Gabby"s Birthday

So it was Gabby"s 4th birthday. We had a party with all our friends to celebrate her. Thanks everyone for coming.

We love our Gabby so much! She is so full of energy and strength. When she was a toddler I wondered how we would ever handle her as she got older and more opinionated. But much to our surprise, she is one of the sweetest, most lovable people I have ever been around. She is still so strong, but it is becoming of her and I know that if we can help direct her to the Lord and a strong testimony, that she will be an unstoppable force for good in this world. She wants to be good and wants to help and is so full of love. She is amazing and I cannot express how grateful we (I) are to get to have her in our home. Happy Birthday Gabby Kate.



After a long hard birthday party, she crashed!

Lose Tooth

So Lydia finally lost a tooth. She has been anxiously awaiting this day for over a year. I lost my first tooth when I was 5, and so I assured her that it was coming soon. I accidentally lied to her. Sorry Bug. Anyway, it finally happened a year and a half later, and so here are her pictures. Love you bug!

Vacation 2010

So we just had the most fun vacation in Utah. We went to Lagoon, horse back riding, Progressive Power Tumbling, 4-wheeling, (which I rolled and am so lucky to not be injured or dead. Thanks to Heavenly Father),to the temple, golfing, up the canyon to a cabin, (thanks Matt!) and on and on. So busy and exhausting, but fun exhausting!!!

Thank you to my husband who took us, to my parents who let us stay with them and spent so much time and money to be with us; to Adam's mom who drove all the way down from Montana to be with us as well, and Adam's brother Troy who came from Bountiful to hang out so that we didn't have to take another hour drive. (Took one for the team Troy, thanks.) To Matt and Lacey for waiting for us to bless little Charlie so that we could be there. (btw, Charlie so, soooo adorable, I couldn't get enough. I miss him so much. Don't get too big.) To all the Bangerters (Especially Matt who was facing finals and sacrificed all that study time) who donated the cabin, 4-wheelers and helmets that I smashed and broke when I wrecked the 4-wheeler.

I think that's everyone. There was a lot that went into this and we/I am so grateful for all your help. We had so much fun and the kids are already trying to get us to do it again next week. :) Hopefully it was fun for all those involved. We love you so much and miss you all already.

Here are some random pictures of the trip.

Movie Night

So this is the girls watching a movie the other day. Just thought that I would share. Gotta love it when they dress themselves. They are so cute! Love them so much!!!

Spinach Chips?

So I love spinach and Adam likes it. We use it a lot instead of lettus on sandwiches, salad, things like that. The other night we were having boca burgers for dinner. I didn't put any spinach on the kids burgers because the girls don't like it too much yet. But AJ quickly noticed that his burger was different than mommy's and daddy's. He wanted to try the spinach. So we gave him some. HE LOVED IT!!! So for the rest of the night he kept chomping away. He was eating the spinach leaves like potato chips. He even took a handful to eat in bed. Teeth brushed? Doesn't matter if you got spinach, baby. So it's a little weird, but can't complain about a kid that loves spinach!

Nose to Nose

So when I was a kid and I would fight with a sibling, my mother's favorite punishment, (Thanks a lot Debbie Budge), was to put me and the one I was fighting with nose to nose. We would literally have to stand close together with our noses touching. This always started out really frustrating. The other person usually hadn't brushed their teeth with in a few hours, (probably not since the night before), plus they're breathing on you and . . . well all I can say is GROSS!!!

Anyway, as frustrating as this was, within a few minutes, we, (me and my enemy), would soon be laughing at the situation and how awkward it was to stand there. It is a sure fire way of making feuders into friends.

So all my adult life I have been anxiously awaiting the time when I would be able to use this on my own children. Well the other day I finally got the chance. Not sure what the argument was about, but as fast as I could, my girls were nose to nose. It worked like a charm. Here are some pictures of their experience.

Slip N Slide

Who'da thought that you could use the slip and slide on the 10th of April. Where I am from, you just can't I love that about El Paso! The weather is so wonderful for most of the year.

My little sister and brother, Carolee and David, were visiting for the week and got to play with us. We loved having them here, and hope that they get to come back again real soon.



Check out the boogers and slobber. Gotta love these babies!!! It's funny how it's gross and yet so cute! :)





I still get butterflies when I see my husband!!! Can you blame me? I mean he's totally HOT!!!