Pictures

Hank's 6 month, Jack's 2 year, and a new family picture. Click to enlarge page, and stay tuned for a face lift on our blog, I know you can't wait...

Events

The other day we had a monsoon rain storm. In about five seconds we had huge puddles everywhere. Jack was playing with his pa and here is what happened.
First Jack walked in the puddles, Pa told him to stomp. He thought this was cool. Then he got his clothes all wet so of course Pa took off his clothes.
Then he was laying in the puddle with his diaper.

Then his diaper got wet so off it came and there was a naked puddle jumper.

Our ward primary had a drive in movie where they brought car boxes and had popcorn, cotton candy, and drinks. Jack got to ride with his favorite little primary girl Addie. He has a way with cute girls already...

love this little face.

6 month and 2 year doctor visit

Jack and Hank both had a doctor appointment last week and I thought I would be fine taking them both by myself. Luckily Chelsie volunteered to help me out because I couldn't have done it alone. They were both really good for the doctor. Jack has been sick with a cold and had a fever for three nights so when he woke up the morning of his appointment he knew he was going to the doctor and said "I sick- doctor- feel better." He let the doctor look in his ears, throat, eyes, etc. and said that he felt better when we left. The rest of the day he told everyone "doctor feel better." Hank is just growing like a little weed, I mean BIG weed. He is an eater, I mean a nurser. He hates baby food- I have tried every kind and he acts like he is gagging and spits it all back out. Hopefully he will get the hang of it soon because I am not going to nurse him until he is 10. Here are their stats from their doctor visit.

Jack- 2 years old
29 pounds- 65%tile
35 inches- 75%tile

Hank- 6 months old
17 pounds 4.5 ounces- 50%tile
26 inches- 30%tile

I didn't get any picture of the boys seeing the doctor this time because we were too crazy trying to do two appointments at once, but here is a picture of Chelsie playing with the boys in the treehouse before the doctor. Jack just wanted Chelsie to sit by him on the little couch. Sometimes I wonder if Jack wishes Chelsie was his mom, when she is around he only wants her...

Easter Part 2

We went to Grandpa Rod's house Easter Sunday morning for breakfast and Jack got to see his cousins Kai'le and Brodee. Staci and Timmi stuffed a billion eggs with candy and Jack loved picking them up and putting them in his easter bag.

Wicked Weekend

We had a "Wicked" weekend for Chelsie's birthday. I am a little slow to post but Chelsie celebrated her 29th birthday on April 20th- you old lady. We went to Bountiful to stay at their house to have a little "wicked" fun. OK enough with the puns. We had many excursions planned of course by our tour guide Nate who always has plans and keeps us booked with fun. Which is really good because my family has a hard time making and deciding decisions. So here is a recap of our fun!
Saturday morning Cort, Nate, and Joe (Nate's Dad) were in the Salt Lake City bike marathon. We won't mention who won the race so we don't embarrass the two youngest that lost. We also won't mention who LOST the race because that would make Cort embarrassed even though his back tire would barely spin by itself and his bike was all messed up. ANYWAY, they had a lot of fun riding the whole 26 miles of SLC and even got a FREE T-shirt!

We then ventured to Antelope island where we went on a fun bike ride along the Great Salt Lake and did a little rock climbing.




The reason this was such a "wicked" weekend is because we got to go to WICKED! This was my second time to see it and it was even better than the first. Such a good play! We got some sitters and went to dinner where Shannon and Kyle told us the great news. None of the seats were together because we were just lucky enough to get 8 tickets so we put the tickets in a hat and drew out where we were sitting for the show, and then met at intermission to draw a new seat.
Chelsie made us these SWEET Wicked shirts and the boys drank some green Elixir before the show to get us in the mood.

Sunday we went to Temple Square to take a tour of the conference center. The boys loved the roof the best to play in the water fountains and look at the temple.


We're glad Chelsie had a birthday and that we could all benefit from the fun of her turning 29! Happy Birthday CHUCK!

Easter Part 1- Saturday

For Easter part 1- Saturday we went to the city easter egg hunt. The boys were so excited but hated waiting for the fire truck to tell them to go.
Planning the attack.


Jack and Mom gathering eggs.
Cort and Hank on the side lines.
Before the hunt started the siren went off which caused Jack to stop dead in his tracks and talk about the "wooo, woooo, fire" he was totally not interested in the eggs anymore because he wanted to see the fire truck. We walked over the the truck and Kim Crockett who is in our ward told us to load up and he would take us for a ride. This made Jack's day! He loves fire trucks and makes the siren sound so cute.


