Happy Birthday Gabby!

This week we have been celebrating Gabby's FOURTH birthday!! I have blogged about other fun things we have done this week: Kangaroo Zoo, cupcakes at school, and more. So, here's what we did yesterday to finish up our birthday week.

Yesterday we went to my parent's house to have her family birthday dinner get-together. Gabby wanted Ham and Pancakes for her family b-day dinner so we had a nice breakfast for Sunday dinner. It was fun. It was followed by opening her b-day presents and having Cake. I let Gabby pick out her cake and order it mostly by herself (with just a tiny bit of help). She wanted a Hawaii cake (because she is really ready to move and go to Hawaii). It was a really cute, fun cake. She loved everything about yesterday!

Weekly Review March 22-28

This week we celebrated Gabby's 4th birthday! What a fun week. I can't believe Gabby is 4 already...it hasn't been that long since she was a baby.

March 22 – Today while we were at my parent’s house Gabby found a hair net, and put it on. Then she enjoyed some tummy time with Arianna and helped her play with some toys.
March 23 – We went to Kangaroo Zoo with Nicola, Noelle, Adam, Maren, Wendy, and Roman to celebrate Gabby’s 4th birthday.
March 24 – Gabby got to take cupcakes to her class at school for her birthday. Her teacher even let her hand them out to each of her classmates.
March 25 – Happy Birthday Gabby! Gabby is 4-years-old! We started our morning with letting her open birthday gifts. Then, after taking Kaylee to school, we met Jess at the mall to help her find a dress for her sister’s wedding. I picked Kaylee up from school, and we went to lunch with Jess at The Old Spaghetti Factory.
March 26 – Today we didn’t do much. I didn’t get a picture today so I thought you might enjoy one from yesterday when we were at the mall with Jess.
March 27 – We went to the Mall on our way to Wendy’s new house and the Easter Bunny was there so the kids stopped to visit the bunny.
March 28 - Wendy and Spencer finally have their new house. We helped them move this weekend, and unpack boxes. Amazing what you find in some boxes.

Kangaroo Zoo...and Happy Birthday to You!

Are you ready for some shocking news? Gabby is going to be FOUR on Wednesday! How did she grow up so fast?

Today to celebrate her birthday we went to Kangaroo Zoo with Nicola, Noelle, Adam, Maren, Wendy, and Roman. It was fun, insane, crazy, and impossible to keep track of kids. The kids jumped, slid, fell, had fun, and were exhausted when we left. They had huge inflatable slides, playgrounds, and bounce houses.

After we left kangaroo zoo we went to the mall to have cupcakes, and let Gabby open her presents because the people at Kangaroo zoo wouldn't let us bring them in there. It was a fun, and absolutely crazy day. I love getting together with Wendy and Nic, and my kids absolutely love playing with their kids.

International Peace Gardens

This weekend my little sister Marla really wanted to go on a picnic. We decided to go on Saturday morning to the International Peace Gardens. It was a pretty nice day with just a little bit of wind. After lunch we wandered around the park. Even though there weren't any flowers out yet the park was beautiful, and we had fun. You can also get Wendy's version of the same events here on her blog.

Here are a few fun pictures I took from around the park:

Weekly Review March 15-21

This week was a fun, busy, adventurous week.

March 15 – We went up to Uintah for Don and Marilyn Pearson’s missionary homecoming. After going to their church we went to their house for a late lunch. The girls loved playing outside, watching trains go by, and playing with friends.

March 16 – Wendy is working at my cousin, Jared’s pediatric dentist office for a couple days…so I’m babysitting Roman. Life is always interesting when you add another child in the mix. Today Gabby and Roman had more than a little bit of fun playing in Bella’s crate.

March 17 – Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Kaylee was so excited to wear green from head to toe. It was a super nice day outside. The kids had fun playing with bubbles, and enjoying the nice weather. I couldn't decide which picture for this day. Any opinions are welcome.

March 18 – The bubbles were still out so the kids decided to play with them inside. Gabby was trying to catch them on her tongue, and Roman was trying to vacuum them with the toy vacuum.

March 19 – After babysitting for a couple days Gabby needed a nap…and aren’t naps always better in a laundry basket? She wasn’t really asleep, but after the kids got home from school we had a pretty laid back day, and cleaned the house.

March 20 – Wendy FINALLY got the keys to her new house in Draper. No one has been living there for 9 months so it was covered in dirt, and dust. After we picked Kaylee up from school we went to help Wendy clean her house to get ready to move in.

March 21 – Marla wanted to go on a picnic. Kaylee and Gabby always think a picnic is a wonderful idea. We went to the International Peace Gardens and had a picnic and walked around and enjoyed the park. After we left the peace gardens we headed up to Layton for a Forbes’ family get together but I forget to get my camera out to take any pictures.

Crazy Day! and even crazier kids!

For the next couple of days Wendy is working at her old office...so, I'm babysitting (a.k.a. running a zoo!) We started out dropping Kaylee off at school (Roman cried when Kaylee got out at the drop-off area and we just drove off without her), then we went to Old-Navy. I had the hardest time getting Gabby and Roman away from a bench with the little old navy dog on it.
After picking Kaylee up at school, having lunch, and an attempt at giving Roman a nap, we went outside to play...Kaylee tried riding her bike and ended up in a huff (and a time-out).
Then things got really interesting. Wendy got to my house after she was done working and I put Kaylee to work on her homework...and Gabby and Roman found an interesting way of keeping themselves entertained (or contained). According to Wendy's Blog I'm running an animal shelter...but to me it seems more like I'm in the funny farm. First things started out with just Roman, and it just kept attracting people (and dogs)...oh, wait, just one other person and one dog.
Since I'm a loner here with the girls, and Wendy's homeless (still waiting on her house in Draper) she has decided to stay with me for a few days while she works at her old office and I babysit Roman. After sharing a dog crate with 2 kids and a dog the kids figured that meant they could all sleep in the pack n' play together too. They thought there was plenty of room for the 3 of them. In the end they all ended up in seperate beds...but after I put them to bed, and before Kaylee went to sleep she wanted to make sure that I remember that tomorrow is St. Patrick's day, and she gets to wear ALL green...She wanted it to be a whole discussion, but it ended at "Go to sleep, or there will be no St. Patrick's day for you."