Our Cali Trip

We went to California over the weekend to see baby Jane and take a small family vacation because it is going to be a while until we can get out of the house again. We had so much fun. The twins were so good in the car and behaved themselves for the most part at the house. We got there really late on Wednesday night so on Thursday we took the kids to the Zoo. We left at about 9:30 in the morning and by noon we were ready to go home. It was so hot and if it was not a giraffe, elephant or a turtle, they did not really care. But they were very well behaved. Devyn warned me that this is not a great place for pictures because you can either not see the kids faces or what they are looking at and she was right. Here is really the only good picture that I got.:(
On the way home from the zoo we picked up Uncle Michael so that he could go with Devyn and Jane to the doctor. Poor little thing had to get 4 shots. Here is a picture of Uncle Jeremy trying to make it all better... Isn't she so adorable.

Then on Friday DeEtte took us to Legoland. I was really afraid that the kids would again want to only be there for about 2 hours and everyone else would want to stay but we were there for almost 5 hours. They LOVED it. There were rides, and a water park and so many fun things to see. Here are some pictures of that fun day.

I loved this next picture so much because Connor was Elizabeth's little buddy all day. He was such a huge help with pushing the stroller, or holding onto hands, or anything we asked of him really. He is a great kid. So is Lily and you will see her cuteness in a minute.

Here they are at the water park.

DeEtte was so awesome to take Elizabeth on the rides because I was afraid the bars would hit my belly in a bad spot. These were the first rides they had ever been on. They went on an airplane, helicopter,boat,and safari ride. They loved every single one of them.

Lily taught Elizabeth how to be a beautiful princess. Aren't they adorable.

And here is the most adorable little baby on the planet next to my daughter. Jane is the happiest, smiliest(is that a word), most precious little angel. Here are a couple of pictures of her.

Thank you guys again for having us and for such a great vacation.

Alot Going On!

This summer, so far, has been crazy, fun, spontaneous, and hot (well today was like 105 and I think that is the worst its been so I really should not complain but...). Jeremy and I said that we were going to get the twins potty trained before the summer was over/before Joshua was here and so far it has been an adventure. The first day we made them a potty chart and told them that when they filled that up we would go to the store and pick out a special toy. Please do not make fun of my ghetto chart, I am not creative and I will never claim to be but they loved it and that is all that matters right? Anyway, the first day was a disaster and by day two Jeremy and I called it quits...I am not kidding, potty training is HELL...excuse my language but there is no other word to better describe it. Then at lunch on day two, after Jeremy and I told the kids we were going to take a break from the potty and try again next week, my sweet little daughter told us she needed to go and off she went. She has only had 2 accidents in a week and she even did really well at grandma's house this weekend. We are going to Cali on Wednesday so hopefully she will do as well there. Elijah wants NOTHING to do with the toilet. He is perfectly happy with mommy tending to his potty needs(change his diaper). But he will get there and we are not stressing over it. Sorry for the rambling. Here is a picture of Elijah and Elizabeth with their first potty chart complete(thanks almost entirely to Elizabeth, but we are still proud of what he did do.)

I forgot to post this picture from our swimming adventure day. I just thought she looked so cute! We went to Mesquite this weekend for Father's Day! We had a great time. Here are the babies playing bass with Uncle Jordan.

Summer is Here!!

And I actually do say that with joy, for now anyway...The weather has been wonderful so far and so we decided to go swimming. The babies (I still call them that too mom) loved it!! Here are a few pictures of our fun!


This was at the end of our pool time so she was getting a little tired but I thought she looked so cute just lounging. And YES her hair IS long enough for pigtails!!!YAY!

Our little fish. She would say,"I swim like Nemo, Mommy!!!"

One of my most favorite pictures of Elijah, EVER!!!

Papa's Here!!!

My dad has actually been here for a while but I am just getting around to putting up some cute pictures. Dad was really surprised at how much they have changed and grown even since February. They just love having him here. My foot stool to my glider broke and so here are my crafty boys fixing it for me. Elijah really did help with almost everything and he was a really good listener too. It was adorable to watch them. Elizabeth sat down and did not move from that spot almost the entire time my dad was working on it. I think she was a little scared. She is so funny. Oh, and I did not put them there or tell them they had to sit there and watch. They just stayed out of my dads way until he asked them to come help.

And here is Elizabeth and PaPa cuddling after church.

Thanks to Chelsea I learned how to pictures on the blog so that people can click on them and make them bigger so you can now do that...enjoy!