Owen turns 3!!

Owen had his birthday and of course he got some trains and I thought he should finally learn to ride a real bike. So we had a little family party at Papas house. Umm if your wondering who decorated the cake it was Olivia and Owen:) Who needs fancy cakes? Then later that week we went to chuck e cheeses with our friends the Willis family. Owen hates chuckie.This kid is so different. He does not care for any pictures or any attention from a crowd. Overall it was fun and he has some fun toys to keep him busy. I cant believe I had him 3 years ago. That seems like forever ago. He was such a sweet baby. I loved and cherished every moment I got to rock him. I still get to rock him and hold him for a few minutes before bed. He is our little stinker and we love him. He is so particular about what he wants to wear/eat or whatever. Some days are very frustrating. Anyways this is a sad week for me because we had to say goodbye to my parents. They left on monday to go to Spain on a mission. We had a get together with the family and I took some pictures. Oh and Olivia started dance again and you would think she won the lottery. It was a happy day but a long day counting down to 5:00. I love watching her she is really good.

Girls trip to california

Some might say I have had too many "girls trips" lately but I swear they have all been really short and I am done. Until next year:)I mean why not enjoy it before I get tied down to baby again. Anyways this trip was with my friends in my area Jacque Ferguson and Andrea Avarell. And then Kendra Huffman from california drove to meet us. We had soo much fun. We stayed in a very nice hotel.

date night

this was the night we went out for Jacques birthday. We surprised her at Brios and then came to our house for dessert.I always enjoy date night we my honey even if he is always on his phone:)

first day of school

Is always bitter sweet but mostly sweet:)Olivia was so excited and caden was happy to be in 2nd grade. So far everyone has done great and likes there teachers.

california beach trip and swimming

O and O

cadens school program

My sister in law is starting a new photography buisness and she took some pictures of Olivia for her website. They are soo cute. Check em out!http://www.karenpearcephotography.com/blog/

Shocker!!!!

Im actually updating:) Well we are one week into summer and I sure signed us up for PLENTY of activities. I guess i had a little panic attack last month at the thought of being home with 3 kids to entertain. We are mucho busy in june. But next month we can be truly lazy. First of all Owen is POTTY TRAINED!!!!! Woohoo.He is so awesome. Not one pull up for this kid and he wakes up dry every day for the last 2 weeks:)Dont get me wrong the first week was hell! But now its smooth sailing.Phew! done with that. now we can have fun. O and O are doing swim lessons and are doing so much better so now we can just swim every day at christinas. Caden is doing basketball camp and olivia starts a singing workshop for 2 weeks and has a little recital. Im excited for her to do that she will love it because she wants to be a singer when she grows up.haha Mark is playing softball with some guys from church so we go watch him on thursdays and I still have mutual on wednesdays so our nights are busy as well. I was thinking about making a trip up to utah to visit my sister and for a reunion but now I think we need to save money because we want to go to europe next year. Oh thats more news to share, my parents are going on ANOTHER mission:( They are going back to the Madrid temple so we want to go this time and do the whole europe thing.Thats an exciting trip but we all thought they were done so I am mad. Some day i will get over it....maybe. I will post some fun pictures soon,

What? More Catalina??? I know you're sick of not having an update but here's the final video...

Catalina- March 2009 from Todd Hamilton on Vimeo.

Catalina

This last weekend we went to Catalina island with some friends. Mark went scuba diving and I shopped and laid out. It was alot of fun!

Twilight movie night

I had a few ladies over to watch the movie and we had fun stuffing our faces with popcorn and candy. The countdown is on until november! I just know New Moon will be better than the first. (cross my fingers)

grandma and the park

Olivia turns 5

My little princess is 5! Im so lucky to have this little stinker. She is pretty emotional but she is also great at making me smile. I think she is way too much like me:) so I am definitely in for it,I keep warning myself. But for now I will enjoy the ups and downs and cherish her little smile. Also I love her because she likes to sleep in until 10:00 if I let her.It does make the morning hussel and bussel a little less. If we have another baby someday she will be the best helper she loves taking care of little babies. She also loves playing with older girls like her cousins and neighbor, she can keep up with them no problem. Everyday she asks me how old she has to be to have a boyfriend and to get married. I try to push the whole college thing but she aint havin it!!phew girls are tough! But worth it.

my little student of the month

Rock on!!

We sold our rockband on Craigslist so we could get the wireless set. So of course we had to do a little rockin out last night.Caden is so good at drums and Olivia even tried it but she mostly dances and sings in the background. We have a lot of fun doing it especially in the game room. So come over and try to beat cadens score I dare ya!:)

hot diggitty dog

The other night i wanted to go with my friends to the gym,so i left mark to do hot dogs with the kids. They went outside around the fire and did marshmallows too.He is a fun daddy. The next day Olivia told me how much fun she had. Its amazing how little simple things like hot dogs,make kids happy and a great memory.

crazy hair day

This was Caden on crazy hair day for school. I thought it was hilarious. He was so funny....looking:)

anything

Gosh I thought I should post something since I have been soo lame lately. I had my birthday and it was truely special. My mom had a luncheon for me and my family at her house and then I had a pedicure and then came home to be lazy and watched 27 dresses and ate popcorn. It was a good day. Oh and mark got me an Iphone!!! Which I am in love with. They are really amazing. So besides getting one year closer to 30 it was a good day!!My kids picked a few things too. Olivia loves bouquets of flowers so she got me some pink ones.Caden picked out some chocolates and some bath stuff. And owen got me a new shirt:)We have been busy having ufc and super bowl parties in our theater. I told Mark its my turn to have my family over. Because it always ends up being his(whom I Love)but my family needs a little love too.Now its finally february or already I should say. olivia is counting down the days until her birthday. And I mean she is obsessed. She was stuck on going ice skating with boys and girls(I know Iam in trouble with this little girl) but I think I finally changed her mind. I was trying to get her to do a pajama party but she wasnt too thrilled because "will and Landon cant come" They are her two future husbands, she really likes them. So as of yesterday she was liking the idea of chuckie stupid cheese! which is okay less work for me.But princess parties are so fun. Anymore ideas are welcome... Anyways Mark and I had our anniversary. It was low key but we have been needing and wanting to go on a trip together anywhere but it hasnt happened. Mark is planning a scuba trip to catalina end of march with couples but it sounds like no wifes want to go so Im ousted out and its a guy trip. Soo lame!I should just tag along. But I get to go on a girls trip in march so I guess its only fare. Oh I wanted to journal about my little "O" He was sick a while back and it was so sad but sweet how he wanted mommy.He would just lay in my lap and watch movies or books.I get the joy of rocking him for 5 minutes or so before he goes to bed naps and all. And I just treasure those minutes of hugging him and cuddling with him. If I try to put him in bed he says "rock" its so cute. and when he is ready he says bed. I think its been good for him to go to bed happy with his red blankie that he loves. he is cute but he is pretty stubborn too. He likes to help with the dishes and of course baking. He says a lot of words now and I guess I need to start talking potty to him. I cant even imagine how great it will be to have nooo diapers:)woohoo but im dreading the training. Someone told me that their grandma did all the training with her kids and it went great(hint hint) So Caden is doing flag football, and its been fun,i think, he doesnt get a whole lotta action on the field yet but he is learning and next year he will be great. I put him in the older age group by accident so he plays alot of 3rd graders. So thats frustrating. But its a good experience. He does little league next month. And I just signed Caden and Olivia up for gymnastics. They really like it. And its fun for me to watch. So we are busy but its good. Thats my update:)