Graduation Time

Kolter had his big day of graduating from Preschool. It was such a cute graduation program. His teacher, Miss Mikelle was a super teacher and always did the best things with them. Kolter said that when he grows up he wants to be a dirt bike rider!

Fishing at Pine Valley

It's always fun for the kids to go fishing, even if we don't catch a single fish. This time we decided to head to Pine Valley, and enjoy a leisure spring day with the family. 

Show-n-Tell

Kolter took Kenzlie to show and tell today at preschool. He's so proud of his baby sister, and he's always saying to her "Kenz, how'd you get so pretty?"  I think it's so cute.

Kambrie #9

Kambrie had a great season of her second year playing Coach Pitch/T-ball.  One night on the way to the game she was in the back seat and said to me "Mom, I'm going to hit a home run tonight."  She was very confident, but because she hadn't hit a homerun yet, I was a little doubtfull as to whether or not she would.  Well, she not only hit one homerun that night, but she hit two!  Each time she got up to bat she got a great hit to the outfield, and since she's so fast like her mom ;) she of course made it all the way home.  Now the best part of the story is that almost every single time she got up to bat in her games after that she hit a home run.  Really, I think she only hit three times that she didn't.  I guess a little confidence goes a long way. I love the pictures above because I took them as she was finishing up one of her homeruns.  Our little #9 is turning into quite the little player.  Number nine has a great story in our family and it just keeps on getting better.  My dad was #9 when he played little league and my little brother, Spike, chose to be #9 too. He wore it from little league clear up to high school. Then the little nephews always wanted to be #9 like Uncle Spike, and now Kambrie wanted to be #9 because of her "friend" Landon that wears #9 that plays on the Sliderzz.  I guess it's a legendary number that continues to live on...

Celebrating Kyler's Birthday and Mother's Day

            The Birthday Boy ~ Kyler

Ky with Grandpa Nev and Grandma Terry

Kyler and Grandma Cindy

Me and my oldest-Ky

and my youngest-Kenz

and Danny with his mamma, Cindy

Kyler's 9th Birthday was on Mother's Day this year. No biggie. He was a good sport about it. We just combined his party with our Mother's Day lunch, and was a fun time for everyone. 

When I think about Ky being nine years old already, I think, whoa, if I just double that, he'll be old enough to be out of the house. Aaaah, I don't like the thought of that! 

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Kambrie's 7th Birthday

The Birthday Bunch
Cam, Kolter, Karsten, Tayli, Rachel, Kenzlie, Kyler, Kambrie, and Olivia

      

Blowing out the candles on the cupcakes Dad made for her.

The Birthday Girl ~ Kambrie

Olivia and Kambrie
Fun Cousins

Kambrie celebrated her 7th Birthday by going to the movie and coming home for pizza, cupcakes, and fun opening her presents. She invited two of her cousins, Olivia and Tayli, and two friends from her class at school, Cam and Rachel.  Cam is a fun friend that Kambrie gets along with really well. Even though he was the only boy besides brothers, he didn't care and either did Kambrie. She really wanted to invite him. I think it's great that one of her best friends is a boy.  Oh, if only it could stay that way ;) 

Just Kambrie

Karsten's Birthday Party

Beacause Karsten's birthday was on Easter this year we decided to wait to celebrate it until later.  So we waited, and waited, and waited!  Three weeks later we finally had his birthday celebration.  Poor little guy. He didn't seem to mind too much though.

Karsten ~ Our Big Three Year Old

Here is Karsten's 3 year old picture.  I had to take it before he got a haircut and all his precious curls were gone.  I love his curls. I wonder if they're gone forever, or if they'll come back when his hair grows longer again.

Easter Sunday

Karsten's third birthday and General Conference were both on  Easter Sunday this year. So we waited to celebrate his birthday and get out the Easter outfits until later on in the month.

A Little Ray of Sunshine

I'm lovin this picture of Kenzlie. Every day we say that we can't believe how big she is already. She brings so much happiness to us. Her cute little voice as she says her first words, "hi," "puppy," and "mommy" so clearly is so sweet. She finally has gotten in her two top teeth on the right so she doesn't look so silly anymore with only the two on the left. She also has the two middle teeth on the bottom. Kenz has been walking all over the place since about a week after her first birthday and now she also entertains herself playing with her toys. She loves going outside and picking my flowers and playing in the dirt. We love that she still has red hair and her blue eyes. She is a unique, special little girl in the family and we love our little ray of sunshine so much!

Big League Dreams

 

         

Our Easter weekend was spent living the dream of playing in the Bigs as Kyler's baseball team had the opportunity to play at Fenway Park.  Fenway Park at Las Vegas Big League Dreams Field that is. It was such a fun experience for the boys and all of us families too.  The Sliderzz had a great tournament, which made it even better.  

"Real Baseball"

Kolter finally got to take his turn on the field last night at his first ever baseball game. He was pretty nervous about the idea and wasn't really sure if he wanted to play because he didn't think he would be able to do very well. Well, after his first time up to bat, running around the bases and sliding into home, he came into the dugout and said "That was fun!" On the way back to the car after the game he looked at me and said "Mom, I can't believe that I got to play real baseball," with a big smile on his face.

The Beauties of Spring

I love the spring. I especially love the beautiful blossoms on the trees in the spring, and it seems to me that they've been extra beautiful this year. For that reason, you can imagine how extremely happy I am that my friend Kellie, with Elements Photography, captured this special moment of my girls.
Go to her blog and check out more of her beautiful portraits. She's amazing at what she does...extremely talented.

Birthday Girl

We celebrated Kenzlie's birthday today, on March 15th. It seemed it was only fitting to do it on Grandma D's birthday since I know Grandma had her hand in sending Kenz to us.

I love these pictures of my sweet birthday girl. I really can't believe she did the "1." So perfect! More pictures of the party to come...