Peyton's 7th Birthday!

Peyton and his friend Boss

This year Peyton celebrated his Birthday with family and a couple of friends....The neighbors across the street from Grandma and Grandpa's house came over (Boss and Bianca) and also Jack, who was a classmate.  It was a fun night, the highlight being when daddy came home and showed them all of his "work toys" as you can imagine their eyes were big and they all thought it was pretty cool!  I told him that it was nice having him, I didn't have to worry about entertainment at all :-)

Also if you can see what this last picture is.....it is what we gave to the kids for all of their birthdays this year.  They each got to open one, they say...."We are"...."Going to"......"DISNEYLAND!!!"  I tried to upload the video of the whole thing but I think it was to long.  It was pretty hilarious!! 

Where to Start?

So behind I am almost tempted to just give up this blogging thing!!  But I know I have friends and family that are wanting to see what is happening in our little corner of the world. 

WOW what a year this has been for our family!  Looking back from the time Tim left for training in June, then got back in October, and started his new job in Sacramento.....finally got our house sold in November, and we were lucky enough to join him in California at Grandma and Grandpa Kelly's house!  What a rude awakening they were in for, going from a nice quiet retired lifestyle to BOOM family of five with little kids!!  But we made it through...and like my Mother-in-Law said, it was a success because we are all still friends and talking to each other!  So what was an intended one month stay with them turned in to seven months....as we quickly found out how hard finding a place to live, with a good school, in a good area, in a court, and of course with a swimming pool (as promised to my kids when we left Utah:).  What a lot of work that was!  I am so thankful for my mother and father in law, for putting up with the chaos, mess, and insanity!  Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!!

Max at ~2~

 Where do I start about our little guy?

  He is just at such a fun age and I just want to freeze him in time!  He is such a sweet heart....but don't think that red hair doesn't shine through at times!!  Here is a little list of facts about Max at 2:

1.  He thinks he is big enough to do whatever his older sister is doing.  If she is going on a play date...don't even think about leaving him behind!  Luckily my friend totally gets it and lets him stay and play too.  His latest thing is telling me "non (mom) I go house n pay (play)"?  He literally repeats it over and over and when we finally pull in to our house it is a major melt down and he is totally heartbroken.  I try to explain that all of the kids are at school and that I will play with him.....no dice!

2.  He is mommy's little helper around the house here are a few of the ways he "helps" :)

a. Missing shoes for days mysteriously show up in the washing machine.

b. After eating at his little table in the kitchen I go to put something in the trash only to discover that he put his plate and fork in the trash, trying to help me clean up. :)

c.  As I begin to load up the dishwasher I notice a bunch of bright colored things in the bottom....it's his blocks, apparently he thought they were a little dirty.

I have to add about all of the "help" he is when we visit Grandma and Grandpa Kelly, he will go into Grandpa's office for a while to play.  Then Grandpa gets to play the following days,  If I were Max where would I have put this?  He has found things in the garbage, in the printer, in the fan, you name it Max has taken it and put it in some crazy spot..... ;-)

3.  His obsession at the moment isTrains and anything that even looks train"ish".  Including semi trucks, ups trucks, and even camp trailers.  We get a loud  "CHOO CHOO TRAIN", it started when we drove out to Wyoming for our big family reunion.  We saw so many trains on that drive and he would about have a heart attack every time we saw one, SO cute!  This last weekend we went to the train museum in Sacramento and needless to say he was in heaven!  We got him a little toy train at the gift shop and he has carried it around ever since.  We lost it one day and I was sure his world was going to end.  All day long he would take my hand and say "nonny, choo choo trian yost it" and we would look some more.  We finally found it by the way in the doll house inside of the play train, I am sure he put it there playing:)

4.  His favorite things to do are: play with his sister, (they will literally disappear for hours in their rooms and just play together, it is so nice)  wrestle with his dad, play horsey and airplane rides with mom, and to play with Stella.   

 Eating my Birthday Dinner....Yummy!

 Daddy shows him his Mickey Mouse cake, SO exciting:)

 Lets blow out the candles!!

 Peyton gives him a very cool car he found in the park!

 Addi gave him a kitty!

 Every little boy needs a back hoe and dump truck right?

 This picture was so cute, my parents called and sang happy birthday to him, he LOVED it!

 And the for the grand finale.......a wagon from Grandma and Grandpa Kelly, it was a hit!!

 We love you little man!!

Easter Fun 2011

We got invited to the annual Michelucci Easter egg hunt.  There were so many kids....and SOOO many fun things to do, the kids were in heaven!!   

 Dying Easter eggs with Billy and Bianca.

 Addi and Grandma making the Easter Bunny cake!

 Easter morning....it was GREAT other than Tim was working overtime and didn't make it home to see what the kids got from the Easter Bunny!!  He got home at about 8 in the morning from his overnight shift.....of course the kids woke up at 6 and it was impossible to get them to wait!