Absent

I have been very absent from my blog. Sorry if you try to keep up with us and have had nothing new to see.

We are all well! The kids are growing too fast, but that is to be expected.
Check out the side bar for updated pictures of them.

Hopefully I will add some more new stuff soon.
I think I will put my Family Newsletter here, since I didn't print one to accompany our Christmas cards.

Another Birthday... mine!

My birthday was April 11th. Thanks to awesome friends and family, I got to celebrate for 3 days in a row!

Because Robby was going to be gone the evening (Friday) of my Birthday (He "had" to go to a Jazz game with clients), we went out on Thursday night. We went to dinner at La Casita in Springville. It was quite yummy Mexican food. Then we came home for a few minutes so I could nurse and put Katelyn down for the night. Then we went out for more!! We went to "Color Me Mine" and had a blast creating fun dishes. I made a birthday plate (to use on future birthdays) and Robby made a fun cereal bowl. Then we went to "Ike's Ice Cream" and got shakes! They were delicious! Thanks so much Ilene for babysitting.

Friday, my actual birthday, I was planning on not doing anything because Robby was gone all day. BUT, Ilene being the amazing friend that she is would have none of that (being alone on you birthday is TABOO in her book!) so she came bearing Balloons, Subway sandwiches, and mini birthday Cupcakes! We ate, then let the kids play and we visited! It was great!
That evening, just before bedtime, Timothy cut his toe. There was a big flap of skin and I was not sure the extent of the medical care needed. So with Timothy screaming in the background while I was trying to rinse/clean the wound, I called my big brother Thomas, who happens to be in medical school to become a foot doctor, to see what I should do. After trying to get a good picture sent to him and chatting about it for a while, we decided that just trying to clean it as best I could and bandaging it, then giving him some meds, we should be good. I was so glad I didn't have to take him to afterhours or ER.
(Because I know you all want to see it) I know it doesn't look bad, but I was mostly worried because of the gray coloring under the skin... I didn't know if it was super dirty, or if it was just the wound...

Robby came home that night to quite the story... which resulted in quite the apology for being gone. He also brought a most delicious candy apple. YUM!

The next day, we celebrated as a family. I had bought some amazing carrot cupcakes from Costco (on sale!) and we put candles in them and sang! Then we went to the "beach" and Robby fished with the boys while I chilled on the sand with baby girl. It was a wonderful relaxing day spent with the people I love most in this world. (I'm sure we did much more, but since I took so long to document, I don't remember what else we did.)                                  

Happy Birthday my dear boy!

Robby is gone tonight, the kids are asleep, so I need to get a post done.
How about Timothy's Birthday?
He is 5. How? I'll never know.
He loved his Birthday!

 (because two is better than one... not because he is 10)

Funny story about his cake. When I finished decorating, I asked him what he thought. He looked at it, then said, "It needs three more M&M's." Hence the 3 red ones on top.

 He enjoyed singing "Happy Birthday" to himself!

 We Love you, Timothy! You are so smart and energetic. You love to talk and tell stories and "jokes" and make up silly words to songs. You are usually a great helper, and a good big brother! Thanks for being the best Timothy in my world! I Love You!

Spencer was there too! And he is cute!

My Cute baby

Because I need to, I'm simply going to share lots of pictures of my baby girl!

By the way, she is currently breaking 3 teeth (possibly working on 2 more than that) and sleeps terribly... mostly because her nose is so runny and stuffy... it is rough. But man, she is such a happy baby during the day! I love her.

Zoo Day

Hogle Zoo, in Salt Lake City, does free days the last Wednesday of every month during winter. February is the last "winter month" and it was a gorgeous day. So, we called up my sister in law, and headed to the zoo. We ended up parking 1/2 a mile up the street (or so it seemed) because there were so many cars.

The free price combined with the beautiful day made for a packed zoo. So, we decided that we would see what we saw and not worry about missing things (since we didn't pay). 

We saw the elephants (they did tricks! very cool), and the rhinos. Then some monkeys. The boys went down the lighthouse slide. Then we saw the eagle, otters, seals, and giraffes. Went on the carousel, and met up with friends, then saw an orangutan.  The end.

Here is photo documentation of some of our visit.

The Eagle's nest (it was very bright outside) 

 Giraffes

 Carousel

 Ape House (how do you measure up?)

 At the carousel, we actually met up with our dear friends. 

(They live in Bountiful, which is way too far away)

All our kiddos together.

 Maiji and Timothy were ECSTATIC to see each other.

They actually held hands the rest of the time we were together. So Cute.
(Sadly my camera was fritzing and I couldn't get a picture of it, despite trying several times)

 After the LONG walk back to our van, we went to City Creek for lunch. After eating, and while waiting for everyone to go potty, the boys found a fun table near the bathrooms to finish off their nuggets and fries.

It was a fun, almost free time. Thanks for coming Amanda.