You say it's your BIRTHDAY?!

It's my birthday too--YEAH!!!
They say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good time
I'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you!!

Will turned one on April 13th and he has has a most wonderful birthday celebration--which included 3 parties and 3 cakes!!

Decoration's that greeted Will at his pancake breakfast (his favorite!)

Happy, smiley little birthday guy

We had a full day and then had some friends over for cake and ice cream that night to celebrate

I'm one today....

I love cake!

While we were in St. George over Easter, we had a little celebration for Will and his cousin Jace who's birthday's are a day apart.

The weekend following Will's birthday, we went up to Orange County to my dad's condo to celebrate with grandma and grandpa...and to have more cake...

My mom bought him the darling shirt, prince crown and bib. He was really stylin'!

This is the best pic of Will and his crown--he wouldn't keep it on for long, but it was so cute!

Happy 1st Birthday Will!

Is it REALLY possible?!?

Will is really turning one today!? Where has the time gone....

From bouncing baby boy...

To Mr. Big Blue-Eyed Birthday Boy

Happy birthday Will! (more pics to follow....)

sT gEORGE

We decided to spend Easter (and Ellie's Spring Break) in St. George, Utah this year. We jammed 2 adults, 3 kids, our brand new kitten and ALL our gear into our mini-van and drove the 7 1/2 hour trip to spend 6 days with family. Well, all in all it was a wonderful (and much needed!) little vacation for our family.

The Easter Bunny left a bunch of fun goodies and surprises for the kids and even had a mini egg hunt in our room!

The kids after the egg hunt at the church

We attempted to watch General Conference and hear the words of our dear Prophet and his counselors--(how cool is it that conference and Easter fell on the same day--what better way to celebrate and remember the Atonement of our Savior and His sacrifice for each one of us?!)

Maddy takes on the family at the traditional egg crack...

AND WINS!!!!

We visited my mom and she had an egg hunt for the kids (Mark and I have decided that Easter is worse than Halloween in ways of candy--I mean who needs 5 egg hunts?!!)

Since Mark's parents' house is on a golf course, Mark took the kids over to the driving range a few times to hit some balls

We went and explored the fascinating Wildlife Center--Will even got to ride on a grizzly bear!

We checked out the cool dinosaur tracks at Johnson's Farm

After lots of partying with family--shopping, eating, golfing, playing, relaxing and enjoying--it was time to return to "real life"

So we again jammed all of our family, gear (and newly acquired gifts and "treasures"--Mark is the king of packing!!) and headed back home

With a stop here and there for a yummy treat or two

We are so lucky to have such great little travelers--the dvd helps...

And fortunately, Marie has gotten the family travel memo too!!

St. George is such a beautiful place to visit and we had such a very memorable trip! Thanks to everyone who made it happen!

Happy Easter!

Ellie

Maddy

Will

Happy Easter from our wild and crazy bunch!!

Easter 2010

We attended our neighborhood's annual Easter Egg hunt again this year and as always the kids had a great time!

Meeting the Easter bunny

Ellie was one of the "Big Winners" this year and boy was she excited to get a big bunch of surprises!!

Maddy had a great time running all over collecting eggs

Will had fun just sitting in the grass and shaking his eggs--he's easy to please!