Ryans Big Birthday

Yay! Ryan turned 1 on March 28th and we had a fun party to celebrate! It was a lot of fun to plan a "boy" party with lots of blue and brown instead of pink and princesses (which I love doing as well)! We had a simple get together with some family and friends but really enjoyed watching Ryan attempt his cake. He did not smash his face in it but he did pick off all the frosting and then slowly made his way to eating most of his cake. It was so much fun to celebrate our sweet boy! Thank you to everyone that came!
The decorations:

The birthday boy waiting for his guests to arrive:

 This was a fun picture collage I made where each picture was from a month of his life.

 Cute Boy:

Some of the guests:

 Opening presents: Jonathans mom gives the grandkids a quilt for their first birthday and Ryan's turned out so cute.

 I love the kids "helping" with the presents:

 Ryan and Grandma Tanner.

 Getting ready for the cake:

 Picking of the frosting:

 Going for it:

March 2012

March was a crazy month. Usually March is the longest month and it drags on as we wait for warm weather but this year it went by extremely fast. Here are some pics of what we were up to.

It was my parents big birthday this month (I wont say which birthday) but to celebrate they went to South Africa for a few weeks to visit my sister and her family. One of the perks of living in Utah is that they usually stay with us when they fly through Salt Lake. We celebrated their birthdays the night before they left with Apple Crisp (my dads favorite) and Ryan was loving the whipped cream!
St. Patricks Day is one of Abigale's favorite holidays. She always remembers what the leprechauns did last year and cant wait to see what tricks they are going to pull. They did the usual of turning the milk and food green and kept making messes throughout the house. They also left a scavenger hunt to find some green prizes.We were lucky enough to have our dear friends from Idaho come and stay with us for a few days. We love the Perrys so much and are sad whenever we have to say goodbye again. We made the best of our time together. Holly and I watched the kids while the guys went golfing Saturday morning and then we took off to do some major shopping. We met up with everyone for a yummy dinner at California Pizza Kitchen and then we continued the shopping while the guys took the kids back home. It was such a great day. We spent the rest of the time talking, playing games, and lots of laughing! We also visited City Creek which was awesome but a little hectic with all of the kids! It was such a great weekend!
Ashlyn and Ryan are about 5 months apart.Best Friends Maeley and Abigale:Over General Conference weekend we decided it was the perfect weather to fly a kite. So we broke into their Easter goodies a little early and headed to the park. March was a great month and only got us more excited for this summer!

Cute Kids

I am one lucky mom to have such amazing and cute kids! Some days are extremely hard and I question my ability as a mom but these faces make it all worth it!

Valentines Day

I think Valentines Day is such a fun day! I love decorating in hearts and having two girls they have having pink and red all over the house.
We did a few fun crafts. These were our glitter hearts that we hung up. I love Lydia's outfit, don't you? This is what she looks like almost every day. She grabs any skirt out of her drawer and any shirt that has short sleeves. She hates wearing pants and long sleeved shirts!
My friend gave me this idea- for FHE we cut out hearts and everyone had to write what we loved about everyone in the family. It was so fun to have them hanging up and the girls loved reading them all month.Abigale getting ready for her preschool Valentines party with the box she decorated:Our Valentines dinner with the beautiful roses from Jonathan! We had strawberries, heart shaped pizza and bread sticks and a love potion drink I found on pinterest. After dinner we kept the tradition of the scavenger hunt going and sent the girls all over the house to find heart shaped clues. The prize: They each got some pink candy hearts and gum, a shirt, some slippers, and a red heart pen and notebook. Holidays are so fun!