Easton turns 3!

Easton had been looking forward to his birthday for a LONG time leading up to the actual day! He practiced blowing out his candles multiple times because he asked for them to be on almost every meal, every day, and it wasn't really worth the tears to tell him no. ha! (Unfortunate for him, the candles didn't even light at his party because there was a little bit of breeze...he didn't care though luckily!)
The night before his birthday, my friend Laura and I spent much of our 'Bachelorette' watching time blowing up tons of balloons to hang in front of his door the following morning. It looked awesome, and I was so excited for him to wake up and see them all. The poor little guy though woke up in the middle of the night, and when he went to open his door to come into our room, he saw them in the darkness, and was completely petrified! I ran into his room, and he was slowly backing into the corner away from the door and the balloons, and was screaming a sound I've never heard come out of him...I felt terrible! The next morning (in the daylight!) he LOVED them though! He and Boone had a great time running through them back and forth giggling all day!
For breakfast we made pancakes together, I let him pour sprinkles on top, and they were pretty much burnt crystallized sugar by the time he was done! He loved them anyway, especially with, of course, candles on top!
We had a pretty regular morning and afternoon, we went to the gym, everyone wished him happy birthday which we loved, then we had to run to WalMart for a few party items, and I let him pick out a new toy, he thought that was awesome. He picked a new Captain America figurine, and he played with it all day! He took a short little rest time, and then eventually came downstairs and it was time to get the car packed and head out to his party! I was a little nervous that no one would come. It had been overcast all day, and about 45 minutes before party time, big dark clouds rolled in, and it started to sprinkle a bit. His party was scheduled to be at the Reunion Trails Splash pad, so an outdoor party in July suddenly had me nervous!
Luckily when we pulled up and had the car all unpacked to everything under the bowery, the clouds went away and it was perfect party weather, low 90's and overcast so it wasn't blazing hot! And bonus...no one else was there because of the weather, so the kids had the whole splash pad and park to themselves! Easton had a lot of his little buddies show up, and he LOVED running around and playing with all of them. Ryan came after work and brought Little Caesars pizzas, we had grapes and Capri Suns, and the kids were in heaven! I didn't make a cake this year since I'd anticipated super hot weather, and didn't want it to melt. So instead we decided on a simple donut cake, and it was the best desicion ever! The kids LOVED it, and it was super easy clean up!
Easton was so spoiled, and even though we said no gifts (between grandparents and us, there were a ton!) everyone brought him a gift anyway. He had a blast opening them all, and came home with quite a stash!
It was such a great day, we love our sassy little 3 year old so much, and can't imagine life before his sweet little personality!

scary/awesome birthday morning balloons

birthday pancakes!

hanging out with Spidey at WalMart

enjoying his new pool from Grandma and Grandpa Broadbent

present time!

more presents!

and MORE presents!

BIRTHDAY DONUT CAKE!

Boone's First Birthday

JUNE 17 little Booner man turned ONE! I sure love this little pup! We took him to get a nice fresh grooming that day, and Easton and I headed to Petsmart to get him some new toys, shampoo, and treats!

Birthday in Vegas!

When we got home from Utah, my Vegas girls took me out to celebrate my birthday too, such sweet friends! First I went to my fave Cafe Rio, then Bingo at Sunset Station with Natalie, Marinda and Tosha...TOSHA WON!! Lucky duck! The chances of winning are so low that we never expect anything, and just go to have fun usually...now I want to win though haha! Later that week, Sheena and Taly took me to the best ever/hands down favorite restaurant here: Firefly. My mouth waters just thinking about it, then after to Cheesecake Factory for dessert. Then we just sat in the car and made fools of ourselves and chatted late into the night. Perfect girls nights! I'm so lucky to have made so many good, sweet, and reliable friends here!

Love these 

Happy 26 years to me!

This year for my birthday I was totally spoiled and spent the day eating and sitting a theater. My two favorite things! For lunch we went to The Greenery with my parents, Jeanette, and Grandparents. Then afterwards Jeanette and I met my friend Chelsea to watch the movie "Saving Mr. Banks" Then later, for dinner, Ryan took Easton and I to Chili's for dinner, then we took Easton home to my parents while we went back to the movies to see "Les Miserables" If I didn't know Ryan loved me before, I for sure know now! He NEVER would have gone to see that besides for my birthday haha! The next day I met up with Ryan's mom and sister's and we headed to Station Park for birthday shopping and lunch at Settebello! It was all my favorite things in one weekend, so pretty much a perfect birthday!

Chelsea, me and Jeanette!

Jeanette and Dad at the Greenery, some reason this is the only picture I have haha

me and my best bud at dinner at Chili's

me and my babe at the movie!

Fall Fun

Fall is always one of my favorite times of the year, and living in Las Vegas has made that even better! The weather cools off from the blazing summer heat, but never gets cold enough to have a true chill in the air, and we take full advantage by going out and doing as much as we can outside all fall long!

