"We're on a Vacation!"

We had a great vacation to San Diego at the end of April. We took it easy and tried not to make it too busy and just really enjoyed being together!

 Here we are at Sea World. Classic Makenna, Sucking her thumb and twirling her hair as she is taking it all in.

 Watching the dolphins

 If you notice we took a sharpie and wrote our phone number on her arm, in case she were to get lost. This got a lot of attention, lots of people saying, " That's a good idea!"

 Coronado beach was wonderful.

 Testing out the sand for about 1 minute.

 One of Makenna's all time favorite things to do is to chase birds. So she really was in heaven chasing all the seagulls on the beach.

 Makenna loved being in the hotel. It was so much fun for her. Every time we would walk into the hallway to walk to our room, she would start skipping and singing  "Let it go" from frozen down the whole way.

 He had just starting scooting around before we left for the trip so he was a little bit of a handful in the room :)

 Day 2 at Sea World. Meeting Elmo, a little nervous, but excited!

Loved all the little rides!

"We're on a Vacation!"

April Randoms

In the middle of March we found out that Brad with be starting his residency at Scottsdale Health Care! This was Brad's first choice so we are pretty excited. So we quickly found a home to rent in south Scottsdale so we can be close to the hospital. It has four bedrooms, so we are loving the extra room. We have had a busy month so we are still trying to get some things organized and settled in. We have some very friendly neighbors, that we are looking forward to getting to know better. Here are some random pictures and videos!

 This is a familiar scene at our house, I'm sure we have to tell her to get off of him at least a few times a day. The problem is, he loves it! So that only encourages her! 

 Just being cute, as usual

Tanner's chubby foot

Oh my goodness, this boy just kills me with those big smiles!

I like how Makenna talks to him in this one

I like his reaction to the hair being blown out of his face.

Easter Time

 Family Dinner with the Shumways

 Jacob, Rex and Makenna

 Three Studly young men, Scott, Bryan, Tanner

Oh Tanner Boy

 Hauling Jacob around

 Little Cousins chatting it up

Mason Pushing Makenna, what a sweet cousin.

Getting ready for the Easter Egg Harvest!

 Mandatory family picture attempts

 The Tan Man

Generations 2-5 with the middle name Rex.

Getting ready for the Easter Egg hunt at Grandma Thomas' house.

Shumway Family Hotel

We had an extended stay at the Shumway Family Hotel, aka ,Rex and Diane's house.They were so nice to let us stay with them and we were able to get our house ready to sell.  It was so nice to have some special Grandma and Grandpa time while living there.

Makenna loves the swings and asks me to swing her really high. I can't push her any higher or she would probably fly out!

One afternoon Makenna and I were making pizza for lunch. I had to put Tanner down for a nap so Makenna was left alone with all the ingredients for pizza. When I came back she had perfectly put on the sauce and cheese! I was very impressed!

Makenna just loved helping Grandpa mow

 Working hard on some artwork.

Tanner enjoyed lots of cuddles with Grandpa. 

We sure enjoyed our stay!

February and March Catch Up

Trying some solids, he hasn't consistently liked them and it has turned into frustration so we are taking a break.  And it's messy, and so much extra work that I'm not going to force it.

Trying out a swing at the new riverview park. This park is pretty exciting and pretty high adventure!

Lunch Date With Mom

Where's Tanner?

Reading with the Kids

Tanner kisses!

Tanner sleeping

Date night with Brad at the Rattlers Game

Family hike up "A" Mountain

Makenna and her Daddy

Tanner being charming 

Pretty impressed with Makenna's Climbing

Here is a video from when Tanner was first starting to really chat with us.