rocky point

we had such a nice time in rocky point this year. logan and allison are at the perfect age to entertain themselves and play with other kids but still come and check in with us and stay close by. they had so much fun playing on the beach, building sand castles, playing with their cousins, and swimming in the water. we might even go as far as saying it was a relaxing time!

all i have to say about logan is that he is awesome. he is totally fearless and entered that water ready to surf the waves. once he got the hang of it he did not want to get out. he surfed those waves so much that he broke his brand new boogie board in half!

walking out to the water to test the waves.

 get ready...

go!

and ride it in....dan is such an awesome dad. he went and rode the waves with logan and taught him how to do it. by the end of the trip logan was going out and riding the waves all by himself. 

and who could resist a little snuggle time with dad!

we had so much fun and can't wait to go back in october!

preschool graduation

we have our first kindergartner in our house!

logan graduated from preschool in may. he has gone to the same preschool for the last two years and he has had such a great experience. we are so proud of how much he has grown and how much he has accomplished. from what we hear he is good to have in class and doesn't cause trouble. we love that he takes school seriously and is all business. 

here he is walking into the chapel where the program was held. he is such a friendly kid and got to walk in by his best friend grant.

here is logan and his little friend owen. owen is moving at the end of the summer and logan was kind of bummed when he realized what this meant.

here is logan with some of his other friends in his class...he had such a good group of kids in his class this year.

logan with his teacher miss kris.

we are so proud of logan and happy for his accomplishment. he is so excited for kindergarten and we are excited for him. yet at the same time we are going to miss this little preschooler and miss this little boy that is growing up too quickly!

happy mother's day

i had a great mothers day. i woke up to breakfast in bed served by a hot guy and the two cutest little kids!

dan got me a rice cooker and he must have read my mind because that is exactly what i wanted. logan and allison picked out a necklace for me and i think it is beautiful!

i'm so glad for the blessings of motherhood. i am so grateful to be a mom and i try to no take it for granted. i know it is truly a blessing and man alive i am trying my hardest to raise these sweet spirits how my Heavenly Father would want me to.

allison turns 3!

allison is a lucky girl and for her 3rd birthday she had a couple of celebrations! on her actual birthday we went to dinner at texas roadhouse where she got to ride the saddle while they sang to her. she loved being the center of attention!

then we came home and opened a couple of presents and had some cupcakes.

 

the night before her birthday we decorated her door with stars and streamers. she was delighted and felt so special. logan even got in on the excitement!

then the weekend following her birthday we had a little family celebration and we invited one of her little friends and her sister to join us. allison wanted a pink princess cake and so this is what she got. not very fancy but she did get a lot of little princesses to play with afterwards.

once again our child was spoiled on their birthday. she received some books, dress-up clothes, and lots of baby supplies. she also received her very own princess bike! she loved it and especially liked the doll carrier in front!

in honor of allison's birthday i will list three things that i love about her:

1. i love how loving and helpful she is. she is always willing to give you a kiss or a hug or lend a helping hand. she will follow logan around and when we ask him to do something or pick up his toys she is always the first to offer to help!

2. allison loves to sing. she will go throughout the day singing a tune to who knows what! she is always singing or humming and is just generally happy.

3. allison is all girl! i love this about her. she has to wear a skirt or a dress EVERYDAY. and it doesn't hurt if it is a "spinny" skirt. she loves to dress up and play mom and put on pretend make-up. she loves to have her nails painted and is always trying to style her hair.

happy birthday allison! we are so happy to have you in our family and we love you!

hoppy easter

we had fun dyeing easter eggs as a family this year. the kids really got into it. of course we stripped them down because they were kind of messy when it came to dyeing the eggs.

here is the loot the kids got from the easter bunny!

of course we are so grateful for the true meaning of easter. we are grateful for our Savior's love and for the role His hand has in our lives.

take me out to the ball game...

 we decided to take advantage of family night and attend a local baseball game. the kids were really excited and i think we all had a good time. we made it to the 7th inning stretch before we all decided it was time to go.

we were in the front row above the dugouts. each of the kids got a baseball from one of the players and between the innings they would get on top of the dugouts and dance.  

caterpillars and butterflies

for logan's birthday he got a butterfly kit. this was such a good present because logan is totally into bugs right now. and let me tell you, it was about the coolest thing i've seen. we literally got to watch a caterpillar turn into a butterfly. we even witnessed some of the butterflies emerging from their cocoons. after all the butterflies hatched we kept them for a few days and fed them oranges and sugar water and then we let them go in our backyard. we will definitely be doing this again