Happy 3rd Birthday to Alice!

Our sweet Alice Love is getting so grown up...she turned 3 on Saturday! All day long she walked around the house singing "Happy Birthday" to herself!

We invited the Comoroskys over for a little birthday party for her, complete with a flower pinata picked out by the birthday girl! Everyone had lots of fun...especially once all the candy had fallen out. They beat the pinata down to cardboard shreds and had a blast doing it! (Of course, the daddies helped too!)

Alice's swing at it...she must have had a bit of built up aggression being the youngest or something

because she really went at it!




Sorry the video is sideways...just tip your head to the left and you'll be fine! :)

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Alice's birthday weekend continued when Grandma and Grandpa Chandler came over on Sunday evening to help us celebrate. The kids had so much fun playing with "Dee-ma" and "Papa," as Alice calls them.

The girls both had fun doing Grandpa's hair...
Alice said his hair was "too skinny" to comb!

A Little of our Summer Fun

I need to play a little catch-up before I get too far behind. So here's just a little of what we've been up to this summer...
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Our big Father's Day Banner for Daddy

Joe had to work on Father's Day so we were able to make this while he was gone and have it all ready when he came home! Each of the kids said little messages that we wrote on the sign. Here are a few of them...

KATE: "I love coloring with Daddy!" "I love when Daddy tickles me!" "I love riding bikes with Daddy!"

SAM: "I love playing Mario with Daddy!" "I love wrestling with Dad!" "I like when Dad gives us cake!"

ALICE: "I like to read with Dada!" "I like to play pirates with Daddy!" "I like when Daddy plays horsey with me!"

Then we attached a bunch of pictures of Joe with the 3 kids.

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Setting up the kids' tent and having a campout in the living room is always a hit.

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The 4th of July

I got the kids all ready in their red, white, and blue and we headed over to Buhl for a parade. It was fun because Joe was working traffic control for the parade and we got to sit right by him and his patrol car/barricade. It was the second best thing to actually watching the parade with him!

"I pledge allegiance..."

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After the 4th, Joe had a few days off so we headed up to the cabin with our friends, the Comoroskys, for some much needed relaxation. So much relaxing, in fact, that this is the only picture I took. I like that Alice has opted out of the pillow pet for a sister pillow instead!

Kate's Kindergarten Graduation

We are so proud of our Kindergarten Graduate!

During graduation, they had each child go up and say what they wanted to be when they grew up. There were lots of "I want to be a cop" and "I want to be a cheerleader." But Kate was truly original when she answered...

"When I grow up I want to be a waitress!"

Kate's Kindergarten Class

Happy Easter!

Cute kids in their cute Easter outfits for church.

I had to post this picture because usually Kate is our little model

but Sammy steals the show in this one!

During the Easter egg hunt in the backyard, Alice would call Sam over anytime she found a "boy-colored" egg and Sam would do the same if he found a "girl-colored" egg. It was so cute.

Happy Easter from our family to yours!

Vegas Baby!

Joe had some days off from work so we took the kids down to Vegas.

Here's a little sample of the fun we had:

Waiting for the Volcano at the Mirage...

Some "must-see's" on the kids' list...

the pirate boat at Treasure Island ~ the Excalibur castle

somewhere inside the Venetian....the girls LOVED the giant butterfly and huge flowers.

Circus Circus was a HUGE hit! Playing games, winning animals, and the circus acts.
Sam especially loved the group of African Acrobats and we were lucky to catch a couple of them after the show.

Fremont Street Experience...

It was fun to see the HUGE screen above the street but it was really loud!

It was awesome family fun and great to make a ton of inexpensive memories!

Our new favorite thing to do...

Hiking down in the Snake River Canyon is our new FAVORITE thing to do here in Twin Falls. We love to hike along the mile-long trail and seeing the pretty waterfalls, streams, different rocks, and the big Perrine Bridge.

Of course, no hike is complete without a photo shoot next to a little waterfall...

...unfortunately, Alice has quite the little attitude when we tell her to say "cheese"

so we have to take what we can get.

This part has been named "Rock City" by the kids.

And then comes the best part when we get to sprint to the flag where the bridge jumpers land when they parachute off the bridge.