Castles and Coasters!

On Friday, we took the boys to a little amusement park/mini golf/arcade. We figured they deserved it after the long car ride.

We all had lots of fun riding the rides, playing golf and just enjoying being outside in the sunshine!

 

     

Craters Anyone?

We took a  mini family vacation at the end of February down to Phoenix, AZ.   Left on a Thursday morning and got there that night.  The kids did amazingly well for being in the car for 12hours.  We only hit a little bit of snow and were MORE than welcome to the 70degree weather in Phoenix!

We made a bathroom stop in Meteor City, AZ (40miles East of Flagstaff), home of the Crater where a Meteor hit the Earth about 50,000 years ago.  The crater is 4,150 feet in diameter, 550 feet deep and 2.4 miles in circumference.  There was a little museum about Outer Space and Meteors which all 3 boys enjoyed a lot!  Adalyn and I found it interesting but more than anything were just happy to be out of the car for about an hour.  I included a photo album so you can decided to look or not…there is a family picture in there.

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After we had looked at the crater, Brandyn informed me that this is actually something he remembered reading about as a kid and had wanted to see.

Catch Up

We have been without a computer for almost a month now.  Our new computer came in the mail today so here are a few pictures to catch up. 

 
Enough pictures mom!

Ready for their first Doherty Basketball Game.  “Aunt” Jenna got Braedyn and Prestyn’s shirts for them and I made Adalyn’s shirt and Bow.

 
 
 
Playing at the park on a “warm” 45degree day.
It started snowing just minutes after we got back to the house and inside. 

 

Sometime you just have to....

When you have one of those days that the dog steals the bagels, the boys bless you with extra loads of bed sheets to launder, toys everywhere, makeshift outhouses in the backyard, dumped buckets of rocks on the dining room table/floor, etc.....and then when the baby steals the oreo cookie from her brother.......well, you just grab the camera and shoot away instead of attempting to take it away.

She only liked the chocolate cookie part and as soon as she got to the white filling part, she threw, (no exageration) the cookie and immediatly broke out into a screaming fit.



On a side note, for anyone that really knows these brothers of hers.... Prestyn was mortified at the mess she was making and Braedyn was gagging.

6months old

The Princess is 6months old! Where did the time go?
Here are her stats from her 6month check-up: 15lbs 4oz (25%) and 25inches (25%)
Just a little thing. Taking after Braedyn for the most part. She is wearing 3-6month clothes and still has room to grow in the majority of them.
She is attempting to sit up on her own but gets distracted by her feet, attempts to get them in her mouth and topples right over. She rolled over, front to back, for the first time at her appointment. Possibly just a fluke because she hasnt done it again since then. She absolutely adores her big brothers. They are constantly pulling her around in the walker ( I know they are unsafe, but our basement stairs have a door) or her bouncy chair so she can be where they are. She has no desire to eat baby cereal or baby food, but LOVES mashed potatoes and these awesome organic baby bisquits I found at Whole Foods....they are the least messy thing I have ever found so I tell everyone with babies about them. She also loves to chew on carrots. No teeth yet, but the cold carrots feel great on her teething gums.

Denver Zoo

I (bravely) decided to take the kids to the Denver Zoo FREE Admission Day...ALONE! The weather was pretty nice, mid 50's and the kids were well behaved. phew!

Braedyn could sit and watch the sea lions all day if I would let him. We stood here for about 20min watching them before Adalyn decided she was tired of them. Of course, about 10min after we left, they did a sea lion show. We would have had a front row seat if we would have stuck around.

The boys tried the Polar bear exhibit out for size.


Adalyn's favorite animal......

The Zebras...and how cute is that baby zebra?!?!

And finally an unsuccessful attempt at 3 kids in one picture.

Shes not mine...

but she is pretty stinkin' C.U.T.E.!!!

and there's a good posibility that, (based on the first 5 months of Adalyn's life), Adalyn might look a lot like this in about 15months.

Ginger Bread Houses 2009

Braedyn

5 YEARS OLD!!!

on a side note....Adalyn definitly takes after Braedyn.