Easter!!!

So this is a LONG entry with lots of pictures!!! We had the opportunity to go back "home" to AZ for Easter. Spencer always corrects me and asks me if I live in AZ when I say going to AZ is going back "home." And although I love living here in UT and have no desire to move ever again- what can I say we grew up in AZ, we love it, and AZ will always be "home" no matter where we live! We always enjoy going back and visiting with family and friends. We had a very busy very fun Easter week. I loaded these pictures backwards, so the pictures will go from the end of our trip to the beginning of our trip! I always forget how the pictures load! Above was on Easter Sunday after Church at my mom's house. This was our 3rd and final Easter Egg Hunt of the week! Bay loved hunting for Easter eggs but more than that she loved the money, toys, and candy that was inside of them. Here she is with her cousins Presley, Zane, and Bryson. SWBy was napping during this Easter Egg Hunt!

These next 4 pictures were taken by my friend Jessica. We needed some new pictures and I think they turned out so cute. I must say I think she does a great job and most importantly she was extremely patient with my kids. I love this first picture (above) of the dramatic head turn! Bailey was so good and so patient while her brother started out all fun and cute and then quickly grew sick of pictures!

You'll notice that Bailey has a lollipop and SWBy has an Easter egg. We were trying everything to get SWBy to smile. He had goldfish, a lollipop (so Bay had to have one too), and finally the wonderful Easter Eggs that really seemed to please him! Prior to the Easter Eggs he was crying and was not wanting his picture taken.

SWBy started out great! We did his individuals first and he just hammed it up! Jess got a lot of great pictures of just SWBy. But by the time it was his turn to change vests and get pictures with Bailey he was grouchy, grouchy!

I should have loaded this picture last because it has absolutely nothing to do with our Easter, but I wasn't thinking!Here is our yard this year! I was going to post it next to a picture from last year but didn't want to find the the disc it was stored on. Just imagine mounds of dirt that remind you of the movie "Holes" and that's what our yard looked like. So although we still have a few bare spots, I'm thinking it's looking pretty great! It's nice to walk outside and not walk in dirt and not come back in the house filthy! Bay loves being outside and it's so nice that she can be outside without getting dirty and muddy! Spencer has been very excited for Spring to come and start working on our yard. He spent all day Saturday outside working on the yard. I think he does a very nice job and I love to just stare at our yard after he's done working outside!

The above picture was taken Easter Sunday. We had Easter dinner with Grandpa Brimley. The food and company were great and so was the weather! (It was still chilly and stormy here when we were in AZ.) After dinner Spencer and his brothers thought this tree in the backyard had passed it's prime and decided they should try to take it down. The end result was the same as the beginning! The tree still stands as it does in the picture above. They tried everything from pushing it back and forth, to jumping on it, to a rope and pulley system and the tree stayed put. It was not coming out! So although they weren't successful in their objective it sure was fun entertainment!

SWBy was real excited about his Easter Basket! I didn't expect him to be though. He's still too little!

This was one of the highlights of our trip home to AZ. We got to go see CATS! That was the entire purpose of our trip! My mom got the tickets last year and Easter just happened to fall on the Sunday we were there! Thank you Mom! We loved CATS! Bay especially enjoyed it and was so excited to see it. We started watching CATS on "YouTube" before we went home and everyday Bay would ask if we could watch CATS. I was really relieved that after seeing it on "YouTube" she loved it because she HATES cats and prior to watching it on the computer she told me she didn't "want to go see any cats!" She loves the music and still sings the songs, what she knows of the songs at least! She was captivated through the entire show!

This is the 2nd Easter Egg Hunt of the week! We had an Easter Extravaganza with Spencer's entire family! It was so fun! It was nice to see and visit with everyone and the food was so delicious! Above is Bailey and her cousin Anna after collecting Easter Eggs. They just sat together and ate their candy! They are such cute little friends!

SWBy had a good time being outside and playing with the eggs that were found for him!

The above picture was taken during our 1st Easter Egg Hunt at my mom's house! Every year for the past 15 years or so my mom has tried to do an Easter pot luck and she always has an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids! We really enjoy these pot lucks! There is always good food and company to be enjoyed! Above is my step mom, Bay, and me. My dad, step mom, and sister decided to come into town for Easter as well! It was fun to see everyone! Behind the 3 of us is our cute friend Bailee, where Spencer and I got the name for our Bailey. She is so cute and good to our little Bailey! We just love her!

These last 2 pictures were taken at The Easter Pageant that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints puts on every year at the Mesa, AZ Temple. The last time we saw it was when I was pregnant with Bailey, so I was excited to be able to see it again this year! Bay enjoyed it and SWBy actually watched parts of it as well. He really liked the Angels. It was a fun trip and fun to be home for a bit.

