NEWYORK, NEW YORK

We had the great opportunity to go and visit my sister Emma in New York! We had so much fun! It was a last minute thing that we did, I had a bad day with Eli not sleeping and feeling like I was not going anywhere anytime soon. I called Coy and told him I was going to NY he can either stay or come with, he decided to come. (Good choice)

Cami and Nate had already planned their trip so we butted in and went with them. I think we ate our way through New York, my sister was great to tell us all the yummy places to get and the fun things we should see. My two favorite things was the Mexican food that we ate from a street vendor, it was the best ever, and also Magnolia Bakery. Everyone tells you of the cupcakes there, but the banana pudding is too die for!!!

Emma was great she watched Eli for us while we tried to go to a Yankee's baseball game. Even though my sister gave us great directions, I messed up and we ended up 2 stops from Conney Island. That is the opposite direction. We are glad we didn't go the Yankee's ended up loosing 21-2 total blow out.

The picture above is a shot from Emma's apartment, the little white building in the middle is the LDS temple. Thanks Brian and Tegan for letting us stay.

Coy and I found this great little place to eat breakfast one morning, I think it is a bar that serves breakfast but it was great. I love this picture with Coy and Eli, I think if sums it up! (enough Dad already!) Eli was a great traveler, he did great on the airplane and we were stopped all the time on the street, people wanting to see and touch his hair.

This last picture is on Emma and Eli chilling in the apartment, Emma's dog Jack was funny with Eli being there. Emma said at one point Jack was rubbing his smell all over Eli and Emma was walking down the hall with Eli and Jack jumped out at them. We are so blessed to have great family and fun places to go!

HAPPY EASTER!!

We had a great Easter! We were sad that Coy had to work but he was
able to see the kids find their baskets and eggs that the Easter bunny
hid. This is the only picture I was able to take today, we were
rushing to get to church on time and then the kids walked home in the
beautiful sunshine!!

THE BEST BIG BROTHER AND SISTER

I would have to say that Eli has the best big brother and sister ever! After Eli was born the kids went off track and all the adventures began. I will be honest with you, I was a little worried how things would go with the kids off track, but they did great! They were the biggest helper that I could of asked for, Riley would get Eli out of his crib in the morning and he would hold Eli while I got ready for the day. Mackenize was a big help from the get go, she was always offering to change his diaper and even feed him. Riley was a little slow to make the diaper offer, but just the other day Riley got Eli out of his crib and changed his up with out a word from me!


Riley and Mackenzie you are the BEST!!

HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY

Happy 7th Birthday Mackenzie!

Miss Mackenzie started planning her birthday a couple of weeks ago. She made her own invitations and found random things around the house for her prize bags to give to her friends. Needless to say they were going home with drug pens and random candy left over from Valentines Day.



Mackenzie had decided that she wanted to go to the Zoo for her birthday and so we planned that. The beginning of Kenzie's birthday week was very cold, we started praying for the good weather to come back by the weekend but when we saw our weatherman with his white coat on (which means that snow is sure to fall) we knew that we were in trouble. So with our beautiful spring weather on it's way I set out to find a new activity for the birthday party which usually amounts to more money than you were planning on spending.



We ended up using Color Me Mine, you pick out a ceramic item and paint it the way you want and then they will fire them and turn your creation into a masterpiece. It ended up being a great party and the kids loved being so creative.