Twins 11 months

May 17, 2016

If there's a word that can describe these two buddies at 11 months it would be curious. Kaden walked at 11 months and these two aren't really that close, but they cruise around using every shelf, couch, ottoman and barstool to pull up to and help them get what they want. They love to explore together and are double trouble sometimes, but oh so cute! They love their bath! Our bathroom is usually soaking wet when we're all done since the twins always splash so much.

Carson & Cole love Kaden. They think he's the funniest, coolest person in the world.  He is such a good big brother and is always trying to entertain them and make them laugh.

 They are always climbing on things and trying to figure out new ways to get on and off of everything.  They both love to pound on the glass part of the fireplace and give it kisses.

The twins have discovered that they can explore places they hadn't previously known about. They love the kitchen. Among the favorites is the pantry.  They are constantly pulling water bottles out, formula off the shelves, anything they can get their chubby little hands on.  They also like the cabinet under the sink. Most of the time I have it locked but sometimes I take the lock off and forget about it and then they pull everything out.

The cutest pair of chubby bums heading up to the bath. Carson (left) & Cole (right)

These two drink their bottles in their bouncer seats and always seem pretty happy to be there even after they are done.

Coley loves to give everything kisses, including the ottoman

 They learned to climb the stairs all by themselves this month

 Cole got his 1st haircut at 11 months

One of our cool twin inventions that's been a lifesaver- the buggy bench! It's an extra seat in a cart. We get comments everywhere we go.

The day the twins turned 11 months we were flying out to Disneyland without them (they were staying with Grandma and Grandpa).  I had to get a picture of them in their carseats as we drove because they looked so cute!

Our 7th Anniversary

May 7, 2016


This year Curtis planned our anniversary weekend and surprised me.  We began our celebration on Friday May 6. All he told me was dress nicely and be downtown by 5:30 pm.  He met me with beautiful roses and a dinner to the Roof, overlooking the Salt Lake Temple, which seemed fitting since that's where we were married.  We had the most delicious dinner and desserts.  We did a walk through memory lane as we ate and talked about our favorite moments of each year that we were married.  Afterwards Curtis surprised me with a stay at the Anniversary Inn downtown.  My parents watched the kids overnight so we could have a night off to celebrate.

(Not the world's greatest picture due to the backlighting and using a cell phone camera, but better than nothing I guess.)

The next day we slept in (glorious!) and then went shopping and out to lunch at Zilio's Pizza.  It was a really fun weekend and I loved getting to spend some extra time with my sweetheart and my best friend. I love Curtis so much more now than I ever did 7 years ago.

That afternoon we took the kids to the Hogle Zoo for part of Reproductive Care Center's Patient Appreciation Night. Our twins got us this perk for spending so much money on IVF, so we figured free zoo/free dinner sounds awesome to us. It was unusually cold for May so we were all bundled up in coats, hats and long pants, but it was still super fun. Kaden absolutely loves to ride the train and carousel and much to his delight that was all free thanks to RCC so we could go as many times as he wanted without feeling guilty for saying no.

Tulip Festival

May 2016

We live by Thanksgiving Point so we made sure to go to the Tulip Festival this year. It was so pretty! I just love the Ashton Gardens. It amazes me that anyone can turn such a huge area into such a beautiful garden. I entered a photo into the TP Tulip Festival Photo Contest. I didn't win but still had fun taking pictures.

Trying to get good smiles out of these three little boys at the same time is hilarious...

There was a mom and baby owelets and we loved watching them over behind the waterfall.

We went another day to the Tulip Festival with our friends the Lowes. They live across the street from us and have twin girls that are a week younger than my boys and Kaden is right in between their boys, Lincoln and Malcolm.  The kids played for hours in the bounce houses and had a blast running through the gardens together.  I always love going places with Lucy and her four littles because having another twin mom friend somehow makes me feel like less of a circus. :)

Malcolm, Kaden & Lincoln

The coolest upside down looking flowers. They reminded us of pineapples.

Spring Break

April 7-8, 2016
Kaden had a two week spring break from preschool this year.  Curtis was busy finishing up CCAR testing at work until the second week of the break and couldn't take any time off before then, so we were planning on going to either Moab or St. George but Cole had the stomach flu that week and we decided it wouldn't make for a very fun trip with a puking baby.  It's a good thing we stayed because I woke up with an eye infection on Thursday morning. Boo. So we stayed closer to home and Curtis just took two days off instead of a week.  (Hence the pictures of me with glasses and no makeup. I hate glasses.)  We ate lunch in the back of the car which was hilarious and interesting to say the least. I'm pretty sure we still have peanut butter and jam smeared on the carpet.

We went hiking both days. The first day we went to Rocky Mouth Trail.  It was a short little hike that started right in a neighborhood in Draper, kind of random.  It was steep but decently easy.  It had a waterfall at the end and tons of rocks to climb on so naturally Kaden loved it and was in heaven.

 Super dad carrying more than he should have to :)

We did a movie night and watched the second Land Before Time movie. Kaden loves those movies!

We went to Battle Creek Falls in Pleasant Grove the second day.  It was also decently easy but still pretty steep at parts.  It wasn't as shady as the other hike, but maybe it's because it's still early spring and there's no leaves on the trees. Maybe we'll have to try it again in the summer or fall to see if there's more shade.  For some reason I guess I didn't get any pictures. Oh well.