Preschool Graduation!

Is this really true? Walker graduated from his first year of preschool. I am dying! Where did the year go?

I was so proud of Walker at his graduation! He sang every song, did all the actions, and even memorized his very own part! He has loved going to KinderLove preschool and Miss Denise is an ANGEL!

The theme was "Marvelous Me" She asked the kids to dress "fancy". Walker was HILARIOUS - everytime I would say "we have to dress fancy" he would say "Mom, stop saying fancy!"

 Walker and Carmen. They are best friends!

 My handsome graduate! Love you so much buddy!

 His speaking part. "Hi, My name is Walker. I am Marvelous because I love trains, I am a puzzle expert, I am friendly, and I love to sing" I have it on video, but it isn't the greatest quality.

 Miss Denise! We are going to miss you!! I think she might be the nicest lady in the history of nice ladies!

 Walker and Luke...so much fun in preschool together!

 This is is "Marvelous Me" poster that he made!

Our family is growing so fast - sometimes I feel like it is passing us by! I love my two - or I mean three boys!

Easter Time

"Easter time is the time for eggs and the time for eggs is Easter time!"

-Mimi

Jake's grandma has sang this little song for - ever! We taught it to Walker this year and he was loving it. He would sing it all the time! Easter was a crazy couple of days around here. We started off dying eggs at Megan's house (forgot my camera) and that was lots of fun! We went to the Easter egg hunt at Cactus and Tropicals on Saturday - Walker loved it. He got his stash of eggs and a temporary tattoo and he was excited to go home and show his dad! The next two days were filled with family and egg hunts!

Finding eggs at Cactus and Tropicals

 Found lots of eggs. He was so excited!

 Walker and Ashton - proud of their tattoo's!

 Checking out what the Easter Bunny brought!

 Searching for the hidden eggs. He found a few and then was done. I think he was all "hunted" out:)

 Ashton, Walker and Boston. So excited for their Easter basket from Grammy Michelle and Papa Mike

 Walker grandkids minus Beckham

 Typical Hayes. He would find a few eggs...sit down and eat all the candy!

That kids had enough jelly beans to feed an army!

 Walker and Jack

 Mauss grandkids - ready for the hunt

 Eating the candy again!!

Walker and Bowen

We had a fun filled, eventful weekend! My kids have enough candy for the rest of the year! Bad news for me...I am sure I will give in and eat plenty of it myself!

Soccer

We put Walker in an indoor soccer league with his buddies Nick, Bowen and Luke. We had 8 games...he cried for the first 6. He didn't want to run around and get the ball from all the other kids. He wanted to be the only one kicking it. I just had to keep reminding myself he is only 3:) We then realized that he enjoyed being goalie...so he did great the last two games! The ball came to him, he picked it up, and threw it to his teammates! Thanks to Megan for being the coach! Good Times! Bring on Tee Ball!

 Goalie Walker

 Trophy...MVP (of tears that is)

Nick, Bowen and Walker

Treat time was the best time!

And he's off...

Hayes is walking! It is so crazy. These last few months Hayes has really grown up. He has been walking now for about 3 weeks, but just the last week or so he has been walking all over instead of taking a few steps then crawling to his destination. I love when they first learn how to walk and they look like a zombie. Arms out and straight legs.

Nice work buddy - we are so proud of you. But can you stop getting so big so fast!?!

St George

Oh St George how we love you! We took a little family va-ca in March down to St. George. It was so nice to get out of the nasty Salt Lake weather and get some sun shine down south! We picked a great weekend it was 75 the entire time! We wish my sisters and their families could have joined us - next time gals - but were were excited my mom and dad could make the trip. We did lots of fun stuff!

Because it was so warm...

 we went to the park! I am pretty sure Walker has his hands up and is singing

 "St George is the best place ever" Really folks...it is!

 We rode our scooters. Even Hayes wanted in on the action.

 and Hayes found the tissue box. Oopsie...

 We played games with grammy and put together lots of puzzles. Walker LOVES my mom. He talks about her all the time. The other day he asked if she could live with us!

 Boy was he tired! He didn't nap the whole time we were down there. One morning while Hayes was napping,Walker started to cry over something so small so my mom picked him up and he fell asleep in her arms. He NEVER does that!! I guess they say that happens when you are used to a 2 hour nap everyday!

 We got ice cream! YUMMY! Hayes actually did really well with his own kiddie cone.

