Gibson's Baseball - Spring 2012

Gibson's really coming into his own in baseball this year. They let him play in the Minors, even though he is still supposed to play for the Pee Wees. So he's the youngest on his team, but keeps up with them. He is one of his team's pitchers this year, too. The first night he pitched he got MVP! I was so excited to get to see him pitch tonight! What an awesome kid!

Caleb watching the parade at Disneyland!

Well, I just finished editing our Disneyland trip pictures and I got the hundreds of pictures down to 137. So now to find the time to post them on the blog....

In the meantime, here is a cute video of Caleb at Disneyland. One night we just happened upon the parade as we were leaving a ride and Caleb freaked out - he absolutely LOVED it! So we actually made the effort this trip to watch the entire parade. This video shows Caleb pointing at everything and talking. He got so excited and animated!

Gage putting on shoes in Disneyland

I haven't had a chance to go through our Disneyland pictures yet, but here's a video from our trip. It's a super cute video of Gage trying to put on his own shoes!!! What a smart boy!

Gibson's Choir Performance!

Gibson joined the school choir this year. Brady and I were able to attend their first performance today! It was fun to watch - he's so enthusiastic!

Caleb and Gage Going down the Slide!

Backyard Fun!

We have just LOVED the weather this past week. After being cooped up in the house all winter, we finally got to go play outside. The boys wanted to be outside in the backyard every waking minute. They know when I put on their shoes that they get to go outside. So they stand by the back door and yell "shoes, shoes"!!! So cute!

Here they are sharing the lawnmower!

Now it's Gage's turn.
And now Caleb's turn!
Having a picnic!
I didn't get picture of them on the swingset, but they quickly learned how to climb up the ladder to the playhouse. It was so scary! It's a steep ladder! The first time Gage went up, Caleb followed right behind. I was trying to help Caleb up and couldn't watch Gage, and Gage just went down the slide, on his knees, all by himself! Ahh! But they quickly mastered the slide and love to go down face first on their stomachs! They also love to "jump" on the trampoline and play basketball and soccer. And eat dirt and rocks and sticks! Funny boys - just like their mom, they are happiest when they are outside in the sunshine!

Kite Flying at the Farm

So the week before we went to Wheeler Farm to sled and this week we went to enjoy the nice weather and fly a kite! Spring in Utah!

Gage LOVES to play with balls! He's trying to figure out what to do with all this space and this coveted soccer ball!

Ah - he decides to kick it around!!

The boys are just loving being outside and having all this space to run around in!

It was hard to get this picture - but it's Gibson flying a kite. And even though I tried, you still can't see the kite in the picture.

Gage helping dad fly the kite!

Caleb helping dad fly the kite!

I love going to the farm in early spring - there are so many cute baby animals! We saw a baby cow, baby sheep and these baby goats! So super soft and cute!!!

Now we just can't wait to go to the Farmer's Market! Mmmm. Scones!

Snowshoeing - March 2012

With the last big snowstorm, we knew it would be a great time (and probably the last time this season) to go snowshoeing. So we headed up to the Nordic Center at Solitude and went snowshoeing around Silver Lake.

My camera shutter didn't open all the way, but at least I got the boys in the shot! Here they are in their backpacks all ready to go! They get so excited when they see the backpacks!

Caleb got to ride on daddy's back! It was an absolute, beautiful, gorgeous day. You could not ask for a better day. Fresh snow, sun - AWESOME! It was so warm that Brady didn't wear a coat. I was wishing that I didn't have my snow pants on! None of us wore gloves.

Yes, there is a lake under all that snow! Gibson knew we were at Silver Lake, but he had to ask us where the lake was!

Awesome Gibson!

Caleb and Gage loved the icicles that were hanging from tree branches. They always had to have one in their hands and loved sucking on them!

Gage and mom!

After our hike, we let the boys just play in the snow for awhile. They had a ball! It's fun to watch them "waddle" around in their snowsuits!

We couldn't figure out what Caleb was doing - it was some version of down-dog in the snow!

Sledding in March

We got one of the biggest snowstorms of the season the first week of March. So we headed to the farm to get in one last round of sledding. Unfortunately, the snow was super wet and we could barely get down the hill.

