Happy Birthday, Cooper!

♥ Happy Birthday, Cooper!! ♥

Some of Cooper's Favorites:

Color:  Golden and Yellow
Animal:  Kitty
Movie:  Ponyo
Season: Winter
Place:  Splash Park
Toy:  3DS
Food:  Cereal
Treat:  Sour Watermelons
Thing to do:   Play with Daddy! :)

On May 26th Cooper turned 5 years old! He was so excited for his birthday. We invited our cousins and a couple of friends and went to Veteran's Memorial park. It was a super hot day, but everyone had a lot of fun! 

Happy Birthday, Ryan!! ♥

 ♥ Happy Birthday, Ryan!! ♥

Some of Ryan's Favorites:

Color:  Blue and Red
Animal:  Panda
Movie:  Beyblades
Season: Summer
Place:  Jump N Bounce
Toy:  3DS
Food:  Chicken Nuggets and Mac N Cheese
Treat:  Milky Way
Thing to do:   Play The Legend of Zelda games!

Ryan's birthday party isn't until Monday, and so we wanted to do something fun today! My mom is amazing and invited Ryan and all his cousins to Jungle Jims for his birthday! They had so much fun! Kendall was so cute and loved going on all the rides. She even went on the roller coster with me! They also had fun playing the arcade games. We earned enough tickets for the kids to pick a few things and the prize counter. Thanks, Momma, for making Ryan's birthday so much fun!

Zoo Day

Casey had the day off  and so we went to the zoo! My mom, Mal, and Nate also came and so it was a fun day with family. I wish Megan could have been there as well. I miss her :)   

Here are some pictures from Mal's camera:

Family Night

For family night tonight we had Cafe Rio and then played the kids Sequence game. It was so cute watching them play! They had a good time!

Family Night

Last night for family night we went to Scheels. When we got there, there was a guy cleaning inside the fish tank. He was giving the kids fist bumps through the glass. I should have taken a picture! The kids thought that was pretty cool!
Kendall really liked watching all the fish swimming around in the tank. While the kids were watching the fish Casey went and bought some tokens for the Ferris wheel. Kendall was too small to ride, and so I went first with Riley, and then the boys went after us. Poor Kendall kept asking when her turn was, but there were a lot of other things to see at the store and so I don't think she was too sad.
We looked at the animals, and then we tried to find a medicine ball for our p90x workout, but we didn't find one we liked. We also tried to find Casey some new shoes, but no luck there either. Before we left, we saw a little playground area for the kids and so we let them play for a little while. I think they had a good time...but they were pretty cranky on the way home, haha! :)

Happy Christmas!!

We have had such a wonderful Christmas! I just love watching how excited the kids are the whole month of December, and finally on Christmas morning they are just so overjoyed! 

Ryan and Cooper both got a Nintendo 3DS; Riley got an iTouch; and Kendall got some lego blocks. It was so fun to watch them open up all their presents! I got Casey a movie and a BYU blanket, and Casey got me P90X3...which I LOVE!!! I can't wait to start on Monday...I'm so excited!!

My parents came over later this morning and we had fun watching the kids open their grandparent gifts. They are pretty spoiled! They sure have an amazing grandma and grandpa. I'm so grateful that we live so close to them, and that my kids get to spend so much time with them!

We've just been hanging out all day and taking it easy. I love my family so much!!

Merry Christmas!!

p.s. I'm a little sad at how blurry these pictures turned out! I think I'll make a goal to use my "real" camera more often, and not rely of my phone to take pictures..especially on such special events!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is finally here! I love seeing how excited the kids get about Christmas. Being parent is so much fun!

This afternoon we went over to my Grandpa's house for our Christmas Eve party. Grandpa and Grandma Riley gave all the kids their own little bean bag. They were all so excited when they opened them. They all just loved them! Such a perfect gift for the kids! 

It was fun seeing our family! After the party we went over to my parent's house so that the kids could open one gift from my parents, and also so we could give each other our sibling gifts.

The kids were so excited to open their gifts from grandma and grandpa. They each got a pair of jammies, and some hot chocolate and a mug. They couldn't wait to put on their jammies and watch the movie when we got home!

After the kids opened their gifts, we surprised Mom and Dad with a couple gifts we went in together on. We got Mom a gift card to Salt Lake Running Company so she could buy a new pair of running shoes. And we got Dad the extended version of The Hobbit. At that time I also gave them the booklet I made about our family service project that we did. The kids liked showing grandpa the pictures and telling him all about what we did.

After we got home the kids immediately put on their jammies they got from grandma and grandpa. They took their new bean bags downstairs and they watched the new Home Alone move that grandma got them. 

We made some cookies for Santa later that evening, and then Casey read them the story of Christ's birth. I just love my family!

Grandma and Grandpa with their cute Grandbabies!

Momma with her gift card to Salt Lake Running Company! I'm excited to see what shoes she gets!

Papa and Allie. I want to watch the extended edition of the Hobbit!

My Love and my baby princess!

I love my family!

We had fun making cookies for Santa!

There's nothing like Christmas Eve!

Watching a movie on their new bean bags. The kids love them!

Listening to Daddy reading them the story of Christ's birth.

Suki was excited for Christmas, too!