Monday, January 30, 2012

Remember the Alamo!

The Alamo is the number one most visited place in all of Texas!
So we visited it while Grandpa was here for the monster truck show.
(It was a boys only event so there are no pics of it. )
"Remember the Alamo!"
I remember the Alamo from when we visited it in 2005. I remember it being a very boring place to visit. Basically an old empty building. It is still an old and mostly empty building.

Why is "Remember the Alamo!" the famous saying? Not because it was a stunning victory but because it was a stunning defeat, everyone died. How sad. All the Alamo boys stood their ground against the mexicans and were slaughtered. "Remember the Alamo" became the battle cry for the men who eventually defeated Mexico and took back Texas. Today's equivalent would be yelling "remember 9/11" before running into battle in Afghanistan.
It is also sad to be in jail as you see.


In other news, I read Jack 100 books and he wrote all the titles on his chain. The reading the books was easy, getting him to write them all down was the hard part.

Tessa continues to be the center of attention and the most lovely baby in the world.
I finally caught her lip-tucked-in pose on camera. She does it all the time but it is very elusive when being hunted for posterity.

The boys are still boys...
biker boys.
And funny boys.
We are getting ready to move again. San Antonio has been very good to us and we hate to go. In primary they sang good-bye to us. (we team teach the 8 year olds) and the primary pres was telling the children that we were moving to Del Rio "but they will still be in Texas." Phew! good thing she didn't alarm the children. Texans can't imagine the horror of moving out of Texas!

Del Rio, here we come...

Friday, January 20, 2012

Breast Friend

It was so fun to have Jamie come to visit me for a couple of days. I am soooo glad she can fly stand-by for free and that she is brave enough to do it with her two kids!
We went to the Japanese Tea Gardens, really cool! I wish my pro photographer could be here to take family pics there, it would be awesome.

The kids even got to feed the gigantic coy fish.
Chase thought they were stinky.
On our way to the airport we stopped at Chick fil a to get some lunch and let the kids play. We were so absorbed in talking that we forgot she needed to get to the airport. I dropped her off at the curb at 1:42 for a flight LEAVING at 2:07! But she made it!! Crazy! We are such airheads now. I blame it on the pregnancies, being a mom makes you a space cadet sometimes.
WE all had a great time, thanks Jamie!!!

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Baby Pics

My sister Tracy got a new light for indoor photography for Christmas and Tessa and I were more than willing to help her try it out. Tessa is such a sweetie!!
Savannah (my sister Laura's baby) and Tessa are just 6 days apart.
A basket full of baby cuteness!


Sunday, January 8, 2012

A 4 year old Chase


Today is our sweet Chase's birthday, 4 years old.
Chase is one amazing kid. He is laugh-out-loud funny, super smart, quick to give love and a fun little shadow who follows me around making my day joyful. He is also our drama king, quick to be offended and stubborn as can be. I never thought I would have a child like him yet I don't know what I would do without him. He is my Chasie Boy and I love him!

The blowing action shot:
All the little Captain Americas at the Captain America Party


We played lots of little games, including a couple of 'catch the bad guys' games.
Everyone was pretty excited when they caught him.

Each boy got his own cake to decorate.


I bought a bunch of fun candy, sprinkles etc. so there could be lots of variety in the decorating.
But they all pretty much turned out the same!
Some of the games got a little crazier than others!



On to the today, the actual Birthday!
This morning the boys were still pretty enamored with the masks
I love this pic of Tessa with the mask watching Chase opening gifts.

Buying only one gun for Chase would have been useless, just lots of fussing about whose turn it is and crying when the turns don't come soon enough. Quinn said his parents did alot of this double-buying when he and his brother (2 years apart) were little. This is the kind of thing I wouldn't have dreamed of doing before I had kids, "They could just take turns!"
Little did I know.
Tessa left her mask on for the better part of an hour. I was so surprised. She was quiet and very attentive to all the festivities. She is so alert and becoming a real part of our daily family life. What a joy!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

I Have been waiting six months for these...

New family pics!!
I have been dreaming about these photos since the day Tessa was born! (Oh why don't I live near Tracy?) Now my dreams have come true. A spanking new photo to frame and add to the growing wall of family photos. Hooray!
This photo warms me from head to toe. It makes me want to tell them to "just stop growing, stay little forever!"

Mommy and her little sweetie pie!!
I love all our photos, isn't Tracy fabulous?
Thank you, Thank you Tracy for making my dreams come true!

Want some amazing photos of you and your family? Call Tracy! Seriously, if you live in Utah, call her.