Happy Birthday Riley!

Riley is now 9 years old!

It is crazy to watch our wedding video, and see little 5 year old Riley!

Here he is reading to Tanner, and we love to have him over.

5 Reasons we love Riley:

1. He is a great cousin and brother!

2. He is super at sleep-overs and likes to help clean-up even!

3. He is good at sports, works hard at school, and does great in cub scouts!

4. He has lots of funny jokes!

5. He can climb a tree as fast as a monkey!

Happy Birthday Carley!

Sweet little Carley is 2 years old! She is only about 6 months younger than Tan, and hopefully they can be great playmates (some day)!

Kim made this darling and amazing cake! I had to post it because it was so simple and so cute, I thought all you mother's of girls would be interested in how to do it! I'll send you the link if you want.

We just love little Carley and are glad to have her much closer these days!

Watch out Michael Jordan...

Here comes Tanner!

I was shocked how well Tanner did with this basketball he got for Easter. The hoop is down a couple steps from where Tanner is, but I was still impressed!

We spend a lot of time doing church ball in the winter, so he was excited to have his very own b-ball.

Easter-part 3 (farm style)

Kenny's family taught me all about Easter on the farm!

After dinner, we went out side and rolled the Easter Eggs.

For those of you who are not familiar with this custom, I will help you out...

1. You use a shovel to create a trail down the side of a hill.

2. Then you let em' roll!

3. Then, you scream and cheer when your egg hits the bottom of the hill.

(Hailey arrived at our house as pink-a-licious- as she called herself!)

4. When you have rolled all the eggs, you go to the bottom of the hill and collect the eggs.

5. You continue rolling the eggs until they completely fall apart, then you roll the yolks (that is when you really get some speed!)

Now, for anyone who thinks that this is crazy country fun...you are right! It really was a blast, so don't knock it till you tried it!

If you are looking for a new Easter tradition, give this a whirl (or should I say roll).

Easter -part 2

It took Tanner a few minutes, when he woke up, to remember that it was Easter morning.

We spent some time last Monday teaching Tanner the meaning behind Easter and if you ask, this is what he will say...

"What happened to Jesus?"

Tanner: "He died"

"Then what happened?"

Tanner: "He lived again!"

It is so cute, I'm sure he doesn't really understand what he is saying, but it is cute to watch him learn!

His tie was broken.
His favorite new toy!

Jackson wasn't as enthusiastic as Tanner!

But he cuaght on eventually!

Steven and Carlyn stayed with us!

I love the look on Jack-Jack's face here.

Okay, since I don't have girls to dress all matching, I work with what we have!

Happy Easter!

We hope all of you had a great time celebrating the ressurection of our Savior!

Happy Halloween-Better late than never!

Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. My birthday is the last day of September, so as a kid I would be excited all month long. The day after my birthday was October 1st and I would tell myself to get excited about Halloween so I still had something to be excited about. This works very well until about January (which is still my least favorite month and I don't even have to go back to school anymore)!

I use to love dressing my brothers and sisters up for Halloween. I actually looked forward to dressing up my own kids one day (I know I was a weird kid)! The hard work of child bearing has payed off and my poor children now endure my fun. Even my husband lets me have a little fun with his costume. We were Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. Tanner was Elmo (which I made myself and I do not suggest sewing fuzzy red material- unless you want your whole house fuzzy and red).

Tanner loved the bean-bag toss and made poor Kyle work hard all night at the ward party!

He also liked the cake walk, once he finally got a cake that is.

This is my proudest Halloween creation. Jackson was "Jack-Jack" from the incredibles.

Check out that spike!!
I was going to be Elasta-Girl (Jack-Jack's mom, for those of you that don't know your Disney/Pixar movies), but I just didn't think our ward would appreciate seeing me in a red, spandex, super-girl suit! I am sure it is a sight that would cause nightmares for many individuals. We had a great time. I am already planning next Halloween- it takes a whole year to come up with this kind of genious!

We flew out to Alabama on Sat the 18th to get ready for a weekend and down-home fun and family. Here are some pics to recap the family fun.

Tanner and Daddy, Ucles James with Carmen, and Autumn with Jackson

We love getting to hang out with cousins since Tanner and Jackson rarley get to do that! Here are a couple more...

Jackson and Mommy (never mind the crazy lady in the back), Michael and Laura

Watch out kids-Uncle James is cop now (oh wait, I meant licensed officer :).

It isn't a party without food.

This would be Nolan- What a face!

The reason we went out to Bama is for Randi's wedding. It was going to be a lovely outdoor wedding, but it rained so we moved the festivities inside!

Laura (Mike's wife), Steph (my sis), Me, Randi (other sis), James (bro), Michael (other bro).
The kids are Autumn and Carmen

Tanner though the reception was great!
We love you Aunt Randi and Uncle David Silva-Ambrocio! Congrats!