Two for One

We knew this was coming since the day they were born...shared birthday parties! We had such a fun time with our "little" themed party- everything we had was mini-sized: hot dogs, sliders, little sodas and waters, mini cupcakes, etc. Thanks to everyone who helped us with the food. And a big thank you for all of the gifts- Marian is a lucky girl!

Happy Birthday, Lincoln and Marian!! Now stop growing up so fast, please.

Turning One

My baby girl turned one last week...I made some cupcakes to celebrate on her birthday but then we had the BIG party with Lincoln last week. More pics to come!!

One of my favorite times of the day...bath time! They have fun, but Marian is such a daredevil. She never sits down!

Baseball is still in season

The weather has been holding out for us these last couple of weeks, and John is teaching Chris how to play baseball. I think Chris actually likes to pitch instead of hit, but it's probably because daddy hits it onto the neighbor's roof and it's fun to watch! I love seeing how Chris's coordination changes as he gets older, even over a few months' time. He is loving baseball right now.

The ball is at Wendy's house!

I'll hate to break it to him that he can't wear cowboy boots when he really plays.

That's a look from Grandpa if I've ever seen one!

UVU/BYU

Our friend Daniel is the assistant women's basketball coach at UVU so we all went with our UVU shirts on to support him when they played BYU. They lost, which was too bad for Daniel but my allegiance is still with BYU :). A couple of times I accidentally caught myself cheering when BYU scored! Sorry Daniel. It was so much fun to watch him coach and Chris loved watching basketball. Marian and Ella just ate yogurt melts and sort of watched. We'll definitely go again!

Early Bird

John took one look at the calendar and told me something was wrong...

what kind of mom forgets her child's birthday??

(her birthday is the 19th)

A+

If I'm raising my kids to be...

sullen,

dangerous,

show-offs,

reckless drivers,

cell phone junkies,

trouble-makers,

excitable,

piano hogs,and cute thrown in there somewhere,

and thrifty,

...then the pictures prove that I must be doing my job!

Happenings

We kept busy with the Rawlins here last week- taking the kids to HeeHaw farms, Kangaroo Zoo, and then leaving them home so we could go to Cheesecake Factory and bowling. It was such a fun week!

We have to take a picture when we see a tractor.

Tough maze...

After a windstorm we had tumbleweeds all over the yard so the kids built houses for themselves-

Bowling losers!

Bowling winners! (am I getting that right? Maybe not.)

It was just an "off" night, right Brian?

John forgot something in the first picture...oh yeah- his tooth!! I can't wait for that to get fixed.

Kangaroo Zoo is a must for rambunctious three year olds.

...and their dads!

Houston in October

I've had these pictures uploaded on the blog forever but I haven't published them yet. These are from our awesome trip to Houston! We had such a great time with Mom and Dad and Josh and Jacquelyn and Lincoln. We did everything we wanted to do...Shipleys (x4), Pappasitos, great BBQ, the temple, watched conference, swimming, dental work, the spa, Harwin...It was so fun! The spa was the most amazing one I have ever been in, and its been two months and my pedicure still looks awesome! I love Houston because it's usually the only time I do the spa. We can't wait to go back- but we're even more excited that we get to see you all in a few weeks.

Marian and Lincoln actually got along really well

Chris is learning how to kick and wave his arms like crazy in the pool- maybe next year he will actually swim!

The best part is jumping to Daddy over and over and over and over...