For Cathy

I wrote this post on May 5th but didn't have time to post the pictures. Today is June 13th. Hahaha. Since then Cathy has redone my blog and I love it. "The Fastlanes rocking your world". (Sean is known by many as "The Fastlane" for those of you who are confused. A nickname from his college days and his band "Ironheart". I fell in love with The Fastlane. I still am in love with the Fastlane.) So, here's my post from May 5th. Maybe sometime I'll get caught up:)

I promised my cute friend Cathy that I would update my blog on Sunday. It is now Wednesday.

Life has been crazy lately. The boys and I took a trip to CA in March to see my sweet Nephew Porter get baptized and to be there when my brother Ethan went through the Newport Beach Temple. We went back a couple of weeks later for Ethan's Mission Farewell. We had some fun farewell parties for him, went to the beach, Sean went to Coachella, and we spent a few hours at Disneyland before heading home. My parents and Ethan drove up here the next day. We had a birthday party for Johnny, Judd and Ethan at Fat Cats in Salt Lake Tuesday night before Ethan checked into the MTC on Wednesday. We are so proud of Ethan for going on a mission but we are sure going to miss him! Cordoba, Argentina is lucky to have him! (If you want to write to Ethan you can do so through mtcdelivery.com. They print the letters for you and deliver them that day. pretty cool. His mailbox # is 269)

On April 21st my sweet Johnny turned 5. I can't even begin to express how much I love this kid. He is one of the greatest blessings in my life. He is such a unique boy (and by unique I mean both amazing and weird!) with so much personality. My heart is so full of love for him. He's been wanting to have a birthday at Chuck E Cheese forever. How could I say no? His buddy Max came, along with some cousins and he was in heaven!

And, on top of all of that craziness I have been working extra hours at work. Crazy I tell you!

Sean and our friend Ryan (Max's dad) took the boys to the BYU Spring Scrimmage

Johnny and Max

Sam chillin at Grandma and Grandpa's

Newport

Sean really tried to get a cute picture of them at Disneyland. Looks like he gave up after 5 attempts. Hahaha. Love these...

Johnny, Ethan, Judd birthday party @ FatCats

Elder Flake on his way to the MTC.

Johnny's 5th Birthday!!!

Givin it Another Shot....

Have you been missing these two?

Hahaha. I can't believe it's been since September since I've blogged. I'm going to give it another shot. SO, here's our life for the last 5 months in pictures. Lots and lots of pictures...

Johnny got his first shiner at the park with daddy.

Johnny started preschool. He loves it. His teacher is Miss Mikki, there are 6 little boys from our neighborhood in his class and he has learned a ton.

Johnny played on his first soccer team and even scored a goal.

We drove to Redbluff, CA to visit Sean's granparents for his Grandpa Nolan's birthday. We had a blast with Sean's family and the boys loved meeting some new cousins.

Sean & me on the drive...

Johnny on the drive...

Sam on the drive. Poor little guy gets so car sick.

The boys and I met my family here...

and did this...

We had a great weekend in Boulder, but remember how Sam gets really car sick? Well, picture me and the kids (no Sean) driving in the pouring rain trying to hurry home so I could make it to work on time and Sam throwing up every minute or so. NOT FUN!

Then there was Halloween.

And visits from my parents with giant banana splits.

Then winter came.

and my kids still like to play the drums.

I am aging beautifully. I mean seriously is there ever a bad picture of me?

Then there was Christmas. We went to CA with my fam.

and went to Balboa of course...

My mom helped the kids put on the cutest nativity ever...

Don't I have the most handsome brothers?

J Christmas morning...

Sam with his favorite present, his baby panda with a baba...

Oh, and I have great friends!!!

And that my friends brings us up to speed! I'll try and do better, I really will.