Buddies

You would think this post would be about two kids that are best friends, but no.  This post is about Ryan aka "Buddies".  That's what his daddy calls him.  You'll see why too.  When daddy comes home, these two are inseparable :)

Cafe Rio...on Dad's lap!

Went out for Barbecue at Pat's Barbeque in Salt Lake...on dad's lap.

Dad was tying some flies and Ryan said, "How come none of them look like normal flies?"  So dad figured out that Ryan meant a normal house fly.  Now Ryan has his own little hook-less house fly :)  

That's our Buddies!

Luckiest Family Ever!

We had the most awesome couple in the ward give us the gift of a lifetime!  They volunteer at Thanksgiving Point and were given a family pass to Thanksgiving Point.  But because they have so many volunteer hours, they go to Thanksgiving Point for free, so they gave us their family pass that they were given.  WAHOO!  We have taken some major advantage of this pass so far this year!

Dinosaur Museum

The Farm

And The Gardens.  I took the "brovers" to the gardens one night while Daddy, Jace, and Erica were all out doing other things.  They kept asking me to take their pictures, so we had our own little photo shoot (with my handy-dandy phone)

We are loving Thanksgiving Point.  Best gift ever!

Birthday Boy Jace

Jace is now a deacon.  Woah!!  My little baby boy turned the big 12!  For his birthday in January, we had some friends over and then went to Nickel City.

Jace went on a terrifying pretend roller-coaster ride ;)

We also had a family party with grandparents and the traditional mint ice cream cake.  So good!

Jace's first time going to the Priesthood Session with dad!

My baby is getting SO OLD!!!!

Boys and More Boys!

I've got the three cutest little boys ever!  I have tons of random shots of them just being boys.  

Iron Man Ryan

The Boys Tony calls "The Three Amigos." These boys are within 6 months and all live next door to eachother.  There is NEVER a day when they're not at my house.  I think I'm getting pretty close to asking one of the other moms to take a turn ;)

Kent lost another front tooth.

And Buddies lost his first tooth ever!! He was ecstatic!

Kent and Ryan doing boxing wars on the Wii!  Ryan won, but I'm pretty sure the game was slightly rigged!

The Brovers

And more neighbor pictures.

Ryan's new Luigi costume.  The great thing with Ryan is that I don't have to buy him costumes anymore.  When he wants one, he makes it.  WAAAAAY cheaper!

The Parisian Valentine Restaurant

For Valentines this year, before Tony and I went out on our date, we set up a little restaurant for the kids. I don't want my kids to feel like they're any less important to me on Valentines, so we did a special dinner!

El Restaraunte!

Candle-lit Dinner 

The Server and the Chef

We had so much fun!  Dad and I TRIED to speak in french accents to them the whole night.  Yeah, they laughed.  We need to practice!

Also, this Valentines, Erica was given a SPECIAL Valentine....from a boy!  She told me that he made sure to let her know that it is just because they're friends, and he thinks she's really nice, and that he knows that she's not allowed to have a boyfriend.  Tony had a little bit of a heart attack.  We're not quite ready for this! Although, good job Erica!  I saw him at her class Valentine Party, and he is one cute boy ;)

Erica covered her face in Valentine cupcake and is now ready to give her new little valentine a special kiss!

Happy Valentine's Day!!