Happy Birthday Baby Girl!
I made a cake for Annie to eat at my mother's family easter party. Annie was just content to swipe and lick it. Tyler was gracious enough to take the ear off for her to eat. It was so funny when I made the cake to see two nephews of mine watching me. One kept on going outside and announcing the cake was ready to eat! Talk about a cry wolf. When Annie was finished with her turn at the cake, my nephews finally got some too. Way to go on patience for two four year olds.
Randy showed me his superhero mask. If you went to the party, you would recognize it as a ball that is obviously broken. Oh, and don't forget his hansome stead that usually escorts him to get the bad guys.
This is how much Annie is picky about her food. She will breathe heavily through her noise as fast as she can. And if you would notice how wiggly my other kids are eating. I felt so bad for the waitress who had to clean up after my kids. (My kids tend to throw any food on the floor they won't eat) Oh, and sorry Becky, I didn't realize you were eating. No time to crop though, you can thank me later.
Annie likes our rabbit. She likes to stick her little fingers in though. Luckily no biting yet.
My little Annie is getting so big. This last clip she was walking all by herself and just wasn't able to position the camera right to see it. You do loose sight of her for a few seconds in the middle. And I have learned not to leave Annie in the jumper too long. She can wind herself up so much, she will start to puke on me. I know alot of this is more of Annie.
Sally is almost done with school and is excited for a dance class she has for the summer. She is a big helper of mine. Today she went up and said her testimony all by herself at the podium. Poor thing almost came back in tears she was so scared.
My boy Randy is showing me how independent he is. The other day I told him he could only get out of his bed to go to the potty once. He then asks me a sweet voice if he could have four potty breaks instead. Didn't work.
We chose to go to the Easter Egg at the Dinosaur Museum here in Vernal. It was perfect! All the eggs were empty, and ditched the eggs at the end for a prize. What a lifesaver on candy! The kids loved a raptor size puppet pictured in the back by my legs. The kids were so amazed by it, they couldn't keep their eyes off of it. They wouldn't even look at me for a picture.
For Easter we decided to take a visit up to Flaming Gorge Dam. Our new dog, Buddy, sat with me in the front of the car at my feet. It is a good thing our Impala has so much space. And for those who don't know, Buddy is a replacement for our young pup that had an accident jumping out of our truck:( But Buddy has been a good dog for our family. You can ask Tyler how he escapes out of our yard. We tease that his new name is Houdini.
This is a dirt pile that we found at a pull off in the mountains. Sally insisted on going on a hike where the dinosaurs used to live. This is as close as we got. This dirt pile made a fun slide for the kids and they thought they were on top of the world. Annie and I were just fine to watch and laugh at them.
We took a tour at the dam. It was fantastic! Randy was really scared of the heights at first, but decided to get over it the last 5 minutes of the tour. We were able to feed some huge trout at this location of the picture at the bottom of the dam. The kids covered their ears when we went past the 3 generators they have. We had an awesome tour guide who actually grew up watching her dad work to build the dam. She gave some fun and interesting facts like the fact that only three people died during the construction of the dam. It is amazing that this thing sends power to seven different states. Sally kept asking if you could swim in the lake with the fish.
Randy was so scared throughout the tour, I had to hold him. He said, "Mom, hold me." "I am." Then readjusting on me he says "Mom, I need you." " I have you." Then he really squeezes my neck. "Mom, hold me tighter." And at this point I can bearly answer back because he has such a good grip.
Our kids had a really fun Easter. They all got books from the Easter Bunny. After church we led them on a scavanger hunt throughout our entire yard and house. At first, Randy was just searching for eggs, but then he got the idea that the clue would tell him where to go. They rushed around over 14 different places until they found a bunny in the garage. Sally was super excited because she has asked for one since they are her favorite animal right now. We gave her a rule that she couldn't have her own until she was ten years old. Daddy gave in to his spoiled little girl. This is now the FAMILY bunny.
Sally was so anxious for Santa to come that we heard her singing "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" for the next hour.
The first thing that the kids got in the morning was their stockings until they heard scrapes and whining coming from a very big box. Sally was screaming with excitement. Randy on the other hand jumped back when he opened the box and found a live thing in it.
Sally and Randy love their new sunglasses and have wore them all day long.
Randy pouting because we let Sally take a turn to open a gift. He tried to stop crying when he found it was a movie of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
Our new puppy Remy loved to chase Randy as he did circles in the swing.
Annie Tay Cox was born this morning at 12:50 in the morning. She weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. She is doing well, just has a slightly bruised and swollen face. The swelling has gone down quite a bit all ready. She is doing well and Randell is doing well too.
We are glad to finally say that Tyler has had his surgery and it was successful.
He has a frankinstein scar that measures six inches towards his lower back. He has started school again and just taking things slow. Thanks to his parents, he can lounge in his recliner pretty much all day.
Merry Christmas! Our kids were happy to find nerf guns to fight with, Scooby Doo toys which are a hit with Sally and some goloshes for me so I can get our eggs from our chickens even if it is stacked with snow outside. Tyler was also excited to get some tools that he probably won't be able to use for a very long long time seeing as he can only pick up to ten pounds right now.
Happy Birthday Sally! She had a ton of friends over for a scooby doo party. She loved her cake and the games and her new toys from everyone. I can sincerely say that she was spoiled. The most anticipated things she got were a pillow pet, a basket ball jersey (she wants to be a basketball star!), the scooby gang figurines...
Happy Birthday Daddy! Tyler was able to rough house before he got his surgery. I cooked him cinnamon rolls so we wouldn't get too sick of cake and because we were lacking candles, he got a great big one. The kids are as fascinated with the fire as he is and each kept taking turns blowing his candle out. It was a very used and loved candle.
Here is Sally with her orange(ish) basketball jersey. She keeps begging me when she can start playing it
The best Christmas present of all was to see our new little addition to our family. We are calling her Annie and haven't quite set on a middle name if any. If you ask me this looks like Sally. Annie has things functioning well and her heart beats great. After all that has happened, this was a sigh of relief to us. We are so very blessed.
I have loved having this happy little boy around. The little things that he does makes each day special and happy to be a mother. I also buzzed his head. Talk about a step back. He looks bald.
Randy had a fun birthdat party!! Thanks for everyone that attended. We had a full house and Randy was very tender hearted with his bear cake. My mother put his hands down the frosting and he did not like any of that or any of the attention. He cried! I was happy to get a new mixer (thanks everyone!) We have had a lot of goodies and treats with it. Hope I don't gain too much weight with it!
As a little holiday, Tyler and I decided to go visit the elk in the cold snow with our neighbors. Sally had a lot of fun throwing snowballs and eating the snow. Poor Randy looked like a marshmellow with a very red nose. Yes we did bundle him up!
Here is our fun Christmas that we had this year. Sally asked Santa for a yo-yo and Randy was just happy to be there. We also were able to visit both of our families during the holidays. Thanks for letting us visit.