SWBy turns 1 & other fun stuff!!!

Spencer decided to have a daddy/daughter date with Bay. He told her they could do anything she wanted, so she chose "campfiring." We are not sure where she came up with the wording for it but basically she wanted to go camping and roast hot dogs. We tried to find our 2 man tent but can't find it anywhere so they slept in a little kids tent given to SWBy for Christmas. Half of Spencer's body fit in the tent. His legs are up and bent in the picture above. They slept in our family room because it was way too chilly to sleep outside! Spencer didn't sleep well but they had a great time, Bay especially. Apparently, when they were shopping for the hot dogs Bay couldn't wait or help herself and bit into the package of hot dogs in the store.
They tried to roast the hot dogs on the grill but it was too windy and the wind kept blowing out the flame so they ended up cooking the hot dogs stove-top. They also bought marshmallows and chocolate bars but ended up eating them plain instead of making s'mores.

This last weekend we were able to go to Brian Head to my Aunt's cabin. The cabin is really nice and we had such a fun time. Thanks to my aunt and her husband we went tubing at a little tubing park by their cabin. It was a lot of fun. I have to say I was not as daring as the rest in our party, but had a good time.

Bay went down the hill once and then was a little nervous to go again, but after tubing down a very small hill she decided she wanted to try the big hill again. And she went again, and again, and again. The picture above was taken after her last run. She was all tuckered out!

You can barely see Bailey but she is the one in the lane farthest left (obviously she's not the big person next to her lane!) where her tube is touching the other black tubes. This is the bottom of the tubing hill and you are supposed to slow yourself before your tube bumps up against the black tubes. Obviously Bay couldn't slow her tube and ended up going so fast she went straight up the hill and bumped into the black tubes a couple of times.

Here she is-what a trooper! She was so fun to take tubing and I'm so glad she got over her bit of nervousness!

Above is Bay and her cousin Bryson. He along with my mom and brothers got to the cabin a few days before us and I think he was so glad to have a little friend to play with when we finally arrived. Bay had a fun time with him too.

We got to the cabin a day after SWBy's first birthday and had a little celebration for him at the cabin. Bay was enjoying his presents for him! He just walked around while she opened his presents! But I didn't expect any different!

We had a little birthday party for SWBy at our house on his actual birthday and he wasn't too sure about the cupcake until he tasted the frosting and then he couldn't get enough! He thoroughly enjoyed it!!!

Like I said, he wasn't real sure about the cupcake at first!

Fun Times!

The last couple of weeks have been fun! SWBy is walking everywhere now! I must say I enjoy the walking so much more than the crawling! When he walks I don't have to worry about his hands being all over dirty floors and then in his mouth!

Bailey has joined a tumbling class and loves it! She is having so much fun! I found out about this class through a friend in our ward who has her little girl in the class and another little girl from our preschool is in her class. She gets so excited to go with her friends every week! I think she is really enjoying the tumbling clothes as well. Below Bailey is in her tumbling clothes, leotards and leggings!

Sassy Bailey! Boy does this picture describe her personality to a T! I told her to put her hands on her hips but she came up with the pose all by herself!

Spencer and I have been working on acquiring our years supply of food and other necessities and to begin we've started with our 3 month storage. I just thought all the diapers, wipes, and pull- ups were too funny not get a picture of!

Here were Saturday's purchases from Costco to add to our 3 month supply! I couldn't believe what we walked out with! We had to put down the seats in the back of our van and we had 3 grocery carts full of food and other stuff.

Spencer was having a little fun with SWBy when we began to unload and put away groceries! (SWBy has a cucumber in his mouth!)

Grandma Winchell sent Bailey a scarf because Bailey told her she needed one! Spoiled Bailey!

About a week ago some friends along with Bay, SWBy and I went to The Tree House Museum! I love that place. It is so fun for the kids! The kids all really enjoyed their time there and of course Bay didn't want to leave! A museum worker gave the kids a high 5 and told them thanks for coming on our way out and the other kids gave him a high 5 back except for Bay, of course! She was having a bit of a tantrum and didn't want to leave! Thankfully it was short lived!

This is Ford, Lauren, and Bailey-she goes to preschool with them.

Enjoying some snacks.

Big Kids!!!

The last few days at our house have been exciting! SWBy started taking steps on Sunday and is so determined to learn how to walk! I really didn't think he would start walking this quickly because he crawls so fast! I thought he would be annoyed with walking because it takes him longer to get places. It sure is fun to watch him! Here are a couple videos of him walking.

