SERIOUSLY! Callie!

I know I just blogged about this but I can't believe this girl! I don't know what I'm going to do with her! 

Little Climber

This week Callie has started climbing a lot. I was outside taking pictures of the kids and captured this with the camera:

 I remember thinking "Oh. cute she's going to try to get on the trampoline with the big kids."... "Oh how cute. She got on the first step... wait... she's on the second step..." Oh boy.

 Crazy girl! I was so shocked at the sight of her hoisting herself on the tramp I didn't get a shot of that. Why can't kids just stay put in one spot? I think she is going to be adventurous like her big brother Mason. She sure was proud of herself too!

Later that morning I caught her hanging onto the 3rd bar of the monkey bar ladder! Wish I could have gotten a picture of that, she looked like a little gymnast. Oh and she climbs up to the top of the play house by herself and goes down the slide! I have my work cut out for me with this little tom girl!

 CHEESE!

Valentines Week!!!

I feel like last week was "Valentines WEEK!" Usually for Valentines Day Ron and I will go out and do something just the two of us no big deal. This year is the first year we made a big deal out of it with the kids. I went to Mason's preschool and helped with his Valentine's party and of course Mason did the whole giving away valentintes to his friends.

My mom gave Callie adorable Valentines PJ's and Joyce gave Callie this adorable teddy bear (thank you for no chocolate!). I even bought and made some Valentine decorations for the home! Which is a big deal because I usually only decorate for Christmas.

Valentine's Day I made whole wheat heart shaped pancakes! Mason LOVES to help me in the kitchen, and I just had to snap a photo of him. He went out in the garage and got Ron's ear protection he uses for shooting to cover his ears! This kid cracks me up!

All week long (and for a couple weeks now) I have been preping for a huge Stake Sweethearts Dance that was held on Saturday February 18th. Ron is one of the High Councilors in charge of Stake activities (I laugh every time I explain that to people! Ron is very anti-activities!) and since our stake is newly organized, we don't have an activities committee yet. Translation: Ron is in charge so really I'M the one planning it! :) Thank goodness for good friends and my sister who chipped in! I stressed over it all week and I wish I got more pictures of the finished decorated project but oh-well! We had about 250 people show up and considering low-budget and lack of time I think it turned out pretty nice.

We had a "Photobooth" set up for couples to dress up and get their picture taken! (I even borrowed a Photo printer so we could give the couples their pictures right away).

My Mom and Dad even crashed the party! My mom used to be in this stake so she had EVERY right to be there!

We planned a short program with the Stake Presidency and their wives participating in the "Not-so Newlywed Game!" This was very fun and made me laugh the whole time.

And of course there was dancing! Ron even danced with me 2 times, (as previously promised! Yes, he told me ahead of time I get 2 songs and that it!) I'm grateful for what I can get! Especially considering I didn't even get to see Ron for the first 2 hours of the evening. He was helping maintain the refreshments and I was at the photobooth! My sister Maddy just moved into the Stake a few months ago, so naturally I solicited her talents and she helped me out A TON!

We also had a lot of fun line dancing together!

 HEY MACARENA!

IT'S ELECTIRC!

Boogie woogie, woogie!!

Overall I think people enjoyed themselves and the evening was a success!

Enchanted Island

Last weekend we went as a family to Enchanted Island. It's a little amusement park in downtown Phoenix. I bought a family pass through Groupon that was pretty cheap. To be honest I was dreading going a little, it looked really ghetto and I had really low expectations. Surprisingly, it was a really fun, and I'm glad we went!

I had the MOST fun on the tea cups! A little too much fun. I don't think I have ever laughed so hard in my life! I wish we could have gotten good pictures of Mason and Noah on this ride. Their facial expressions were hilarious! They loved it but looked like they might lose their lunch! We were spinning pretty fast!

Callie's first carousel ride. Our next door neighbor Kenzie is holding her. Kenzie is so good with Callie! Love her!

 Mason's favorite ride was the parachutes! He loved them!

I love how different my boys are. Mason is my little dare devil always willing to try new adventures and super out going. He is such a little energizer bunny. 

Noah is my sweetheart and more reserved child, he's my "thinker". I don't think I need to worry about peer pressure with him. He will NEVER do anything he isn't comfortable doing. He got off of this dragon ride and said "I don't ever want to do that again". Haha

Colter's Birthday Party!

Colter had his 5th Birthday Party at Golf Land this year! My boys were sooooooooo excited! Everyday last week they asked "Is it time to go to Colter's Birthday party yet?" Finally the day came! When we pulled up to the "castle" Mason announced "MOM! We forgot my swimsuit!" Haha! Yeah a little too cold for that!
They were so excited! I'm such a kid at heart, and I was really excited to go myself. Mostly to take pictures and watch my children experience something fun. Plus, who wouldn't enjoy pizza, cupcakes, video games and golfing?! They had so much fun and were surprizingly very well behaved! Thank you Lindsey for throwing such a memorable night for my boys!

11 kiddos 5yrs. old and under! YEP crazy! But thankfully we didn't lose any kids (for very long anyway!)

Noah even had a little victory dance everytime he got the ball in the hole!

 Mason was a little pro. I'm not joking! I was surprised at how he handled the golf club. I honestly think he would beat me at golf. (That's not saying much but still he is only 5 and this was his first experience mini-golfing.)

Brotherly love! Such a cool thing!

Baby Henry has arrived!

Mike and Deanna had their baby boy!

 Monday, February 6th

7 lbs. 12oz
20 inches long (Pretty big baby for my tiny little sister-in-law)

He is sooooo adorable!



Date Night

Ron and I got to go out 2 nights in a row this week (I know that doesn't seem like a big thing but it is!) I really enjoy my children but it was fun to have some time out alone with Ron. Saturday we got to go out to eat at one of my favorite places, Texas Roadhouse! We went with our really good friends Jeff and Lindsey. We have been friends with them forever (Ron and Jeff were high school buddies), but we usually just hang out as families, to BBQ and watch the kids play. So it was nice to enjoy an evening out with them.

Then we got to go to a SUNS basketball game. Which of course was a LOT of fun! Last time I went to a SUNS game was when Ron and I were dating (11 years ago!) It was very entertaining and kept my attention the whole game, I forgot how much fun they are! During the game I thought a lot about Ron's Grandma Mickey Huber (Her name is Mildred but everyone calls her Mickey). She passed away this week and I remember always being impressed with her interest in sports, especially when it came to SUNS games. Her and Grandpa Ken used to sit in their recliners, hold hands and watch sports on their big screen TV. They must have watched just about every game the SUNS played. We are going to miss her but I am happy for her to be reunited with Grandpa.

Grandma Mickey and Callie

Watch out!

Callie started walking this week! (February 1st she took a couple steps). She is still a long ways from running all over but watch out corners and walls, I'm sure Callie will be running into you soon enough! Her poor forehead is bound to get some goose-egg bruises.