T-Ball Practice

Brody just started t-ball! He has been so excited for weeks since we told him he could play t-ball with some of his little friends in the neighborhood. He is to young for the city teams so when one of the moms in the area offered to put together some teams so these kids could play we signed him up. This is the first sport that he has gotten to play since we spaced soccer sign-ups. He got his mitt for easter and has been practicing ever since. We picked up his hat and shirt on Sunday and he just had to wear it right away. I couldn't get him to take it off, he even slept in it that night. What a funny kid!

Practicing catching some grounders

Batting! He has a pretty good swing.

Good hit buddy! Look at that determination.

It is going to be fun to see how these games go in the next couple weeks. Thanks Fox family for setting this all up. Brody is loving it!

It's A Girl!!!

We went to my 20 week ultrasound appointment on Thursday and these are the profile pics that we got of our little baby GIRL! Brody and Baylee are so excited to get a new baby sister, Brody wanted a girl ever since we told them that we were having a baby so when the U/S tech said it was a girl he had the biggest smile on his face. He loves his sister Baylee and will be such a good big brother to this little one too. Baylee is excited to be a princess with her but was sure to point out that she will have to get her own princess dress. I am excited to see how they are with a new baby and I am sure it will be an adventure.

This is a beautiful picture of me at 19 weeks. I thought I was 20 weeks but the measurements of the ultrasound showed the baby at 19 so that will probably push my due date back to about September 15. We will see what the doc says when I see him next. I have never done pics of myself through my other pregnancies and I wish that I would have, so now I am doing it with this one.

Grandma's Easter Egg Hunt

Every year my mom does an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids in her neighborhood and some of our family. It is always so much fun.



The day before the hunt we go up and help color eggs. She had 75 dozen to color this year so we do them in big buckets so it doesn't take all day. The kids love doing eggs and always have colorful hands after.

Usually the hunt is in my mom's huge backyard, but since there was 6 inches of snow on the ground, we did it in the gym at the church. There was candy everywhere, on the tables, chairs, ground, and some was even taped on the walls. The kids get to help put the candy out so here they are after all the candy was scattered all over.

Now we are ready for an Easter Egg Hunt.

My mom splits the kids up into age groups so that the big kids don't run over the little kids and then lets them all run for it. They had so much fun filling up their baskets.

Brody asked if he was supposed to fill his basket all the way, and Dallas told him he could if he wanted to, He got a huge smile on his face and said that he did want to. He was so excited to get all that candy. (To bad he doesn't know he won't actually get to eat it all.)

The kids with all their fun treats.They had so much fun. After the hunt we have a potluck dinner and then go home to crash in bed after the sugar high. Thanks for the fun hunt Mom and Dad.

On our Way

Just a little note, Sorry but these disney posts are pretty long, We had such an awesome time and I wanted to have this for myself as well as for others to read. So here we go, enjoy!

My awesome mom made these cute bags for all the kids to put treats, toys, and coloring books in for our trip down to Disneyland. She is so talented, each bag has slots to slide the books in and zipper pockets to put little stuff in so it doesn't fall out. The kids loved their bags and they helped so much on that long drive down.

Here are the kids ready to go. We usually drive down in one day but this time we took two days to drive. We weren't sure how the kids would do with an 11 hour drive, but they did great splitting it up.

We stopped in St. George for the night and had to make a stop at the Honda Shop to check out the motorcycles and 4-wheelers.

Sunday we went to church and just hung around the hotel. We went and walked around Downtown Disney for a few minutes and showed the kids Disneyland to get them even more excited for the next day.

Sunday night we watched the disneyland fireworks from the rooftop of our hotel. We had a pretty good view of them all.

Me, Terra, and the kids waiting for the fireworks.

Dallas and the kids in Downtown Disney

Disneyland Day 1

We are finally here. More than a year ago, my mom and dad gave all of my family a challenge to read the Book of Mormon together and another book called the Culpri and the Cure. We all accepted the Challenge and because we finished it before the end of 2009 they said they would take us all to Disneyland. We have been so excited to go and to take the kids for their first time. Monday was our first day and we spent the whole day in the disneyland park. It was so much fun!!! Ever since he was young and lived in California, Dallas and his family would go to Disneyland and the first thing they would do was go get Mickey cakes for breakfast. We have been keeping that tradition and we were not about to stop on Brody and Baylee's first time there. Here are the kids with their first official Mickey cakes.

Brody loves the Tarzan movie so of course we had to take him into Tarzan's Treehouse. He thought it was pretty cool but didn't want to hear the Jaguar roaring so he had to cover his ears.

Brody had to try on some Pirate Goofy ears.

Also in the tradition of Dallas' family, we always ride the Pirates ride first. After that we can do whatever we want, We just have to have pancakes and ride pirates first.

We went on the Jungle Cruise while some of the big kids went on the Indiana Jones Ride. These kids and their funny faces, one day I will get a real smile out of them on camera.

We have been listening to music from the Tiki Room everyday for a month, the kids love singing along so of course we had to take them to the real thing. We got pineapple ice cream and went in for the show. The kids loved it, except for the storm.

We had to go see Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, and Eeyore.

We stopped for some lunch and Brody was so tired that he was falling asleep while he was eating

Brody and Dallas went on Splash Mountain, Baylee was just a little to small for it and since I am pregnant I couldn't ride either. I was a little sad because this is one of my favorite rides but I knew I would have to skip a few things to keep the baby safe so I will just have to wait til next time. You can't see them but this is the boat they were on, Brody loved it!!

We were on our way with the whole group to see the Captein EO show, when we saw Buzz Lightyear. He is Brody's favorite so we told everyone else to go ahead and we would stay here so he could get an autograph and picture with Buzz.

Here is Brody and Baylee climbing all over the rocks waiting for the Nemo submarine ride.

Dallas and Brody riding the Spaceships

My pics got a little out of order but here are the kids dancing in the Street party parade, They had so much fun being included in it. They got to go out twice and dance with all the dancers.We got a fun surprise part way through our first day in Disneyland. Grandpa Jon and uncle Ethan, Dallas' dad and brother came to Disneyland too. We thought they were in Florida going to Disneyworld and then all of the sudden we saw them waiting for us. They stayed with us for the resat of the day and we all had a lot of fun. We were definately not expecting them.

Grandpa Jon got Baylee a princess wand and Brody a Pirate Gun. They both love their prizes.

Grandpa Jon with Baylee

Grandpa Jon and Brody

At the end of the day we went down and had dinner at the ESPN zone. One of Dallas' favorite places to eat while in California. The whole day was a lot of fun.

Day 2 Disney's California Adventure

For our second day in Disneyland we wanted to go to the California Adventure side. So here is Brody and Baylee waiting for the bus ride over to the park. They were so excited to be able to finally wear their princess and pirate costume. Here we are at the end of the day in the big California letters. This was the only one that didn't have people in it already.

At the entrance to the park.

Our little princess just hanging out in her stroller. She loved wearing her little sunglasses.

Brody and Dallas playing around by the Midway Mania ride. These boys have so much fun together.

All the boys went to ride the Midway Mania again so we got some drinks to cool down a little. Baylee got a little heat rash so she needed to get out of the sun for a bit.

Jake with Brody, Alissa, Chase, and Gavin in the ladybug ride. These boys love their uncle Jake.

Jake and Baylee riding Hiemlich the caterpillar.

Me and Baylee waiting for the Bug's Life Show. She liked most of the show but was scared by some of it. Brody was asleep for part of it so he didn't have any glasses to take a picture with us.

Me and the kids with Jessie.