cosmetic fixes to the house. We had great drywallers that Brad works with come and fix all the major cracks & nail pops. I think it is one of those "its going to look worse before it gets better" type of things but at least we are making progress!

We had cracks in every room of the house which means 6 paint colors to touch up! We have actually finished with 4 of them but we have lost motivation to finish the rest:)

Thanksgiving point is a great place to go in the winter. I love Carson's face in the this pic:)

This was the boys favorite part. It is a giant sand place with water and little toys to play with.

Out to dinner with the Fam for my late B-day

Jace & Great-Grandpa Ulrich

Yes, this is Brad sewing a luv sac! Uncle Dain moved to Idaho and didn't have room for it so he is letting us borrow it for the time being. It tore while being shoved in the back of our car so Brad just whipped out his sewing kit and presto! All fixed!

Carson giving Jace "loves" (whether Jace wants them or not:)

Carson showing off all the great stuff Grammy & Papa Bowen got him for V-Day.