Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Last weekend we celebrated Lucy's second birthday. She really isn't into anything particular so I picked her theme. I went with girly pirate because I thought it was cute and none of my kids have had a pirate party. We just had Cameron's family over for dinner and cake and ice cream. After we did got to watch fireworks (I planned just for her party! J/K) complements of the city. We love having her in our family. She is so funny and has the best personality. She loves her sister and her brother, she calls Grace Yay and asks for her first every morning and them asks if daddy is at work. Her new favorite thing is pretending to be a puppy and she crawls around panting, she never barks. She loves babies and has to have all of them in her bed every night and they have to have a blanket. She is such a sweet girl and we love her soooo much! Above is the birthday girl with her party hat.

Her cake. I didn't really know what to do and I don't make my cakes but I was really pleased with how it turned out. I just had the bakery copy her invitation.
Blowing out the candles. I don't think she did it by her self but she sure did try.
With her birthday bike.
All the little pirates. Lucy wouldn't put her patch and stuff on so she missed out on the picture.
Smacking her pinata. It took a while to actually get it to break but Preston finally took care of it.

Last day of School and Gymnastics preformance

For Grace's last day of school her teacher has an ice cream party for all the kids and their families. She has done very well in school this year and is really good at math and reading. She has made lots of friends and is our social butterfly. She was so sad about the summer that she cried on the way out of the school because she wasn't ready for summer yet. I hope that enthusiasm continues throughout the rest of her school days! To the left is Grace with her teacher. Keep in mind the pictures were taken with Cameron's phone because I left my camera in the car so they are not super great.

With her friends Rie and Samantha.
This year Grace decided she was big enough for a boyfriend. They have had a rocky relationship because according to him(I have found letters he writes her) all the boys like her and he wished she liked him best. He is moving in a few weeks so for the last week of school he gave her gifts every day so she will remember him. His name is Sean.
Grace insisted on taking this picture of Cameron and me.
This year Grace also did gymnastics again. I don't really know how much she liked it and I wasn't super thrilled with the gym but it is the only one in town. At the end of the year they did a little performance and she did well and she was most excited about her trophy.
Posing on the medal stand!

Vegas!

A couple of weeks ago I was able to go away for some girl time with my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law(we missed you Nickie!) We really didn't do much of anything but be lazy and it was fantastic! We laid by the pool, saw a couple of movies, did a tiny bit of shopping and ate lots of yummy food. It was also really nice to get out of the snow and cold for a few days since it never feels like it is going to warm up here! We did also go see the play The Lion King. We had lots of fun and I think I am already in need of another get away. Maybe one of these days it can be Cameron and me.

Eating the best mac and cheese I have ever had at The Cheesecake Factory. Maybe it was just because I'm pregnant and super hungry, I don't know but I do know I will have to have it again!
Getting pedicures.

Field Trip, Graduation and a Picnic

Blake had his last field trip of the year right before school got out for the summer. His class went to the Bean Museum at BYU. He thought it was really fun looking at all the animals that range from lion. and tigers and bears, to really small animals like insects. They have a reptile show where they bring out real animals that they can pet. Blake, Creed and Lucy with the African animals display.

The next week was graduation. The whole class preformed a program they had been working on. Then they recieved their diplomas.

After their program, Blake, Creed and Timber.
The Friday before graduation the class was suppose to have a picnic at the park but since our weather has been so horrible we had to postpone it til after school was out. Above with his teacher.
With his teacher's helper at the picnic.