Spring Time......

So this last weekend we had a busy but really fun weekend and got to spend time with my family and Ron's family. Here are some pictures of all the fun we had and some extra tidbits. ENJOY!

For those of you that have been to the aquarium in Sandy you have probably gotten the chance to pet the sting rays. Here are the kids getting soaked trying to pet one of them.

Here are the Knutson/Jones gang again checking out some of the marine life. They had so much fun and were all so good even though it was crazy busy.

Here is one of the fish we were able to see that day. I thought this was such a cool pic I couldn't help but post it.

This is my sweet little niece Reese. She is so cute and such a good baby. She was the only one that would hold still long enough for me to get a picture that day.

Before we went to the Aquarium we had a picnic lunch with my family at a park. It was so fun to see everyone and to just hang out and enjoy the nice weather. Alyssa is part monkey I swear that girl can climb almost any tree. Once she got up there she just laid there and chilled, enjoying the view.

Here are 2 of the cutest little guys you will seriously ever see. They had lots of fun going down the slides.

Garett taking a break. He is so cute and such a rough and tumble boy.

Here is some of the local wildlife that we shared our picnic with that day. We also shared our picnic with some Geese but they weren't to friendly so we kept our distance.

Griffin is such a crack up. That boy didn't sit down the whole time we were there. I bet you he went down the slide 100 times.

Aidan wasn't feeling the park to much that day. He had missed nap time...but overall had lots of fun once he realized what was going on.

A rare picture, Avery actually looking at the camera and smiling. She had a great time mostly tagging around with Grandma and getting muddy by the pond.

After all that I talked Ron into finishing my shelves in the basment so I could get my food storage that I have purchased thus far away put away. Here are the pics of them in the process of being built and some after. I love them so much. THANK YOU RON!!!



I know there is still alot of space to fill but considering that I just started in February I feel like I am making some pretty good headway.

I am a blogging roll!!!

Kami and I decided it would be worth our time to save a little $ and take pics of our kids for their one year old pics especially since we both have purchased new cameras. Well it was no easy task. Sydnee was not in the mood at all everytime we set her down she would start crying. And Aidan was crawling away before we could even pick our cameras up. We still had a lot of fun even though we had no idea what we were really doing. I did mention to Kami that they are going to kill us when they get older for doing this to them all the time... but hey they are only little once. ENJOY!

My kids are the cutest!

So I had my camera out the other day and just thought I would mess around taking some pictures of my kids and get some of Aidan since he just turned 1. So here they are....I was feeling in a black and white mood when I did this post. And yes I only have one baby, but he hasn't learned to groan and run when I get my camera out. And besides that he is so cute. ENJOY!

Give Away Today

I heard about this great site that you can win free stuff on. They have great stuff on there. Check it out. www.giveawaytoday.blogspot.com.

ENJOY!

Random Tidbits

So I have been a blog slacker lately. February was a very busy month you know that you have been busy when you down load your camera and you have over 400 pictures. Ekk! I know....Well here are some random tidbits that we have been up to in the last little while but first I have to through out one of those "Kids say the darnedest things!" moments.



The other day I was going somewhere with Avery when she said to me "Mom, guess what my friend Brianne told me what little girls and boys are made of." The first thought that popped into my head was crap! You just never know what other kids are going to teach your kids and why, why, why can I not protect them from it all. Anyway I responded with "What did she tell you" She went on to say "Boys are made out of snakes and snails and puppy dog tails and Girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice." I breathed a sigh of relief she then said " But do you want to know what I told her?" Of course again I held my breath waiting for her answer she then replied " I told her she was wrong we are made out of DNA, duh!" She is seriously a crack up! Anyway enjoy the pics there is a lot and kind of random. Strap in it is a long one.

Alyssa has been taking mini cheer classes this year. She has really liked it and has been able to preform at some of the high school basketball games. Her season just ended, this is a picture of her after her last class where she received a medal and a certificate passing off everything for this year. We are so proud of her. GO-FIGHT-WIN!

Here is a picture of my little trouble maker standing in the dog food bowl. Such a silly baby.

