My baby is turning 3.

I can't believe my little girl is turning 3! Where does the time go?? I just want to show some of my favorite pictures of her over the years..It's sad to think that I will never have these precious times back.. We have had so much fun with her . We love her to no end.. She is our little angel, our baby girl.. We love you Ash. Happy Birthday.

These were just a few of the great times we have had with her. I am so lucky to have such a sweet little girl like Ash. There is never a dull moment with her.

Extra Help!

It seems like every time I try to cook anything, I have 2- 3 extra hands helping. Sometimes I don't mind it but other times it can get crazy.. Today we got home from the gym earlier than normal, Ash decided she wanted some pancakes. Which I know what that means, she has to help make the batter! Needless to say I had flour all over the floor and kitchen. I guess she is learning at an early age??

The Boys of Summer are back..

I Love that cute little baseball butt!

Its time to start the baseball season. Kobe is so serious when he plays. He plays every play like it's going to be his last play. It's fun to see the progress that he made from last year, huge improvement. Nice job Kobe, we are proud of you..

This is my first video. It was suppose to be a picture of Kobe's hit but Rand hit the record button so we were able to get it on video. It would have been better if he would have know it was on video. Oh well.

Jackson Hole

Every year for Memorial Day the Carlson family packs up and goes to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I think almost every year it has either rained or snowed all weekend long. Needless to say this weekend it rained, the entire time. Despite the rain we still had a great time. I am sure we will be back again next year.

There were 20 couples and 15 kids. It was crazy. The boys all get up early, 4:45 am and go fishing. They have to be there before the park ranger gets there at 6:00. I don't think any fish is worth that , but whatever. It's rather nice, once they left I had the KING size bed all to myself. Ash and I didn't wake up until 9:00 - 9:30 , then we would have a nice breakfast, I was able to do all my exercising , and get ready for the day before the boys got home. I have to say that I am really proud of my 2 boys, they did not complain when it came time to get up in the morning, or they never complained about being cold or tired, They are so AWESOME..

Here is what some of the Little girls did while the boys went fishing, I would much rather do what the girls did then what the boys did.. What do you think?? Bennett came home from fishing and decided he needed to get in touch with his girl side.. ha ha that makes dad proud!!

The finished product. This is my sweet little niece Whitney, She is so cute. I love her to death. I have to say thanks to my other niece Jaden. She was so cute with all the little girls, she would do complete makeovers for anyone who was up for it. Ash just loves her, so thanks Jaden you are a great babysitter..

You can't go to Jackson without seeing all the animals , right?? We went to the visitor center in town and they had all these stuffed animals. I didn't care, at least it was warm.. Here are some of those pictures

My boys were in Heaven. They thought it was so cool to be this close to a real bear. They are just like their dad, they love the outdoors and all the animals.



Ashtyn was afraid of most of the animals, this is the only one she would really get close to without Randy or I holding her. She still wasn't set on the idea of touching the bird.

This is Sasquatch. It was so funny that we seen him, we always tell our kids to watch out for Sasquatch at night time, to tease them. They would always say that he is not real, now I think they believe us..

By the end of the day everyone had enough! We were all tired and ready to go back and have a nice long nap.

Our little Graduate!!

Here is our preschool graduate. He graduated from Barneck Preschool this last week. He was excited to be moving on to bigger and better things! Little does he know he is going to another preschool. We are holding him back because he has an August birthday and would be the youngest in his class. Don't those brown eyes just melt your heart?? They do ours!

Bennett was the middle billy goat gruff in his little play at his graduation. He totally fit the part, it fit his personality . For those who know Bennett you know what I mean. He is a special kid and we love him to pieces.

Playing at the park

It is so nice that it is starting to get warm. Finally. We love to take our kids to the park and let them burn off some of that energy. We took Kobe over to the park to practice kicking the ball hard. Last weekend we took him to a soccer tournament down in Sandy. They took 2ND out of 12 teams, they did so good. He had a total of 6 games. We started at 2 pm and finished at 8:30. He was having a hard time getting his foot on the ball the whole tournament, so needless to say we spent that next Monday at the park practicing how to kick hard . I don't know what happened to him but that little stinker was drilling his shots every time. He is a great player and he has the desire. It's Awesome to watch him turn into such a good little player. Isn't that great form?? ha ha

Bennett and Ash got bored of watching Kobe kick the soccer ball over and over. So we had to go and play on the toys so Kobe wouldn't get distracted. Randy really wants him to be serious when they practice. It's funny.

Bennett thought this was such a huge accomplishment going down the big slide on his back. He was so proud of himself that he had the courage to go. He said to me : "Mom, I bet you don't even dare do that, it's only for the big kids, and I don't want you to get hurt. " ha ha I laughed. He is always doing funny stuff to make us laugh.

Ash thought she was pretty cool, cause she could ride the Elephant without any hands. Notice how dirty her little hands are.. Love the park and all the dirty toys.

We love our little rug rats... Nothing better than having your kids tell ya they love you at the end of the day.

It's standing; our PLAYHOUSE

This is our play house that Randy is building for the kids, We still have a ways to go but at least it is framed and they can play in it. We have decided to have it wired for a TV and then we are going to sheet rock it, do the siding, and the flooring. We are also going to do a covered patio by the door. So like I said we have a ways to go but at least it's standing.

This is the main floor, the stair go up to a big loft up above. It has 2 windows and 2 dormers. I think Randy is having as much fun building it as the kids do playing in it. He is a true kid at heart, but I love him. :)