Our Saturday

The boys had a great time at Jump Up for Madelyn's 5th birthday party!

Drew climbing up to see Dad.

Trent jumping SOOO high!

Rob helps Drew climb the rope.

Madelyn, the birthday girl, gets to fly!

And our evening was complete with dinner at Ahso (Japanese steakhouse.....my favorite!!!!!) with great friends and then drinks at the Mine Shaft. Yeah for a wonderful day!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Drew!!!!

Baby Drew

1-year

2-years

The house was decorated when he woke up and he got to spend his birthday money from Lama and Grandma Addie during his Toys R Us Shopping trip. He picked out a Razor scooter just like Trent's and a Nerf Gun set complete with goggles and vests. We had pizza for dinner and cupcakes for desert. Due to our Disney trip and the fact that we're waiting for Suey, Drew's birthday party won't be until the 21st. It's just so crazy that our baby is 3 already!! Oh, and did I mention that he's finally potty trained (Happy Day to me!). Here are some pictures from his big day.

Babies in Phoenix!

It was a whirl-wind weekend!! We left on Saturday and drove 3 hours to Phoenix, AZ to stay with Cynthia Davidson Stump and her family at her mom's house. Cynthia was the maid of honor at our wedding, my best friend from high school and one of my best friends today. She has a daughter, Mary, who is three and the newest addition to her family is Noah who is 6 weeks old. It was so nice to spend time with her and be around her kids. Our two families had a picnic in the park dinner that night and went to the Phoenix Zoo on Sunday. She's staying in Phoenix for a couple of weeks and I'm hoping to see her again before she goes home to Michigan.

And since one newborn isn't enough and the timing was perfect, on Saturday I stopped by to visit my cousin Sara, who also lives in Phoenix, to see her family which includes their newsest daugther Khloe who was born on Wednesday. They had just been discharged from the hospital earlier that day!

Suprisingly, as the girl knows for uploading pictures to facebook in record time, I FORGOT MY CAMERA!!! I used Cynthia's camera a lot and Sara took pictures when I stopped by their house, but I am at their mercy for photos. So, for now, I have only this one photo to post - it's the one taken by the Zoo Photographers that we paid $10.99 plux tax for :).

The Walker and Stump Crew

Rob, Katie, Cynthia & Joel

Drew, Trent, Mary and baby Noah in the stroller

Flagstaff Vacation

We just got back from a 3-day vacation to Flagstaff, AZ to get our snow fix for the winter. The boys had a terrific time playing in the snow and sledding. We stayed in the hotel at Fort Tuthill the first night and in a small cabin at Fort Tuthill the 2nd night. We drove up towards Snowbowl on Sunday and stopped at Wing Mountain for serious sledding and snow play. We followed it up by more sledding and snow play near our cabin. We had so much fun, that we're already making plans to go back next year. It's crazy to be back to our 80-degree weather.

Click below to see pics from out trip.

Flagstaff / Fort Tuthill

Here are some videos of the boys sledding.

Trent looses his 3rd tooth!

Trent lost his thrid tooth yesterday at David's birthday party. I'm just so thrilled that it's finally gone because it just stuck out like a snaggle tooth this past week or so. And, the other bonus, he didn't swallow it!!! Finally, he gets to put a tooth under his pillow instead of a note. He just looks so different now! I'm not old enough to have a kid who looses teeth, right? Oh, just agree with me ;).

Soccer Season has started

Last week marked our first soccer practices and Trent's first game was Saturday. It's for 3-5 year olds, so there's a pretty big age difference among the players, but we hope he'll have fun anyway. He looks like a soccer player, right?

At practice

First Game - it was the Prarie Dogs (that's us) vs. the Kangaroos ????? I call it herd soccer. There are 8 kids on the field from each team and they all just chase the ball in a cluster with the fastest in the front and the slowest in the back. They don't even have goalies. Hmmm...

Trent's wearing the yellow Idaho shirt with black pants that have white stripes. Their jerseys should be in for the next game in 2 weeks. His teammates were all supposed to wear yellow, but not everyone had a yellow shirt.

No training wheels!!!

Last Monday, just before leaving for California for Christmas, Trent figured out how to ride without training wheels. He was doing great, but still needed a little push (more of a shove) start. Trent was telling all of our family how he can now ride with 2 wheels. He couldn't wait to ride again when we got home. Rob and I were busy unloading the van, so we couldn't give those push starts he had needed, so he figured out how to start on his own too. And now....well, he's all over the place!!! And Drew has finally started to ride his trike. Since getting his own Wiggles Big Red Car to drive around in last Christmas, that's pretty much all he's wanted to drive when playing outside. We're just so excited that he's pedaling :).