18 Months

I am so far behind, a lot has changed around our house lately which hopefully I will get caught up on. But for the moment I'm going to focus on Hudson. He is now 18 months old and his the cutest, sweetest little boy!


At 18 months
Weight: 23 lbs (22%)
Height: 32 in (49%)
Head: 18 in (45%)

Hudson is at a very fun age as well as a very hard age. It's fun because I love his personality, he is so funny! He loves to play with Sissy and explore. He loves to play outside, help Daddy mow the lawn and play in the water. It's also a very hard age because he is into everything and going to the store (grocery, craft, clothing store, restaraunt) doesn't matter where but he is impossible to take!! He won't stay in the cart to save my life, he'd rather get down and run around touching and pulling everything off the shelves!!

I recently have gone back to work part time and the kids are with Lane. So Hudson and Lane have a pretty tight bond now. It was sad at first because he wanted nothing to do with me but it's getting better now. And Brooklyn and Lane have always had a tight bond. It 's hard to be away from them but for the most part they are with Lane getting some Daddy time!

Our camera is broken so all these pictures are from Lane's phone when he has been watching the kids.





Taco Amigo fries and fry sauce!! A favorite of Hudson's.


Lane is such a good Dad. He is far more patient than I am. He takes the kids to the park, mows the lawn, plays outside with them, and feeds them Taco Amgio!!

Strawberry Days 2011

We weren't able to hit all the events this year at Strawberry Days because we headed out of town to Texas. But in one day we did everything we could. . .first up was the baby contest.

Hudson won last year but he was still under the age requirement this year so I decided to put him in again. He was very shy with the judges but he smiled and totally flirted with them.




Laci entered her little boy, Kruz as well. How cute is he??!!




These 2 little boys are so cute together. They will be best buds growing up! I love that Laci and I have girls the same age and now boys that are very close in age too! It sure makes for some fun!!



After a yummy lunch at Pizza Factory we came back for the results. . .and BOTH Hudson and Kruz won!! I was so excited to have him win again!

Both of them with their trophy's. I was sad we weren't able to be here for the parade because both him and Brookie would have been in it.

After the baby contest we headed home for a nap, then walked in the children's parade (no pictures) so we could get 2 free rides to the carnival and a stamp for Brookie to get into the rodeo for free and a free glacier to Taco Amigo!! Totally worth it!
We then left Hudson with Aunt Coleen and went to the carnival to use our free rides (again no pictures.) After waiting in line for forever for those 2 rides we called it quits and headed back home where we met Daddy and went to the rodeo. And of course got Strawberries 'n' cream!!



It made for a very long day, cramming everything in 24 hours but I and love Strawberry Days!!!

Oh, earlier in the week Laci and I took the kids to the free family swim day. The kids loved it! I had to put all these pictures up because it's always a treat to get a good picture of 5 kids.

Preschool Graduation

Well before summer officially started Brooklyn had preschool graduation. It has been a fun year for her. She absolutely loved it and made some good friends who she told me she misses. She learned so much. She has another year of preschool to go since her birthday is September 2nd but she will be super smart for kindergarten.

She was such a stinker and was the only one who wouldn't wear her cap and gown. She had a little solo part but didn't say it, she got really shy all of a sudden. She did sing the songs though and it was so cute!

The sun was really bright and in their eyes

Brookie getting her diploma from her teacher Miss Misti

She was most definitely not in a picture taking mood!!

Giving Miss Misti her thank you present!

Summer has officially started!!!

To kick off summer we headed up to the zoo with the Arias family! We went at the perfect time, not too hot and not too crowded. By the time we left it was starting to heat up and there were a ton of people!!
Hillbilly Brook (that's what my Dad calls her with her missing tooth) and Eva

First up was the train ride! Aren't those 3 girls the cutest!!!
Hudson loved it!

The had a Zoorassic event going on. So they had all these big dinosaurs that moved and some sprayed water. It was pretty cool.
All the kidlets!


They all loved that the gorilla was right next to the window!
The peacock was so cool! Both the kids and adults liked it. I've never seen one with it's feathers all spread out.

The carousel is always a hit!



After the zoo we headed up to Snowbird where Lane's grandparents have a room. We had dinner and took the kids swimming which was a lot of fun.




Hudson has some fettish with dishwashers. He loves to get up in there and take everything out, I get very frustrated with it but Grandma Pont has a lot more patience than I do!

It made for a very fun day, a long day with maybe a 45 minute nap for little man, but still we had fun and look forward to summer!