Brady pushing Gibson and Gage down the hill!

Gibson and Gage at the bottom of the hill.

Poor Caleb, his sled wouldn't even go down at all. We knew it would be our last time that we would need the baby sleds and the buckle broke, so we just threw it away!

So we put the other 2 sleds in the car, got the stroller and fed the ducks and geese instead!

Snowshoeing - February 2012

We finally got some snow (it's been such a DRY winter) and got to try out our new showshoeing equipment!

Caleb is ready to go!

Here's Gage - somewhere! It was snowing and cold, so we covered up his face as much as we could!

It was absolutely beautiful! We went to White Pines up Little Cottonwood Canyon.

Here's Gibson!

Daddy and Caleb!

Gibson - getting buried in the snow by Uncle Kirk!

Meili, Caleb, Brady & Kirk!

Caleb, Brady, Christen & Gage!

We had a great time. It was amazing - I actually got outside in the winter and enjoyed it! We couldn't wait to go again.

Being Stuck in the House all Winter Pictures

There's not a lot of exciting things to do or take pictures of in the winter. So here's what we did during the boring months of January and February:

I love taking pictures of Caleb in Gage when they are wearing old clothes of Gibson's! It's so cute. Totally reminds me of my baby Gibson.

Yes, I am very sentimental about clothes. Something Brady does not understand.
I needed some new workout clothes, so the boys and I went shopping one day. I could not try on the clothes (the logistics of having them at the store with me and trying to get into the dressing room is not worth it!). So when we got home, I tried on my new tops to see how they fit. Well, Caleb and Gage thought that they needed to try them on, too. So here they are in mom's new workout clothes!
Caleb sitting on the couch with his new ball and his monkey! He LOVES monkeys!!

Here's pictures of the boys in their hats! Wearing these hats was something new and fun and kept them entertained for a few weeks!

We did get out a few times to see Gibson's basketball games!
Here's Gibson's awesome Valentine's Day box!
One day, silly Lily Lou decided she needed to curl up in my desk. So she had to make a nest. She moved EVERYTHING out of the way - notebooks, boxes of pens, papers, etc. What a mess! She never does things like this, so it was quite funny! Love you, Lily!!

Naughty / Smart Gage!

We have a "cage" (baby gate) around the end table in our living room. It's where we keep all of our DVDs, our phones/iPods/iPads, Bose stereo, chargers, etc. We needed one place where we could keep this stuff without the boys getting into it. Well, one morning last week, I came into the living room to find Gage IN the cage. So after some spying, I discovered how he was doing it! Smart little shit!

St. George - May 2011

For some reason, I forgot to go through my St. George pictures from our trip last year! So here they are finally!

It was fun to look at these almost a year later... they boys have grown up so much since then!

Gage is already to go... packed up in mom's suitcase!

Hanging around the pool! My parents went down, also - and we had a blast together!

They surprised us by bringing Carter down with them! Gibson was so super excited! He and Carter had a blast together!

Our traditional family dinner at Pizza Factory! Here's Caleb!

Here's Gage!

And here's the whole crew! Gene joined us for dinner, too!

We celebrated my 37th birthday!

After dinner, we enjoyed the evening outside in Ancestor Square. It was nice because Gage was crawling, but he didn't go far and Caleb wasn't crawling yet (he crawled for the first time on this trip!). So it was easy to set them down and not worry too much about them going anywhere!

Carter and Gibson looking cool.

Grandpa and Caleb!

Daddy and Gage!

Mommy and Gage!

Grandma and and Grandpa with the boys!

We went shopping at the outlets for a bit. Gibson and Carter looked too cool trying on sunglasses!

Caleb and Gage eating pickles! They LOVED them!

Gibson and Brady played a little tennis one night (with these ancient raquets we found in our condo).

Having fun at the Fiesta Family Fun Center!

Gibson in the batting cages!

Hanging out in our condo..... Gage playing with the TV buttons and climbing on the luggage!

Caleb reading a story with grandma (I think this is the last picture I have of him with his binky. He voluntarily gave it up not long after this trip).

Caleb just crawling for the first time! So proud of himself!

Having fun in the tub!

Sweet Gage - sound asleep!

What a fun trip! Glad we are going back in a few months!