missoula

very last minute we decided to go visit dusty and annie in montana for memorial weekend!  it was a fun, quick weekend.  they live in probably the dreamiest place ever.  it's gorgeous there.

literally the minute we got there riggins started acting weird and grumpy and we couldn't figure out what his deal was.  i finally figured out the poor boy had a super high fever.  i panicked thinking he was sick again and was so nervous i had just brought some nasty bug to all the cousins.  turns out riggs is just cutting a crazy sized molar! poor kid is so fever prone and anytime anything is kind of off with his body he gets a fever.  makes me so sad overtime.  luckily i got some tylenol in him and he was good as new.  

riggie skipped church while everyone else went.  

we hadn't gotten any tylenol yet but luckily dad returned with some after church.

sunday after church we went for a walk down to the cutest creek.  the woods is literally their backyard.  the kids were in heaven.

 rhett took a turn swinging all the kids.  this is not a rope, it's an actual tree branch!

dusty and zoe 

 cousin huddle

i'm not even sure what they are looking at or talking about but this was so cute.

 and then rhett scared them to death. 

 my little tazer belongs in the woods.  

 rhett had all the kids on there except for baby zoe, hollis is just behind rhett.   pretty sure they all had some sort of whiplash by the end of that ride. 

we made some pretty great memories this last weekend.  i'm so happy we went.

bry graduates...kindergarten

today was brylee's last day of school and also the day of her kindergarten graduation!

i cannot even tell you how excited i am for summer!! but just thinking about this girl starting 1st grade next year puts a great big pit in my stomach. i've complained all year about brylee being in afternoon kindergarten, but to be honest i have completely loved having her home in the mornings.  i am just going to soak up every second i can with my 3 littles this summer before i have to hand them off to their teachers next fall.

i snapped a few pictures of bry this morning before she hopped on the bus.  i got quite a few humorous poses from this girl, i'm only posting a handful.

this is the face she gave me when i asked her how she felt about it being her last day of kindergarten. 

 i had to snap a picture of bry and one of her best friends hopping on the bus together one last time.  only the kindergarten bus comes to your house.  tacey's bus stop is clear at the front of the subdivision.  i have LOVED having the bus stop right in front of our house.  

 this is bry and her awesome teacher mrs lupton.  she really has been an amazing teacher.  i feel like she has really brought out the best in brylee and really helped bry grow.

 bry with a picture of her and some of her friends that were in her class.  

normally we have to wait until fall to see what teacher the kids get.  but they handed out a paper saying who their next years teachers were going to be.  i am super excited because brylee got the teachers that i have heard everyone rave about.  sad news is that she isn't in the same class with any of her friends.  hopefully she makes some great new friends next year and is able to stay in touch with all these cute girls too.

 all the pictures of the three of us turned out super blurry.  oh well. 

i am so grateful with how brylee's kindergarten year turned out.  it was way less stressful than my last experience i had with tacey when she was in kindergarten.  i really think a teacher can make or break a year for a child.  brylee is reading and excelling in spanish.  i know she had to work harder than some kids but she puts forth the effort and then makes herself succeed.  my heart melted when i read brylee's report card and her teacher said, "brylee, if you continue to work as hard as you did in kindergarten you'll be able to accomplish great things in your life."  hopefully as a mom i can help brylee to continue to do that throughout her life.  i am so proud of her! 

now....

BRING ON SUMMER!!!

life of a 2 year old

i forgot how much fun having a two year old was.  don't get wrong, we are definitely dealing with tantrums and all that.  but wow, it is seriously so much fun watching this little one grow into himself. i really want to just soak every moment in with him at this age.  i feel like i was too stressed out with being pregnant when tacey was this age and then when brylee was this age i was super stressed with having two crazy girls running around.  it's a hard lesson to learn....time flies by way too fast!! 

i just got a new computer and don't have many pictures downloaded on this one.  but i still wanted to document a normal day with my boy.  

sippy and a stool

he hauls that stool around or pushes a chair around the house so he can climb up onto things.

i went in to check on him during his nap the other day and he fell asleep with his hands behind his head and his feet propped up.  it was adorable.

hard at work coloring. 

i found him in the kitchen sink with the faucet running all over him.  (he used the chair to get up on the counter!) he's a little turkey.  

 every morning i sit and watch him eat.  sounds weird, but he is seriously the cutest eater ever!! also, that red mark on his head for once isn't a bruise! that's lipstick from mama kissing him.

basically this boy is living the good life.  just hand him his sippy and blanky and he is a happy boy!

i am so happy i get to spend my days at home with my littles.  they make my world go round, that's for sure.

birthday season

 from april 15 to may 12 we have 3 birthdays and mothers day! it's crazy and fun every year.

rhett's birthday starts us off.

 33 this year!

 papa warren was in town and able to celebrate with us.

 sad/cute/frustrating  

riggs threw a fit because he couldn't have birthday cake until he had a couple bites of dinner.

that weekend i took rhett out on a date for his birthday. 

 opeing presents!

 tacey's birthday was next! she's 9 this year!! NINE!  

she was able to invite her best friend and was able to choose somewhere to eat and an activity. she chose mcdonalds and ijump.

opening presents on birthday morning!

then we were off to their only dance competition of the year. funny it ended up on her birthday but luckily tacey didn't mind at all.

my mom drove up from salt lake and my dad and jaxyn came from burley that day.

 next up was my birthday and mothers day.

rhett surprised me a few days before my birthday with a little party! it was the best surprise ever. and now that i think about it, i'm pretty sure that is my first surprise party i've ever had! we went to one of my favorite places to eat and a few of my most favorite friends showed up.  it was such a fun, fun night!

and i'm glad it was such an awesome night because DANG, it has been a HARD week!!

after getting home from dinner and taking the babysitter home we realized poor riggies had thrown up in his crib. we were hoping it was a fluke thing but the next morning (mothers day) brylee started throwing up too. i seriously hate dealing with puke.  it stresses me out.  i guess i should just be grateful rhett was home to help!!

 my birthday rolled around thursday. rhett and the girls woke me up breakfast in bed!

tacey had a super fun day planned out for us.

and then the poor girl got the dang stomach bug. 

tacey actually wasn't sick for too long. by the end of the day she was feeling a million times better. rhett brought me home some tacos from my favorite mexican place and an amazing cake.  not to mention the weather was perfect and we played outside for a bit.

i keep joking that i want a mothers day/birthday do over! although i'm actually super grateful i get to be the mom to these precious kiddos. but no more puke...k!