Autism Video

There's a few reason why I'm posting this Utube video and one of them is because when I watched I couldn't believe how much of it related to what Chris and I go through with Bridger. And the second reason, I boobed through the whole thing. But I do want to get one thing straight, I'm not trying to "fix" Bridger, I'm just trying to bring him up to his highest potential possible. And I'm also not trying to look for donations, just a touching video I wanted to share.

Hudson Turns Two!!

Look at how precious that boy looks! My goodness I could gush over him all day long! Don't ask where my little blonde came from but I don't care, he's such a cutie! Here's a few shots of him that I got off of facebook from the gal that did his pics! I think they turned out sooo cute! He was obbsessed with the Chickens in the yard so it was really Hard to get some smiles out of him!He wasn't so sure about everyone singing Happy Birthday to him, but once it came to the part where he got to blow out the candle, he really like that! He asked to do it "one more time" Which is his favorite saying of all times!He got a buz lightyear electric four-wheeler that he just loved! Look at that smile! Him and Bridger both want to ride it all the time! Mommy did good on choice of present!!! And then we had our big waterslide bounce house set up for the kids, and they had a blast on that for quite awhile! If water is apart of the equation, my kids are happy!

Snake River 2011

We went to the Snake River this year (yes even with the high water warnings!!) And had a ball! But we wouldn't have done it a week earlier that's for sure! We timed it perfect to where the water was at a decent level and not too big of a risk. Bt let me tell you, I was freaking out! The water was ICE cold, our feet were NUMB! And "lunch counter" was as big as ever! BUT we survived, and made it through, and then went 2 more times! Such a fun experience! Chris was our "boat captain" and steered us through safe and sound!Nate Mindee Holman Abbie and T

Nathan and Shaynna Lamb

Vanessa and Mitch Peterson

Abbie and I sat out the 3rd round and took pics and Lunch Counter:

This is what I went through folks! Crazy huh?!?!?

Hogle zoo - sex education 101

Well this years trip to the zoo was as fun as it always is: hottest day of the year, crazy kids, and giraffs conceiving right before our eyes! And the boys asking what in the world are they doing??? It was definitely educational and a little more graphic than I would have liked to have seen, I actually think I'm a little scarred from it because I still get visuals from time to time! Anyways, I'm glad I had my wonderful sister Brenda to go with me to help tame my 3 crazy boys! We had a blast!

South Crossfit UAC

Hey Everyone! Just promoting the new UAC South Location! It's right next to the providence Fire House Pizza and it will be awesome! It officially opens July 5th, times running at 6am, 7am, 5:30pm, 6:15pm and Saterdays at 8am, and other times upon request. Come try it out, you will love it! Here is Crossfit UAC's website: http://www.crossfituac.com/

St. George!!!

Mason being Bridger's little helper hiking at Zions! Mason is soooo good to my kids, we just love him!

Of Course we made it to St. George again this Spring, and this time for 10 days! It was wonderful! The first half was spent with my parents, sister and her kids. And the second half was spent with Abbie, T and their kids! Here is Bridger floating on his own on in a life jacket for the first time! IT was kind of fun! Avery and Cord skipping rocks at Sand Hollow Lake. The sand was absolutely beautiful! No rocks, just dessert sand! Loved it!

The 3 boys working hard at burying their daddy!

Hudson

Marisa

Visity main street again! Love that place!

Hiking at Red Cliffs.

Cord getting creative with the rocks at our Condo.

Hiking up at Zions.

Cord and Baylee holding Grandpas hand.

Our Family!

RECIPE BLOG

Hey everyone! Sorry I've been such a slacker on my blogging, but I have come up with something new! I'm doing a recipe blog to index all of the fun recipes I have tried and loved off of other recipe blogs! THat way I can keep track of all them on one sight! I will add some of my own too, but the ones from other blogs will simply have a link to the recipe blog for all the info!
ENJOY!!!!!
http://kariesrecipes.blogspot.com/

Living Planet Aquarium

So April is Autism Awareness Month, and they had a special day and time set aside at the Planet Aquarium for families with kids with Autism. We have been wanting to go for the past 2 months so when I heard about that I was sooo excited! The awesome thing about going somewhere with other familes that are going through the same thing is if your child happens to have one of the all too many meltdowns in public, no one looks at you like your a bad parent with a naughty child. They look at you with understanding. And I'm lucky that I have family and friends that treat us with patience and understanding when we get caught in a situation where Bridger will not let down, or he has a tantrum, so thank you for loving us and the craziness that comes along with us!
Cord's favorite thing was the Sting Rays you could pet. Bridger pretended like he was touching them but he wouldn't really touch them!
Bridger's favorite thing was the penguins, he loved them!

Hudson kept finding the clown fish and yelling NEMO! NEMO!

Grandma and Grandpa Cole came with us and helped keep the rascal contained!

April Catch up!

April has been such an off and on weather surprise! It's driving me nuts! I'm sooo ready to play outside, just as bad as Hudson! Anyways, here are a few fun pics of the boys! Chris went out and built this HUGE fort a couple of weeks ago! Cord thought it was THE coolest thing ever, too bad it was melted by the end of the day...

And yes, that is a gingerbread house. Cord was sooo bored he came upstairs with this spare in hand and asked if we could make, so I said "why not, it's snowing outside!" And as you can see, Hudson couldn't stop eating the candy!