Spring Break Baby!

We went to Utah for a week of our Spring Break! Let me tell you, a week is not long enough! We had fun with the time that we had. We stayed at Carrie's new house, which is awesome! The kids loved hanging out with their cousins. William and Lily miss the Page girls and were so excited to spend the night with them every night.

We saw the Lego movie with them while we were there. William had been dying to go.

 Carrie and Jane were able to warm up to each other. So much so that Jane gave Carrie the most awkward kiss in the whole world. She opened her mouth and just rested on Carrie's face for a good solid minute. As gross as it was, Carrie agreed that the adorableness outweighed everything else.

 We got to go downtown one day. We saw the new mall that the church built across from Temple Square. We went to the Disney store and ate lunch at Kneaders. Then we went to Temple Square, of course! I knew that William and Lily wouldn't remember going when they were younger.

 We got the best photo bomb picture ever, thanks to Presley. I can't help but laugh until I cry every time I see this picture.

 We went to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. That place is probably one of my favorite buildings. I wish that the hotel was still operational. I would totally stay there. I think this is one of William's favorite pictures because Jane is popping out behind Joseph Smith. He thinks it's hilarious as you can tell from his face in the picture.

 You've gotta love taking all of the cliche pictures! I have a picture of Matthew, William, and me when we first had William in this exact place. It's crazy to see how much our family has changed.

 We got to hang out with a lot of Matthew's family while we were there. We went to dinner at Julie and Jeff's house one night and got to hear Zach and Colton quote Napoleon Dynamite word for word. The kids had a blast playing with the boys. William and Colton were pretty much inseparable.

 The kids also got to spend a lot of time with DJ and Laura's kids. It was fun to get to know them a little better and get hugs from their sweet twin girls. Lily loved Brooklyn and the opportunity to have a little girl cousin at Grandma's house.

 

 So, we were crazy and drove to Utah in our Versa. You do what you've got to do though, right? It ended up being a lot of fun and torture all in the same trip. We packed some fun stuff for the kids and I had some help from Pinterest on some ideas to keep them busy. Poor Jane got so tired of her car seat by the end of it and there was a time about 2 hours away from home when all three of the kids were crying at the same time. But, we pulled through and made it home!

 Oh, I almost forgot! While we were on the way back home, we ran into snow and stayed in Sydney, Nebraska. Lucky for us, that it the home of the Cabela's headquarters. You know that Matthew wanted to go and the kids were insistent too. Matthew thought that the Pony Express rider statue was really cool and wanted to take a picture. As you can tell, we were not prepared for the weather there. I mean.. we were all wearing jackets and there are icicles hanging down from the horse. It was freezing.

I'm so glad that we were able to travel out west. We got to see family we haven't seen in years and met new little ones. We got to see people's new houses and loved seeing the houses that are home away from home. We got to eat at all the places we wanted to, Café Rio twice! I only wish we had more time. We'll have to go back soon.

8 Months!

 Little Jane Marie turned 8 months on the 12th! She is growing up for sure.

 Jane is sitting up all by herself really well. She can even go from her belly to her bottom, which she just did one day out of the blue!

 She is still eating really well and loves her baby snacks, especially the yogurt bites.

 Jane likes to look at herself in the mirror... as you can tell. She smiles really big and will talk to her reflection.

 This girl gives some of the best kisses, although super wet and sloppy. She'll just open her mouth wide and put her lips on your face and push up against you until she's finished. It's kind of gross and kind of the cutest thing ever.

 Jane also started scooting around to get what she wants. She will get up on her hands and tippy toes and push herself forward.

 Matthew's already training her...

 

Some of Jane's favorite things right now:

her singing remote

pacifiers

sing, sing a letter spin toy

mom's key lanyard

"Janey Marinky Dinky Dink"

Books

kisses



8 Years Old!

Happy 8th Birthday to our William Rigdon!

We're so lucky to have this little guy! I can't believe he's already 8. He has a big year ahead!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

William in General

 While I was going through the pictures to post for William in the month of March, I realized that I've been a slacker at updating a lot of things! I figured that I can just update William in general. He has been busy, after all.

 

William did his very first research paper. He had to research a famous American and he chose Michael Phelps. They did the research at school and when he brought his paper home, I was really surprised at how well he did! Part of the project was to dress up like the person he'd researched. So, instead of speedos, he wore an Olympic t shirt, swim cap, and a gold medal! He was pretty embarrassed about the cap and took it off right after he was finished speaking in front of his class. It was hilarious to see that a lot of people didn't mess around! There were kids that had full on Benjamin Franklin costumes. It was the best.

 William also recently wrapped up playing basketball in Smyrna. The Ragin Cajuns played hard and made it to the semi finals, but the Bulldogs took it all. He's wanting to play again next season, but we'll see!

William had his second grade program in March. It was all about Dr. Seuss. He was assigned the role of Sam I Am. He told me that he had a solo part. William was so excited. I was too because he had to dress up and I got to make his costume! Thank goodness for Pinterest and an old Indian tunic pattern my Mom had.

 The name of the program was Oh, the Places You'll Go! It was pretty much adorable! All of the kids wore these little hats. When it was the song about Green Eggs and Ham, we all got excited and I even moved to get a better view of William's solo...

 Only to find out he didn't sing by himself at all. He just offered the Cat in the Hat the green eggs and ham until she finally tried them. William did a very convincing job of being persistent!

I later asked him why he told me he had a solo. He replied that he did... along with the whole 2nd grade student body that sang that night.

Sweet William.

 

Lily in March

 This girl just turned 7!

 Lily is all about Frozen and My Little Pony, so of course that's what her birthday was full of! She wanted a Frozen vanilla cake and raspberry sherbet.

 Lily had fun celebrating with her cousins and has had a blast with all of the fun presents that she got.

 

So, if you can't tell, I like to take pictures! Of course I had to take Lily's 7 year old pictures! She wanted Elsa hair and it's a little crazy because she had her hair like that all day!

 Lily is one of the coolest girls that I know. She's funny and she can take a joke too. Depending on her mood, of course, like a true girl.

 She pretends to be shy, but this little lady is probably one of the spunkiest girls you'll meet. She loves jewelry, pink, and getting her nails done, but then she also likes exercising her awesome muscles and shooting guns in the backyard. With Lily, it makes sense!

 Lily is also a wonderful chef. She loves to help out in the kitchen and loves to try new foods. Lily has also become the best big sister ever! She is definitely a little mom and she enjoys it. I know that to her nothing is more important than Jane. Lily always makes time for her and hasn't lost patience with her yet!

 Lily also started playing for the Lady Rapids in March. They had their first game on Murfreesboro against a team that is 2 years older than theirs!

 It was the first time their team had a goalie and Lily was chosen to play that position for a quarter. For the first time playing goalie, she did pretty well! Since then, they've had some goalie training and played a "defending the goal"(not a goalie) position added to the rec team. Lily has quickly become one of the best goal defenders! She's awesome at charging the people coming to score.

 With playing a team that has had more experience... yeah... they got creamed their first game. But, overall, the girls had a lot of fun playing and they were good sports.

Lily is such a wonderful little soul. We love this girl so much!