ONE WILD AND CRAZY MARCH

We started off the month by traveling to Arizona with the softball team.

You may ask why this child is coloring when there is a warm and inviting swimming pool right next to him. Ammon decided he didn't like water...nice timing boy. I enjoyed the pool while he worked on staying in the lines.

Ammon and I enjoying the warm weather and some softball.

While we were in Arizona I got to celebrate my birthday by going to Jeff's favorite place...I'm not bitter at all!

Jeff helping out the team during warm-ups.


Next stop...Washington.

We traveled to Cheney to watch the Women's Big Sky Basketball Tourny.

Talk about a super nice hotel! Equipped with fancy cribs and a shower that was top notch.

Ammon decided he likes swimming now...and now we can't get him out of the pool. The babies both enjoyed it too.

Kell's and Jeff having a blast together.

We had to turn off all the lights and quietly sit by the door so the babies would go to sleep. Well, here is a good way to keep us quiet. Might I add we are currently competing against each other in a 12 week exercise challenge...shows how motivated and dedicated we are.



Let's not forget about St. Patrick's Day.

Yummy!

And...I headed off to New York!

I went with Kristy, Tanner and Jean to see Becky, Brandon & Caden.

Of course we had to go see Dr. Oz (He's my favorite)!

One awesome show! LOVED IT!

Out for a stroll at night over the Brooklyn Bridge. It was so beautiful!


Back Home...

I started off standing and ended up rolling and sliding down the hill. It wasn't pretty by any means.

Kristy working on her tan.

The boys deep in conversation.

I think that caps off the month of March.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Burklee & Kellan are already ONE!

Talk about the fastest year of my life...wow!

Ready to blow out the candles.

Trying out their new swing. Kellan wasn't so sure about it.

Aunt Kristy feeding Kellan his cake in the living room.
One year old + chocolate cake = huge mess on the carpet!
Next year we are having their party at Kristy's house :)


Hers Pretty!
She loves to eat just like her mom.

RECENT PICS

Hers soooo cute!

skinny jams

Lil cousins

She literally bounced like a crazy baby until she zonked out!

Poor Burks...good thing she has a girl cousin on the way.

SOOOO DANG CUTE!
(Thanks Adella)

Baby Kell's first haircut! Jeff and Ammon didn't want him to feel bad for losing all his hair so they offered to get butched too!

He got a transformer shaving kit for Christmas and I am pretty sure he has shaved everyday since.

HOW MUCH FUN.....

can you cram into three days? Well, I think we managed to fill every moment with something exciting. In early December we took off for sunny (I mean rainy) California for several reasons: See old friends, ISU @ USC (men's basketball), Natural History Museum and Disneyland! We landed around noon and went straight to the Natural History Museum because Ammon is so captivated by Dinosaurs. Right when we walked in Ammon noticed the very massive T-Rex. It was so much fun to see him take it all in. After we spent several hours there we headed to Todd and Megan's place and picked up Todd. We all went and had a nice dinner in the bay. We felt bad enjoying a delicious meal while Megan was in the middle of a 36-hour shift. The next day we left early and went to Disneyland and ran from ride to ride trying to maximize our time. Did I mention it was pouring rain! We actually were so grateful for the rain because it really thinned out the crowds. We really didn't have to wait in any lines. We left in the evening and met Todd and Megan at the basketball game. We had a great time chatting and watching basketball. Ammon made it up on the video board and we learned he is quite the entertainer. He busted out his favorite moves from Madagascar II. After the game we all went to eat at this strange but really good restaurant (Rosco's Chicken and Waffles). Saturday brought more rain and fewer people at Disneyland and California Adventure. It was so awesome to run around and act like a kid and not care about getting wet. We spent the entire day at the parks and capped it off with a great dinner at Goofy's Kitchen. We are so grateful to Todd and Megan for letting us stay. We really enjoyed every minute. Thanks for everything!

