Fearless Skyler

Vacation Part 1

First three days on vacation.



Daddy and Skyler walking hand in hand. Aren't they cute? We stopped at a rest stop to look at the salt flats. Bad idea if you don't want salt all over your van. My van is going to need a serious bath when we get home on the 24th.



Dan is running toward Skyler on the salt flats



Here is my 4 month old son. He weighs 16 pounds. He is such a chunk. I have never had a 16 pound baby at 4 months. I think he weighs as much as some of the 1 years olds in my ward.



This was one of the coolest things ever. We had been driving for about 2 1/2 hours and the kids needed a break from their carseats. So we drove into Elko Nevada looking for a place to make a picnic. We noticed all these bounce houses and green grasses near it. Well we pull in and start eating. Kaitlyn wanted to go jump in the castle so we decided to go over and see how much it would cost to jump. It turns out that this function was the Mining expo and every year they host a party, free food and free entertainment for the kids. The kids loved it. There was a slide and Skyler wanted to go down it all day. They got so mad when when we left. It was the coolest cheapest thing we have done so far on vacation.



He was every where in this bounce house. He was jumping into people and the walls. It is a good thing he has a strong head. He is fearless.



We found this beach in Lake Tahoe. It is called Regan Beach. The kids had so much fun. They got really mad when we left but it was so cold. It was raining off and off all day. The kids didn't mind much until we pulled them back to the car and then they realized that they were cold.

Yes she is throwing the wet sand back into the lake. She wanted to build a sand castle but got distracted. We had a hard time finding the right ratio for sand and water. We will have to try when it is warmer.

Aaron was very interested in what was under his feet. He just kept staring at his feet.

Kiddos are ready to get into the pool.

Skyler loved the water. He was dog paddling every where in the pool. I would turn around to check on Kaitlyn and then turn back around and he would be off on the other side of the pool. He took to the water very nicely. Kaitlyn is so timid. She only made it as far as the steps in the pool. She doesn't trust very easily so we can't get her to let us hold her. She had fun though. Skyler likes to climb out of the pool and jump back in. I can't believe how different Kaitlyn and Skyler are. Skyler is not afraid of anything which has me very worried. He is such a hand full. But we love him. We love all our little kids.

The kids are blowing bubbles off the end of our balcony. The bubbles lasted about 10 minutes before they dumped them all over the place. Luckly the bubbles were less then a dollar or I would have been upset.

Look at Kaitlyn blow a bubble.

Skyler is demonstrating how to blow bubbles. Keep watching for updates. I will try to post while vacation but I can't promise much. I have no idea what hotels will have internet. We are having so much fun. The kids have been wired since we got here but we are doing a pretty good job of wearing them out.

First Time in a Long Time

A day at the zoo. I love his hair. He looks so cool.



Grandma Devenport sent these silly toys to my kids. Doesn't she look cute with a mustache.



She actually let me do her hair. It lasted for about 15 minutes. We didn't make it to church with them in though. Isn't she cute. Aunt Jen made those cute clips for Kaitlyn. They match her dress perfectly.



Aaron is getting so big. He is rolling and so it is no longer safe to put him on the couch unsupervised.



I haven't taken pictures singularly with the kids since Kaitlyn was a baby. I have come to terms that I look decent. I love my new haircut. I think it is a great style for me.



Me with my cute son Skyler. He loves to kiss mommy.



My cute son Aaron.

Picture Update

Do you know how hard it is to get all three children to look at the camera and smile all at the same time. Not possible, but aren't they cute.

Skyler and cousin Tanner playing on the toy train at the park in Brigham City. Both boys love trains. It is an obsession.

My baby is so cute. He is smiling and giggling. I can't seem to keep him from growing. He is out growing everything.

Kaitlyn and cousin Brooklyn jumping on Grandma Erickson's trampoline. They were having so much fun. Kaitlyn adores her older cousin.

My beautiful daughter ready for bed.

Mommy and Skyler were playing with the leftover eggs from Easter.

Aaron is my first child to prefer his hand over a binkie. It has made life very interesting.

My first tulips that survived. Skyler got a "kick" out of destroying my flowers.

My Little Girl is Growing Up.

After a year and half of hard work, Kaitlyn is fully potty trained. Day trained and night time trained. Wonder how I did it. I got so tired of changing her diaper every time she needed to go number 2 that one day I told her no, that I was no longer going to baby her. I told her that she was a big girl. For a day we fought about diapers and the potty. Finally that night I sat in the bathroom with her and encouraged and praised, and helped her through this trying trial of hers. She went and now I have a big girl. As for the night time training we decide to let her try to go a night with out a diaper. Well for three weeks we haven't had any problems. I have heard her get up in the middle of the night and go to the bathroom. I am so proud of my Kaitlyn. Since fully potty training she has become more confident and she keeps telling me about her experiences in the bathroom. When we were potty training I told her she couldn't go to school until she potty trained, now she keeps asking about school. I tell her she is registered for school this fall but it is months away but she wants to go now. I will have to come up with ideas on how keep her entertained so she won't ask every single second of the day.

Oh I love my dear little Kaitlyn. She is my oldest and I can't believe how big she has gotten. I can't believe she will be going to preschool next year and how much her vocabulary has grown. She is a quick learner. Her cousins and Kaitlyn were playing at PBS kids one day and she didn't know how to work the mouse at all. A day or two later she was able to manage the mouse all on her own, a few days later she figured how to navigate around the website and now she knows how to login in from the start up window, to hitting google chrome (internet website) to getting to the actually website of PBS kids. She is going to know more about a computer then I do by the time she is ten. I was ready for my daughter to become more independent but now I am not so sure. Lucky for me she still wants me around. My son Skyler is even more independent then Kaitlyn and doesn't need me to help as much anymore. I am glad that my little girl still needs me.

Kaitlyn is my sweet, shy, and loveable little girl. I love how forgiving and sweet my daughter is. She is going to do amazing things as she gets older. I love her. She has taught me so much in the four years she has been apart of our family.