Katie's, Isa b-day at Moms, Dinosaur Museum

We went to my sister Katie's house and her little boy, Andrew, was so sweet! He kept crawling into my lap and playing with me. I loved how friendly he was.
Katie and Mike were nice enough to let Robert try out a bunch of their wii games so he could choose his reward for learning the Articles of Faith!Isabelle-Talia snuggle time.
We had a little birthday celebration for Isabelle at my mom's. My mom made her this sweet "Bella Box" with lots of fun stickers, pencils etc to make cards (which Isabelle loves) and do her doll's hair (which she also loves).Mom also got Isabelle and Talia matching dresses. So cute!Talia and Isabelle immediately started dancing in their fun dresses.
We celebrated Katie's birthday too. ;)
Mema took us to the Dinosaur Museum, which is great since we just finished a unit in Science on Dinosaurs.

Utah March 2011-St Patrick's Day

We celebrated St. Patricks with a traditional Irish dinner with Mema and Papa.
Mema made this yummy Killarney cake.
Talia liked it so much she had 3 helpings and licked the bottom of the bowl each time!Austin was so funny. He put on every green article he could find- Hawaiian Lei, snow cap, he even had his green swim suit on earlier.

Soccer, Pinewood Derby March 2011

Austin was lucky enough to be on a fun "church" soccer team with a bunch of other members. He had a great time. P.S. He is really into this Mohawk thing now.

Robert had his pinewood Derby and took third place!



His car was inspired by "Bob" from Monsters vs. Aliens.

Dr. Seuss, Lords and Ladies, Talia update

The kids celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday at school this week.

I had "Lords and Ladies" for the first time at our house. I was nervous, but I think it turned out fun. Robert and I told of our favorite facts we've learned about animals this year (since that is what we have been studying for Science.) We then split the group of about 20 kids into 4 groups to come up with questions for Jeopardy. We borrowed a fun buzzer device from a friend for answering the questions.

After that the kids went to 4 stations-

The Kangaroo Jump
Anteater tongue raceAppreciating opposable thumbs
And making animal habitats out of cupcakes.I think the kids go really creative and it turned out fun. :)
And here is my Talia. I am amazed at what she can still get into, no matter how many child locks we put on. She is the poster child for where there is a will, there is a way! She loves to get on her little scoot car when the other kids are on their wiggle cars. She understands so much of what we say. (Like lay down on your bed, give me kiss, give me 5). We love how snuggly she has become and how loving she is with the whole family.

Kid date, cake auction and friends

Austin has been working hard lately and earned his own kid date with Dad. Rob took him to Kid's Club and they had a bunch of fun together.We got a fun package from Grandma W. this week with lots of b-day presents. I was so excited that I could actually fit a hair bow in Talia's hair, although it only stayed there for about 10 seconds.
Here she is strutting down the catwalk in her adorable new dress, she wore it to church today too.Robert was lucky enough to have his good friend Ammon come and play.Talia gets into everything. She also tries to try on anything cloth related. She did actually try to put on this crown. We had to help her out for the picture.Rob was the actioneer at the ward cake and service auction again this year. He always does such a good job! I think we made more money this year than any other year!
This is the cake Robert and I made. The colorful things on the sides are suppose to be the wings. I was going to wait until right before we sold it to put them on, then they got stuck to the aluminum foil. Bummer! I think they would have looked really cool.
I let the kids purchase balloon animals as part of the auction.Snow.Robert loves the snow more than anyone I know. He was so happy with Punxetawny Phil today.
Austy soccer.
Fun playdate.

Austin turns 4, Robert turns 9, 11th anniversary!

For Austin's birthday this year we went to JJ Jumps.Robert and Isabelle were really cute about helping Talia down the smallest slide.Austin's friend Ally wanted him to open his present right away!We came home and had pizza and opened presents.
He wanted a pillow pet, and had been begging for a skateboard since Christmas. So, we got him this mini one. He was so happy!Austy and Allie.I asked him what his favorite part of the day was and he said decorating his cake. He made this fun train cake.He had Mater be the driver.Austin really wanted the Hutchies there for his birthday.
He got to take cookies to his preschool for his birthday and came back with this fun crown!Isabelle celebrated 100 days of school. She made this fun crown and 100 Cheerio necklace.For Robert's 9th bday, we invited a bunch of boys for an easy going party.
They had balloon wars, played wiggle cars, then we hid his presents all over the house and Robert had to find them.Robert designed his cake this year. He wanted Indiana Jones on it. So, we went to the store and picked out some candies and he put them on the cake how he wanted to. He had most of the guys drowning in quick sand. Some were getting attacked by snakes. Indiana Jones was shooting the huge boulder.He was so proud of it. :)The friends that came were Clark, Cameron, Hudson, Conner, and Brittan.

For our anniversary we went to the temple.Then out to Papa Hayden's for dinner and dessert. We have been so happy together these 11 years. We are looking forward to 100 more.