Snowy Sunday

Its been a crazy (or cratheeee, as Bubbs says) April! Its been soooo snowy. Last Sunday we woke up to this:

So we grabbed these three....still in their jammies...

..and headed up the canyon.

We decided to head across the lake to see the whole mountain range, and let the boys climb around the car. We filled cups with (clean) snow, and listened to General Conference.

It was a fabulous Sunday Morning!

On a side note, doesn't Con look soooo conceded? Hahaha

Swing Set

Our project for the last two weeks has been putting together a new play set for the boys and laying sod. We just finished Saturday! Luckily we have Johnny's brothers around to help, Mike practically built the whole thing and Porter did the yard work. They are the greatest!

Here is a picture of the yard last summer. The previous owners had it sectioned off, which left a great, big, perfect place for Bubba to dig in and eat the dirt/mud.

We pulled up the bushes, transplanted the tulips, and laid sod in the whole area. It added so much back yard.

Its been pretty freezing since Saturday, but luckily the sun came out for a little bit on Sunday and the boys were able to test it out. And Johnny was able to try and use a lacrosse stick.

They love it! Now I can't wait for it to get warm so we can start having some friends over to play!

Pure joy.

And Con had a splendid time being held by Mimi, eating and watching the ruckus.

The camera doesn't add ten pounds, he's just fat.

Bubba Pierce is 2!

On March 16th Bubba turned two! Let me first say, I love my Bubbs. This past year he has grown so much, talks, and has gotten such a unique, funny personality! He makes funny faces, loves Cars, and entertains himself for hours. I'm very lucky to be his mommy : )

His Birthday was celebrated in two parts. On the 11th, Johnny and I took Drake and Bubbs to Disney on Ice. I wasn't sure how this would be received, but the boys were actually pretty enthusiastic about the whole thing! We got them treats and popcorn and when the show started they were both totally into it. At the intermission, however, I asked Drake if he was having fun and he replied, "Not so much". Bubba soon grew tired too, resorting to playing with the popcorn bucket on the floor, watching the skaters upside down, and whacking the heads of the people on front of us. It was fun, but not something I will be doing again any time soon : )

Waving bye to the characters

Part two of the celebration was a small Cars themed party at our house. My Aunt Chris and her family were in town and came over to have some pizza and cake, as well as Johnny's brothers and my parents and sister. Although Bubba had no idea what everyone was there for, he enjoyed being the center of attention! He added GREATLY to his Cars collection with 2 Docs, 2 helicopters, 2 Guido's, and the firetruck Red. I also got him some Cars flip-flops that he likes to throw at me.

The best part of the night (for me) was watching everyone try to get Bubba to blow out his candles. He kept saying "Fiyee hot! no touch!" I'm glad he understands he's not supposed to touch the "fiyee" but maybe next year he'll learn its ok to blow it out!

6 Month Checkup

Con had his 6 month checkup today. The photo's above are Drake (right) weighing in at 19lbs at 6 months old, and Con (left) weighing in at 17lbs. I guess Drake can brag about being the chubbiest brother, which is ok now but may not be something to brag about when he's 30.

Snow Day

You've got to love February weather in Utah. One day you think spring has arrived, the next you get a foot of snow. The boys didn't mind and spent the morning playing in it.

I got this hat for Drake his first Christmas. Why? Because anything resembling a Bear/Snow Leopard mullet should be warn on my little boys head so I can experience joy and laughter. I am thrilled he loves it as much as I do!

What happens when I can't find gloves to put on Drake? He improvises.

I guess he doesn't mind snow tasting like his feet.

I took pictures from the window, then sat and snuggled this little guy by the fire.

It was a good day.

Colorado

We spent last week in Colorado with Johnny's mom and grandma (Mary and Mary, or Gaga and Gigi and the boys call them). Mary had just gotten two puppies so we had to bring the boys out to see them!

Gigi held this little guy for 5 days straight. His days consisted of being fed, rocked to sleep, fed again, laughing, pondering, and complaining about the -14 degree weather.

Auntie SueSue gave Gigi a short break so her arms could rest.

And there was, of course, exer-saucer time

This is how this guy spent the whole week. In January he was gone a few days a week, every week, so what did I make him do the first week in February? Drive 11 hours with kids to visit his mother. He was a good sport, even though he will turn around and do the same thing this month...

Because it was FREEZING outside, there was a lot of watching cartoons and playing with toys.

At Drake's request, we did a sunglass photo shoot. All poses were on his own, he's very dramatic.

Here is Bubbs photo shoot, against his request.

Drake about to get nailed in the head with a car, and who knows whats going on in the right picture.

Proof I have two crazies. They loved this sunroom and spent most of the time in here.

The puppies who happen to be sisters!

Cinnamon Girl

Maggie Mae

On Saturday morning we said goodbye to Johnny's family...

and said goodbye to the cars.

...and headed the opposite direction of home to Alamosa, CO to visit Didi! She is there going to school and getting super fit playing lacrosse. We went to Walmart and got her some groceries, let the boys run around a bit, then started the loooong trip home.

Here's a lonely tree, braving the negative freezing weather.

We spent the night in Parachute, CO where my dad's mom, Grandma Candy, lives. Sunday morning I went to her home where she showed me AWESOME old photo albums of her, her parents, and my great-great grandpa and his relatives. We then went to church with her (very amazing considering she hadn't gone to church in over 25 years until two weeks ago) then got on the road.

It was a long trip, but it was so wonderful to spend time with Johnny's wonderful mom, who never stops telling us to make ourselves at home, cooks great meals, bathes my boys, does their laundry, and lets me get out of the house to re-group : )

Johnny's grandma is the kindest women who never tires of holding babies and it was so nice having her their to help!

Johnny's aunts are all like second grandma's to these boys and the boys love them as much as I do! It was so good seeing them.

This is just a precursor to April when Johnny and I go out of town for two weeks and let all of those wonderful women watch them, I hope they don't regret agreeing to it :)

Some Randomness and a sad story

In case you weren't aware, January 29th is unofficially Take-Loads-of-Pictures-of-Chubby-Babies-in-Exer-Saucers Day (TLPCBES Day, for short). To celebrate, I did just that.

If you didn't celebrate, I took enough pics for the both of us.

I never get tired of watching D-rake play with these little figurines, quoting Toy Story in the different ways he remembers it..."There's a snake in my boot! Buzz, look in your boot too."

This is the last picture you will ever see of Bubba with a binky. Remember this post? Well not only did this guy take a binky super easy, he also weened himself off of it last week. You see, his binky collected fuzz from a cozy blanket he was sleeping with, and he didn't like having fuzz in his mouth. So, he quit his binky cold turkey. I can't even put it in his mouth, he won't open it! Some of you would say this is a good thing, but now I get to listen to him cry himself to sleep at night because NOTHING else soothes him like the binky did (not even my angelic, tone deaf singing voice). It also shows me that my Bubba is growing up and I may have to start calling him Pierce. Isn't that such a sad story?