Brandon Flowers

Back in December Eric went on a guys trip to Colorado and he took our small point and shoot camera with him. He got back from the trip and told me that he had some bad news and that he had lost our camera. We hardly ever use this camera so we weren't really concerned about the camera itself. 

The problem is that the week before we went to a Brandon Flowers concert and got to go backstage to meet him.  We got some pictures with him and the band and never downloaded them on our computer. We were so bummed when we came to this realization. 

Well on one of Eric's last nights in Colorado he took the camera and went to a church activity with his buddies. After this night he didn't remember seeing the camera. He thought by the time he was leaving it would turn up but it never did. 

Well Eric recently went over to his buddy's house and surprisingly he had our camera! Long story short, Eric left the camera at the church; someone found it in the lost and found then came out here to visit Eric's friend and brought the camera back. Crazy!

So without further adieu, our pictures from the concert...

 

For those of you who don't know who Brandon Flowers is... he is the lead singer for a little band called The Killers!  

We scored these tickets from Eric's awesome aunt Sallie.

Afterwords we got to go backstage to meet Brandon and the band.

This is the drummer for The Killers, Ronnie. He did one song at the end with Brandon. 

Ronnie was such a cool guy. He just sat and talked with us for like 30 min. Kind of embarrassing, but he kind of was hitting on me. Once he found out we were LDS he asked if I was interested in doing a reverse polygamy and he could be my second husband. Of course he was joking, but Eric sure thought it was pretty cool!

It was such a fun night and I am so glad that we have the pictures to remember it!

look who's crawling...

I have been meaning to post this for a few weeks now, but never got around to it. 

Trey has FINALLY gotten the hang of crawling, and once he started he picked it up quick.

Now its time to start baby proofing again!!

Easter Celebrations

[Saturday]

We started our Easter celebrations on Saturday night at Grandma and Grandpa Larsen's.

We decorated eggs:

while Trey sat patiently in his walker:

Then Grandma planned a scavenger hunt for the kids that ended with them in the tub:

In the basket they found an Easter book for each of them along with some treats. Grandma then took them all downstairs to read them their stories:

When we got home Tatum wrote a letter to the Easter bunny. We left it out with our decorated eggs for him to hide around the house.

[Sunday]

Easter morning we woke up to see that the Easter bunny left a candy trail that led to the kids baskets.

 After breakfast and an quick egg hunt we headed to Ogden to my Aunt and Uncle's house. My cousin just returned from his mission and after his homecoming we had lunch and an egg hunt.

 Trey hates to sit in the grass...

 We then had 3 more stops later that day to visit Eric's side of the family.

We came home exhausted and to our heads in candy...it was a great day!

...Love of the family...

We have had a very eventful week around here. 

On Saturday I just dropped my Mom off at the airport after having her for 9 whole days! 

My Family came in town on Thursday the7th. 
The next morning my Dad, little Sister and I got up early to go snowboarding.
On our way up the canyon I said to my Dad "Bet you anything Elan (my older Sister) is going to have the baby (due in a week) while we are gone and then Mom is going to be stuck at home with all 4 of the boys."
He said there was no way that was going to happen. 

We went for a few runs and then came to the lodge for a break.
I called Elan to see how she was doing and sure enough she was in the hospital and in labor!

All I had to say was "I told you so!" 

We only skied for half a day and then headed home, showered and headed to the hospital just in time to meet baby Allie!

After a quick hello, we ran back home picked up a few things and then  headed to Brigham City for my Grandpa's 90th Birthday party.

We showed up and realized it was only an adult party...I guess we missed the memo!
We still had a great time and enjoyed seeing the fam!

The next morning we went to see our nephew Hunter get baptized.

It was so great to be there for him on his big day!

Then the next morning (Sunday) we said goodbye to my Dad and lil' sis.
They had to get back to work and school but left my Mom to help with the new baby.
She definitely spoiled us while she was here and she spent every spare minute snuggling with this one...

...and chasing around these boys.

We love you Mom, and miss you already!

...9 Months Old...

Last week this cutie pie turned 9 months old.

People always say that your second goes by so much faster that the first and man are they right!

Here is a little about Trey:

• He is SUCH a mamma's boy
• He will eat anything you put in front of him
• At his 9 month check he weighed 18 lbs 3 oz which is surprising only the 10th percentile
• He refuses to crawl. He can sit up and tries to crawl but then lands on his stomach and cries.
• He pulled himself up the other day which makes me think he will just skip crawling.
• Trey is a great sleeper. He sleeps between 11 and 12 hours at night.
• He says "Da-Da" all day long but will not say "Ma-Ma"
• Trey loves his Brother. Tatum can make him laugh like no one else.
• He loves to watch the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse but wont give any other show the time of day.
• Trey is a busy kid. He is always looking for something new to grab and play with.
  
  We just love our little guy and can't imagine life without him!

...Pump the Jam...

The other day I came down stairs to find Tatum doing this:

 Ya wanna know what he was listening to?

Lady Gaga!!

...St. Patties Day...

For the past week Trey has been super sick with a double ear infection and border line RSV.  

So when St. Patricks Day came around I thought for sure it would be a total waste of a fun Holiday. Thankfully the anti-biotics kicked in and Trey was back to normal just in time for St. Paties Day. 

We started off the day with the usual green pancake breakfast. 

and the leprechauns came and brought the boys all sorts of fun green things to wear for the day.

That morning we headed to the church for a fun St. Patricks Day playgroup. 

They made rainbows out of paper plates and fruit loops and went on a scavenger hunt for the pot o' gold at the end of the rainbow.



Trey is at the age where he grabs everything in site and puts everything in his mouth.
Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

 I love how festive everyone was, thats a whole lot of green!

After lunch with Dad, I decided to make some cupcakes using a new recipe I found online.

If you think they look gross its because they were.
The frosting was all wrong and the cake was kind of weird. I absolutely love cupcakes and wish so bad that I could make them like the pros but it looks like from now on I will be sticking with the box. But if anyone has some good tips, I would love to hear them. 

The rest of the day was spent playing games and relaxing. It was a good day!