Lots of places pop up in the fall with little carnival rides and pumpkin patches, Easton loves the rides and begs to go back to the 'pumpkin party' or weeks after they have all closed up shop!

with the Gatewoods and Cowdins at the 'pumpkin party'

watch out for Easton and Kru!

Easton had dad help him go down a good handful of most the rides, what a great sport 'eh?

what's better than blow up toys?

Headed over to Steak 'N Shake for dinner afterwards

Watching airplanes all day every day!

Another 'pumpkin party' with the Pettitt's

we took Auty to Sweet Addiction for her birthday, and for some reason I only have a picture of Easton....sure is cute though!

plenty of Girls Nights Out keep me completely sane, Taly's birthday dinner was no exception! Went to dinner at Yard House in Town Square, followed by shopping, AND Haley announced she was pregnant with her third babe...Romie!

Ryan's 28th Birthday

I honestly can't remember what we gave Ryan for his birthday this past year, but I do remember that Easton was SO excited to help decorate the house, loved all 28 of the balloons, and couldn't wait to help blow out the candles! It was so much fun to celebrate with just the three of us, sweet and simple. I think that weekend we went out to see a movie and probably got dinner too...something super fancy ya know!

Happy Birthday Papa!

Happy Birthday, right when he walked in the door!

helping dad

one from Easton

this kid loves balloons!

 

How excited is Ryan for date night??

Easton turns 2!

My Sweet Easton boy is two! I can't believe it! He has been the biggest joy in our lives. He is such a good kid, and even though he started 'acting two' overnight, I think we will still keep him! He is so funny, strong, smart and athletic.

• He weighs 33.14 lb. (90-95%)
• He is 36 inches tall (75-90%)
• His head is 50.5 cm. (90-95%)
• He is wearing 3T clothes
• A very picky eater! Still only eats chicken nuggets, and grilled chicken for his meats. If we are lucky he might take a single bites of a hot dog. He doesn't eat vegetables unless they are in a puree food pouch ("sauce" as we call them). 
• He loves his fruits, juice, chocolate milk, and treats. Anything crunchy, like chips, he will love. He loves to eat tortilla chips dipped in guacamole (let's be real though....pretty much no guacamole, he just pretends to dip them with us.)
• He is talking up a storm, and can make two word sentences. 
• If you ask him how old he is, he will respond "I tuuu!" and hold up his hand with his two fingers glued together, he hasn't figured out how to hold them up while seperated.
• We have a couple 'naughty' word slip ups: Clock, and Fork...you can use your imagination! And for some reason he loves to yell these words! In Sacrament meeting he always has to point out the clock on the wall, and I want to die!
• He LOVES Despicable Me, calling is "asipcible me?!" He thinks Dr Gru, and the min'mins, and loves to shout 'freeze ray!' when Gru shoots it. 
• He is doing good with potty training if I would be more diligent about it. He doesn't like to sit on his little potty seat anymore, if he needs to pee, he will stand, or sit backwards on the potty. And to poop, he will sit either backwards or forwards. He knows when he needs to go, and tells me, The other day he even held it for about 15 minutes until we got home. (wahoo!!)
• He is really good at basketball, his t-ball, and is getting better at catching things. 
• He likes the watch the Gi-Gi's with his dad. (The Giants) and recognized Buster Posey on a poster while we were out awhile ago, by pointed and saying "a posey?"

For his party this year, we did a big pool party with all our friends here. We grilled hot dogs for everyone, had chips, watermelon, carrots and celery, and juices and waters. The kids loved it, and afterward we had a big cake I made. I was so proud of this cake! It turned our just how I wanted it to, and Easton loved it! He thought the cake was the party, so when Ryan brought it out he chased after him while yelling "THE PARTY THE PARTY!!!" 

He was so spoiled this year, and got so many toys and cards from friends, grandparents, aunts, and us. He got a bubble machine, a Leap Pad 2, pool toys, a new beach towel, money, an animal trains, monster trucks, cars, Mickey/Disney toys, a Mr. Potato Head, a ball, a Mickey movie, and much more!

On his actual birthday, Monday, Ryan started school back up. So I took him to the Henderson Multigen pool with Haley and her kids. He wasn't too much a fan of it, I don't think he likes all the water spraying on him and dumping on him. Afterwards we went home, and he took a nap, and then when he was up, Ryan had gotten home and we took him to a movie. We went to Despicable Me 2. He was so excited for the BIG TV! We got him his on movie snack pack, which he thought was incredible. He loved to sit on his own seat and be a big kid. He ended up watching most of the movie on Ryan's lap, but he didn't last the whole time. He got restless and was running around the theater, so we took him home early. 

We had a super fun weekend celebrating our little guy. He is the best, and we can't wait to keep watching him grow!