Happy Easter

Alaria sporting her new Easter dress

My handsome little GQ boys

Easter egg hunt
We also had an Easter egg hunt at Grandma Gillespie's house. This is what Josh decided to do with his bag!

Dying Easter eggs at Grandma Gamber's house

Josh didn't understand the "fragile" part. After they were colored, he kept throwing them and broke all but 4 eggs!

This weekend we also took the kids to the hospital to get blood tests to test them for celiac disease (aka Kris' wheat allergy disease). They were actually all really brave and I was so proud of them. Cole was the most nervous of all of them, because he actually understood what was going to happen. We got back in the room and they were trying to talk to him and make jokes and make him feel comfortable and he was very quiet. Well right as the lady goes to stick the needle in his arm he yells out "Hey, watch it Buster!". I laughed so hard I thought I would drop Cole off my laugh! He sure knew how to lighten the situation!

Kris' Second Blog

Hey Everyone...This is only my second post on this blog and it's here to tell you that I now have my own blog to show off my amazing artwork. Based on some of the comments from people who know me really well (like my mom and my grandma) I am the greatest artist in the world, therefore, I should have my own blog. The artwork and comments on this blog will undoubtedly change your life forever.

http://kristophergillespie.blogspot.com

Birthday Girl!

I can't believe Alaria is actually a year old! What a fast year it has been!

Alaria is the sweetest, happiest little girl ever. She is so much fun. She loves playing with her big brothers, her dollies, and pretty much just being involved in whatever is going on. She is walking and can now say quite a few words - her new ones include cracker, dolly, and bye-bye. She really is our little sweetheart!

I thought these pictures of her with flowers were so cute!

Alaria's new bike!

I made her a sunflower cake.....

and she really enjoyed it!

What a fun birthday!

It's So Quiet!

Wow! It's been awhile since my last post - I think I am too lazy lately to load the pictures off of my camera! My mom and dad took Cole and Josh to their house yesterday (Wed.) and we are going down Friday to celebrate Alaria's birthday and pick them up. Our house is SO quiet, it is weird to have them gone. It's Josh's first time going down and staying without us, but he is doing so good! We called them last night and Cole told us that they are staying for 7 weeks. He doesn't want to come home - he gets spoiled rotten down there! This morning when I called him he said "We are going to have quite a day". He is loving his grandma and grandpa time! They are so nice to take him! Alaria is also loving having the place (and the toys) to herself! She is in heaven! I will post pictures from her birthday when we get back from Price.
My other news - tomorrow is my last day at work! I finally quit! I have loved my job and worked there for almost 10 years but now I can solely focus on my kids and not have the stress of needing to get that done on top of everything else! I am so excited!

Our Trip to Hawaii!

One of the things I love most about my kids is their amazing imagination!

We were SO tired of looking at this outside..........so when I heard Cole say he was packing for a vacation, I asked where they wanted to go. When he told me Hawaii I decided we could all use a day in Hawaii!
Our morning was complete with swimsuits, beach towels, island music (Jack Johnson)....

making fun island leis to wear.....

delicious smoothies.....

and of course some "sand" volleyball!

Is this not the cutest little swimsuit ever?

Hopefully this will cure us from a day of the winter blahs!

ALOHA from Eagle Mountain!

Tagged

Ok - I've been tagged to write 7 random things about myself - I did something similar to this once, so I will try to think of new things, but my kids are NEEDING treats right now, so this will be fast and I'm sure I'll think of better things after it's over!

#1 Link to the person who tagged you....Raising 4 Boys
#2 Post the rules on your blog.
#3 Share seven random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog.
#4 Tag seven random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.
# 5 Leave a comment on their blogs so that they know they have been tagged.

#1 Growing up I was a "Saved By The Bell" fanatic. I know every episode, and if I see one now, I can tell you everything that will happen within the first 30 seconds of the show.
#2 I always snack on sweets while I am cooking dinner. It drives Kris crazy!
#3 The band I have listened to most as of late is "Band of Horses". I grew up listening pretty much only to hard rock and heavy metal, so it's surprising how much of Kris' music I actually love now!
#4 One time when I was in Mexico I swam with dolphins and rode a horse on the beach and into the ocean (it was super freaky at first, but horses really do swim!)
#5 I hate getting dressed, wearing shoes and socks, and a coat. If I could, I would live in pj's and slippers or flip flops.
#6 I have TV shows again this season that I am excited for! American Idol, The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Terminator), Celebrity Apprentice (yes it is DUMB but still fun to watch) and am SO excited that The Office will be back on soon!
#7 One day I want to go to the Oprah Show, The Price is Right, and the Superbowl! (not necessarily all on the same day)


Now 7 people to tag. I tag....Laura C. and Laura D., Shelley E. and Shelley L., Stephanie, Mikelle and Emily!

Kissing Alaria

This is from Valentine's Day. I thought it was such a cute picture of the boys kissing Alaria!

Her Big Day

ALARIA TOOK HER FIRST STEP TODAY!!!!

way to go alaria!
Cole and Josh were cheering her on, it was so cute!

Camera Happy

I realized it's been awhile since I posted anything new when I loaded the pictures off of my camera last night and there were 185 of them! Here are a few.....

This photo pretty much sums up Josh's mood the last two weeks!

I am hoping it is just the "terrible two's" but I don't know what to do with him! Several times this week I have heard him say "But I WANT to Cry!" AND "I so ornery"

Last week was my turn to have our joy school/preschool at my house. I had the letter "Q". Thursday we had a pre-superbowl party by learning about QuarterbacksI even made a football field cake with the Q in the middle. Not bad for whipping it out right before the kids showed up
Josh and Cole chose to watch "E.T." for their movie night last weekend. As you can see, they were very much into the movie! There is much talk about aliens at our house now. I will have to say that watching it again made me so happy that I stood by ground and didn't go along with Kris in naming Cole "Elliot"Cole was so proud when Alaria kept putting her arm around him. They are such good little buds. He takes great care of her.
Handsome boys ready for church (in their matching attire - I have to do it while they'll still let me!)

Alaria is getting so big! She says "mama, dada, this, Josh, hi and yes"

She is just at the perfect height to stand under the kitchen table - I'm sure it won't last much longer but it's so funny to see her standing under there

Camera Happy

I realized that it's been awhile since I did a post when I just found that I had 185 pictures on my camera! Here are some of them...