Growing so Fast

The boys are growing up so fast.  Jacoby discovered the world of Super Heroes and he went from watching Mickey Mouse and Dora the Explorer to watching The Avengers cartoons (his favorite is Iron Man), and he's become obsessed with the Chipmunk movies.  Riley figured out how to climb out of his crib the other day.  After we put him to bed, he climbed out, opened the door and came into our room to say hi.  So, it's big boy bed time.  We also just ditched the high chair and put him in a booster at the table with us.  He's officially not a baby anymore.  He's turning 2 next month, so I guess it's time.   I miss them being babies but it is fun to watch them grow.  Jacoby has got quite a personality and he talks - all the time!  It's quite comical listening to him.  Riley is such a happy boy and loves to make you smile.  He grabs me under the chin so I look at him and he'll do silly things to make me smile.  They are adorable.  Here are some pictures to prove it!

Jacoby LOVES to go fishing with Daddy lately.  I snapped this adorable picture before they left one Saturday afternoon.

Jacoby got a kite for Easter.  This is him flying it for the first time.

My cute little boy.  He's been such a happy boy lately!

Jacoby has become a bit obsessed with having toes painted lately.  He saw me paint my toes and now he has to have his painted too. But, he tells me that girls paint their toes Red and Pink and boys paint theirs Gray or Blue.  And, he's decided since his toes are painted then Daddy's need to be painted too.  We decided to let him paint Dad's toes.  I held the bottle and he went to town on Dominic's toes.  He got a lot of the toe along with the nail, but he thought it was pretty cool.

Wearing his "Green Lantern" mask that he got in his Happy Meal.  Riley broke it about 30 seconds after I snapped this pic.  Oh well.

Sleepy boys in the car.  They had a big day.

Dom and Jacoby went golfing with friends Mark and his son Caleb.  Jacoby now thinks golf is pretty fun to do with Dad too.

Snacking in the golf cart.

Abby and Riley

Riley eating dinner at the table instead of his high chair for the first time.  It was such a novelty, he didn't really eat.  He just wanted to climb in and out of the chair. 

Easter Weekend

For Easter this year, we went to St. George to spend it with Dominic's parents and brother. It was gorgeous there! The boys enjoyed playing outside in the backyard, and Jacoby got to go play with the big boys. They went 4 wheeling and golfing and poor Jacoby was so worn out when we got home. He had a blast though.

Playing in the backyard.

Riley had so much fun playing in the dirt. He was so scratched up when we got home from running and falling in the dirt.

He loved the trailers too. This kid has no fear and would climb on anything he could.

I don't know if he's glaring at Daddy (who took this picture), or if the sun was in his eyes.

Getting ready to go 4 wheeling!

He alternated riding with all of them.


And, he of course had to stop and play in the sand.

We received a bunch of Japanese novelties from Dominic's cousin who is in Okinawa right now. So, we brought those with us and skyped with Josh while we played with our Japanese toys. The best part was the fake blow up boobs and goose, haha!

Oh my.

Easter morning. We got Jacoby a scooter. He loved it!

Riley got a wagon full of toys and candy. He lost interest in about 5 minutes. And, yes, those are Christmas pj's.

Grandpa was showing him how to use one of his new toys.

Dragging his wagon around with a mouth full of candy.

Eating all of the candy out of his eggs. I think that was his favorite part of Easter.

What We've Been Up To

This past month hasn't been super eventful, but we've had some fun and even have the pictures to prove it. Be warned, this post has a ton of pictures. After last month's illnesses, the kids have been pretty healthy and so we've been able to get out and play. A few weeks ago, we had a snow storm that put down enough snow that I felt that I should shovel for the kids walking to school in the morning. So, I bundled up the kids and out we went. I was worried about watching the 2 of them and trying to shovel at the same time, but Jacoby was content to stick around and Riley had a hard time maneuvering in all his gear and the snow.

They had a blast in the snow!


Cheese!

