april

spring sprung in the month of april and that ment my door was open and owen was outside playing all day long. it's not unusually to see the boy cousins over to play or owen outside playing with his best bud and our neighbor Ava. i love the warmer weather and being outside playing.

 Hailey is also a big fan of being outside! she is a trooper and crawls all over the road and driveways wanting to play with the big kids

 he wasn't so happy to share the swing with Hailey

 on saturdays a few of our nephews and our neice have games. we enjoy going and supporting them in their activities (Boe, Madelyn, Kole and luke)

 owen and Ave riding their scooters all day EVERYDAY!

 and around the corner are some more friends to play with

 my outside baby. no shoes or a shirt just a onsie

 carter and owen at a local park

we love living in a subdivision with so many kids to play with and our besties the Stone right across the street from us. not to mention so many parks around and friend group get togethers. our little park in our subdivision is a frequent visit. hello spring not bring on summer and the pool~!

easter 2014

doing one very long post for easter but i'll let the pictures do most the talking

first we had an egg hunt at our church the weekend before. Owen was so excited and really got into finding the eggs.

 his best bud and neighbor Ava Stone

 Easter morning we have 9 am church but the kids saw their baskets and then we we late for church

 owen got his swim suit and flip flops

 Hailey got a swim suit and some sandals

 I love my pretty girl

 and i love my handsome boys

 easter dinner was at my parents and they had a huge egg hunt for all the grandkids and a delicious dinner

we had a great easter this year with owen getting into the whole finding the eggs and the easter bunny but we were more then happy to share with them his real reason for the season, our beloved christ and all he did and still does for us. we are blessed!

six tunnel hoover dam marathon

I was talked into running my first race by my loving hubby and brother/sister n law. I did a few months of training and was really really nervous of how I was going to run a race. my only goal was to not walk and to finish. the perk of the race was that it was held in Las Vegas! so we had a nice little weekend away.

 

the kids stayed with my parent's and had a blast. it was my firs time leaving hails and I wasn't real sad until she actually left me.

 once in vegas we ate at some of our favorite places there such as, in n out,  pei wei and our favorite Nielsons.

 Amanda and I split the 1/2 marathon and I ran 6 miles and she ran the 7.1. Josh and Tyson both ran the full 1/2 and did awesome.

 josh and tyson

 my I pod died right at the beginning but lucky for me Amanda was near by taking pictures and jumped in and swamped me I pods. I would have died with out music.

 Amanda and Tyson. he had already finished but wanted to finish Amanda's with her.

 Tyson finished with a great time and same with josh even though he hardly trained for it. Amanda did awesome with her really hard part of the run and I finished my 6 miles with out stopping and with a personal best time! I am so proud of myself. Amanda and I actually got 3rd place in the relay team and an average pace of 9 mins and 45 sec! that's so awesome for me considering I thought I wasn't going to do good. I'm ready for my next race now.

 relaxing at the pool at our hotel. we stayed off the strip and on lake las vegas at the westin. totally loved it.

 that same night we got all dressed up and headed down to the strip. it was real hot and the people watching was real good.

 had dinner at the amazing Mesa Grill!

 I was so happy though to come home and see this sweet face

 who I think missed me as much as I missed her

 and this sweet face boy!

10 months

holy cow hailey is 10.5 months old today! seriously where is the time going? She is more fun then she was last month. she is getting such a funny and wild personality. she makes me laugh all the time.

I love her sooooooooooo much! she is very active, loves to laugh, getting into everything, loves her brother, loves me, and is fearless!

sleeps from 7:45 till 8 or a bit later in the morning

eats a ton! she will eat all day is we don't stop her. and she has a little fit when we do stop her from snacking. starting to not like baby food so much and wants everything we are eating.

has two teeth still

loves her pacifier, thank heavens

3 bottles a day

2 good naps a day

she use to be so sweet and would just sit and be content but now she is always on the move and never sitting still

stands by herself and has taken a couple of steps.