Happy Mother's Day!!!

I want to wish a Happy Mother Day to all the beautiful Moms out there. I love when Mother's Day comes around because it makes me stop and think about all the wonderful women that surround me everyday. I take them for granted sometimes but I want them to know that I love them very much and I am so glad that YOU are in my life. First there is:

MY MOM
You are such a beautiful and wonderful person and you are my best friend. I love you and you have been such a wonderful example to me through out the years. I am so glad that I have had you as my mom and love the fact the my children now get to grow up with you as their grandmother. I have learned so much from watching you and I LOVE YOU and appreciate all that you do for us. I also love that you are always there with a listening ear for me. You have served our family so much these last few months and I don't know if we could have gotten through without you, dad and your support. THANK YOU!

Debbie
I can't tell you how much I have LOVED being a part of your family. You and Alan are some of the most amazing, kind, and generous people I have ever met and I try to follow your example every day. You have been a wonderful mom to Jason and I love that you treat me as your daughter. I feel very close to you and I am so excited that we can grow closer together as the years go on. Thank you for all that you do for our family and for being such an amazing mom.

I am also surrounded by wonderful grandmothers, sister, friends, aunts, cousins, and many other women who have touched my life. Thank you and HAPPY MOTHER"s DAY!!!

"It's My CAR Birthday"

That is all Kolsen has said for the last few weeks. He has been adamant about having a car on his birthday cake. So we granted him his wish. He loved it and we had a really fun night at his little party. He also got a brand new big boy bike that he loves!!! It was so cute too because the next morning when he got up he came right into my room and said "I go ride my Rocket bike!" It made me feel so good that he liked it as much as I hope he would. He also got lots of other fun gifts too. Thank you so much to our family and friends who came and made it a wonderful night.
We also found this really fun pinata

Callie was jealous so she got to ride one too.


Tasting brothers treats


The tires had more than one use!

Happy Birthday KOLSEN!!

" I was suppose to post this yesterday but didn't get to it"


It's A Boy


3 Years ago today we were blessed to have Kolsen. I absolutely love my little boy! He is such an amazing, fun, energetic, loving, and crazy kid. He keeps me on my toes and teaches me so much every day. I am so glad that he is in my life and that he came to our family. I am excited to watch him grow and learn in the years to come and will LOVE everyday! We love you Kolsen and wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!



First Hair cut


Learning to eat




Learning to walk

Modeling


His favorite place (The ZOO)

Fun family quick shot



Last Easter

Today!

Happy Easter!

"Not a great picture, but it's the best I could do with two kids and a husband that did not want to take pictures!"

Easter was pretty low key this year. We went over to my grandparents house with the Richardson side and had a big Easter egg hunt and dyed eggs. Kolsen lasted about two seconds then was off running with his cousins again. Of course the day we want to play outside it was extremely windy and cold. (Well, cold for me but if it is below 80 I am cold so I guess that doesn't count). You can see Callie's hair is funny at the bottom. We had a lot of fun! On Easter morning this is what they found in there Easter baskets along with some fun candy. They loved them and still play with them.

Callie's Birthday Party

She had so much fun at her little birthday party. She got some really cute clothes and some fun toys from everyone. She also had a lot of help from her older brother. He could not stand it that she wasn't opening the gifts as fast as he could so he decided that he would just do it for her. She was more interested in eating the paper anyway! Thanks everyone who came for making it such a fun night and for all the gifts! We missed you Kurtzeborn's!!! We love you and are so excited to see ya soon!



Then she had a blast eating her cake. Her first cake eating experience was so much different from Kolsen. I remember he didn't really like to be dirty and hardly at any of his cake. But man did Callie LOVE it. I almost took it away because she was going to eat the whole thing. She dug in and wanted to share with everyone.



Here I go

Hey that's pretty good!!

Do you want some?





Cheese!!!

Happy Birthday To You!!!

So my little sweet Callie had her 1st Birthday last Saturday. I can't believe she is already one! It has been such an adventure watching her grow and her little or (BIG) personality develop. Jason and I love her so much and I am so glad that she choose to come to our family. She has brought so much joy and excitement into our home and I love her more everyday! Happy Birthday Callie. Here are some pictures through the past year. I love watching her change.


Her Baby Shower

Blessing Day




Family Pictures

Halloween




Just cause she is cute


Her Birthday Party (She loves to point so it is a perfect "I'm ONE" picture!!!


Today

WARNING: NAKED POPSICLE PICTURES TO FOLLOW!

IT IS WARMING UP SO WHY NOT HAVE FUN WITH POPSICLES! THESE ARE HOMEMADE JUICE ONES. THEY LOVED THEM A LITTLE TO MUCH!

Joe's Farm Grill

So A few days ago my Parents took us to a really good and fun restaurant in Gilbert. It is called Joe's Farm Grill. The food was amazing because it was an old BARN that they turned into a restaurant. Everything they cooked was fresh from the ground and tasted wonderful. You also got to eat it outside on picnic tables but it still felt like a nice restaurant. It was a win win situation. Kolsen got to run around and play and we got to eat our meals in peace. Then they let you walk along a path and look at there rows of crop. It also worked out really good because at the end of the farm there was a school with a playground that was open so we let Kolsen play for a little while. Actually we ALL played as you can see from the pictures. It was a lot of fun and a really GOOD family activity. Everyone brought their kids and let them run around together. Definitely a must try!!!








Callie thinks she can walk everywhere now. No more crawling and dirty knees!!!