He finally gave up trying to walk and just sat in the snow. He had fun until snow got packed in his sleeves and under his gloves.

Also, Jacoby's cousin Nevaeh had a birthday at the beginning of March. They had a party in Salt Lake at a really cool kid pool. Sadly, Riley wasn't feeling good that weekend and we stayed home. However, Dom and Jacoby had a blast!

Jacoby had so much fun playing with his cousins and the other kids there.


Cute baby Avery!

Next up, we went to the WAC gymnastics championship at USU. Jacoby is in tumbling and enjoys watching gymnastics. It's good to get Riley out in noisy crowded areas too. The first time we took Riley to a gymnastics meet, he kind of freaked out and didn't relax. This time, he was fine. He had fun climbing on the chairs and listening to the music. Neither kid watched very well, but it was still nice to get out.


We made it almost all the way through the meet. There was one more rotation, but it was past the kids' bedtime and Riley was done.

Lastly, we decided to take the kids to Hill Air Force Base Aerospace Museum. We met the Mayhew's there so the kids got to see Porter. They had a blast and ran their little tails off.


They had a pilot chair that you could sit in. All the kids loved climbing in and out of this thing.


Jacoby got to see "the big airplanes, jets, and helicopters".

After seeing everything inside, we went to see all the planes outside. However, I think the kids had enough of planes and the dirt was far more fun to play in.

After the museum, we headed over the Wilson's to say hello. The kids got to play with their cousins and Wilson gave the kids Donkey rides. To our great surprise, Jacoby loved the donkey!

Wilson led him around the pasture several times. He did great!

In between rides, Jacoby and Winston got into whatever they could.

After the donkey rides, the swings were a huge hit. Jacoby would only let Auntie Chela push him. Poor Chela got a workout!

Riley liked the sidewalk chalk. Savannah was helping him color. They played so well together.

Salt Lake City Fun

Monster Jams finally came to Salt Lake City! Jacoby is obsessed with Monster Trucks lately, so it was a big weekend for him. Last weekend, we were supposed to go to Ely, NV for our annual Speer family trip, but Jacoby got pneumonia and him and I had to stay home. So, he missed out on seeing Grandpa and going ice fishing and swimming - all of which he was really looking forward to. The poor kid just didn't understand why he had to stay home. To make up for it, Grandpa Speer came to Salt Lake to go to Monster Jams with Jacoby. They had a blast and Jacoby was in heaven.

We got to Salt Lake and I dropped Jacoby and Dominic off at the Trax station and they met Pops there and took the train to the Monster Jam show. Jacoby and Grandpa were having a great time on the train.

They got "Pit Passes". Before the show started, they had a Pit Party and you could get up close and see the trucks and meet the drivers. They had these little go-carts for the kids to sit in since they wouldn't let them actually touch the big trucks.


Maximum Destruction! Jacoby likes this truck and Grave Digger. He really wanted to touch the trucks and sit in the wheels. Security had to stop him more than once.

This kid loves his Grandpa!

Wearing his ear protection.


This is the end of the Pit Party. Everybody had gone to their seats and they started setting up the track.

Uncle Jeff and Cousin Brad were there too!

Wearing his cheap "Grave Digger" hat that cotton candy came in.

After the Monster Jams, we stayed the night at Bobbi and Matties with the family. We had a great night and the next day, we went to the Aquarium. Jacoby thought that was great fun too, but Riley was tired and grumpy. We didn't take many pictures because the camera battery was almost dead from the day before so I rationed the picture taking.

Jacoby measuring himself in the penguin exhibit.

Grandma and Grandpa with Riley.

Jacoby posing on the frog.

He was poking him in the face. Poor Grandpa was a good sport.

This picture turned out a bit blurry, but it's adorable!

And this was on our way home. Poor Riley was up early and did a lot of running around over the weekend. He was just getting over a double ear infection too, and he was wiped out. He slept the whole way home. Dom snapped this right as he was starting to wake up. It was a great weekend! One that Jacoby won't ever forget.