Josh

Josh is 1!!!! If you didnt know better you would think he was almost 2, this boy is so tall and so handsome. He is super smart just like his sister- He has big beautiful blues and funnest little stare. He eats evrything in sight :) but what little 1 year old doesnt... ;) We love little Josh Happy Birthday!

The Bucket List

The Bucket List. Place an X by all the things you've done and remove the X from the ones you have not

Things you have done during your lifetime:
(X) Gone on a blind date (chelsi)
(X ) Donated Blood (both)
(X) Skipped school (both)
( ) Watched someone die
(X) Been to Canada (both)
(X) Been to Mexico (both)
(X ) Been to Florida (Chelsi)
( ) Been to Hawaii
(X) Been on a plane (both)
( ) Been on a helicopter
(X) Been lost (both)
(X) Gone to Washington, DC (Chelsi)
( ) Hugged a homeless person (I may or may not have already known them)
(X) Swam in the ocean (both)
(X ) Swam with Stingrays (Chelsi)
( ) Been sailing in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep (both)
(X) Played cops and robbers (both)
(X) Recently colored with crayons (both)
( ) Ran a marathon
(X) Sang Karaoke (both)
( ) Volunteered at a soup kitchen (both)
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only (both)
( ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(X ) Seen the Northern Lights (chelsi may or may not have I have attempted twice staying up late and I think I might have seen them but there was lots of trees around me-) 
( ) Been Parasailing
( X) Been on TV (both)
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't (both)
(X) Made prank phone calls (both)
( ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose (both)
( ) Fed an elephant
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue (both)
(X) Fired a gun (both)
( ) Been to the Opera 
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus (both)
( ) Serenaded someone (sadly)
( ) Seen a U.S.President in person
(X) Been kissed under the mistletoe (both)
(X) Watched the sunrise with someone (both)
( ) Driven a race car
(X ) Been to a National Museum (Chelsi)
( ) Been to a Wax Museum
(X ) Eaten caviar (Kasey)
(X) Blown bubbles (Both)
(X) Gone ice-skating (Both)
(X) Gone to the movies (Both)
( ) Been deep sea fishing
(X ) Driven across the United States (Kasey)
( ) Been in a hot air balloon
( ) Been sky diving
(X) Gone snowmobiling (Chelsi)
( ) Lived in more than one country (Kasey)
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets (both)
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish (both)
(X) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser (both)
(X) Seen the Grand Canyon (both)
(X ) Seen the Statue of Liberty (Chelsi)
(X ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle (Kasey)
(X ) Been on a cruise (both)
(X) Traveled by train (trax?) (chelsi)
(X) Traveled by motorcycle (both)
(X) Been horse back riding (both)
( ) Ridden on a San Francisco cable car
(X) Been to Disneyland OR Disney World (both)
(X ) Been in a rain forest (Kasey)
( X) Seen whales in the ocean (Chelsi)
(X) Been to Niagara Falls (Both)
( ) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Swam with dolphins
( X) Been to the Olympics (Chelsi)
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
(X) Been water-skiing (both)
(X) Been snow-skiing (both)
( ) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean
(X ) Been to a Major League Baseball game (Kasey)
( ) Been to a National Football League game 
( ) Swam with sharks
(X) Been White Water Rafting (both)
( ) Written a book or screen play-(dissertation)

Our little helper

So Auklin has always liked helping us clean around the house and I am happy to say we have trained him well! :) hehehe we were cleaning the house the other day and Auklin was so excited to help us- he had to have his very own rag and he was just so willing to help us- 

St George

So another vacation! :) we lucked out this month and had 2 awesome vacations! This last week we went to st george with the Cravens and it was so much fun! We went to Zions and Vegas so there was a couple little trips rolled into 1- Zions was so cool- it was beautiful! we didnt get to hike as much as wanted cause the kids and lack of time but what we saw was amazing! we will for sure be going back to get the hikes we missed- Vegas is always a fun time! it was Brielle and Kyrons first time and they seemed to enjoy it. We were able to make it to fremont street this time and it was way fun! We then were able to do a session in the St george Temple and it was awesome! Of course it was beautiful! And the Brigham young home was also cool, I love seeing things like that from history, we learned a lot about the Mountain Meadow Massacre, I never knew about it and it was such a precious moment that I was able to learn about. Over all it was such a fun time! I love family vacations!!! 

Making an Echo :) 

we also played Minute to win it :) haha it was a blast!

move the cookie from your eye to your mouth without using your hands!

Landon

So I have been out of town and didnt get amy internet where I was so I am late- but I wanted to wish Landon my nephew a happy birthday- he is getting so big and is such a good cousin to all the kids. He is so smart and loves school. He makes friends so easy and has such an imagination. He is so compassionate and is just so fun to be with! We love Landon! Happy Birthday!!!

Like father like son

Auklin just LOVES his daddy, he copies evrything he does. They are just best friends. When Kasey is around Auklin has nothing to do with me and even though its a little sad for me- it is so cute and I love seeing Kasey be such a great dad- they are already so much alike in so many ways!!! I thought I would just post these cute pictures of Auklin helping daddy out in the yard- 

look how stinkin cute they are- they even match  :D

We surprised him and shot him with water when he was looking at this sprinkler head :) hehehe

Park city

So I am a little behind but we went to park city for a family vacation and it was amazing to finally get away! It was so much fun- I love park city so much! and Auklin loved the little gondola rides- there was a concert we went to and a farmers market that was so fun- it was raining when we went but it was a warm rain so it was awesome!!! We went to see the olympic park and believe it or not I had never seen it and neither had Kasey- it was really cool! There is a nice little museum up there with footage going and stories and I really enjoyed it! There was great sales at the outlets and so we got just a couple things- oh how I just love park city! Anyways here are just a few pictures of the park city  love!

kids in the free shower caps hahaha 

we missed you Jeni and the kids! 

she LOVED this I promise! :) for those of you who dont know Kasey is 6' almost 5 " and she is almost doubled his height right here! she could have done this all day! 

cute little things!

Landon is such a good big cousin- he loves all the little babies and just takes such good care of them! He is always so helpful and the kids just love "LANDON"!!!