 My anut and uncle live in St. George so it was so much fun to be able to hang out with them the entire time. I am so mad I didn't get any pictures of all of us! I don't get to see them that much..but we when we do get together...it is a blast! Walker was loving Hannah! We also went to my cousins (super cute 17 year old twin boys) ward basketball game. Honestly...it was INTENSE. I thought I was at a Jazz game! It was a sad overtime loss...but some great basketball was played! It was fun to see Matthew and Clarissa too. Down from Utah State relaxing over their spring break!

 and the ride home...I expected this. It was one fun filled weekend. Shopping, eating out, golfing, riding scooters, getting into HOT cars (my fav), and just being crazy! We weren't even to Cedar yet. Tired couple of kiddos!

and our emergency stop! This was the first time we have "traveled" with Walker being potty trained! Good job buddy. He needed to go instantly so we had to pull over!

Oh St. George how I miss you. I am starting to realize that two HOT HOT months there is way better than 6 FREEZING cold months up here! I could for sure move there!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

You betcha the leprachan came to our house on St Patricks Day!

He forgot to flush the toilet before he left!

He made green pancakes for us to eat for breakfast!

and he even left treats behind!

Walker was excited he left his foot prints so we could find out where his hidden treasure was.

Silly leprachan...all the goods were hiding under the wet bar sink downstairs!

1st Annual K.L Memorial Ski Day

A big thanks to Zach for heading up a great day at Park City Mountain Resort in honor of Grandpa Mauss. Jake's grandpa passed away just over 3 years ago. He loved skiing and was a ski patrolman for Park City Mountain Resort and was also one of the first paid ski patrolman at Alta Ski Resort. All the family gathered together at the Struggler aka the condo and enjoyed a day of skiing, eating and hanging out!

Walker and Cade

Some of the kiddos getting ready to go skiing! Walker was excited!

The skiers

Zach, Justin, Jake, Brad, and Dan.

Josh and Alisha weren't there yet. 

I enjoyed my day at the condo. I decided to stay up there and let Jake take another day to teach Walker how to ski. I had so much fun hanging out with Jill, Darbee, and Ryan and keeping my eyes on some of  the smaller kids. I was also excited for Walker to have another day on the slopes with his dad. It's probably better that I am not there until he gets a little bit better.

Hayes and Alivia

These two just kept each other busy! They play so great together. They are only 5 weeks apart.

After most of the kids were done skiing for the day the deep bath/hot tub was quite exciting!

Time for some R&R. These two were pooped after a day of skiing!

So proud of Walker! He had a great time skiing and even went on the ski lift four times!

He kept saying how much fun he had with all of his cousins!

This is one of the last pictures we had with Laurie. Walker was only one month old.

Jake's memories of Grandpa Laurie are:

-Grandpa had a dog named Kiska. He was an Alaskan Malamute

-Laurie and Dottie volunteered at the Conference Center

-He had a love for golf and skiing

-Jake and Laurie took a trip to Antimony, Utah in the fall of 2001 to help with a "round-up" for Uncle Burns

-Jake really enjoyed Christmas Eve at Grandpa's home. He remembers that Grandpa always had the fire going and he would always sit in front of it. He still loves going there each Christmas Eve

-He had a great whistle

-He loved Caffeine Free Diet Coke aka Soda Water

Hope to see everyone next year - same time, same place!

Just having fun...

We LOVE to have our friends over! Walker is such a good friend.

Where is Hayes? Well, most times, in the bathroom. I never had this problem with Walker so I am trying to get used to keeping all the bathroom doors shut. Hayes LOVES the bath. Anytime I turn on the water for the bath he comes crawling in to play in the water. There have even been a few times when I have found his fingers in the toilet. Whoops!

Lunch time is always fun time! Hayes is such a good eater.

Walker will eat anything as along as he has "sauce"...we range from Ranch, Ketchup and today sour cream with his taquitos!

A couple of days ago the weather was SUPER nice! (yay for Spring) So we headed to our back yard to enjoy our new swing set. We bought it in October, but by the time we had it painted and a new roof built for it the weather was too cold to play on it. Walker has been asking to play on it all Winter!

It is so nice to be outside! I can't wait until the weather gets warmer and stays warm! My boys are growing so fast and I am loving their ages right now. Hayes is on the brink of walking and I am really excited! Walker is loving school and can't wait to go each day!