MAY 2012
Wow! I feel like each month just flies by! I love my little boys. We have so much fun together. They are so sweet and I am so proud to be their mom! This month Travis finished his first year of preschool and Scott finished his first year of teaching in Utah! Now we are so ready for summer to be here! Tyler is growing up and talking more and more....now if we can just get him completely potty trained! Ethan is getting so big! He is such a happy boy and loves to play with Travis and Tyler! I have been offered a job at the hospital working in pediatrics (their urgent care) and I am very excited! I also started teaching piano lessons and I absolutely love it! Here are all the fun things we have done this month:

May 1st--Ethan...what a happy boy! He loves to be outside and watching the world go by!

Ethan and I at Travis' first baseball game!

Travis...what a great baseball player! He can really hit that ball....and he made it to 1st base!

Travis making a slide to 2nd base!

Tyler and Dad at Travis' first baseball game!

May 5th--Travis at baseball!

May 6th--We live so close to the church (about 1 block) that we walk to church every Sunday. I thought this was so cute I had to capture the boys walking home holding Scott's hand!

May 7th--Ethan is so cute....he literally wakes up happy every morning. I just love seeing this little face...especially first thing in the morning!

May 8th--Ethan loves his exersaucer!

May 10th--Looks like Tyler loves the exersaucer too!

May 11th--We went camping with Cara and Jason's family! The cousins had a blast! This was our first camping experience as a family and it really was fun. I think we will do it again soon! :) We spent one night (in our tents) at Snow Canyon State Park. It was only like a 10-15 min drive from our house but was just perfect for the kids!

Setting up the tents....

The boys with Camden roasting hotdogs!

Cara and Jason and Avery

Eating dinner!

Ethan is 6 months old today! Look at this cute face!!!

Ethan is rolling over, started eating a little rice and oatmeal cereal, loves to play with toys, loves to babble and talk to you and is such a easy, happy baby!!

 Our family....having fun camping!

 Travis and Ethan!

Hiking and climbing the rocks!

 Tyler hiking!

 

Tyler and Carson!

Having a little S'more!

Mom and Travis!

 

 Dad and Ethan!

  

Having fun with the flashlights!

May 12th--On our last hike...Travis!

Ethan!

Our family!!!

Pioneer names scratched into the rock!

Scott hiking up to see the Pioneer names!

Thanks cousins for camping with us! It was so much fun!! Maybe next year....????

May 13th--Mother's day! I wish I would have gotten a picture with all of my boys! Here is Tyler and Ethan having fun after church!

May 14th--Ethan hanging out....

May 16th--Ever since we have moved to Utah, we have always met up with the cousins each Wednesday for library story time, McDonalds (their favorite) for lunch and then off to preschool for Halie and Travis and Kindergarten for Camden! It has been so fun getting together each week and definitely one of the highlights of our week!

Last day of preschool..Travis with cousin Halie!

Travis has loved preschool. Every time I would pick him up, he would be so excited to tell me all the fun things they did that day! He loved going with his cousin too!!

Travis with Grandma Smith!

Travis with Mrs. Julie....What a fun preschool!

Our first swim of the summer season! Ethan's first time in the pool!

Gotta love Tyler's little face!

May 19th--Every morning, first thing in the morning Tyler loves to eat cereal while watching cartoons!

May 20th--Cute Ethan!

 Tyler has been watching me teach piano lessons and every now  and then he tries to practice too!

 May 22nd--Hanging out at Travis' baseball game!

Tyler hanging out at Travis' baseball game! He was thrilled to wear Travis' baseball hat!

 May 24th--I had to catch this on camera! Tyler loves to lay down....(and he will lay anywhere) to drive his little cars!

May 29th--Travis' last baseball game! He did so great for playing baseball for the first time!

 Dad helped Travis build this model airplane! He even painted it and all!

 Cute Tyler!

 May 30th--Sweet little Ethan!

Nothing like having a cupcake for breakfast!

APRIL 2012
April flew by! We have had such a fun month. Grandma Murdock and Grandpa Clark both celebrated birthdays (sorry we missed them!) We watched General Conference and I made the traditional cinnamon rolls (sorry I didn't get pictures!). The boys helped to make the cinnamon rolls and they were delicious! We celebrated Easter and it was a great day! We even had Cara and Jason and their kids over for Easter dinner and it turned out great! I have had a couple of job interviews and am waiting to hear back about them. Hopefully I land something soon! Scott is doing a great job teaching and LOVES his job. He also recently started tutoring at Sylvan. We are doing well and the boys are growing up so fast! Here are the fun things we did this month:

April 2nd--Ethan just hanging out!

Ethan and Dad watching a Lakers game together!

The boys announcing Family Home Evening with their "microphones!"

Our Easter treats we made for Family Home Evening....little birds nests!

April 5th--Look how happy Ethan wakes up! He ALWAYS wakes up happy!

We love you Ethan!

April 7th--The cousin Easter Egg Hunt at the park! The kids had lots of fun. We packed a lunch and all but ended up only staying there for a short time since it was kind of cold and windy!

Our second Easter Egg Hunt of the day at Treasure Valley Park! There were tons of kids there but Travis and Tyler still got lots of candy and had lots of fun!

Our sweet little Ethan in his bumbo!

April 7th--The boys at our ward Easter Egg Hunt at the Beehive home near our house! There were Easter games, a coloring contest, of coarse the Egg hunt and root beer floats. It was lots of fun!

Having a little Hungry Howies pizza in the parking lot before all grocery shopping together!

Dying our Easter Eggs!

And the baskets are ready for the Easter bunny to come!

April 8th--Happy Easter! The kids found their baskets left by the Easter bunny. They were so excited! The bunny left them an Easter cartoon DVD!

Already eating their candy!

Happy Easter Ethan! The Easter bunny even left a little basket for him!

Travis and Tyler found the basket that Grandma and Grandpa Murdock sent them. They were excited to find bubble bath and bath paints!

Scott and I NEVER take pictures together! Sorry this is kind of a bad one....we had Travis take it!

Ethan and I on Easter Sunday!

Travis, Tyler and Ethan on Easter Sunday!

April 11th--Ethan tried solid foods for the 1st time! He tried rice cereal first and didn't like it too much!!

Our sweet little boys!

April 11th--Ethan is 5 months old! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. He is such a sweet and happy boy! He can roll from his back to his stomach (I know that's backwards!), he loves to talk and laughs at Travis and Tyler all the time! He LOVES to suck is 1st and 2nd fingers. He LOVES his milk and starts to fuss if he thinks he isn't going to get it! He is a GREAT sleeper and LOVES to play with his little toys. He loves music and singing. I LOVE THIS BOY!

April 16th--Ethan LOVES his bath!

April 23rd--Travis and Ethan just hanging out and watching a little show before bedtime!

April 28th--The boys got a free cheeseburger at In-N-Out through the reading program at the city library. They were thrilled to go out for a hamburger and soda!

April 30th--Playing outside! The weather is so perfect right now in St. George. We all love to go outside after dinner to ride bikes and play. It's been lots of fun! Ethan does not know what to think about the grass!

On our "bike ride" as the boys call it! Yes...I stick Tyler in the basket of my beach cruiser and Travis rides along side. We have LOTS of fun together! We often ride around to check out all of the new houses being built.

I love this boy! Travis is always a happy boy....and here he is ready for bed!

Tyler down and out on the couch....starting to get sick, poor little thing!

Ethan loves his toys now! He is so sweet!