Easter

So, I am a little slow, I guess, in getting our Easter pictures up. A few reasons for the delay would include: ear infections for both kids, ear, nose and throat leakage for both parents, and talk preparations and delivery for Easter Sunday at our church. Never fear, we didn't let sickness prevent us from enjoying the holiday! We colored our eggs on Saturday, had a small hunt in our house and Sunday after church, we went to Grandpa and Grandma Petrick's house for dinner and another egg hunt! Good times!

Here are the little monkeys before church in their Easter outfits.




Katelee participated by falling to the ground and observing the chaos....Grant was a great hunter and has shown a great strength in follow through as he has eaten nearly every morsel of candy he received!

Lucky Lady!

Our little lady turned one yesterday! I thought there would be no better tribute to our little Irish gal than a limerick and a photo shoot! Enjoy!

Birthday Limerick

Our baby turned one on St. Patty's day,
We sang, ate some cake and said hooray.
She's made it a year;
With a brother she fears
She's certainly lucky, oh wouldn't you say?

No pinching this cute girl!
She loved her new baby and stroller, but didn't get to play with it the entire time, because Grant also decided he likes to run it around...ah the joys of sharing!
The lucky shamrock cake before (above) and after (below!)

Here Comes the Sun...

Well, we had a couple of beautiful days last week, and you can bet we were outside to enjoy the sunshine. Here is Katelee taking in the rays!


Those days were short lived...it is spring and we have the fun roller coaster weather here in Utah. So, it was back to chilly in no time. We work very hard at keeping ourselves (mostly Mr Grant) busy, to avoid disaster that accompanies his boredom. This week our adventure was to tour Sweet's Candy Factory. It was a lot of fun! I told Grant we were going to the candy factory and he said, "No mom, you go to the candy factory. I go to Candyland!" (Side note: until last week Grant held the undefeated title for Candyland champion...however, I made it through the gumdrop forest, chocolate swamp and all other obstacles before he did for the first time! He still has a better record.) Anyway, here are some picts after the tour:
Notice the fetching caps we wore as to not contaminate the precious goods! Keeping the hairnet on Katelee was not a fun task, luckily she fell asleep in the stroller. We saw them make taffy, orange sticks and cinnamon bears...and we sampled of course, too!

The kids give the candy factory THUMBS UP! Tanner, Grant's friend may just be admiring Grant's side beret style cap, and Anna wanted to give thumbs up...just to herself! We anxiously await more sunny days, but are still having fun in the meantime!

Dinosaurs, Horns and Traitors...

So, it has been a long time since I have posted anything. I just have not found anything to be too out of the ordinary, so at the risk of boring you all...I will just share a bit of our recent day to day events.

Katelee is walking all over, these videos don't do her justice, but I still think they are cute. If you will please take notice of her hairdo, all I can say is that I am trying. Pretty much her poor little style only resembles a horn. Any of you who are not challenged with hair maintenance, dos, and accessories, please share your talents! I obviously am struggling in this category.


Grant is keeping up his fight against evil with dinner -ware (Explanation: we told him that one day the devil is going to try and trick him. Well, he moved his little lips to the corner of his face and said, "well, I will trick him with a fork.") Thank you, son, for warding off sin. I never knew it was so simple.

I am guessing the sibling squabbles will never subside between his sister and him (those of you with older kids are probably smirking!). He is so rude to her sometimes. The other day I had enough and I told him he would not get to watch Curious George all day long. The next thing I know he is petting Katelee and saying in this sing-song voice, "Oh, Katewee Wyn Carfur (his pronunciation of her name), you are such a sweet child!"



Here is a photo from the Dinosaur Museum we went to last week...as you can tell the Shark was a bit overwhelming for Grant. Dave has been busy, busy, busy. However, he did find time to go to the BYU vs Utah basketball game. The Utes lost, but the most difficult part for him was going with a "Ute fan" who randomly decided he was switching sides. I am not sure how Dave will maintain the friendship with a traitor!! So, there you have it...nothing new, nothing exciting, just us!

False Alarm....

The other day I hear this scream coming from upstairs. Grant is yelling, "FIRE! FIRE" and I as I bolt up the stairs I can make out his little feet running through the rooms as if trying to evacuate everyone from an upcoming disaster. I reach the distressed child and I ask him if there is a fire, to which he calmly responds, "yes mommy, fire, that's right." I ask him to show me the fire and he leads me to Katelee's room where he points to the humidiFIER and tells me that's where it is. Alas, it was a false alarm. But, at least I know Grant would seek us out, room by room , if necessary to save us from flames and smoke.

I also thought I would post some picts of my Valentine's flowers Dave sent me. They are gi-normous. It is hard to get a perspective of their magnitude, but I think Grant's expression here gives a pretty good indication!

You may notice Grant is shirtless in this photo. While I would pretty much consider Grant to be a master of the porcelain throne, he occasionally has a mishap with the standing method. Shirts seem to be in his line of fire somehow.
Just Katelee looking pretty...she's 11months already! She is practicing more and more steps solo, probably getting ready for a big dance party for her birthday next month!