Our Rock Crawlers

Nathan got home from AT this last weekend and we were able to spend Father's day with him. The kids are so happy to have him home. The day he was released we actually went back up the the place he had been working. It is up past Naches on a lake up there. His unit was repaving a road and putting in a rock crawl coarse. We wanted to go and check it out. The road they put in was really nice. They did an awesome job. We took a lunch up there and had a picnic and then the kids went and played on the rocks. They had a blast.






And look who is working on sitting up. She is growing up way too fast!

Graduation

Ethan graduated preschool! Wow I can't believe he is getting so big and will be in Kindergarten this fall! He is so excited but is sad to be all done with his preschool. He has really enjoyed going to this school. Nathan was able to get leave for the night to come and attend the graduation. Amie was all over him and didn't want him to leave and go back. She is such a daddy's girl!





What a BIG BOY! He is so handsome, Love you Ethan and I am so proud of you!

Our Trip

Nathan has been gone for his Annual Training, so I decided to take the kids on a little road trip. We went to Utah to visit my sister and brother. It was a long trip. On the way there my soon to be sister-in-law road with us. It was nice to have her ride a long. She is so sweet and helped out a ton! I really missed having her on the way home. I was either brave or just plain dumb, haven't decided yet. I went home by myself with Ethan and Aubree, Luckily my mom and dad took Amie with them on the plane home. We left Utah at 8:30 and didn't make it back till 11:30 that night. It was a long trip! But Ethan was such a trooper and did help a lot.

Here are some pictures of what we did....

Here is Ethan and Amie at the pool. We went swimming with my sister and her girls and Tyler and Brittany. The water in the pool was a bit chilly so we hung out in the hot tub.

Here is a classic picture of Amie. I don't think I need to say anything more about this one.
My Grandparents on my Mom's side both turned 80 this year so we got together as a family and Celebrated this milestone. It was fun to see that part of the family again. They had fun glasses and even a drawing for some stuffed animals. Ethan won this Army bear, I think it was fixed a little so he would. (But I wont tell.)
Here is my dad holding Aubree. She was so good through our whole trip. She is such a wonderful blessing in our family. She brings so much joy.

Here is Amie in the car, she is such a crack up. Anytime she saw the camera aiming towards her she would tilt her head and say "cheese".

We had such a fun trip hopefully this next week will go by quickly and we can have our man back home. It is never fun when he has to be away.

Yummy! Yummy!

We started feeding Aubree solid food this past week. She loves it! We have only given her rice cereal but she thinks it is so cool!


Here is a picture of her trying to sit up. She loves to play with her toes right now it is so cute. It is so sad how fast she is growing up. She started rolling over and now every time you put her one her back she flips over and is so proud of herself.


Ethan is boxing in this picture. Amie was "playing" too. She has one of the extra controllers that goes with one game. She says that is her controller so she can play along. She will not let herself be left out of anything!

7 years and counting...

Today Nathan and I have been married for 7 years! It has been quite the journey there have been times when we want to shoot each other...

Then there were bittersweet moments when we thought we wouldn't be able to live with out each other...but somehow lived through a lengthy deployment....

But it all comes back to the day we were sealed for time and all eternity! We know we will make it through all the trials in life together and be better because of it. I love you babe and am excited for the years to come!

Easter and Birthday fun

Nathan's Birthday was on Saturday. Wow 31! We were so glad he was able to come home for a few days so we could celebrate both Easter and his birthday with him. I am so glad he will only be gone for one more week then we will have him back again. The kids have really missed him this past month.




I was a little short on the number of candles for his cake. But I figured it we tried to put 31 candles on that cake it would have been close to a bonfire.


We took the kids to an Easter egg hunt in the morning. Amie was so funny, she would only pick up the pink eggs. Nathan was so confused why she was running past so many eggs till they got back and realized her basket was full of pink eggs. Ethan had fun too, he was in the field with the big kids. I can't believe how fast he is growing up.

Shinanagans on a Sunny Day

The weather has been perfect these past few days and we have been enjoying every minuet of it. Here are some pictures of what the kids have been up to.

Here is Ethan and Amie at the park with some friends from Ethan's preschool.

This picture is showing how well Aubree is at getting out of her wrapping. She will wiggle and wiggle until she can get at least one hand out. Here she got both!
Amie got her Grandpa to saddle up, what she calls, Her Horse. This pony has had every grandchild ride him and he is good about it, probable because he usually sneaks a snack. Amie is fearless when it comes to horses. She loves to go right up to the gate, sometimes even under it, to get to the horses.
Here are my girls. Aubree isn't too sure about Amie yet.