Easter!

 I hope you all had a Happy Easter! The kids had fun opening their Easter baskets and doing an egg hunt. Some pics and videos of our Easter:

Avery's turn for hunting eggs.

Gavin saying Happy Easter and being a goof.

Avery saying Happy Easter and being a goof!

Birthday Boy!!

Mr. Gavin turned four this past week and we were able to take a quick trip down to spend a few days with Grandma and Grandpa in Phoenix! The kids were very excited about spending time with them and it was nice to have some warm weather too!!

We got to enjoy the playground and had lots of fun getting COVERED in sand!! 

We also got to enjoy dinner out, something we don't do much these days. Both kids really enjoyed the oversized Olaf! It was bigger than Avery! 

And best of all the kids got to play with their cousins on Gavin's birthday!! They all had a great time together!

Both kids loved having story time, with their cousins and with Grandma and Grandpa. They love their books!!

They also enjoyed playing pin the tail on the dinosaur. Gavin kept relocating the tail to the "correct" location after everyone's turn! LOL

All too soon it was time to say good bye. I didn't get a good pic of good bye's with Grandma - they were moving too fast! We had a great visit!

 Hello!! We finally got a slide attached to our Pirate Ship!! YAY! Here is a video of the kids going down it.

We also got a good amount of snow about a week ago - maybe 6 inches accumulation in our yard. So the kids had fun playing in that!

And here is a video of Gavin burying Avery in the snow. They love doing this to each other and it helps that they have full snow gear on, so no one gets cold unless it gets in their face!

The kids are both doing well in their swimming classes. In fact Avery has completed all her skills and just needs to work on mastering a couple. They are basically waiting for her to age out (at 2.5 years old) to the next level which does not have a parent in the water with her. Gavin is working on Chicken, Star, Rocket and breath holding with his face in the water.

With the weather being bad, we do a lot of RoboTots inside to get energy out! This is a video of them doing the Halloween episode.

That's about it from us!! Hope you are all staying healthy!!!

Holidays (Part Two)

This year Carlton had to work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, so we celebrated on the 23rd instead! The kids are too young to know the difference anyway. 

The new Jingle dog we got as a gift from our Fairy Godmother, Evelyn!

Gavin wishing everyone a Merry Christmas from inside his new garage tent.

Avery doing a floor angel. LOL

Gavin in his Christmas outfit for Christmas day! This is the best pic out of 4 - he will not stand still!

Avery dancing in her high chair! She really loves to move when music is playing!

Avery wearing her new neck gaiter.

Our cards on display from all our loving friends and family!!

A couple videos of the kids playing on the pendulum swing at the playground. They both love this swing!!

A couple days after Christmas, we ventured into Salt Lake City to check out the light display called Lumaze. It's a huge display that you walk through and they had a fun scavenger hunt for the kids looking for hidden presents along the way. Gavin loved it. Avery enjoyed it for a bit but then got cold. They did have a cute train ride we got to do which thrilled both the kids!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Here's hoping 2021 is much better than 2020...shouldn't be too hard.

Holidays (Part One)

 I hope everyone had a fabulous holiday season!! Or at least as fabulous as it could be considering the pandemic. I wanted to share our pictures from Thanksgiving to mid-December in this post and then Christmas/New Year pics in another post since I haven't done a post in a long time!

We were lucky to have my parents come out and celebrate Thanksgiving with us this year! So they got to see our new house and the kids got to spend quality time with their grandparents. Gavin especially enjoyed the attention! Here are some pics!

Enjoying some snow play!

New tradition, painting our handprints on a tablecloth that we can use for the holidays!

Video of Grandma dancing with Avery.

Kids wearing their matching Grinch Christmas shirts. And helping Daddy put up our Frosty blow-up.

Playing dress-up with a Santa and an Elf costume!

Video of Avery enjoying one of our Christmas decorations.

Kids trying out their Christmas headbands from Aunt Marilyn - before I had a chance to remove the tag!

Avery helping Mommy vacuum.

Video of us singing "Give it your all" from Pete the Cat Saves Christmas. (Guard your ears)

Our visit to Santa this year actually took place in the backyard of a house that has been going all out with their Christmas decorations for the past few years. No charge, although donations were accepted, and the kids each got a little gift from Santa along with a candy cane. They were thrilled! 

Snowflake on our back porch.

Making our annual Christmas goodies!

The kids posing by a snowman we made in our backyard when we had a really good snowfall.

Their favorite thing to do when it snows is to eat the snow!

The munchkins dressed in their matching Christmas pajamas!

Will post Christmas pics soon (hopefully)!