Here are some pics of my girls making snow angels one day after it snowed. They were having great time playing outside until all the sudden I hear Alyssa come in and say in a some what panicked voice that Avery is bleeding. I came around the corner and she was not just bleeding she was gushing. It looked like a faucet was running that is how much she was bleeding and it was EVERYWHERE! I didn't recognize her or her coat. I was sure that something was seriously wrong...luckily it just turned out to be a really bad bloody nose. Some words of advice do not pull your beanie down and run around so you can't see....you could accidentally run into a fence post.

How great it must be to fall asleep anytime, anywhere. I was making making dinner and when I looked over Aidan was out. Poor Kid!

This is what happens when you are 8 and you get lippy with your mom! Alyssa was teasing me about something so I guess I was feeling slightly more spunky than usual and got her with a cupcake. Opps! Just for the record she loved every minute of it.

Aidan at the Birthday party we held for him and my father-in-law. Cupcakes are so yummy!


Aidan on his actual birthday riding the noisy little gift he got for his Birthday. THANKS MOM!!

I noticed that I didn't post pictures of the birthday cakes. Here they are in all their yumminess. They turned out so cute and Kami and I didn't even coordinate and they ended up looking a lot of like. I guess great minds think a like.

Happy Birthday Aidan and Sydnee!!!

I seriously cannot believe that MY BABY is 1 years old. Today is actually his birthday but we celebrated this weekend. A little piece of me is so sad to see him get bigger since he is my baby, but at the same time I think ahead to one day the possibility of sleeping past 7 a.m. and wish away this time and want him to get bigger. I am so grateful for this little guy and the spunk he has added to our family. He has become such a good baby after a rocky start and is adored by us all especially his two big sisters.

Sydnees Birthday is actually tomorrow and for those of you who don't know is my twin brother Aaron and Sister-in-law Kami's little girl. These two were born just 24 hours apart. It is kind of like having twins but with out the double exhaustion and extra stretch marks. It has been so fun to see the two of them grow and hope they become the best of friends. I know my mom was having major flashbacks at their little birthday day party.

Happy Birthday to our little prince and princess!!

Sydnee and Aidan on their little cars they got for their birthday from Grandma and Grandpa.

Don't you love the crowns? They are going to kill us later...Tee Hee!

Sydnee is such a ham when the camera is out. She was posing and smiling up a storm. I guess she was really feeling the photo session and was cracking us up by sticking out her tongue. Silly girl!

Aidan chilling on his car! He is so stinkin' cute!

Here are the royal Highness's digging in to their B-day cakes. YUM!

8 things about me

My Friend Kacee tagged me on this a while ago and things have been so crazy lately I am just barely getting around to it. Here it goes......

8 Favorie TV Shows
1. Greys Anatomy

2. American Idol

3.Dirty Jobs

4.Leverage

5. Ghost Whisperer

6. Anything involving home improvment

7. Spongebob Squarepants

8. ???

8 Things I did Yesterday
1. Went to work

2. Picked Aidan up from the babysitters

3. Picked Alyssa up from school early (she was sick)

4. Crashed at my in-laws while my hardwood floors were getting re-finished

5. Made Dinner

6. Got Aidan off of my in-laws stairs a million times!!!

7. Watched my neice

8. Painted my upstairs hallway

8 Things I look forward to
1. Spring

2. 7:00-8:00 Bedtime for the kids

3. Fly Fishing

4. Date Nights with my hubby

5. Girls Nights Out

6. Naps

7. A warm not reheated 3 times meal

8. Reading about my Camera

8 Favorite Resturants
1. Olive Garden

2. Macaroni Grill

3. Texas Roadhouse

4. Five Guys

5. Tepenyaki

6. Cafe Rio

7. Ruths Chris

8. Anything Italian

8 Things on my wish list
1. Time

2. New pair of jeans

3. A new purse

4. A spa retreat

5. For all my kids to get better

6. nap

7. to go fishing....soon!

8. to stress less

People I tag are: Kami, Stephanie, Lynne and Heather