Ammon, Jeff and T-Rex

Ammon loved Splash Mountain! Lucky for us it was pouring rain so we were able to stay on the ride. It was great!

It's amazing what a piece of $1 dollar plastic can do.

Ammon and Goofy having a deep conversation about Mac and cheese, hot dogs and pizza. Ammon was so grateful that all his favorite foods were on his plate at the same time.

This picture says so much about our trip. He was having an absolute blast. He figured out that instead of waiting in line to hug the characters he could just run up and give a quick hug as we would pass by. In this picture he had just pulled that very trick.

The twins stayed home so we made sure to get them something cute.

We LOVE Thanksgiving

It all began with two AMAZING grandparents.

Grandpa & Granny cook up the best thanksgiving feast in the world. All of us grandkids love to take thanksgiving cooking lessons from Granny and Grandpa. It is amazing to see how much work they put into creating the perfect meal!

Thanks Grandpa & Granny...we love you.

Our First Thanksgiving...too bad we had to eat cheerios!

Post Meal Rockers

Fondue...we can always make room for fondue.

Dress-up

Delicious turkey + lots of trimmings = NAP TIME!

GOING CRAZY AT THE.......

KANGAROO ZOO

We had a fun day with our cousins!

Jeff and Burklee enjoying some one on one time!

When we lived in Provo a few years ago we discovered the Kangaroo Zoo. Now every time we go to Utah Ammon wants to meet up with my cousin Ashley and her kids. It's a win-win situation for everyone. Kids can go crazy...parents can go crazy! Parents can also sit back, relax and visit. What a great place!

COSTUMES & CANDLES!

OFF WE GO......

Halloween is double the fun because it is also Granny's birthday. It's always so great to get together with family and celebrate this Spooktackular day with granny. Did I mention pumpkin cake and popcorn balls....yummy!

Mr. & Mrs. Nate Kitty

The Happy Couple!

This is my beautiful cousin Erica and her hubby (Nate Kitty) coming out of the Twin Falls Temple. When they walked out we were all just staring and smiling and Erica said "this is just as awkward as I imagined it would be." I thought it was pretty funny.

The day before the wedding Ammon's Grandma Tingey asked him who's wedding he was going to and he said "Nate Kitty and uh, uh, uh mom what's that girls name?" I thought that was pretty funny too.

Good thing we had 4 boys and 1 girl with no hair because it was a windy beast outside the Temple. I tell ya what my hair was a treat to behold in that wind. I think we did pretty good during this little photo shoot, considering we had 5 kids under the age of 5.

The twins waiting patiently while I got everything packed and ready to go to the wedding. They were watching a movie and holding hands, it was so cute. Sisser didn't seem to amused that I was taking pictures and interrupting the movie.

We had such a good time over the weekend. We got to stay at Granny and Grandpa's house and they went all out to take care of us. Granny is amazing in the kitchen and we were absolutely spoiled, and might I add I gained 7 pounds. She is also very good with the babies and always so willing to take care of them. Thanks Grandpa and Granny for letting us stay with you...we loved it.

UPDATE ON THE KIDDOS

Farm Kids

Sisser's lookin' large and in charge!

Quick, take the pic.

Turtle Power!
Ammon & Deeders having fun playing super hero's
(their favorite thing to do together).

Kellan & Grandma 'Great' Sorenson
Having a good time at Ammon's baseball game.

Little Slugger

(Before)

(After)

Don't take a picture; feed me more food!

(Before)

(After)
He sure looks satisfied!

Speed Demon

Two Speed Demons!
Jeff found out he still has speed...good thing, cause the boy is crazy!

FYI
The twins are 6 months and growing like crazy.
Burklee is 16 lbs. 10 oz.
Kellan is 16 lbs. 4 oz.
Ammon was 16 lbs. 1 oz. at 6 months

Why am I not surprised Burklee out weighs both boys? She eats like me...leading to huge thunder thighs and saddle bags. It's dang cute now....why isn't it cute when we get older?