She's one!!!!

I'm not quite sure where the past year has gone....I can't believe our little Myah is one!!!! She has just been a ball of fun and we feel so blessed to have her in our family! We love you miss Myah!!!!

Going to try something....

Ok so one thing I don't like about private blogs is that the google reader function doesn't work any more. So my great plan to get past this......Everytime I have a new post I will post "new post" to my darinandjoanna.blogspot.com address which is not private. If you keep that address in your reader than you can click on that and use the link to my private address. We will see if it works!!!!!

Go Aggies, Go Aggies...Hey, Hey, Hey!

We drove far, we cheered loud, they played hard, they came close, but not quite close enough... but we still are True BLUE Aggie fans!Utah State had a great basketball season ending the year 30-5. We were the WAC champions and headed off to Boise Idaho to play against Marquette in the NCAA tournament. We decided to make it a family affair and have a weekend get away. The drive wasn't so bad. 5 people in one hotel room wouldn't have been so bad either if our kids weren't all 5 and under. Once we got to the hotel, it was 10:00p.m. mind you, I asked the front desk to send up a port-a-crib for Myah...he politely informed me they were all gone. Now for some of you that might not seem like a big deal, but Myah, unlike my boys does not sleep well in bed with me. So lets just say I laid in bed with a restless baby from about 2-6 a.m. Oh did I mention Camden and Carter were fighting over who got more covers so bad that we finally put Carter in with me and Darin with Camden (my choice...you should hear Camden grind his teeth...you do NOT want to be snuggled next to him all night!) So I had Carter on one side, Myah in the middle and I on the other side making sure Carter didn't smother Myah and that Myah didn't crawl on top of Carter....it seems rather comical now that I am replaying the night in my head!!! Anyway the next morning we had a great breakfast....on the house, (I love when hotels include a REAL breakfast...its great!) and we were off to the game. USU had a bad first half, but the second seemed promising. It all came down to the wire and we ended up loosing by 1 pt. It was a little heart-breaking, but they played their hearts out! At least we proved we were good enough to be there. After the game we headed to the Cheesecake factory for lunch and then spent the rest of the day enjoying the 78 degree weather. We stayed one more night....much better...they had a crib (Yeah) and headed home the next day. Here are just a few....ok...a LOT of my favorite pictures of the day!

The cutest little Aggie I have ever seen!

Carter was endlessly blowing up this beach ball the hotel gave us. I think it had a hole, but he insisted it stay full!

Darin had fun taking some action shots of the kids jumping off the wall.....they could have done this all day!

My niece Gabrielle spent the afternoon with us too!

Pretty Gab!

I guess I should re-wind a little. Darin and Camden went on a little father/son adventure to Reno Nevada to watch the Aggies win the WAC tournament. They had a great time....here is a clip of their fun.

Bowling...

Outside of the hotel.....

Go-Karts.....

Mini-golf....

The winning game.....Darin called me after the game was over and all I could hear was Camden singing "We are the Champions!" I assume that is what he is saying in this picture. He was SOOOOO excited!

They had a great time! We sure missed them back at home though!!! I can't forget to thank my parents for the hotel accommodations and game tickets at all of the fun events! Thanks again, we all had a blast!

Go AGGIES!

Go AGGIES Make us PROUD!!!!

Spring Fever....

The snow was all but gone from my backyard. The tulips have poked their noses through the soil. My boys have had a day outside riding their bikes. We have been to the park. And then I awoke to this...This picture was actually taken in the morning. By afternoon there was 7 more inches or so to make a grand total of 17" of the fluffy white stuff. Now if next week were Christmas I would be in heaven...Instead next week is St. Patricks day and I am ready to see some green!

Simple Pleasures...

Here are just a few things that have made us smile lately.....

Finishing a time out...
Eating a table...

and a couch.... (If I believed in reincarnation...Myah would have been a puppy in her last life!)

Waking up after a whopping 14 hours of sleep....

Seeing one of my best friends whom I am privileged enough to also have as a cousin...

Camden trying to get angry...pretty comical.....

Learning how to walk...

My little fish...

Good hair...

Trying "china" food and loving it...

Tiny toes...(and they are tiny might I add, fat but short. 11 months and barely a size 2)

Trying to be shy...

Laughing so hard you can hardly breathe (turn off the music...she is laughing so hard she can hardly make any noise.)...

First words,daddy's delight....

What do you find joy in?

Carter's month long celebration!

I have been meaning to post these pictures forever...better late than never right? So we celebrated Carter's birthday a LOT!!! A couple of weeks before his birthday, we took all of the kids to see Playhouse Disney Live. We stayed at a hotel, went swimming, out to eat and even rode the train to see the show. Guess who forgot the camera every single time!! I did manage to get one picture of us at the hotel...or I guess I should say Darin did. We had such a good time. It was fun to just relax and have fun with the kids. It's times like those I just love being a mom and having our own little family!

The week before his birthday we invited all of the crew from my side of the family over for cake and ice cream. None of them (except Ashley who was sick and didn't come) were going to be around for his birthday and I didn't want him to feel bad. It was also my Dad and my sister Lesli's birthday's so we had a family celebration. We had a good time!

Finally his "real" birthday rolled around and we had his real party. Darin's mom cam over along with Ashley and Paul and we celebrated Super-Man style!I decided to make Carter a superman/batman (it's reversible) cape for his birthday. However I knew Camden would be heart broken if he didn't get one as well. So the night before I stayed up way past my bedtime and got the capes finished. They turned out pretty good and they LOVED them! They also both got new jammies....Camden's were spider man.....he thought he could just combine all super hero's into one!I still can't believe that he is four!!!

Thanks for coming Ash and Paul.....
you too Oma....it wouldn't be the same without you!