Kid Portraits

I try to get the kids portraits every time a birthday rolls around.  I love these!  Ethan was my uncooperative one, but look at his chubby cheeks!  And of course they wouldn't all sit together at the same time.

Connor's 6th birthday Party

Ahoy Matey!!! Connor wanted a pirate them for his birthday party, so pirates we be. 

Our pirate friends knew just where to come

The cupcakes were delicious

All of our little pirates

Searching for buried treasure

We also did a scavenger hunt, pin the patch on the pirate and musical islands.  I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted.  Having ten kids over and running a party kept me pretty busy.  Connor had a great time!

Connor's birthday celebrations

Connor had quite the birthday week, and it's not over yet!  Celebrations started on Sunday with cousins.  Anything with cousins is fun. 

Birthday morning we had a pretty excited kid.  I can't say he got the typical gifts but he got typical Connor gifts.  He got a razor scooter, interactive encyclopedias, books,a piggy bank and a football.  For lunch we went to Shivers with my parents and the kids loved eating in the train.  Connor requested tacos for dinner and we had cupcakes and ice cream for dessert.

Connor continues to amaze us.  His mind is brilliant.  A teacher at school asked him the other day what states took Utah.  It took a minute for him to answer but he got them all and she was amazed.  He is soooo into puzzles right now.  He loves going to school (although he's quite slow to get ready in the morning), he loves hot turkey sandwiches, he loves playing with Sierra in the backyard and continues to be silly. 

Easter

We spent Easter weekend in Park City.  I'm pretty sure it was our last time up there before the condo gets sold so we tried to make the most of it.  We dyed our eggs there, went on an epic fail egg hunt at the park, fed the ducks, went to the museum and library, and did lots of puzzles.  We had a great trip!

Ethan 4 and 5 month pictures

Ethan 4 month pictures.  Plus my other two cute kids.

Ethan 5 month pictures.  He got his first tooth at 4 months and his second tooth at 5 months.  He loves to play and jump.  Always jump.  He hates to sleep.  Especially during the day.  His 4 month check up he was in the 94th%ile for height.  Wow!

Happy sleeper

Except he really isn't a happy sleeper.  He's actually a really bad sleeper.

Jazz game

Our nice neighbor,  who we don't even know well yet,  knocked on our door the other day and asked if we wanted their jazz tickets for the next night.   Growing up my parents had season tickets to the jazz games. I loved going!   So many good memories their,  especially with Katie.   There was no way I could turn down the tickets (which also happened to be awesome seats). We tried to work it out so Jared and I could go,  but babysitters are harder to get on a Wednesday night than you might think.   Connor and I went on a date instead and it was great!  I took Connor knowing that the basketball wouldn't mean that much to him,  but it would be an experience he'd remember.   I'd  say it was mission accomplished.  The memories started from the get go with a ride on trax to the stadium.  They carried on throughout the night with a Jazz t-shirt purchase,  a churro and sprite, and watching the Bear and his silly mascot friends.  He was also a big fan of the scoreboard and keeping track of points.