Isn't she the cutest!!!

The little escapee

These videos are mostly for the grandmas to see Brielle walking.

Brielle loves to run away now. We are in for a heap of trouble when we fly out to Utah. Between her and Logan, I am not sure if we will survive the trip.

Poor Raegan got ignored on both these videos. I am sure I will have to make up for it and make a video of her ;)

Cute girls

Compared to outside, our house is actually chilly ;)

Logan's birthday

Logan turned 3 the other day. We had a little party with his friends. We played pin the pirate on the ship, egg race, and pinata's. He just enjoyed opening all his presents. Needless to say his guests knew that CARS were his favorite! Thanks for coming!

Later that night we went to Rainforest Cafe and had dinner. The kids loved every minute of it with all the fish and animals. Then we walked around Downtown Disney. The kids just liked to go in all the stores and play with the toys. Happy Birthday Logan!!

Logan singing in the car on the way home. He really is such a cute kid!

Sea world

Logan's birthday is on Monday so we decided to go to Sea World to celebrate. It was a very very hot day but we enjoyed seeing sharks, Shamu, polar bears and Dori among other things. We rode all the kid rides and wore them out. After all that Raegan told me her favorite part of the day was the lollipop she got at the end. I am not sure how a lollipop outweighs a killer whale, but whatever!!!

Clearwater

Last week Jake had a conference in Clearwater. I love Clearwater. It is paradise! So the kids and I went along with him so we could have a vacation while he worked. We stayed at a beautiful hotel that had a great swimming pool and looked out over the gulf. You couldn't ask for more. The beaches are beautiful white powder and warm emerald water. We had a hard time leaving. I could stay there forever!
The view from our hotel











Our hotel pool

Playing at the beach

Little Miss walking attitude!

Random pictures

Raegan's new Farah Fassett look

We attempted potty training for Logan the other day. I told him he could have chips every time he at least tried to sit on the toilet. He has been very adamant about not wanting to go to the bathroom. He cries and gets upset so I haven't pushed him. I thought the chip idea would be great since that kid could eat chips breakfast, lunch and dinner. It worked for about a day and then when he had his chip fill, he was done. He turns 3 in 2 weeks and I have decided that the week after we are hibernating and this kid is going to be trained, which just might kill me, but at least he will be wearing underwear at my funeral. Wish me luck! Plus, those little tighty whities are so dang cute on him!

Raegan's T-ball

Raegan had her first t-ball game last week. It is an interesting league she is playing in. The coach pitches the first 4 balls and if she doesn't hit them, they bring out the tee and she hits off that. No one ever gets out (even if they do catch a ball or tag a person, which doesn't happen very often), they don't keep score. It is one of those leagues where everyone is a winner. I like it and I don't. She needs to learn that she doesn't win all the time, but it is good right now since she is just learning the basics. She has a lot of fun and dances all over the outfield which is what I did when I was little. It is great Saturday afternoon entertainment! Go Black Bears!

Easter

Bye Grandmas...we miss you already!

Happy Easter! Today was a beautiful day in Central Florida. Just what Easter mornings should be. I have lots of pictures to post...we have had way too many egg hunts in the last week. My kids love it but I am tired of the candy and all those darn eggs around the house. Brielle likes to rip them apart so I find miss matches everywhere with empty wrappers strewn across the floor. I am not sure who is the culprit for those.

Today we had some friends over to celebrate Easter with us. It is getting easier to be away from our family celebrations when we can celebrate with our "Florida Family" Thanks so much to the Lins and Barsons for spending Easter eating way too much and playing ESPN Scene it with Jake (He has had that for 2 years and today was the first time he opened it. I have to say Ryan gave him a run for his money on sports knowledge. He (Jake) is a sports nerd!) Anyways it was very nice to spend time relaxing and gorging myself.

A few pictures from this morning. Raegan wanted the whole gloves and purse. She is definitely a girl! A very pretty girl. Logan was just happy to be here and Brielle doesn't like dresses because she kneels on them when trying to crawl, which makes movement very difficult. I guess it will be shorts until she learns to walk. (Which better not be anytime soon, I still need her to be my baby)

Easter bunnies

Riding the easter horse....