A Little Tribute...

...to my little girl...because she is now, 100% POTTY TRAINED!! I am so happy to only have 1 child in diapers now! If you remember, we tried the potty thing a couple of months ago, and just recently did we start trying again. I had such a bad attitude about it, but she was a champ! She just took off this time, and only had a handful of accidents...I'm so proud:) Good job Ells...now I really feel like I have just 1 baby! Good thing:)

And this here would be one of her potty bribes. I can't believe I have a 2 year old who is already obsessed with lipstick...heaven help us

San Diego Continued...

Just a few more San Diego pictures that didn't make it into the slideshow

Shamu show...Ella was really happy:)

Just chillin with a little chocolate on his face

Mission Beach

Flying a kite on the beach

The 2 babies...although Gage looks like a monster here...not a baby!

San Diego Temple

Wedding Day

Matt's older sister, Michelle, got married recently and it was such a good day! We are so happy for her (she has waited a long time for this day), and are so glad she found her partner in John. Here are a few (ok, a lot) of pictures from the day.

Waiting outside the temple.

Talking with great grandma

The happy couple!

At the reception changing into her "princess wedding dress." She was the flower girl and was in heaven! She loved every minute of it, and kept saying "ella get married too in my princess wedding dress!"

Not quite sure who this other little girl is:)

cute cousins! Ella LOVES her cousins...she would play with them everyday if she could:)

It was a long day:)

one last random one...because I couldn't resist!

San Diego

A Couple of Cute Kids

My talented friend, Melissa (whom I really miss:), took my kids pictures a couple of weeks back, and I have to say I am in love. She did such a good job, and I can't believe how fast they are growing up. Here are a few of my favs...enjoy!

9 Months

Gage turned 9 months a couple of weeks ago, and I can hardly believe it! I can't believe he is going to be having a birthday this summer...where does the time go? Just a little info about him for my records. Gage is my little baby...I'm a little obsessed with him:) He is so squishy and happy, I literally can't get enough of him. He is crawling like a maniac and into EVERYTHING. He climbs onto anything he can get his little hands onto and is walking along furniture now...so much more active than Ella ever was at this age! He is so mellow...all he needs is a full belly, and he will laugh and smile at you for hours! We sure love him and are grateful he is a part of our family.

Easter

We had a really fun easter this year...we had our basket hunt at Grandma Taylor's house, and the kids had a blast. Ella was so fun to watch, she is so into everything we do now, and I love it. The egg hunt grandma made (mostly for Ella and Luke) was hilarious, they are so funny to watch becasue they are always in competition with each other...Ella was running around the yard yelling "hurry, Luke will take them all gone, hurry!"

Darling Easter kids!

Grandma hid the baskets on the tramp

Dave helping Gage with his first dunk