WE'RE BACK!!

OK, so its been a while and I don't even know where to start...here are some random pics from this summer in no particular order since I don't know how to upload them right.

Chance's first day of Kindergarten! He was so excited to go!

Still kinda excited.....

Annnnddd not so excited anymore...

We went to TX for my little brother's high school graduation, here he is with mom & dad

And some of the rest or our brothers, missing Beej, Clint, and Kris

Nick came out to Colorado for a few days & we spent a day up in Rocky Mtn. National Park. Chance LOVES when family comes to visit!

So does Kenedi :)

We were able to drive higher than we ever have before because enough of the snow was melted. It was AWESOME!!

Chance turned 5 in June, he had a sweet Cars party, notice his matching shirt...

He had a lot of friends come, it was so fun! They had a pinata, pizza, bubble games, just lots of kid fun!!

Of course opening presents is the favorite part!

We went to Utah for the 4th of July, this is at the parade in Provo. We also went to the Jonas Brothers concert...they were surprisingly really good. Much better than Miley Cyrus last year :)

In August we went to Yellowstone with some friends, this pic is us trying to get through Wyoming, but had to wait for the cattle drive first. Wow, I didn't know they really did that anymore. Craig was dying to get out there.

Here we are at Old Faithful in Yellowstone...honestly I don't get it. It was cool, but I still don't really know what I was looking at.

The geysers (sp?) smelled like sulfur, pretty cool though.

Uncle Zac came with us on this trip, he was such a good sport, I think he had fun too!!

Chance's first day of Kindergarten! Kenedi really wanted to go too...

Craig's annual horse ride was turned into a motorcycle ride, they had a great time.

Alpine slides in Utah

Chance wanted to go superfast!

Riding the lift up to the alpine slides

Well, sorry this is short and not too witty, it's all the time I've got today. Hopefully when I get back from our upcoming trip I'll have a bit more time to put into this.

HERE WE GO!!

So its been a while and I have A LOT of catching up to do, I'll try to go in order...these are a few pics of my finger painters, I don't recommend trying this at home unless you want colored walls, clothes, floors, and maybe a little on the paper if you're lucky :)

I got a new pair of shoes a while back & Kenedi thought they were for her, she is such a girl...

My fam came in town over their spring break, we had a great time. They went boarding & we took the kids to the Denver Aquarium. This is Tristan with Chance, he came with BJ & Katherine. It was the first time he had a BOY to play with instead of all his girl cousins, they had so much fun it was adorable!!

While at the aquarium, my dad thought it would be fun to try to pet the fish...I guess now he knows what the "Please do not touch the water" signs are for...

Toot toot & grandma hit it off big time, it was really cute, she didn't want me just "mee-maa"

"Pa-pa" and toot looking through the bottom of an aquarium...

There's this spot at the end where you can pet the stingrays, here is a rear view of our group, I thought it was kinda funny, you can see the little feet dangling too :)

Me & the kiddos drove back to good 'ole TEXAS with my fam so that I could go to work & they could play with some of their favorite people....or toys whatever :)

Chance had so much fun playing with the big boys, he was in boy heaven! Doesn't Dustin look thrilled to be in this picture?

Almost everyday the kids wanted to feed the horses, this is them feeding Ozzy some carrots

Kenedi & Uncle Nick, who she quickly took a liking to, she even went with him to his friends house a few times.

Nick & Hannah....awww so cute...

It seems like every year we are in Texas for at least one of my kiddos' birthdays, Kenedi turned 2 while we were there. She wasn't sure what to make of the candles.

The birthday supporters :)

Once we got the candles off she thoroughly enjoyed herself (notice the hair: the humidity gave her a fro big time)

After the cake we all piled in the van & took her to Walmart to pick out her own presents. It was really fun just to give her free reign & see what she went for, she picked out a bubble machine which she LOVES!!

The town of Mead (where we live) had a little town Easter egg hung, it was really cute (and cold, what the heck its freakin April right? It snowed today, I repeat, what the heck??)

The kiddos with their loot, I was surprised they did so well, especially in the 0-3 year age group, there were some really aggressive PARENTS trying to make sure their kids got the most, I almost had to throw some elbows...

After the hunt we went home and colored eggs, again, not necessarily recommended (notice Kenedi is topless)

On Easter morning we were killing time since church now starts at 1:00 (Ugh!) so me & Chance made this cute little bunny cake, this is definitely the extent of my craftiness (and to be honest, anybody that took home-ec sp? at Midlothian Middle School probably recognizes this)

I am really sorry, I don't know why there are no pics of my handsome hubby, he spent the last month or so flying all over the U.S. and I had the camera, so for all those wondering, he is still part of our family, I just don't seem to have any pics taken lately :)

All ready for Easter Sunday! Aren't they so cute?

Chance carried around his new (my old) scriptures all morning, but when we actually got to church he forgot them...it was devastating.

Apparently I am not the only one who liked these cute, cheap, matching outfits since half of the kids in my ward had on the same outfits! It was actually quite funny :)

So the Easter pics were taken on Sunday, it is Friday, and look how Chance how to go to school...there is something wrong when it is raining & snowing in April.

The latest...

This post will be a bit out of chronological order since I can never seem to upload my pics right, so sorry in advance. Today we went to the park, here are my 3 children climbin around...Toot Toot as we call her loved the tire swing

See how happy she is at the top of the slide??

Then when her very helpful big brother snuck up behind her and gave her a little push without warning, the smile was quickly replaced with terror

The little goof thought it was funny, he then went down right behind her & landed on top of her at the bottom, we could feel the love.

So we got this new couch made of microfiber, apparently it causes a little static (which is so annoying!) but it is quite funny when you hold the pillows above toots head!

Kenedi got her first haircut this past week. It only looks halfway decent when it is fixed, I think I made it worse but I had to get rid of the mullet & the bangs always in her eyes. Instead of having them in her eyes, apparently I went for the dumb & dumber look...sorry honey!

Craig turned the big 30 a week ago, here are he & Chance blowing out the candle on his banana cream pie (I know, weird for a bday cake, but what the birthday boy wants the birthday boy gets ;)) I am so lucky to have Craig in my life, he is better to me than I deserve (except he was actually kind of rude to me today) & he is the best daddy I could ever want for my kids.

OK so this is the cutest story about my sweet Chance that I have to share:

About a week ago I was moving some decorations around & noticed that a picture was missing from my picture board, I couldn't remember what pic it was and soon forgot about it. The next morning I went in to make Chance's bed and this is what I saw on his night stand:

I know you probably can't tell but its a pic of his grandpa. When I picked it up to put back on the picture board he started crying and promising me he wouldn't tear or bend it if he could just please keep it in his room. Seriously, doesn't that just make you want to cry? Its times like this especially when I hate living away from family, because I know my kids miss everyone so much. And yes, those are Christmas lights you see hanging off of Chance's bed, he has them strung around his room & plugs them in every night, apparently a night light & a flash light just don't cut it!

This is pre-hair cut but you will notice, she has a total shoe fettish (and she likes to haul around the training potty) she has on different shoes, neither of which would I ever put on her with that outfit! Isn't her cheese face a crackup?

The day before the above picture, she came into the office to show me her stylin outfit...we may have to start working on her fashion sooner rather than later, notice the shoes...she will make me put her tennis shoes on even over her feet pajamas, she is always putting on shoes, which is cute but actually very annoying!!!