Saturday, June 30, 2012

Matthew is Four!!


Matthew turned four!!  I can't believe how old he is getting!!  This year Matthew asked to have a pirate party.  Matthew has been in love with the Disney Junior show Jake and the Neverland Pirates, so it couldn't just be any pirate party!  As is tradition, my mom made his cake which was super cute! (she always does an amazing job!)

 The goody bag's I made (I found the idea on pinterest!!)


Matthew always wants to have a swimming party, which is ideal because it is usually too hot to do anything else!  We had a day full of family, friends and fun!! 


 Lilly handled the present opening really well!!









Matthew had a wonderful birthday, he has already informed me what kind of party he wants to have next year for his "5" birthday!  A special thanks to my parents for letting us have the party at there house and making the cake, and thank you to everyone who attended the party and helped make Matthew's birthday a special event!!

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Utah!

We made a quick trip to Utah to bring my mom home after she drove up with Merrie (Merrie is moving to Utah to work and go to school!)  I made the trip up on my own with both kids in tow...apparently I'm insane! The trip really wasn't too bad, aside from a million potty breaks!  The kids watched movies and slept most of the trip!  We stayed at my aunt's house while we were there, it was fun to see everyone!!


We got to do a lot of fun things while we were there!  We went to a really neat mall in Salt lake City!  There was a huge out door fountain and at different times during the day there were water shows set to music! 


The mall also had a Disney store!!!!  Matthew and Lilly had a blast in the playing with all the toys!!


There was also this really cute castle inside the store!!

 Matthew calls my cousin Sarah "his big Sarah" 



We got to visit a lot of family while we were there and the kids got to meet a lot of new cousins!!  They had so much fun!!

 Matthew and Lilly meeting there newest cousin Samuel!


We also go to go to Cabela's!!  Which is something I've wanted to do for awhile!!  Matthew loved the aquarium, and all the animals!! 


After Cabela's we headed over to Ikea, also a first for me!!  We had fun looking around at all the neat things they had at Ikea and even had dinner there!

 Lilly enjoying the ribs at Ikea!!


They have splash pads everywhere in Utah, which is something that Matthew loves!!  So on one of our last days there we went to an outdoor mall (Which had two separate splash pads!!) so the kids could have some fun in the water!!  We met some cousins there and the kids had a great time!!


Heading home was bitter sweet!  I was really ready to get home and see Rick, but sad to leave Merrie behind! 


We got home right before Matthew's actual birthday, We celebrated his real birthday at home with a small cake and Matthew's favorite food, spaghetti!  We also did some last minute shopping for Matthew's birthday party!
  


After being away for a week the kids had to get in some pool time!