We always have so much fun for our birthdays and this year was no exception. Adam threw a surprise 30th for me and it was wonderful. He went through a lot of effort and it was beautifully decorated, and a WONDERFUL party.Tiersa has most of those pictures, so I will have to get them on here later. My actual Birthday was equally fun with a run in the morning and lunch with my family. I even snuck in a nap before going out to dinner with our friends.
Adam turned 31 on Tuesday the 29th and the kids and I woke him up with Breakfast in Bed. His favorite breakfast is cereal so he got Captain Crunch Berries that morning. We went out for a free lunch at Joe's BBQ, then headed over to the bowling alley. We went bowling on Friday night with a couple in our ward for my Birthday and it reminded us how much we love to bowl so when we mentioned it to the kids they were super excited to do it with us.
We had so much fun and Adam beat me (I think it wax just birthday luck cuz I beat him on my birthday).
Adam took Kevin and Anthony to see Avengers while I stayed home while Katie and Luke napped. We had cake and ice cream later that night with a few friends and really enjoyed the day.
I still can't believe we are "that" couple who hat 3 kids a mini van and are in their 30's. It just feels like we should still be 25. But I like to think that it has taken me this long to do all that I have done and I am totally ok with that. I hear this is the best decade of your life, so I say bring it on!!

Kiddos

I am in love with my kids. They are so sweet, sassy smart and beautiful. I am grateful for them in my life. I took advantage of the beautiful sunset tonight and took some great shots of my major cuties. The lighting when Kevin was out wasn't as great, but he is great so here we go.

Endsley Sisters and Build A Bear

We had a great visit from Adam's sisters, Mandy and Mariah, over conference weekend. It started out with Mandy coming on Thursday the 29th. Then we surprised Adam with Mariah flying in on Saturday night. It was so fun to see Adam with his sisters. The kids were so happy to have them here and could not have been more spoiled. Mandy (who used to be called Mandy warbucks) took the kiddos to build a bear. They talked about it for days beforehand and they visited it two times before they got to buy them. Kevin wanted a dog one so badly and Katie liked a lot of bears but particularly the colorful ones.
Thank you Aunt Mandy for making such great memories with these kids... they love you so much.

Milestones and such

We have been having quite the experience now that we have Luke here. He is a good baby who is for the most part pretty patient. He eats well, he sleeps well and Kevin and Katie are thoroughly enjoying him. We have some milestones to boast of, they are as follows;Luke has learned how to smile at us. He first started about 2 weeks ago. One morning he just smiled without prompting from me. I thought it was a fluke, but later that day he smiled again at me. Daddy and the kids got to see it later too. Now he's the point that he will smile at all of us, not just the Mommy. His eyebrows give him away, when he is about to smile his eyebrows go up. When he is about to cry he furrows his brow. All of our kids have had these really expressive eyebrows. We love it. He has slept through the night several nights now and I feel like a new women.
Katie bugs is now potty trained. She has been peeing on and off on the potty for the last year or so just whenever she wanted to or right before bath time we would set her on there. She has been ready to potty train for at least 6 months but I was not ready. So I have attempted (halfway), to potty train her but 2 or 3 times before now, but threw in the towel very quickly because I was traumatized from Kevin's training experience.I decided to use pull ups to ease both of us into using the potty. This was AMAZING, because she learned how to poop in the potty instead of her diaper. She was still peeing in the pull up but every time she needed to do #2 she did in the potty (except for the one time that she was being watched by my friend... poor Emily)So I started on Monday the 23rd and she stayed dry in her nap, had a few accidents throughout the day but stayed dry all night. The next 3 naps she peed and slept right through it except the last time she woke up. But she hasn't had a night time accident at all since we started (which is really amazing, considering how full her diapers always were in the morning) we haven't had a nap time pee accident since Thursday, so I think she has it down.Kevin finished up preschool last week (his teacher had a baby two days ago, so she ended school early). He has been sounding out words and recognizing letters. I need to read with him more because he would probably catch on really quick. He has a talk in Primary this Sunday and since the grandparents will be in town for Luke's blessing, they will probably come watch him do so. He has been doing so well at riding his bigger bike. Next step is to teach him to ride without training wheels.Adam is trying for a step 12 at work and will be doing a mock interview tomorrow. He said it is more technical knowledge that will be asked in the interview so hopefully he will have the knowledge to answer the questions right. Pray for him please.I am really ready to dive into the exercising and might enlist my sisters to help motivate me and get me to my best self by the end of the year. I am now ending this post to go on a vigorous walk with my kids. Cya