Braids, Coloring and Fun

D has outgrown crayons if you can believe it. She would much rather have a pencil or pen (or if she finds one, a marker). Today she found the pen and I let her draw away with it.




She also likes to pretend to be different animals and play under the dinning room table and hide behind the chairs. (i guess like a zoo!?) Today she was screaming like a lion and then screaming back like she was scared. it was pretty funny. of course, i didnt even think to take the video camera out. I did get one picture of her running which was cute-


did i mention i love the fact i can braid her hair?! love love love (this was her afternoon snack watching barney - reason she would not look at me)




she looks too big in this pic! -

on a side note: aren't these so stinkin cute? free printables off HowDoesShe.com - (love that site) so i put this up for tom to see, if he even sees it....



ON ANOTHER NOTE------ ANother NEW post BELOW!

Poppcorn Popping..

D is obsessed with popcorn. Anytime I ask her if she would like popcorn for a snack or if she's watching a movie (current obsession - tangled, i can't argue, i love it as well!) - she runs to the microwave screaming pocorn pocorn!

here are a few shots of her with her snack. I think i took these because i finally got the french braiding down and she looks too old with them in her hair (not to mention the outfit was adorable too!)



this one boggles my mind - i think she's grown a few inches as well ... what do ya think!?


these ones are her just being silly! she loves to cover her mouth when she laughs, says "oh cute!" and "ohhh siwwy! (silly)"





seriously. 1 more week = 2 years old!

Dishes

Dulany loves to help do the dishes at grandma's house. I rarely actually do mine since we use the dishwasher all the time but the dishwasher was being funny this morning so I filled the sink up with a ton of soap and water and once D saw the bubbles she was reaching for the chair and wanted the chair to be next to the sink so she could help. Ok so she just likes to play, but she could be there for hours and she get crazy wet. But she has a ton of fun. I can't blame her! here is a video of her.

26

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to my wonderful Hubs, TOM!


He turns 26 today! Wahoo!

im so lucky to have been able to spend the last 4 years of his birthday with him (he argued only 3 since ive known him in the 4 years... i had to argue back no, i even made him a cake for his 22nd birthday because i still liked him... even though we were just friends.)

Right now he's working helping his cousin and then hopefully we can play with D for awhile outside since its supposed to (FINALLY) be 85ish today. (im thinking water will be involved) and then we're going to go out for dinner to this place on 3rd street (we saw pictures from his cousin when she went there and it looks AMAZING!) and (qwama -d's been calling her that lately and papa watch D tonight). And since he doesn't want cake, i think i will go get him his favorite strawberry rhubarb pie and celebrate with his family when we're done with dinner.

I tried to convince tom to go golfing when he got home but he said maybe another day.. um WHAT?

anyways, if tom even reads this, LOVE You and hope you have a fantastic 26th birthday!!

Ukiah

ok like i said in our last post. we went camping! it was a lot of fun but a bit cold. here are pictures


this is how we woke up our first morning:


this is where we stayed. our little fam strayed in the green tent. brrrr

tom and D on the four wheeler.



in the truck looking for Elk.


the morning before we left, tom's uncle had a flat and couldn't get the spare out. I thought this was pretty funny seeing all the men under the truck trying to see what they could do.

these pictures i just thought were too cute. Just hanging out in the warm trailer while it was quite cold outside.


grandma with the grandbabies that came. D was loving Ayla that day x 100. She was pinching her cheeks, giving kisses and bear hugs. it was too cute!





it was a really fun trip and im glad we got our tent! we're excited to go camping again this summer when its actually WARM!

Gone Camping

we went camping this memorial day weekend like the Roberts clan always does. We take the 5th wheel and the 4 wheeler and all the family and take the 5 hours to Ukiah Oregon (on the east side). Ive been 3 out of 4 times since being married to Tom. We weren't going to go this year thinking there were too many people to stay in the trailer and we didnt want to get a tent and stay in the freezing rain. But we decided why not. It was a really fun trip.. and yes. we stayed in a tent and it snowed on us the first night. I don't believe it got over 40 degrees at night but it was fun. We've never been in a tent before as a family and D loved it saying Ohh wow tent!

i took some pictures but of course the battery is dead but is charging right now. So i will post pictures hopefully tomorrow.

ps. We missed having Bonnie, Jason, Adam and Niccole with us!! wish you guys were here!

giveaway!

so my friend from back in rexburg has an AWESOME food blog. seriously. wish i had the talent she does (even saw her on GMA with sandra lee.... awesome? yes!) anywho, on her blog found HERE she is doing a give away for $100 giftcard to Toys R Us and well, that would be awesome to have! So make sure to check out her blog for delish recipes. (just take a look at her pictures and you'll drool!)

Family Pictures

yesterday we did family pictures since its the first time in 3 years we've all been together. Here are just the one of our family and the whole roberts fam.
(thanks to bonnie/betsy for taking them and editing them)and letting me steal them from you.



the only way we could get D to stay still was give her a dum dum... and the wind was insane as well. But luckily we got some good ones!

silver creek falls

yesterday all the siblings/families went out to lunch at olive Garden and then went to sliver creek falls national park. They have a huge waterfall you hike around and underneath. it was fun and was perfect for our 70 degree weather we had. here are a few of my fav. pictures.

Mommy Dearest.

HAPPY Mothers DAY!



(this is a horrible picture... but it was the only one i could find of both of our moms. )

Just wanted to say Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there.

to my step-mom, Pam. She married my dad when i was 5. She didn't have any children but took all 4 of us kids in accepted us. I think it took me a good while to realize how hard that must've been. So this is a BIG thank you to her and all she has done for our family!

to my mother in law, mom, tom's mom - all of the above. - She is one of the most selfless, nicest people i have ever met! I was almost overwhelmed with how nice she was when i first met her. She welcomed be with open arms (ok, i think her and tom's dad wanted me to marry tom before we even started dating!) and let me be part of their family right away. Thank YOU!

and to both, I am so glad that Dulany has such great grandma's to look up to. You both are such great examples to me and my family. Love you both and hope you have a wonderful mothers day!

ps. this is what Dulany made for me in church. How cute?!
sorry its dark, but there is a picture of her face from like september in the flower and she looks so different already!

Beach Trip 2011

We took a trip to the oregon coast (to the beach) with the whole family. This is the first time in 3 years that we have all been together. We lucked out too. We got 3 straight days of Sun and about 50-60 degree weather! There was a pool/hot tub outside (that was warm), we went and had a bon fire and saw a gorgeous sunset (my first one) and even went whale watching (where we saw 1 whale). I guess i can now say i've been on a boat in the ocean (i didnt realize ive only been in bays and lakes on a boat) Anywho i got a TON of pictures. I already put them up on facebook but here is a slide show of the pictures.

here are just a few of my favorites though:

video overload

finally loaded all the videos on my camera. ENJOY! (ps. potty post below)

this first one is of the dress i got D cause she's into princesses.. well she hates it, as you can see. i know this is probably cruel, but its funny, i can't help but laugh.



here is a video of when we watched Ayla one day. She is too cute and happy. D wanted to be in the exersaucer the whole time, that stinker.



here is a video of her watching "memo" and laughing at Dori speaking whale. She is also saying "come one" twice, whcih cracks me up!



another video of her just being funny. i thought she looked extra cute so i had to post it.



and one last one. remember from the pictures of her helping me bake? heres a video! she is too funny.