Carter is Five!!

For Carter's fifth birthday we went to an Ogden Raptors baseball game.

After the game we told Carter that we would have presents when he got home and he immediately said that he wanted a bike with training wheels. All I can say is that I am sure glad that is what he got or I would have felt like a terrible parent!

We had waited to give Serena her bike until Carter's birthday because it would be too much torture for him to watch her ride for two weeks without him!

I can feed myself!

If you leave the food close enough on the table, then you don't have to feed Aleeya, she will grab it and do it herself!

Julie McBride, Aleeya's B.F.F.

Every morning when we go to the McBride's to help Jeffrey, Julie greets us at the door and immediately takes Aleeya out of her car seat. She is so cute to watch and play with her while I am there.

When we got there on Thursday she had out blankets and a chair and toys all labeled for Aleeya. It was so cute I told her I had to take pictures, so she put them out again the next day. I love that she went to so much work to make the signs and set everything up! What a great friend!

Aleeya's holding chair

Aleeya's crawling blanket

Aleeya's playing blanket

Aleeya's other playing blanket

Stake Lagoon Day!

We had a fabulous time at Lagoon, thanks to the Stake. I am not a big amusement park lover and so far the four free rides: Merry-Go-Round, Tilt-a-Whirl, Train, and Music Express are enough for the kids.

We went in the morning and rode the rides and had ice cream. Then we went back at night and watched the music shows. I love how Carter and Serena are mesmerized by the performers. We also rode the Merry-Go-Round and train again.

Plaster of Paris is of the devil!

So I had this cute idea to have the children mold their hands on a heart for Father's Day. I have seen many such projects, I just have never done one. So...since it was raining I invited our friends over to mold away. The first batch thickened way too fast before we even got it into the mold.

Then Serena grabbed the bag of powder and dumped it all over the lawn. At that point I was done, but my friends kept trying. The next batch wouldn't come out of the molds and then they tried using plastic wrap under the plaster and it just pulled up the whole thing when the kids hands were dipped.

So as Megan put it, "our plaster disaster" didn't go so well!

Happy Third Birthday Serena!

We had a princess party to celebrate Serena's Third Birthday! This castle was made in our garage late at night in January, yes it was cold, by a group of friends. We all had girls turning three so it has been utilized for four parties, so far! It has two rooms inside for princess pretending!

Pin the Tiara on the Princess!

Princess Hopscotch

Cake Walk

Serena was really good at letting her friends help her open the presents. When she got a box of Starbursts, she immediately passed them around to everyone.

Princess Throne and decorated cupcakes for the cupcake walk.

Birthday mail from Grandpa and Grandma Hoppie. They said it well: "You are a wonderful little girl. We love your wrap around long hugs. We love your happy smile. We love your eagerness to help." Happy Birthday Serena!

Videos from the Princess Party

Opening presents with friend, Kyla.

A sort of cupcake walk, mostly dancing around with some numbers on the floor! This was a nice way to distribute the treats without a mad rush to the table!

Singing "Happy Birthday," apologizes to anyone with a music ear. Nice reminder to let someone with pitch make the video!