Brinley Boo, Casen Buddy, and Marlee Jane: April was Awesome!

April had a lot of fun days in addition to the larger activities! It also had a lot of crazy busy and stressful days, but I usually don't take pictures of those... but trust me we have them :)

So the pictures are way out of order... pictures from my phone first, followed by camera pictures.

Kylie Winward had an Icecream Parlor birthday party and Marlee would NOT let us feed her! So we stripped her down and put on her bib. She had a great time "feeding" herself.

Jessica is still doing great on her mission. She is so positive and happy, I'm grateful for her example.

I had just a few more babysitter notes I needed to type up before Hawaii, Marlee decided to empty photos boxes and create even more pre-trip work for me!

Case the Base, looking awesome in his glasses!

Marlee with her first Slurpee. Picture says it all :)

I remember growing up and feeling bad for everyone that had these type of mailboxes! Now we have one, and I do miss having your own cute box outside our house. Maybe one day :)

Car Wash! I always let the kids sit up front if we go to the car wash, they love watching everything. Even Marlee, but she has to stay strapped in.

Casen continues to line his cars up, finding new places all the time.

5 cute girls in the back of my car! Marlee, Daphne, McKinley, Brinley, and Kylie!

We went to story time at the library, Marlee loved all the puzzle tables they had! Casen was less interested til he started playing follow the leader on TOP of the tables with DJ and Miaka.

Jess and her kiddos met us at the park one day before soccer, the kids had fun playing and were extra excited when they got to get treat from the Ice-Cream Truck! Isn't everything more fun for kids when it's messy??

Brinley worked hard to help Jansen up this pole, they were so funny and I couldn't help but take a picture!

Marlee discovered the drinking fountain at Mirabelli Community Center and was up there for about 20 minutes straight. Fortunately this discovery didn't happen until the last day of class :)

Casen in Karate. He loved his teacher, Mr. Pena. Obviously not to serious of a class but they had fun playing around :)

Go Brinley! She has had fun at Mirabelli for gymnastics, but I think it's time to move her to a class that really teaches her.

LOVE it when they hold hands! The skipping is pretty cute too :)

Woke up one morning to this beauty right behind my side of the driveway. It was only the beginning of what was to come. They are developing the land across the street and it has been non-stop jack-hammers, tractors, cement trucks, etc. all day everyday for the past month!

Perfect view on an afternoon walk

Time for a break in the shade! The heat always effects us more at the beginning of summer while we are adjusting!

I found these once-cute-shoes at TJMaax several months ago and Brinley has worn them pretty much everyday since. Poor thing! I finally decided it was time for a new pair and bought her some of Sketchers "Bobs", same shiny silver.

Marlee LOVES dogs! Everytime she sees a dog she will do anything to get to it! She had fun with this cute little puppy at the park.

Came outside to find Brinley giving Marlee a ride on the swing, she was loving it.

12 pints of strawberries picked early that morning, they smelt amazing and tested delicious!!

Ryan let Brinley and I go get pedicures and manicures after one of her soccer games. It was a fun little outing and nice to get my nails done before Hawaii!

Bubby sat this season out, but he sure made he happy when he would cheer for Brinley!

Casen, Maika, and Tre playing in the sprinklers at the park

Dayna, Grace, and I. I spent lots of time going through old photos for Dayna's book and realized I had practically no pictures with sweet Grace!! So we had to grab one for the book!

Marlee insisted on having her very own cupcake and eating it all herself. She would NOT have it any other way :)

We had cupcakes at the park for Karrissa's birthday, they kids were all pretty excited :)

Had to grab a shot of all the Moms! Grace, Rochelle, Becca, Karrissa, Brittany, Michelle, Dayna, and one of Karrissa's friends from her ward... can't remember her name, haha :) oops!

We wore regular clothes to the park, but Casen had his shirt off within two second and had so much fun in the water!

Brinley and Kylie had school after the park, but couldn't help running through the water too!

Marlee is loving being big enough for the bike trailer and wants to join the party anytime Ryan takes Case on a ride.

Had to get a quick picture before heading out on our FIRST family bike ride with Brinley and Casen BOTH on their own bikes with no training wheels! It is so fun now that they can both ride fast :)

All 3 kiddos watching the tractors from the garage... the excitement has worn off now :)

Just because I love this face, I have to take pictures of it all the time, simply can't help it.

Each week a child from Brinley's class gets to be highlight, it was finally her week!

Brinley and Kylie were playing doctor, too bad they both had broken arms!

I owed Dayna a birthday lunch for over month and finally got to treat her to a yummy lunch at Panna Thai. It is kinda far, but well worth the drive and we had a great time chatting.

Casen could ride bikes all day everyday, and when he makes this face, I could watch him all day everyday :)

Playing in the dirt hills across the street. I said no, but I knew the hills would be gone soon and decided it was fine while they lasted :)

Once again, LOVE this girl.

Brinley found this recipe I had torn out of magazine on my night stand and really wanted to make it. It said it was "quick and easy to TOSS together". So I thought why not?? Little did I know it would be the most time consuming dessert I have EVER made!! 5 separate bowls and mixes, and then layering everything together. It was as far from it's description as it could have been!

2.5 hours later we had our final product! Not worth the work, I could of had some beautiful cinnamon rolls in less time!

Marlee discovered the jeep and now loves to ride in it with the kids. We strap her in tight and away they go!

Marlee and Casen stayed home with Annika while I went to Brinley's game. It was fun to have be just the two of us. Afterwards we got lunch at Cafe Rio, her favorite restaurant.

She wanted a picture together... and choose to have us take it in the bathroom, haha :)

Afterwards we got slurpees and she wanted to bring some home for Casen and Annika too

Casen loves spending anytime he can get with Ryan

My sister gave me this idea from Pinterest... I used it to try and entertain Casen. He lasted half a second. So I saved it for Brinley Boo who enjoyed it a little more :)

More soccer. Brinley didn't score any goals this season... she isn't really into the game, but she sure has fun running around!

Marlee is in love with her blankie. It's supposed to stay in her bed, but she knows how to get it out, and Casen loves to help her if she can't reach it!