Sweet Boys

This past week Carter's primary teacher lost her husband. He was not a member so we never met him but we do know Sister Bame and she is a wonderful teacher and friend. Carter and I made cards for her and decided to take her some flowers. Before leaving to deliver them Braden saw what we were doing and wanted to make her a card too.

It's good to know that my boys can be so sweet and willing to cheer others up, especially when they do things like this:

Boy's...you got to love them.

Historic Railroad Trail

This past weekend, Presidents Day weekend, we took a little hike with my mom and Gary out to the Historic Railroad Trail at Lake Mead. The trail is the only remaining section of the Hoover Dam Railroad system that is not highly disturbed or under water. All the tunnels are approximately 300 ft. in length, and 25 ft in diameter. The tunnels were oversized to fit the penstock sections and large equipment being transported to Hoover Dam.

Carter pooped out really quickly and had to rid with Sis most of the walk.

Sis used Carter as a rest for her feet.

1 Year Dr. Appointment

Riley is a very little thing. I don't know why she's so little. She is tall though and that doesn't surprise me at all because all my kids have been tall, at least as babies.

1 Year

18 pounds (8%)

30 inches (70%)

Birthday Girl

Riley's birthday was a drawn out celebration. We had 3 different parties with 3 different cakes. It was really fun to see Riley get so excited about us singing Happy Birthday to her and opening presents.

Our fist party was a little over a week early. My mom and sister came to visit so we celebrated while they were here. We played lots of games, most of them were played while Riley was sleeping, opened presents and ate cake.

Making her cake.

Playing outside before naptime.

My mom got Riley a toy box. The boys loved helping put it together.

Navy was really jealous of  Riley's new toys. Luckily we have 

more than one baby doll so we could keep both girls happy.

Cake Time!

We gave Riley her cake and the first thing she did was reach for the candle.

Good thing she had cake to make her happy again.

Even after eating lots of cake herself she tried to get Navy's piece too.

The little girls got really messy. They needed a good scrub down.

On Riley's actual birthday we didn't do anything big, but we did take Sis to the pet store to look at the puppies and then came home to eat/destroy more cake.

On the Saturday after Riley's birthday we invited several of our friends over to celebrate. Riley destroyed more cake and especially enjoyed having everyone sing to her.

school days

My friend and I take turns taking our kids to school or picking them up. It's a perfect arrangement especially if one of our little ones is napping. Usually I drive to school, but on rare occasions my friend does. We love sitting out front of the house waiting for the "school bus" to come. Riley is usually fairly indifferent when brother leaves but she is always happy when he comes home!

Sister

Riley is a crazy little girl. She is trouble most of the time with her high pitched screams and want to make a mess of everything, but she is also very sweet, willing to give loves and kisses and tenderly rockss her babies, trying to feed and sing to them.

She is a big mess maker, especially at mean time 

but that's only because she wants to feed herself now.

Feeding her Baby

Kisses

Riley LOVES bathtime! She splashes and plays forever 

and is usually upset when we get her out.

Riley has learned to fold her arms for prayer time.

One of my favorite things to do is watch Riley sleep. (Isn't it every mother's favorite to watch over their sleeping babies?) Riley is not a great sleeper, she still doesn't sleep through the night but at least she naps well during the day...most days.