Spring!

Spring is finally here and the kids are SO thrilled to be able to actually go outside to do things without freezing their tushies off! We went for a little bike ride and ended up at a playground where the kids could run- it was so much fun. If they could, I think my kids would just live outside!

Oh, and we have a little announcement:

Yep! Baby number three is on the way! I'm halfway along- we don't know the gender of the baby yet but we'll be finding out soon. That way you know which clothes to wash, right? We are very excited and so are the kids. They ask every day about the baby in my tummy- it's hard to wait! :)

Eve of Hallows Eve

 

 

Our ward Halloween party was yesterday- the kids had a blast trunk or treating! Zander LOVES football and has been talking about "being a football player" for months- he was so excited to put on his football gear. He questioned everything- his tall socks, shoes, and undershirt- he had to know if that was what all the football players do or if it was just something his dorky mom was making him do. :) He ended up being the cutest, toughest football player I had ever laid eyes on!

Taizlie was excited for Halloween but she didn't have a costume preference so we decided she would be a cheerleader. She didn't even know what a cheerleader was, but after she saw her pom-poms, she was definitely into it. She loved it- and was by far the most adorable cheerleader ever. Once we got to the party, she kept pointing to the scarier costumes and saying, "You see that naughty one?!"

 

 GO TEAM NULPH!!!!!

 

Happy Halloween!

And so, it was Easter...

 Easter started out on Friday night with a 2-dozen batch of plain 'ol hard-boiled eggs turning into 2 dozen beautiful masterpieces! (Although there were very few that made it through the evening without getting smashed in some way and the kids needed new jammies after the fiasco).

 Turns out we have expert egg-dippers on our hands! Who knew?

 They both had  such a blast... We added 1T lemon juice and 1T vegetable oil to the dye- it made the eggs look marbelized- SO COOL.

 Taizlie's jammies weren't even going to make it upstairs to the dirty clothes.... as soon as we mentioned finding new jammies, she was done. I swear... My kids would never ever wear clothes if Mom and Dad would deem it socially acceptable.


Easter Morning was so much fun! We had to have breakfast in bed because we knew if the kids saw the Easter candy first there was no way they were going to eat anything even remotely good for them.

 The Easter bunny knew the kids would need sunglasses and cowboy hats for the summer....

 And a chocolate rabbit sucker would make anyone smile, am I right?

 Personalized Easter Ostrich eggs... They basically only got to hold them for the picture.... after all, we wanted them to last until at least next year. :)

The day ended with going out to Grandma and Grandpa Nulphs for dinner and a family picture.

 Ok is it just me or do my kids totally have the cowboy/cowgirl sneer down pat?

Hope everyone had a very Happy Easter!!!

MUD

The last few days have been pretty nice here- still a little chilly but the biggest part of the snow has melted off. The kids have been just itching to get outside so yesterday I decided to put their jackets and boots on and let them play in the backyard.... Little did I know there was a giant mud hole by the back fence.
Within a few minutes Zander came running back to the house upset almost to the point of tears saying, "Mom! TeeTee foot stuck!!" When I got out to see what the heck was going on, Taizlie was running around in the mud and snow with only socks on! She lost one boot in the mud hole and must've decided she might as well get rid of the other one (it was found after much-searching at the bottom of the slide). When the first boot got stuck, she must have fallen in the mud... from the waist down she was pretty soggy and not much better on her top half. Zander managed to somehow steer clear of the worst of it, but he was pretty filthy too. After some quick pictures, they had to undress on the back porch while I strung out the hose (that we haven't gotten out since last summer) to rinse off their clothes- there was no way I was going to put pure mud in the washing machine! Taizlie's socks were purple when I put them on, but it was impossible to tell after her little excursion through the mud.

 Can you even see the brown boot?

 

 

 My little mess

 

 

 Funny boy

 

 

I don't suppose there's any chance you could miss the mud on the back of those pants?

 

 

We will be going out again soon, I'm sure, even though when they came in Taizlie's feet were red from the cold. The warm shower they got probably made up for that part of it. :) Happy Spring!

Halloween.... Really late

 Carving pumpkins was super fun this year... Zander was big enough to help so he had a great time. He kept biting the pumpkin though...? Sometimes that boy is a little crazy like his Daddy.... don't tell Greg I said that. :)

 Taizlie didn't really know what to think of the whole pumpkin-carving thing.... she thought it was interesting at first but I guess it got boring pretty quick. We couldn't get her to touch the insides. :)

 Zander was a tiger and LOVED his costume. He kept growling at people and when asked what he was he couldn't just say "tiger", it was all one big growl with emphasis on the R at the end. "TIIGERRRRRRRR". So so cute.

Taizlie was my little owl- and she totally rocked the costume. I couldn't believe it but she actually kept the little hat on the whole time.

 

I know I'm super late with the Halloween post, but I couldn't resist showing off my cuties in their costumes.... even if it is a few weeks late. :)

Random Photos to Share

                                                                      Me and My Sweetie

                                                                Hiding from Momma

                                      Do you think superman was ever really THAT cute?!

                                                                           Tired Kids

Happy Harvest!

 

 

Fall is here!

 My Sweet Beautiful Girl

 Just Look at Those Faces!

 Well I think the growing season is officially over for us.... but for our first garden I think we did pretty dang good! And with the help of Judy I was able to can a good part of it for the first time- it was fun! We've done carrots, beets, and tomato sauce so far. We counted up 13 pumpkins- I think that might've been the kid's favorite part.