My little man just keeps growing up!

Since we were able to score a free toddler bed out of my parents shed when Steven was about 2, we have been able to put off buying him a big bed of his own.  However, lately it’s been evident that Steven is too big for his toddler bed, as he would slam into the wall almost every time he rolled over, and one time when he climbed in and bumped the wall he held back tears as he said, “I need a big bed!”
Well, finally last weekend after we went to the temple, we went out and bought all the stuff to surprise him with his new bed!  We bought a bunk bed so that we don’t have to buy another bed in the next year for Lillie when she gets big enough for a big bed, and Steven loves having them both set up, so we can build caves with them.  Happy times for him!!

Having some fun with family :)

Here’s a picture of my good-lookin, fun-lovin’, hard-working husband and my daughter adoring him. :)

 

Last weekend was super crazy and eventful.  I’ll need to blog about the miracle of my Grandpa later, but I’ll leave you with some fun pictures of Saturday and Sunday of being with Darrell’s family.  Saturday night, Darrell’s mom, sisters and I went with the kids to dinner, then to the Provo Towne Center to play in the kid zone and let Steven ride the train.  It was definitely tons of fun!

 

 

And we had some fun entertainment in between conference stuffs :)

Because things are for getting into?

My kids love to do what probably every other child loves to do. That is, empty out all the cupboard and play with the pots, pans, and other fun things. Every time Steven empties out the cupboards, Lillie loves to sit in pans. And Steven loves to pull her around. :) It's a lot of fun. And for some reason, my computer won't let me change the order of these pictures, so you get a modge podge of everything in random order.

Ready for BYU basketball (This is an older picture...yes...)

Stylin'

And this last video is for memory sake really. Lillie has the cutest car noise, and I want to preserve it forever. :) Enjoy!

No TV = More fun :)

Lately, I feel like Steven is always begging me to watch a show.  It’s great to put one on for him when I take a shower and make dinner, but other times it drives me nuts how much he wants to watch it.  However, I feel we’ve been doing a lot better at keeping the TV off more, and having more fun around here. Some of those things include painting, building with Steven’s fun blocks, cars, and dumping toys out everywhere of course. :)

 

Steven covered his hands in paint yesterday and just started clapping like crazy.  This created a really cool splatter effect on the paper. And the wall. And Steven. and Lillie.  Such fun. :) Luckily it cleaned up super easy, and Steven is still proud of himself.

 

 

Steven’s Trio Blocks are pretty awesome, and he brought this to me and said, “Look at my vaccum.” Impressive buddy. Seriously. :)

And a classic picture of Steven being obsessed with Lillie’s toys since they are the most new in the house. :)

  

Back in the Blogging Saddle…

Thanks to Pete! Don’t ask me why I named my new camera Pete, but it just seemed to click. :)  I’m excited that this new camera is exactly what I wanted.  Inexpensive (Thanks to Costco), Quick Shutter, Fits in my palm and my purse.  It’s fabulous.  We’re developing a fabulous relationship. (Forgive all my photography puns through all that.)

 

For St. Patrick’s Day, I printed off a bunch of pictures for Steven to color.  Despite Leprechauns being awesome, as is a pot of gold, the only thing Steven liked was the rainbows.  So, for the holiday, we made Rainbow cupcakes. They were delish.

 

Also, since it’s March, it means March Madness!! Hooray! I would put a picture of my brackets, but that would totally be embarrassing after last weekend, so we’ll just point out the great stuff, like how well our Cougars played on Saturday!! (Yes, they won on Thursday, but it wasn’t as beautiful of a win.)  Yes, there is epic Jimmer Fever around here like CRAZY, but my favorite player is still Jackson Emery.  However, they all are great, and Saturday was a beautiful team win.  My kids enjoyed getting dressed up and singing the fight song.

 

And Friday, we went to visit my grandparents, and Lillie found these fantastic sunglasses.  She thought she was pretty funny.  

Some more happenings

Meet Vanda.  She is our new (to us) 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan.  She is just a glimpse of the “fun” we’ve had in the last month with vehicles.  It started when we sold Darrell’s 1991 Acura Integra.  Then a week later we bought Vanda.  Then a week later we bought a 2000 Blue Chevy Malibu. Of course, this was followed 9 days later by selling our 1997 Chevy Lumina.  So all in all, we’ve upgraded everywhere and hope it turns out to be a fabulous change.   

Last Saturday we went to the BYU Basketball game. It proved to be a great experience.  Steven deemed it too loud until we got him some cotton balls to use as ear plugs.  Then he enjoyed it.  And it was fun to see Jackson Emery and Jimmer Fredette play their last home game.

Then you get left with some cute pictures of my kids being cute of course. :)  Steven taught Lillie the art of finger painting. And she even let him paint her face.  Such good siblings.