Willy Wonka Factory!

Alexis and Landon had a Willy Wonka birthday party this year!!

They delivered chocolate bars with golden tickets inside for their

invitations to Mr. Wonkas Factory! 

When we arrived we all lined up on the red carpet leading

up to the factory... then Mr. Wonkas music began to 

play and out he came!! 

The kids (minus Peyton) were SO excited!

Peyton was TERRIFIED of Uncle Sean! :)

The first "stop" of the tour was the bubble room!

Everyone was given cold drinks of soda and there was a

bubble machine going.

 Next up, was popping Violet with darts! :)

Then all the kids were given an 

everlasting gobstopper! 

and were able to pick out some of Mr. Wonkas

more "expensive" candy! ;) 

 Next was Mr. Wonkas chickens!

They were laying gold eggs...

the kids were able to find good eggs

filled with money!!

Bad eggs were filled with rocks, and thrown out!

Then it was the part of the tour that everyone was

waiting for... 

 Real life CANDYLAND!! 

 The kids (and Ryan) filled their bags with all

sorts of candy! WAY TOO MUCH candy! 

 Peyton had more fun just eating the candy right

then and there! 

We then left the factory and headed over to Alexis and Landons

house for pizza and bounce houses!

It was such a fun party!

Spring Break!

This year for Spring Break we had a stay-cation...

We started off the week meeting cousins and Peter Piper Pizza.

Mesquite Aquatic Center heated their pool so we took 

advantage of that when it got 80+ degrees. 

Peyton was NOT a fan of the water... she was happy 

just sitting on her towel eating snacks.

 Blake taking a rest and eating his lunch...

 I could not keep Kenzie out of the water!

She LOVED every minute of it! :)

 Ryan took the older two kids to see OZ one afternoon and 

then we finished our Spring Break with haircuts at Karens. :)

 I'm sad I didnt get a before or during picture of 

Peytons first (much needed) haircut but here is an

after picture! :)

 Sunday morning (ST.Patricks Day)

the kids woke up to some treats that the Leprechaun had

left! :)

Blakes basketball season

Blake just finished his second season of basketball and really 

enjoyed it! His team name was The Shooters and his coach was 

Coach Amy. The shooters had a great season!

 Top row: Joe, Gannon, Trevor, Blake, Danny, Coach Amy

Bottom Row: Justin, Easton, Bret, Ryker, and Dane

Here is Blake at one of the last games getting ready for

a jump ball!

End of the season medals...

 Shooters!

 1...2...3... SHOOTERS!!

 Blake and his two friends from school, 

Bret and Trevor! :)

SUPER BOWL!

Ryan and Blake were SO excited when the 49ers made it to the Super Bowl, 

so we decided to have a super bowl party!

The night before we started decorating and making goodies for

our party!

Jeremy and Ryan are big niner fans and even made a rode trip to

San Francisco a few years ago to watch them play!

I had to get a picture of these two in their 49er apparel! ;)

 Blake and Kenyon were on the same 49er football team so they

both wore their matching jerseys.

 Maya sporting her niner "tattoo" 

 Even though the game had a lot of ups and downs 

(mostly downs) we had so much fun cheering on the niners! :)

Maybe next year?? ;)

TWO!?!

I really have NO idea how this can be but, 

this little P-bug has turned TWO?!

The older kids were SO excited for this day to come. 

Every morning they would wake up and tell 

Peyton how many more days she had til her bday! 

We decided to do our usual "low key" party and take our

kids to Peter Piper Pizza!

Granna and Papa met us there too! 

I'm not sure how I didn't get any pictures of them??

Peyton was excited to see new "church toys!"

I was too! ;)

Also, a new cute outfit for church!

Peyton spent all of her tokens in the teacup, merry go round,

and the car! ;)

Blake and Kenzie were so busy the whole night trying to 

earn tickets so I didn't get too many pictures of them.

Until Kenzie came over to show us how many tickets

she had won!!

She ran around with her tail of tickets following!!

All three!

Peyton at age TWO:

She LOVES Blake and Kenzie like CRAZY!

(the feeling is mutual)

Favorite time of day is 3:50pm when it is time to walk to the

bus stop to get the kids!!

LOVES Minnie Mouse 

She always has a baby in her arms and is usually

wearing Kenzie's shoes while pushing a baby stroller! 

LOVES when Blake and Kenzie make her a fort and turn Mickey Mouse

clubhouse on the ipad for her.

Still loves her pacifier WAY TOO MUCH! :/

She has a cute sense of humor and loves to tease! 

Happy Birthday Pety-Bug!

We love your sweet and sassy personally!

(but more of the sweet ;)

Christmas Morning!

SANTA CAME!!

The kids all woke up at about 7:30 which was great since Santa and

his helper were up LATE getting ready!! ;)

They were all so excited and dove right into opening all their

presents! 

They loved showing each other after each present they had opened! 

Peyton and Kenize both loved each others presents, so they have had

fun sharing all the girl presents! :)

At one point while opening presents Kenzie said to Blake, 

"Well I don't see a trampoline, maybe Santa couldn't bring one this year."

Blake then said, "maybe her already set it up for us!"

Kenzie was SO excited to look out the window to see a new TRAMPOLINE!

She was also surprised to see that dads "lawn mower house" was actually

a playhouse for them!! Santa and put some of their new 

Christmas presents in their house! :)

Later that morning Blake and Ryan continued their Christmas tradition of

putting together new legos!

Kenzie set up a little restaurant for Blake and Peyton to come to! 

Playing with all their new toys!

Grandma Jeanne taught them how to play their new game

"Fibber!"

Obviously I have two major fibbers! ;)

We had such a nice Christmas Day!

We were able to have Christmas dinner at my parents house and

then enjoyed coming back home to play with toys!

So much FUN! :)