Baby Ryan

My sister, Corinne, had her adorable baby boy #3 a couple weeks ago. My kids were SO excited that they were able to go to the hospital to meet their new cousin. And he didn't disappoint at all! :) He is totally adorable and it's been so fun to be around a tiny baby again.

Isaac was in heaven with little Ryan.
He loves holding him!

And Trevor just couldn't get enough of him.
I couldn't even convince him to look up for a picture!

When I was holding him,
Isaac got my camera and played photographer.
Here's one he took of me with my adorable little nephew!
(This little boy has made me very excited about my baby boy.
I'm just not sure I will be able to wait 3 1/2 more months!)

And here's another one Isaac took.
My boys were both fascinated by Ryan's "skinny toes!" :)

Welcome to the world, Baby Ryan.
We love you SO much!

Family Outing

Life has been busy lately (as always!) and we haven't had much playtime as a family, so Derek and I decided to take the boys to the zoo on Saturday morning. It was really fun to spend the day together. The boys and I go to the zoo pretty often, but there's something extra special about having "Daddy" with us.

We left bright and early (to beat the crowds and heat),
so we stopped and got donuts on our way.
Not the healthiest breakfast/snack,
but it was a fun little splurge!

My cute boys. :)

Isaac LOVES this rhino.
He's named him "Rocky the Rhino."

We took the boys to Stingray Bay to pet the stingrays.

April is a great time to go to the AZ zoo
because it's not too hot in the morning,
but it's warm enough to play in the splash pads by lunchtime.

We got to see the elephant giving himself a mud bath.
It was really cool!

We finished up with the "big water playground."
They LOVE this one and could spend all day there!

Drying out and getting a little sun! :)

It was such a fun day for our little family.

Easter 2012

We had a great Easter weekend this year.

It was busy, but fun!

We started our weekend with a neighborhood egg hunt.

They are pretty adorable. :)

The next day, we filled eggs for our next Easter egg hunt.

Then we dyed our Easter eggs.
(Side note: Isaac was confused by the term "dye"
and kept calling it "killing" Easter eggs.)

Silly boys.

The boys got a visit from the Easter Bunny and were
pretty pleased with their loot! (Check out Trevor's face.)

All dressed up and ready for church
(I even convinced Trevor to wear a tie for Easter!)
Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner.
We also did a little Easter egg hunt for the grandkids.
(Look at all of those BOYS!)
And they're off!
Grandpa is the best, huh? :)
I love this picture.

Caught in the Storm

We spent a few days of Spring Break at "Grandma's Mountain." The first couple of days were sunny and in the 70's...perfect. Then a CRAZY storm rolled in! We actually got snowed in on the day were trying to head home. I am not a fan of snow, but my kids were in heaven! They loved everything about it.

Here are my little desert rats, enjoying their first real snow:

The first time they went out, they didn't last long.
They were all ready for their warm clothes and a snack!

Grandma had snow cone syrup all ready for the boys.
They were very excited to eat REAL snow cones! :)

The snow just continued to pile up.
I've never seen so much snow!

The next day, we tried to head home, but we were
sliding all over the place and decided to turn around.
The boys wasted no time getting back out in the snow!

Look at all the snow piled up on their tree house!

Even I bundled up and faced the cold.
So, here's proof of how much I love my boys! :)