Robbie Turns Six

Robbie, my nephew, celebrated his sixth birthday with a Ninjago party!

 

Says: Spinjitzu Go...Ninjago

All the kids got ninja headbands to wear...

 

 

...then wrapped each other up like a ninja...

 

...before doing an impressive obstacle course only ninjas can complete...

 

 

...in order to get..

 

...their golden swords!

Then it was time for cake and presents!

 

 

 Where Robbie received four of these:

 

 

 At the end of the party, the kids all got a chance to hit a pinata.

 

 

It was a great party, and was so fun!!

 

Porter talked about it for days.

 

Happy birthday, Robbie!

If Only The Alphabet Had Two "R"s

Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival

My cousin, Des, and I went to Thanksgiving point to enjoy the annual tulip festival since neither of us have been.

 

**Warning, be prepared for lots of pictures.

 

At least you are warned.

 

Although, you are probably used to posts with lots of pictures when you visit this blog...

 

...moving on...

 

We wanted to document us being there, so we took portraits of each other...

 

 

 Have to have proof!

 

Lilia had to make sure I was still around at first...

 

That doesn't look comfortable.

But, realized that I wasn't going anywhere and soon stopped looking back.

 

The tulips were gorgeous!

We especially enjoyed the random non-planned colored ones in the patches of flowers.

 

 

And, the beautiful trees...

 

But, most of all, we enjoyed being out with our kids.

 

Ethan taking a break

 

Had the hardest time getting all three in one picture!

 We got to the area where the roses would soon be growing, and Porter and Evylee couldn't help themselves...

 

They had to RUN!

 

Well, that is until Evylee fell.

 

Poor girl.

 

That one was fall number two of the day for her, too.

 

We enjoyed their cheesiness,

...their water-excitement...

 

 

Soaked

What Ethan did when I said to say "cheese" ha!

 

And, their wonder.

 

My personal favorite part of the garden...

Statues of Christ's life in amazing detail.

 At the end of the garden was a beautiful waterfall area.

 

The kids were mostly interested in the large grass area and hill near it...

 

Ethan is the only one not running down! He's so cute.

 And, what did the babes do during all this fun?

 

 

Angels.



Tulip kiddos

 Before heading home, we let the kids play in the discovery area of the garden.

 

Porter and Ethan called this a spider web...yick.

 

We had a great time!!

 

Waiting for Daddy to Come Home

 

Yep...

 

...it's about like that.

Playful Little Girl

Here is Lilia in pictures...

 

...some "moving".

 

She loves to bounce around.

 

 

 Maneuver her way under things

 

 

Munch on everything and anything

 

Play with the blinds

 

Side note: Why does every apartment have these blinds that are impossible to have all going the same direction and break with the touch of a tap? Ugh.

 

Grab onto things she's not supposed to 

 

And pull

 

Play peekaboo

 

 

Make silly noises

 

 

 

Then just be adorable

 

All the time.

 



Escape Artist

Not even her straight jacket can hold her.

 

Reach

Hey Mom!

 

 

Just trying to get my binkie...

 

 

...but I cant... quite... reach...

 

 Maybe Porter will help me...

Or, I'll just roll over.

 

 

There!

Lucy & Lilia

My cousin Jenni came down to Utah for a visit, and I got to see her for a bit before she headed back to Washington.

 

It was so good to chat, and to get to meet her new little one, Lucy...

 

 

Lucy is a month younger than Lilia, but they are about the same size!

 

They were so cute, holding hands, that I couldn't just pick one picture.

 

I love getting to see family!

 

(I think they look related...what do you think?)