Growing up too fast!

Our little baby is coming up on 2 years old and it just makes my heart sink. She is growing up way too fast! Though it is fun hearing her talking, watching her play with Ella and Cooper more and more, seeing her walk around like she's 5 feet tall...she is my baby, she is my youngest, and if Heavenly Father says we're all done then I want to freeze time right now! I often think about my mom and how she must have felt having 3 girls and wanting more kids, but it never happened. Could we be done? I don't know? I hope not. But I'm grateful for my 3, and I'm trying to cherish every minute because in seconds they are going to be teenagers and hopefully they'll still let me give them "loves".

Addi loves to walk Buster

One night we had corn on the cob with dinner and Addi just grabbed one and started chomping right into it. After almost every bite she would say, "Mmm!"

Addi walked into the family room one day with this hat on her head. I don't know how she reached it, but this was the hat she wore home from the hospital after she was born. So sweet.

How can you not love these faces? I love my kids so much! They are my life and my joy!

Misery likes company

Anyone that knows me or my family knows two things about us...

We love to eat.

We love to exercise & be active.

But lately I have been loving the eating part a lot, and NOT loving the exercise part as much as I should. I tell myself it's because "the sun doesn't rise until almost 7 a.m. right now so it's hard to get up", or "I'm just getting old and lazy", or the best is "I will do it tomorrow". I don't know what my problem is, but something needs to change or I am going to start blowing up! I used to go the nearby gym and attend the 5:15 a.m. classes because that's really the only time I can go. Otherwise, I'm paying for childcare or disturbing family time. But as I mentioned 5:15 a.m. comes and goes and I'm still in bed. So I've had my membership on hold for awhile and I've been trying to motivate myself to do stuff at home...yoga, pilates, Firm videos, kickboxing videos, etc. For the most part I've been doing okay. But I need to do better.

...Atleast I have a workout buddy!

Gilbert Days Parade

beautiful weather, great seats, lots of fun...

our family always looks forward to gilbert days. we love living in gilbert and we love events that bring the community together. the parade was going to be canceled this year because of funding, but with enough donations from community members and local business they were able to keep it on the calendar. thank you to all of those who donated! thank you to everyone in the parade! it was a lot of fun and we are excited to go again next year!

the group: brittney, jessica, vanderwalker fam, jones fam

az hoops had a car pulling a a portable basketball hoop.

one of the kids threw tyler the basketball and told him to "shoot!"

he is the next jordan...you looked awesome babe!

No More Training Wheels!

Ella learned how to ride her bike without training wheels Halloween Day! We are so proud of her! It makes me sad how fast she is growing up, but it is so exciting to see her continue to learn new things and grow! When she showed me the first time that she could do it, her face was so proud. She couldn't stop smiling and said, "Mom, did you see me? Did you see me?" "Yes, I saw you!!!" (trying to hold back a tear) She's growing up, and this is not the last of MANY exciting times.

make sure and turn the music off before you watch...