My Little Cowboys

Dane and Brice dressed up for Western Day at school. Dane won the prize for his grade: about 50 tickets for the Fall Festival

Luke dressed up for our playgroup Halloween Party. (Sorry they are so blurry, I hate my camera and I had like half a second before he took the hat off)

Princess Tea Party

While I am thankful to have a girl to do cutesy, girly things with, I am also thankful that I only have ONE girl! This was a special outing for just Mackenzie and her best friend Amelia (aka Meeya). A Princess Tea Party at a place called Rock the Tea.

Here they are waiting to begin.

Here is the little brother finding ways to entertain himself while the girls are being pampered.

After picking out a princess dress and all the accesories, crown, jewlery, purse, shoes, they had their nails done.

Then a little make-up.

Then a fashion show on their own little runway.

Next was the tea party with their "American Girl Dolls".

And they ended with "Freeze Dance" .

We went to lunch afterwards. Apparently being a princess is exhausting because Mackenzie fell asleep on the couch during Luke's nap for the first time in months. Well worth every penny! (Which was actually only $10 for the whole hour!)

First Day of Preschool

She is SO ready for this!

My Lukey Monkey is One!

We have always had our kids First Birthday with our family in California. That sometimes meant celebrating a little early or late to coordinate plans to be together. Sadly, that just didn't work out this time. And, I feel horrible. I know he won't remember but I will. We tried to do something special but it ended up being chaos shoved in between naps and church. We did have a few friend join us. But, other than making him a special cake...I didn't even make it out of my pajamas. Ugh! So awful. But, he enjoyed his sandbox, presents and his monkey cake. I can't believe my baby is One. I still cry every time I remember it.

What a nice big brother!

Step 3: No Training Wheels!

Brice Family Photos 2011

For those who read my blog that know my whole family...

Trip to Utah -- Thursday

So...my mom's family all lives in Bountiful, Utah. They get together once a year for a Craig Family Reunion. My mom is there around the 24th of July -- Pioneer Day -- so the two things usually happen together. I decided this year to brave the drive with my four kids...by myself. I thought it was probably a crazy thing to do but hoped it be worth it. The drive there took 12 hours with all the stops we made. Two of those stops were long ones (lunch and play at McDonalds and then to see Lyndsee's classroom in Spanish Fork). We had one major melt down from Mackenzie (who has been horrible in the car since the day she was born) and several additional minor ones. Luke's naps were short and he cried for 30-45 minutes before falling asleep. Ugh!

These are the only pictures I have from the first day there...we went to Layton Surf and Swim (wave pool). The kids loved it!

See additional posts for all the fun things we did on this trip!