The Hunt

The Easter Bunny hid our eggs during church and when we got home the baskets were there by the door filled with goodies (kites and super hero books).

The boys wasted no time emptying their baskets and searching for eggs. Both sets of grandparents were able to witness it this year too which was fun for everyone! (I think)

Dying Easter Eggs

We were going to dye Easter eggs Saturday before Easter, but the day flew by so fast so we did it before church on Sunday. (1:00 church allows you TONS of time in the morning)

The Easter Bunny had so many eggs to hide that he asked us if we wouldn't mind if he hid ours during church. The boys didn't care! :) It was fun to watch them this year and while many messes were made and eggs cracked in the process, it was fun.

MBA Closing Social

Actually, these are just pictures of this year's MBA band, The Weighted Average Cost of Rock. The MBA program hosted their closing social the last week of school up in Lindon and the band entertained us. All of our friends were there and yet these are the only pictures I took all night- annoying!

The band had a few of my friends husbands in it and they were pretty good- complete with mullet wigs and fake tattoos.

MBA Graduation

He did it!!! You can now offically call Matt a Master. I am so proud of his hard work these last two years and wouldn't have traded this time for anything. He did really well in his classes and has learned a lot.

Matt's parents and my parents came into town for the big day and we were happy to have them here to celebrate his great accomplishment. The boys did great through the ceremony too which was nice.


*please ignore that big belly that takes up most of these pictures!!!

D Day!

So today's the day (written on Sunday- I did not wake up early to post this!) The hospital wants me there at 6:00 am, so if everything goes as it has in the past then baby boy will be here before noon! I don't know if it's really hit us yet. I think I understand that I'll be having a baby, but I feel like the newborn stage was SOOO long ago. I hope it comes back to us quickly!

The boy's couldn't be more excited about it. Which is good and bad. I worry that they think they're going to have this great new playmate and will be sorely disappointed when they find out baby just eats and sleeps. Brayden has figured out how to work the swing and practices putting his stuffed puppy dogs in it and singing them lullabies- which is ABSOLUTELY adorable!

Here's our last picture as a family of 4, and my last belly shot (39 wk, 1 d)

So, wish me luck. And the next time you hear from me I'll be the mother of 3!

Lefty or Righty?

Brayden does a LOT of things left handed... but he wants to be like his brother who does everything right handed. We got the boys a baseball tee and gloves for Christmas and we played baseball yesterday. I guess he's still trying to figure out which 'hand' he'll be.

37 Weeks

The eviction date has been set as April 25th. Sounds like a great birthday right!? Unless he changed his mind and wanted to meet us sooner!

March Madness

Are my kids the only kids that fill out a bracket every year??? When they were really young we would flip a coin for them, then we went to the numbers, asking 1 or 16, 2 or 15 and so on. This year we asked them the names of each match up and they would pick who they want to win. The sad thing is, I am doing terrible and they're both beating me!!! (Definitely not my year!)

Since Thursday our tv has been on non-stop watching the great basketball madness. As terrible as it has been for my bracket, there have been some GREAT games.

On Thursday I ran up to take a shower and as I was getting dressed I hear Taylor yelling at me, "Mom, hurry, it's almost over. There's only 9.6 seconds left!" I came down to this picture. He was hungry, but wanted to watch the games so he got himself a yogurt and a tray table and set it up in the living room so he wouldn't miss anything.

Some of my favorite quotes as of lately:

T: "Ooo... hold on, I just have to watch the game real quick"

When picking his teams for the bracket challenge, Brayden, " Temple.. oh mom, a temple!" (In our religion a temple is a very important place of worship. My boys loves seeing the temple) Needless to say, Temple is going really far in Brayden's bracket... bad for him!

T: "Mom, just tell me when the Hook'em Horns and BYU play. I want to watch that game." (Taylor's picks for the National Championship game)

B: "Go BYU, rar-rar" (BYU isn't playing at the time)

When asked Tennessee or Michigan T: "Tennessee... oh mom, you know what?That must be where all the players play tennis!" (Tennessee didn't get far...maybe they should practice basketball more and not tennis! :)

32 Weeks (and 1 day)

This pregnancy has been a little harder on my body than the other 2 have been. I won't get into details but I'm just a lot more uncomfortable this go around. Since I've had bigger babies (Taylor was 9 lb 1o oz and Brayden was 9 lb 15 oz a week early) the doctors have said they'd induce me a week early. The only problem is a week early is a Saturday and they won't do elective inductions on the weekend. I've decided that I'll take whatever I can get and Monday the 25th of April looks like the date! Yeah! So that's only 7 weeks away- I think I can make it! :)

***and don't mind the Christmas cards still up in our house- we love all of your pictures and letters! I promise they'll be coming down soon.

Brayden's Tumbling Tots

One of Brayden's Christmas presents from the Fowler grandparents was "tuition" for Tumbling Tots. It was during Taylor's preschool time and he loved being able to say he went to "class." His favorite activity was the bar.

He received a medal and certificate of achievement upon completion. He was so proud of it and couldn't wait to show Taylor.

Skiing at Sundance

My parents were able to make a quick trip up to see us over Matt's week-long break from school. My dad and Matt went skiing at Solitude on Monday (President's Day) and found "some of the best powder of their lives." (that's a direct quote!)

Taylor took a skiing class over Christmas break and loved it and really wanted to get back out there so Tuesday we all headed up to Sundance. Brayden thought he really wanted to ski too and I couldn't say no so we got him some rentals and took him down the mountain...eh... slope...eh... small incline.

I didn't trust my balance on skis- or in general- so Matt and my parents took over helping the boys. Watching them grab on and go up the tow rope was very entertaining in itself!

Here's Taylor standing on his head before getting on- he lost his balance. Once he made it to the top he was excited to come down!

PIZZA! Brayden doesn't have a ski helmet so we made his bike helmet work. Skiing with grandpa.

If you weren't sure if Bray would like it, look at that cute smile!!!

In all honesty Bradyen lasted about 20 minutes, but 6 and under ski free so no biggie. Taylor went up the big lift and came down with my dad and Matt. he had fun but by then it was lunch time so we headed home and let the big boys stay and ski.

Sticker Man

Taylor was a little too quiet...

Body Pillow

My mom got me this AWESOME body pillow for Christmas. It basically can wrap all the way around my body while I sleep (thank goodness we have a king bed so I have room for it!). It supports my growing belly and my back- LOVE IT! Well, it was just about nap time the other day and the boys decided it's a great spot for them to sleep too!