Our Easter weekend was sooooo busy

So this pictures are random a little, and as always backwards for the way that the day actually happened, but this weekend was to fun to not post about. I really do have an amazingly awesome family. We have so much fun together and we always do such cool stuff. So the first day of our Easter weekend adventure, we went up to Oak City canyon and started the day off repelling, then having a hot dog lunch, then hiking to the waterfall, then having a dutch oven dinner. It was soooo much fun.

My youngest son should secretly be named Ethan "Alfalfa" May. I was sitting clear across the campsite when I took these pictures and between the distance and the smoke from the fire, they did not turn out super clear, but I just had to catch some pictures of that amazing hair do of his. This is not an uncommon sight. Even if I come his hair down in the morning, this is typically what it ends up looking like in the afternoon. He has this one patch of hair in the back that will stand up no matter what I do with it.




Eli was waiting ever so patiently for me to help Lara down the hill from repelling. He just looked so serious in this picture, like he was in deep thought about something. I just thought it was a pretty cute picture.

Thank heavens for Uncle Steve and Grandpa, I don't know what I would have done with out them this weekend. Eli and Uncle Steve bonded, he helped Eli a lot on the big boulders that we had to climb up on the way to waterfall. I just had to get some pictures from behind to show how cute Uncle Steve was being with him.


We made it to the top. This was taken standing underneath the waterfall in Oak City canyon. It was not the hike that I think any of my family anticipated. But well worth the trip. It was so beautiful and because of all the water that we have had this year it was running at full speed. This first picture is of all of the grand-kids standing underneath the fall.
This next picture is of all the misfits that didn't really fit in with anybody. Nicole and Zach came without the rest of their family because they were all other places. Austin road up with Grandpa because his parents and Shaylee had other obligations. Eli and I came up with out Matt and Ethan because he stayed back at camp with Ethan. So all though we are just a bunch of bits and pieces here and there it was still very fun.

My dad was also a lifesaver on this little mini vacation. I love these next few pictures of Eli and my Dad. He was so helpful with him and it was good for my dad and him to have a little time with just the two of them. I think they talked a little and Eli got to see a side of my dad that I don't think he has ever seen. These next few pictures are priceless to me.


Eli just working his way up the mountain.


Eli being a cool dude. Not sure where that face came from. He is such a funny kid and the personality surprises me everyday. Some of the things that he comes up with.
Eli and Lara at the bottom of the repelling hill watching the rest of the family come down the cliff.

Love you Ethan

Our SUMMER NIGHT concert

So this was suppose to be our fun family, SUMMER night concert. As you can plainly see Ethan has a beanie, a jacket, and a blanket. Matt has his hood up and that was only starters for the things that we were doing to stay warm. In later pictures, you can also see that we ventured over to stand next to the fire. I don't know what is up with this weather lately but I was so not loving this. We went to the Riverwoods in Provo to go see the Ryan Shupe concert and it was soooooo cold. But we still stuck it out, and we still had sooooo much fun. The boys were super good troopers, even with the cold weather. I think that worst part of all was that about half way through it, it started snowing. I mean good heck, it was the end of April. It should not have been snowing. Rain, I could probably understand, but snow.... really?

Pudding Painting

Okay, Okay, so I can't exactly blame Aunt Heather for this one... at least not entirely. Heather and the boys were painting and Ethan was feeling a bit left out, so I gave him a bit of pudding to play around with and paint with. He absolutely loved it. And although Heather was technically supervising, I suppose that I was the one that gave it to him. Still made out for some super cute pictures of this cute little boy. I am not quite sure why he ended up in the sink instead of the tub, but o well, that's life.

Random Videos from the recent past

The first video is just a really cute video of Ethan laughing at his dad and brother. I love when he really gets laughing, it is the cutest thing ever. The next video is from when we are in Disneyland. The first of the Disneyland ones is from the Disney Junior puppet show that we went to. Eli loved this show so much. I think it was one of his favorite things that we did. And the other video is of Eli's mad driving skills. But these skills don't even compare to the driving he did on Autotopia. Those video's to come shortly. The last one is of the World of color water show. This is Disneylands new water show that they do in California Adventure. It was pretty amazing. I thought this was a better clip then it is. I have better ones, I will see if I can find them and get some posted. Plus I have a few more videos that I need to get posted.


The first video

I love this boy!!!!

Not really much more to say then what the title says. I just can't get enough of him. I love the cheeks, I love the smile, I love the boy. He can melt any ones heart and make a horrible day, sunny. Help a sad person become happy, and pretty much light up any room or any day.

I love you sooooooo much Ethan.

California Vacation Day 5

Our last day was so relaxing. I love the beach and so dearly wish that we lived a bit closer to one. So I thought that Eli loved that water, but I must say, Ethan has a much greater love for it. He was completely in love with the water and the sand and playing. Everything that has to do with the beach, he was loving. We went to the Santa Monica Pier to enjoy our last day. While we were there Matt and I went to Bubba Gumps shrimp factory. We have been to this pier a few times and have always wanted to go try Bubba Gumps, but we never have. So Eli, having such a serious love for shrimp was super excited to eat here.





We had a really hard time keeping Ethan away from the water. He was constantly crawling to the water as fast as possible. I thought the cold would slow him down, but not at all. He would get his feet in the water and stomp and splash. He just wanted us to let him get down and play in it. But it was super cold, and the tide was very high. We did not dare let him sit down in the water. So he just had to deal with his stubborn parents holding his hands.

I sure do love my boys. And I love this picture.

His chubby little cheeks and his precious little face.

I got so many looks and stares and whispers because of my utter lack of parenting apparently. Ethan was on a mission to get to that water and I thought it was about the cutest thing ever to see how fast he was crawling off to the water. And I didn't really stop him, Matt was close at hand and I was video taping or taking pictures the whole time, But some of the looks that the parents gave us, like, Wow, your just going to let him keep going? or He is getting super close to that water? . I suppose they didn't think we were watching him or something, but believe me, we definitely were. It was just to cute to resist.
My handsome boys showing of our Cali 2011 sign in the sand.

I really just can't stop laughing at these pictures. He was so determined to get to the water. He just wanted us to let him play in it and he would get so mad when we would stop him.



A boy on a mission to build the perfect sandcastle. He needed a little bit of water to make it pack a little better.

Eli wrote his name in the sand. He was so proud of it.
Eli in the process of writing his name.
Ethan, once again loving life and getting totally down and dirty in the sand. He is definitely completely a hundred percent boy. He loves the dirt and he loves to lay full body in it.
Dad and Eli making the perfect sand castle.