Today was our preschool Valentine's Party at our house! Below is video of Bailey talking about it!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I've been meaning to update our blog for a while now, I know it is time to have something other than Twilight posted!!! We had such a great Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year!!! I was going to post about our Thanksgiving but I didn't take any pictures!!! We were in AZ for Thanksgiving and New Year's. It's always nice to go back home to AZ and visit with family and friends. We had such a nice time when we were in AZ. We spent Christmas at our house in UT and my dad, step mom and sister came to spend Christmas with us. We had a great few days with them!!! It was so fun to have them here and kind of exciting to actually be in our own house for Christmas!!! I think we've always been at family's homes for Christmas so it was different for us to be in our own home, but nice!!! We had a few snow storms the week of Christmas so we definitely had a white Christmas. Spencer's sister and her family came over for dinner the Sunday before Christmas and the kids put on a little Nativity. Below are our nieces and nephews and Bailey and SWBy. Bailey was so excited she got to be Mary!!! She was a good Mary too, very protective of Baby Jesus (which was a doll). SWBy was a Shepard and he kept trying pull baby Jesus out of the manger, which drove Bailey crazy!!!

Grandpa Crabtree and SWBy.


Grandma Jo and SWBy. SWBy was getting ready to go outside with us.

Bailey finally got to make a real snow angel. She's been practicing for months on our carpet!!!

Bailey and Aunt Sami sledding. Grandpa bought a sled for Bailey. It was so fun!!!

SWBy. He gets into everything now!!! So much different than his sister was. Every time he finds something new to get into and drag around the house he just smiles!!!

Spencer's sister Lanae makes Christmas PJ's for the nieces and nephews every year and here are this year's. So cute!!! The kids love them!!!

(I know I am looking so attractive in this picture!!! ;o)) Spencer's brothers Brian and Evan bought SWBy and Bailey ASU outfits and boy do we love them. Okay so SWBy wasn't as excited as Bailey was! Bailey would wear her outfit every day if I let her. She wore her cheer outfit to the movies with my mom!!!

After Bailey put her outfit on she kept saying, "Go ASU Cheerleaders, woo!"

Spencer got to go to the ASU basketball game with his family. Here they all are!!!

Twilight!!!

Spencer is probably going to be so embarrassed that I am posting about going to the midnight showing of Twilight, but oh well!!! I went with my friends Jackie and Natasha! I had such a fun time!!! Natasha loaned me the book about a month ago and after starting the first book I couldn't put the rest down. I finally finished Breaking Dawn this past Monday and I think Spencer is so relieved! The movie was quite a bit different than the book, but I still thought it was great! I am easily entertained though and possibly still 14 at heart!

Excitement from October!!!

Well, since I accidentally loaded the pictures backwards I'll start from the end our trip to the beginning. October 22-November 1 we took a trip to AZ. My mom came up to drive us to AZ and then she drove us back to UT. It was really nice to have someone else driving! I didn't realize until this trip that I'd much rather be a passenger than a driver! Plus this way I got to read "Twilight" while my mom drove. One of my friends loaned me the book and I didn't realize how much I would love it!!! I am addicted!!! Thanks to the reading of that book the hours in the car seemed to fly by and made our drive much more pleasant!!! My nieces Eliza and Anna rode back to UT with us and stayed with us for a couple of days. They were fun to have!!! Below is a picture of them playing dress up!!! What cute little girls!!!! On our way back to UT we stopped at my Aunt's house to visit with her and my grandma. It's always so nice to see them. Below is my mom, SWBy, me, and my grandma. At this point I think SWBy's patience was wearing thin!!!

The 29th we went trunk or treating with my sister-in-law and her girls. Bailey got lots of candy and SWBy was patiently amusing me by wearing this cute, cute penguin costume in weather that I thought was a little warm! He was a cute little penguin though!

Here is Sleeping Beauty!!! Bailey loves Sleeping Beauty and my mom got her this cute costume, with all the accessories, for Halloween!!! She is spoiled!!!

Here is Bailey with her cousins Anna, and Eliza. She was so excited to see them and go trick-or-treating with them!!!

This is just a random picture at my mom's house! I was getting ready and SWBy woke up from a nap so Bailey took the liberty to go entertain him until I got him out of his pack and play. When I went to get him this is what I found!!! Bailey is such a nut!!! Actually, after she did this she climbed out, turned off the light, told Spence good night and shut the door with the balls still in the pack and play. Sometimes I wonder what she is thinking!!!

While we were visiting I went to a little park with my sister-in-laws! Little SWBy is always so smiley. I think it's hard to get a bad picture of him!!!

Spencer flew down for the weekend of the 24-26th for my mom's Halloween party! She rented Sumo suits and a bouncer for the kids. Of course Spencer and I didn't use the Sumo suits until everyone had left! I didn't particularly want an audience. It was so fun though!!!

This is Jess and me, one of my very best friends!!! It was so fun to see her and my other friends!!!
I just thought this was such a cute picture of Spence and SWBy. What cute guys!!!