What Celiacs does...

Gets a 2 year old to have a lettuce burger.  Crazy what this little guy is willing to eat.  And how much more he eats!

Moab

We went the Moab at the beginning of April for the first time since Wy was six weeks old!  It was fun to go back.

This guy drove trucks in the sand.  Made jumps and tracks to his heart's content.  Can't you hear the sound effect through the picture?

Cousin Caleb came too!  These two were great together.  I've never seen two two-year-olds play so well.  Caleb is so sweet and a master sharer and some of that rubbed off on the Wy:)

Faith made a giant leap too.  She actually liked Dan and Bri's dog Gracie.  She's normally terrified by dogs, but she quickly warmed up to Gracie.

Faith and Jesse were a little adventurous on their own.  It's crazy how big and independent how big these two are getting.

Faith was a good little buddy to Caleb too.  The blue skies weren't bad either.

These little guys roamed around on their Striders.

And after riding Slick Rock I realized how out of shape, and what a klutz I am.  It's not a bike ride unless I come home with legs full of bruises:)  After about the 100th time Ben turned back to find me in a pile of of red rock, bike, and bushes, I had a vision of Liar Liar and the bathroom scene and blurted out, "I'm kicking my own A--!"  

It's seriously ridiculous

Such a great weekend with family and cousins!  Bri, sorry Caleb got a swig of Mt. Dew!  Hopefully you'll forgive me.  We had such a good time and love southern Utah.  Hope we get to go back soon:)

I've Been Dumped

This weekend we were watching Tangled.  Wyatt, watching with a grin from cheek to cheek, turned to me and said, "She's cute."  Then throughout continued to say "She's pretty" or "She's Cute."  Then today he told me I'm not his girlfriend anymore, Rapunzel is now.  Just like that it was over! 

His little crush cracks me up.  He'll even randomly tell me that Rapunzel is cute.  I agree, she is pretty cute.  I just don't think I'm ready to take the back seat to her.

Faith's had a Birthday, Shout Hooray!

On the 30th our princess turned 5!  Wow, where has the time gone?  I can't believe she's already so old. But she sure is acting her age.  She's smart, independant, entertains herself, brushes her own teeth, picks out her own clothes, dresses herself, prefers to do her own hair, makes her bed, cleans her room, likes to do chores for stickers, wants a friend to come play everyday, and is a fabulous big sister.  

Faith's been talking about her birthday and how she wanted to celebrate since Christmas, so the pressure was on!  I think we pulled it off and she had a great day.  We started the day off with breakfast at McDonalds, then she took suckers to school for her class party.  Then we picked her up from school and went to Taco Amigo for cheese burritos and root beer floats.  Then the girls went and met Nana at the nail salon for manicures and pedicures.  And last, home for the princess party with seven of her favorite friends.

We colored princess pictures, made bracelets and rings, played games, broke a pinata, ate pizza and cake and the highlight...Cinderella came!  Faith made an invitation all by herself months ago and asked me to send it to Disneyland.  I was nervous that Cinderella wouldn't make it, being so busy with the prince and all, but Faith's faith was didn't waiver.  Cinderella was fantastic! She had all those little eyes sparkling with magic.  I'm so glad that she could make it;)

All the party girls

Faith dressed up as Cinderella, before her step sisters ripped her dress

The girls with their crowns and scepters. (And Wyatt who was the "bad guy" with out any pants the whole party) 

My attempt at a crown cake

Cinderalla had them all captured the whole time.  She was perfect.  She played a singing game and she had a wonderful voice, told them stories, and took pictures and talked to all the girls.  They were all Star Struck

Happy Birthday baby girl!  I hope it was as magical as you dreamed it would be:)

First Mtn Bike Race

Our family went down to St. George looking for some sun and a bike ride or two.

As we pulled into town Ben decided to pull into the bike shop to see if he could sign-up for the race the following day.

And to my surprise he signed me up too! I was so scared. I'm comfortable on a bike, but I've hardly ridden since I was pregnant with Hannah. So I'm not in bike shape and defiantly not in race shape. Plus being on a trail with hundreds of ambitious riders is very intimidating.

Needless to say my heart was racing at the starting line. But after I got going it was a fun challenge. I don't think my heart rate has ever been that high for that long.

Right off the bat I was in second then after the first mile, first broke off ahead and then third caught and passed me. I kept one and two in my sights then about half way through I was coming out of a fast downhill into a steep uphill and while switching gears my chain got crossed up. I had to pull off the trail to try and get it unstuck and was there for about 2 min. Meanwhile about 8 people passed me. Finally I got my bike working and then I set off chasing again. Passed all the people that passes me, and ended up coming in third!

I was happy with the finish. #2 came in 2 minutes ahead of me. If my bike didn't jam up I don't think I could have caught her, but it would have been a lot closer.

Anyways it ended up being a good experience and I'm looking forward to a summer of riding.

Ben did great. 10th in his class. And Jesse raced too! He did awesome. And was very brave despite crashing and super manning about 20ft. He got back on and pedaled hard to the finish.

A fun experience for our little family:)

Cutie Pie Sits Up

The other day my sister came over and was holding Hannah. Then she sat her down on her bum and stepped away--she wasn't aware that Hannah couldn't sit up by herself yet. Watching all this from close by I was amazed that Hannah sat up just fine clime she's been doing it her whole life. And continued to do so for about 15 min. All it took was a little faith I guess:)

I Made Bows....What?

Can you believe it?  All of Hannah's headbands were getting too small so I decided to make her some new ones.  If you know me I don't make things, but this was soo easy and kinda fun.  And It just took a few minutes.   

Isn't she cute?  I had to snap a few. 

Faith wanted some too, so we made her a couple too.  She wanted to match her sister

I love this because it captures her personality.  She love's blowing raspberries and she thinks she's  pretty funny when she does it too.

I didn't make this one, but I just added it cuz she's cute:)

And yes, she's as smoochable as she looks.  Even more.