Kinley's Birthday

We took a surprise trip to Orange County so we could celebrate sweet Kinely's second birthday with her!!  We didn't tell our kids where we were going, and that made it that much more fun!!

We hit the road early Saturday morning to get to Orange County by lunch time!  The kids had NO idea where we were going, not that they really understand any ways.  They know grandma's house, or far away grandma.  :)

Brandon liked playing the bounce house that Nicole rented!!  Natalie on the other hand didn't want anything to do with it!! 

CHEESE!!  While they eat their dessert of course!!  :)

Minnie Birthday

Our sweet baby girl turned 2 in April, and of course we had to celebrate with Minnie Mouse!!

Our sweet baby girl wanted a RED Minnie Mouse party too!  Do you know how hard it is to find RED Minnie Mouse in anything party related!?!  It is near impossible because Minnie Mouse in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is PINK!  Thankfully my mom is awesome, and she created some amazing decorations for us!!

Before Natalie's birthday party began she was able to spend some time with her Papa since he had to leave to go to work!  We were so glad that he was able to come down and spend the morning with his Princess on her birthday morning!!  We love Papa and are so thankful for all that he does to help us!!

Natalie was very excited that so many of her friends came to help us celebrate her special day!  Of course the day wouldn't have been complete without playing in the garage!

Since our sweet baby is allergic to egg, we didn't have cake or cupcakes!  Instead we had ICE CREAM!!  Aunt Chelsea I bet you wish you could have made it now!!  :)  Guess what though, there is egg in vanilla ice cream!!  Who would have thought!?  Luckily we had some sherbet just for her!!

Natalie was very lucky to have her other grandma and grandpa with us at her birthday party too!  It is such a blessing to be surrounded by our family, and for our babies to grow up with BOTH sets of their grandparents so close!  We are EXTREMELY BLESSED!!!

No party is complete without our best buddies, the Kriegers!!  So thankful for these boys, and that they are both a year younger then our sweet babies!  Here's to many more years of celebrating our birthdays!!

Happy Birthday Brandon!!

I can't believe it has already been three years!

Three years ago I was working in my room, getting ready for the first day of school.  Today I am sitting in a hospital in St. George, Utah.

Three years ago I had no idea what my life was going to be like, and what the first day of school (the next day) would hold!  Today I wonder what next week will look like as Brandon, Tyler and I all have our first days of school.

Three years ago I never knew how blessed we would be by our little man!  Today I am so thankful for not only an amazing, gifted, challenging little boy, but also a beautiful princess!

Happy birthday to my little man!  Here is our invitation that we made to celebrate his birthday!  Even though the date is now wrong, we are still going to celebrate next weekend!