Then we painted about 100 easter eggs. Jack kept plugging his nose and saying eggs stink. He was so concerned about the easter bunny coming to hide the eggs and kept saying "bunny- hide?" "no bunny" over and over, it was really funny. I finally had to tell him the easter bunny went home to go to bed to get him to stop talking about him.

American West- Baby Animal Days

We went to the American West Heritage Center for baby animal days with my family which was so fun. Here are some fun activities we did there.
Sawyer chased a goat and pulled the ribbon off it's tail. He ran so fast and did a great job!
Jack and Cort threw an arrow at this big elephant.
Jack pet all the baby animals. I'm surprised we didn't come home with a new pet actually.
Sat on the Easter bunnies lap- Jack is in the stage that people in costumes are not fun- they are scary, but he wants to keep looking at them from a distance and didn't stop talking about it.
Held a gigantic snake- gross.

Fireman cowboy

The two things Jack likes most right now are cowboys-horses, chaps, hats, etc. And anything to do with fire trucks. I didn't know that Jack was running around the parking lot and Big J's like this until people started telling me how cute he looked in his diaper, boots, and hat. What do you do though, I guess he is just a real boy.

Faces of Hank

I just can't resist this little guy and his melt your heart grins. He is growing so fast and changing every day. We love our baby Hankers!

Happy Birthday to Jack

For Jack's second birthday he wanted a tractor party. He got a Gator tractor from Granny and Pa which he loves, but is really wreckless because he can't quite steer it yet. He got a lot of toys, tractors, chaps and boots from Grandpa Rod and Staci, and some trains from Grandma and Grandpa Bradley. He pretty much got spoiled rotten! We had such a fun day and are glad that everyone could come celebrate Jack turning 2 with us.


We are lucky to have Big J's to have our parties in. This is the tractor serving table.
Jack loved all his presents- but got a little gun shy opening them with all the attention.
Blowing out the candles.
The cute tractor cake- I wish I could say I made it, but I didn't.

Friends

These are all Jack and Hanks best friends. Claire, Burk, Ace, and Mackley. We love to hang out with these guys and are so thankful to have such good friends.

Hank 5 months

Hank is already five months old- where did the time go? He is getting cuter everyday. He can roll around the ground, grabs at everything, and has found his voice and squeals a lot. He just melts your heart with he big smile and loves his momma. He still doesn't sleep very well at night- OK he wakes up about every other hour. He also doesn't take very good naps. If we could fix his sleeping habits he would be a perfect baby. He is still always happy when he is being held but hates baby food. I haven't found anything that he will eat without acting like he is going to throw up or spits out. We love this little guy but hate that he is growing up so fast.

Spring Break part 2

For the second half of our spring break vacation week we were able to go to Grandma and Grandpa Bradley's house. We love to go here because it is so relaxing and fun. We were lucky because we got to take a day to go skiing at Targhee with a bunch of new snow and they watched the kids!
We played Wii fit-which I am #1 on almost every event by the way! Here is Cort showing off his yoga skills.
Bob and Jami always have some sort of project going on that Cort gets to help them do. He is putting the roof on their outhouse shed here with Bob.
They bought a new rhino so we could take the kids when we go ATVing.

Spring Break Part 1- Arizona

Cort had to take a trailer to Arizona for Logan Coach this week so me and the boys tagged along for a little fun. It was a really long drive but both boys were troopers and we had a lot of fun. I got to stop in Aurora to see one of my best friends, Sandi, who I don't get to see enough and her cute kids. She also had a baby the next day that I missed. It was kind of a quick trip but a blast to just be with Cort and our boys. Jack was so excited everywhere we went and loved every minute of our first family vacation. Here are some highlights of our trip.
We stayed in the horse trailer one night- thanks Wal-Mart for your parking lot!
In the morning we went into Wal-Mart (which is why they let trailers stay in their parking lot) Jack just had to ride the bucking bull, with one hand.
Jack and Hank LOVED to swim in the hotel swimming pool.
The boys got a little restless in their car seats for 12 hours there and 12 hours back. This is how Jack would sleep with his blanket over his head.
We went to the Grand Canyon which was amazing. Jack was only interested in this log that he could ride like a horsey though.
Our family picture at the Grand Canyon.

I didn't realize that I have never seen the tall cactus' in Arizona before. They were everywhere and really cool looking.

We stopped at the Glen Canyon Dam over Lake Powell.