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So Ryder was born with these amazing eyelashes..

I swear they must impair his vision. Its definitely the most common comment I get about him- "Wow! he has INSANE eyelashes!" (They've even been called freakish, but I ignore that...)

I think they're beautiful. And I sure as heck hope if I ever have a girl she'll have them too.

Love you Rydito. :)

Walking with the DINOSAURS!

So for part of his birthday present, Jory's loving grandparents bought their dino-obsessed grandchild tickets to see "Walking with the Dinosaurs Arena Spectacular" It was tons of fun and Jory was in awe the entire night. For those of you out of the loop, it is a show with life-sized robotic dinosaurs who walk and talk and move like (we think) real dinosaurs did. I have to admit, I knew it'd be cool, but I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. It was truly impressive and the pictures don't do it justice. Jory got some T-rex arms before the show so he felt like he was hanging out with his friends. He was so excited for the T-rex to come out (and of course it was the last one) so Jory kept sniffing the air all night and saying "I smell a T-rex mom, I think a T-rex is coming!!! Do you smell it?" I'd then sniff the air and pretend that I could smell the T-rex too :)

The mom and baby T-rex:

And Keith and I with our baby T-rex:

And all tuckered out after a long and exciting night:

Thanks again mom and dad for the fun night!

It was a dream come true for our 4 year old!!

Easter Fun!!!

We had a wonderful easter/conference weekend. We started out with some delicious cupcakes:

Jory was a big helper, but Ryder mostly destroyed them :)

I bought myself some AMAZINGLY BRIGHT flowers from Costco. They make me happy

We colored Easter Eggs:

The boys woke up and the easter bunny had brought them some awesome stuff, and then they ran around finding eggs.

I attempted to make easter egg pancakes. They're a little lumpy. haha

And my cousin Dustin was over the whole weekend! The boys had a lot of fun with crazy Dustin. (and check out the awesome "Dude" bunny we got him..haha)

We also watched conference all day and made a huge easter dinner and dessert for my family. Overall, it was an average, but wonderful easter and we had a lot of fun. We are very blessed right now and couldn't be more grateful.

Nice Try Jorybug...

SO this morning Ryder wanted to watch:

But Jory wanted to watch:

Ryder wasn't feeling too well, so Ryder won. About 5 minutes after I turn on Barney, Jory comes in and says, "You can turn on Chuggington now, Barney is over." ( I know this can't be because I only started it 5 minutes ago....) "What happened to Barney?" I ask. Jory replies: "The kids didn't want to play with Barney today, so they went somewhere else to play and the show is over." Hehe. NICE TRY JORY :)

Just a COUPLE pics for you....

So we had an AMAZING trip to Utah. It went way too fast and we didn't get to see half of the people we wanted to, but we did make some great memories. We had fun with friends and family and ate a lot of good food. Here are just a few of the highlights:

Jory bonded with his aunt Emily :)

She taught him her famous pirate face. Thanks em.

Here's Alex trying to be as cute as Ryder, sorry Al, not gonna happen....

We showed some St. Paddy's day pride...

Ryder rocked the 4 wheeler

Jory took the ladies for a ride...

He and Rylee became best buds

Jory got to run around like a T-Rex at the dinosaur museum. It was pretty hilarious actually. He was in character the whole time.

Keith and Derek re-kindled their bromance

The kids (and Katie) played in the sand

And found fossils in the dirt

The Fuquas and the Millers all together!

The boys, riding a triceratops...

Keith and Ryder. Aren't they cute?

At the ZOO! (We saw the real gorilla too, but they wouldn't let us put our kids in his lap.)

Jory and the crocodile

All 4 kids together!

All in all it was a perfect and much needed vacation. We saw a lot more people I just didn't happen to take any pictures. (I'm not so good at that...) So thanks to everyone (especially Millers) for a wonderful week! Hopefully we'll see you again soon.

Utah: Here we Come!

On Saturday, we are headed down to Boise for the weekend, and then continuing on to Utah for a week. We are super excited to see family and friends and enjoy a much needed break! Keith and I are most excited for:

While Jory and Ryder can't wait for :

But we are ALL excited for:

And:

Also on our list is :

1. The Zoo

2. Cafe Rio

3. Pirate Island

4. Red Mango

5. Zupa's

6. The Drive-in Movie Theater

But we are welcome to suggestions?... We really can't wait! This week better fly by.

Hello Sunshine!!

So the last couple days (today excluded) have been beautiful outside! So warm and sunny. We've had picnics and played at the park, washed cars, rode bikes, and helped with yard work...here's some pics.