May Memories....and moments

So I am way out of date with May. Since coming home from Utah, things have been a little busy. Here's an update!
Mother's Day was fantastic this year. We celebrated on Saturday b/c I had to work on Sunday. The kids and Chris surprised me with a 1 hour massage! It was a little piece of heaven! After a Costco run for food, flowers, and lunch, I finally used my gift from Christmas from work and received a pedicure! I didn't cook, clean, anything! Even the kids helped daddy with dishes and setting the table! What great kids! I got many kisses of all wetness (as Lexi puts it) from daddy, Ethan, Alexis and Hunter! Thank you for making me feel really special. I love you!

Ethan lost his first tooth! It was wiggly for quite some time and with each day, he was wiggling it more and more, till Chris said, "Let me see...." and he pulled it out. Ethan said it didn't even hurt. It was time. And within several days, his new adult tooth was coming in! I love looking at him with his little gap at the bottom. It's the middle, bottom right tooth. He's growing up and getting so big. I really love his smile! What a sweet-heart of a boy! Today he told me he was 'handsome'! You are handsome, I told him....what a boy!!!



Hunter began walking on May 11th! He was cruising the furniture up til this day. He began with about 4 or 5 steps on this day and then within a matter of 1 week, was really walking up and down the hallway and suddenly into everything! I love it though. He makes me so happy. His little facial expressions are priceless! He is so proud of himself. I love when we are excited when he's done something and he'll plop right down on the floor and begin clapping, with the fullest grin smile on his little face! Just love it!

Alexis had her end of the year program on the 23rd. Her first year of preschool behind her! Can't believe it! What a year. She has really blossomed! She has learned how to read this year. That's right! She's only 4 1/2!! She can write well too. She loves to learn and we are so proud of her! Now, she needs to be challenged and come out of her shell alittle bit! She doesn't really play with anyone at school, mostly, she loves to read and do things by herself. Although, she can't get enough of Ethan and all her buddies in the neighborhood! Silly girl! We are all excited to have a break for the summer!









Then Alexis had her 'picnic' on the 25th....Fun for everyone!!!

Utah Trip part 4

Tuesday was also a very fun day! We did a little more boondocks, family fun center in the morning to use up the rest of our card money, and then little shopping~ thank you grandma for watching the kids! Then Vicki watched the kids while everyone that could went to the Bountiful Temple! What a great experience. I know it was one that we all will remember. Then we came home and had a yummy dinner and visited with some family that came over, Chris' uncle and aunt. It was lots of fun to stay up and chat and visit way too late, but hey, we were on vacation! :)

Wednesday was nearing the end of our trip. We ate at Village Inn for breakfast and then headed to Provo to drop Joshua off at the MTC. It was a bitter sweet moment. Then we went to Nick and Emily's house to visit and relax before eatting at the Mayan. The Mayan is an old High School redone mexican style with a pool and divers and thunder/lightening. It's quite the atmosphere, but they redid their menu and the prices are a bit ridiculous!!! Anyway, then we headed to Natalie's apartment to see it, by this time the kids were asleep in the vehicle! We then stopped off at Andrea's new salon, which was amazing, before heading back to Grandma's house to finish packing and travel to the airport to fly home. Chris and I had a red-eye flight, which was to leave at 11:38 but actually took off after 3am! We landed at JFK at 9am, missing our connecting flight! We were tired to say the least! But, we took off about 5pm in JFK and landed safely in Richmond. We got our luggage and our van and were finally home a little after 10pm! What a day!!! Saying good bye was not easy, but we will visit again as soon as we can...good bye for now! This was a trip the kids will remember forever! A special thanks to MRS. TANNER for making this trip possible!!!

Utah Trip part 3

Monday we celebrated Ethan's 6th Birthday by doing what HE wanted to do. Ethan loves ice skating...and he's good at it. With only going one other time with the cousins here in MD, he really was excited to be able to do this in UTAH with family. It was quite a day! We shopped in the AM for a bit, then went ice skating. Then we headed to a park for a bit that Grandma wanted to take us to~ it was really neat! Everything was a giant castle! Then we went to Boondocks, the family fun haven for kids, where we rode go-karts, bumber boats with squirt guns(those were really fun), bowling, laser tag, arcades gallore!! It was such a fun place in there to say the least! Then we headed over to Johnny and Andrea's for a BBQ and cake...the kids were ready for bed when we got home!

Utah Trip part 2

Saturday....we went four wheeling at the 'B' in Bountiful...beautiful! We hit snow about 1/2 way up the mountain! We all had a blast...and everyone of the kids came but 1, so we really enjoyed eachother's company! Ethan and Alexis especially enjoyed their ride. Ethan and Uncle Johnny enjoyed going on little trips while the rest of us were finishing our picnic lunch. They even found a lawn mower and 'towed' it back! The things people drop off in the mountain! SHEESH!








Sunday was Ethan's 6th Birthday and Josh's fairwell. We went to Temple Square in the morning with the kids and Vicki and watched 'Music and the Spoken Word,' which was awesome! The grounds were beautiful! After taking some pics, we went to church for Josh's fairwell talk! He did a great job and the church was packed! Of course it was with all the family AND friends Josh has...and he was nervous not many would come! Silly boy! Although Hunter visited the MD's office because of fever and fussiness, which turned out to be a double ear infection (what we thought), the rest of the day was really nice spent with family and friends!!!

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Here are some family/friend pics!