My Little Princess Turns 3!!

Taylor turned 3 years old on the 6th!! Man, does time fly or what?!?!?! She definitely milked it all day long and Rob told me to quit playing into it!! Here she is wearing the crown that came with her card from Grandma Jo.

Taylor was so excited for her party!! She was even excited to eat her dinner...
She ordered french fries and cheetos!! We added the hamburgers to give a little more nutrition to the meal! :)
Then came her favorite part of the day...PRESENTS!! (and she didn't even have to wait for anyone else to open theirs!!)
Utter excitement...
Excited again....
Wow....could it get any better?!?!

Oh wait...there's more!!!!

Loving every moment!
Of course when asked what kind of cake she wanted, my little princess said "I want a princess cake!!!"
Oh...and Jordie was loving having all the family there too!
Posing for Grandpa for pictures!
I wish...
Jordie enjoyed Tay's cake a little more than she did her own birthday cake. She cried when we gave her cake on her 1st bday!! ( I just realized I didn't blog on her bday!! oops)

Taylor actually used her fork!! That is a rare thing.
Here is a pic of the girls on Easter. This is the best picture that we could get. Jordan wasn't really cooperating!! Aunt Jenna did her best to help!

Sunny Saturday in Arches National Park

Ok...so there are a ton on pictures in this post!! I even picked and chose from the ones that we took!! Rob got the itch to head south and enjoy some sunny Moab weather on a quick day day trip. We headed out about 8 am with our friends Angie and Spencer and got to Arches National Park about 11...

So of course the first thing that we did was eat our lunches in Devil's Garden. I was busy getting lunch stuff shuffled from the car to the table when I saw this. Poor Jordan wanted to be up on that rock with Dad and Tay soooooooooooooooo badly!!

Tay and Jord ate very little!! We kept finding Jordan with sandy piences of her PB&J. There was too much to look at and explore!

After lunch, we headed for the Landscape Arch trail head. We had to get a family picture, because this is the first summer where Taylor is actually doing the hiking on her own!! She was so excited to not be in the backpack!!

She headed out with lots of smiles and energy!

Well, her energy ran out fairly quickly!! She rode on Mom's shoulders for a couple minutes and then would walk!! She walked more than she rode which was nice for Mom!

Here we are at Lanscape Arch...1 mile in!! We decided to keep going on to a lesser known arch which was about another .5 mile in.

While at Landscape, Jordie did a little face plant!! No tears, but a pretty good mark that we had to document!

Taylor and Jordan loved the sand and had to be prodded to keep going on the trail!! In the end, I think the sand slowed us more than Tay's little legs!

A little more of Tay hiking...Here she is scrambling down a little rock!!

Daddy and Jord!

Here we are at the second arch...we can't remember what it is called!

Jordan crashed on the way out!! (Which lead to her not sleeping a wink the WHOLE way home!)

Daddy and his hikers!!

We decided to end our day at Sand Dune Arch! The sand was nice and cool after a warm afternoon of hiking. You can tell that Jordan liked it!!

Again, Tay was in heaven making castles in the sand with Angie!

Jord got used to the sand and Dad decided to bury her!!

Tay wouldn't let Jordie be the only one to get buried!

And Spencer had to 1 up them! :)

Jordan loves her Daddy!

This was taken 2 minutes after we got in the car to head home!! A few chips and she was out!! My favorite line from the whole day was Taylor while at Sand Dune Arch..."Mom...Dad...This is a fun day!!" And it was!

Jumping Gym and St. Patrick's Day

Our ward has a playgroup that meets a couple of times a week that the girls love to go to. Recently, we decided to go to a "jump house" with the group and the kids loved it!! Here are a few pictures of the fun that was had...

Oh...and here is Rob's St. Patrick's day breakfast!! He is such a good Dad! Too bad the color was a little too much for the girls. Neither of them would touch it!! :)

The Ridge Yurt Trip

Rob's dad has been going to some Yurts in the Uinta's above Evanston now for 4 or 5 years. This past summer, he invited us to go with them to help do some summer upkeep on one of the yurts. As a result, we were able to get a reservation to use this winter!! Rob and I headed out for the yurt Thursday night, and spent some time wandering in the woods trying to locate it!! Rob took off into the trees to see if the yurt was up on the ridge, and managed to get himself stuck pretty good!! I, luckily, did not follow and waited patiently for him to emerge from the woods!!! I got this picture as he came out.

We finally made it to the yurt and enjoyed a nice evening, just the two of us. I forgot to bring cards and games to play, but luckily we had my kindle and we had fun playing crossword puzzles all night. Here are a couple pictures of the yurt. There is a nice little "kitchen" area, and the next picture shows the bunks.

Friday morning, Rob and I enjoyed a nice little ride up to the top of the mountain. About noon, our friends Kye and Kelly joined us. We spent the afternoon snowmobiling and then a fun evening in the yurt.

We were lucky enough to have a full moon and enjoyed a nice little night hike before heading back to the yurt!