Busy Saturday

This past Saturday we ventured of to Wyoming. My cousin was married and we wanted to attend the reception. Well, Satruday was Austin's Birthday and Sunday was my Mom's Birthday. So,while at the park Brian and I ran for Pizza and picked up a cake for Austin and 'Grandma'. The kids had a blast running around throwing sand going down (and up) the slide. They also put sand down the slide. So, when my brother Darin went down the slide (hehehe), well lets just say you should have seen the butt of his pants! Anyway, the kids (all of them, Darin had his 5 kids also) were crazy excited to go to the reception. Rebecca (my sister) her little boy was crazy tiered!!!! Poor kid! You would think that after running (and I do mean running) around at the park the kids would be a bit more calm and less restless. Well, apparently not. My kids were so excited to see other cousins and family that I really didn't see them much but when I did it was always a reminder that we were still in a church and should not run! As you can see in the Pictures, the bride and groom were so cute. We are so happy for them. I love it when my cousins Mary and add to the growing extended family. It makes family reunions a blast ! Some of the pictures as you can tell are from the park some are from the reception some are Austin's birthday. And , the one of Kassidy who apparently likes to take pictures of herself. The one on the bottom right is my fabulous husband who puts up with me and my craziness!

Happy Mothers Day !!

What could be better than to have a cute little 6 year old come and give you a hug and card and tell you "Happy Mother's Day".
Everything went along as a normal Sunday. After church I did make everyone stop and smile for a picture. (Say Cheese!). I must say my kids are so cute and adorable!!!!!!!!!!! We went to visit Brian's Mom and Step Mom on Saturday so there was just my mom on Sunday. And since it was a very nice day we thought we would go for our 1st family bike ride for the summer. This would be Brooklyn and Jordan's first attempt at riding all the way to Grandmas house. Which is about 4 1/2 miles. Jordan taught himself to ride about a month ago and he is only 3. He thought it was a great ride. For our efforts On the way home the older kids wanted to ride through some water that had flooded the bike trail that goes under the road. Brian convinced Jordan that he wanted to do this also. The water was about a foot deep and cold. Brooklyn and I crossed the road and came to the other side to watch. The older kids were happy and thought that going through the water was great. Jordan stopped and the edge of the water (on the other side) hesitating his descent into the water. Brian road back to encourage him. Once he started going across I was worried that he would stop and than tip over in the water bringing on tears and one cold little 3 year old. So I kept telling him to peddle , peddle , peddle...etc. Well, he made it and declared that he didn't like it and didn't want to do it again. After arriving home, Brooklyn laid down on the couch and was asleep with in 15 minutes. I laid down with Jordan and he was out quicker than I could get to comfortable.