Ok, it's been a busy few weeks here for us! We headed for SLC and on the way there stopped in at the Clark County fair! Which we LOVE! Brady rode the pony, and a few rides. Jeff pitched a baseball 71 mph.... not as fast as he thought, but I was impressed! And we were off to Herriman!
We had a FANTASTIC Easter Breakfast, and Egg hunt with the Sorenson clan plus a few extras! The food was great and the hunt was a blast for the kids and adults. Thanks to all who worked so hard for us to have a fun trip!
We played games and stayed up WAY too late everynight! We planned to come home Easter Sunday morning, but awoke to news that Courtney had gone into labor.... a week before her scheduled C-section, so plans changed! Jeff flew home, and we set up camp and my moms! (who tried to kick us out every night, with this.... "don't you want to go home tomorrow?" hahaha!
We spent our days cleaning Courtney's place, and tending Lainey, which was SO fun! (except for all the sickness my kids carry around!)
We are home now and trying to get into the swing of things, Colby came back with us for the week and we are having a blast, Brady loves having a friend all day, and I love having a helper! I guess I will like my kids as they get older! I know Colby is his mom's son, he is a little OCD....hand washing, and telling me my kids do gross stuff, like when Zachie sticks his finger in his nose! HA!
Here is a long slide show of all we've been doing, no particular order!
Well, 10.5 months later we have lost E. Muldowney! (he was transfered!) We have so much fun and a lot of 'loud laughter' at our house when they are over! We'll miss Muldowney, but we are keeping Carlson, one at a time they come and leave, kinda sad for us but so great for these great young men who are out serving the Lord and sharing the gospel. Missionaries, we love you all!
As I set up the beds I thought they were a little too close together, and that the dresser looked too much like a diving board..... I was right. You can hear B say, "cannon ball"!
Z really likes to jump on the big bed too, I am just afraid he may jump too hard and fly head first over the rails! But he loves his big brother and hates to miss out on anything, so of course I let him!
Zach turned ONE a week ago... He is so awesome. When he woke up Beaners and I sang Happy Birthday, and pretty much throughout the day we randomly broke into song.... around noon Brady got mad and said, "It's NOT Zachie's Birthday!" We didn't sing for a while after that! Zach figured out that he can smile without leaving his mouth hanging open, you know the cute baby smile, and he even mastered batting his eyelashes!
You should have seen him go after his cake! It took one touch and he knew he loved it, dove in face first to get a good bite! I have never seen a kid love his first cake like that before! It was great! He sort of knew how to open his presents, with help from the big kids!
As a requirement it seems, I will let you all know the great things Z can do as a ONE year old....
Say; mama, dada, braa braa. Cheese smile on demand, feed himself (haha), cry on demand- as in throw fits , sleep all night, wrestle with B, play baseball, really! throw and kick balls, eat bubbles and bars of soap, almost run, ride a bike, push cars and make the appropriate sounds, play on his own and be happy about it, find any toilet in any house, take from B, pull hair, stick out his tongue, disappear (not going into details), laugh really hard, mimic this terriable monkey he got from his Great Gma L, and give kisses. There are more but these are the things he enjoys! WE LOVE YOU Z!!!
