Family Photo Shoot

Here are the pictures that cousin Val took of our family at the reunion. It was super hard to pick out the ones that we liked the best because they were all soo good. Thank you sooo much for the amazing pictures Val!!!

The whole family.

Grammy and Granddad.

Our fam.

Ryan and Lindsay's family.

Paul and Natalie's Family.

Our sweet baby.

Reunion

We had an awesome family reunion this weekend in Bryce Canyon, with Greg's mom's side of the family. Of course I am totally lame and did not take a single picture and I don't even have an excuse because I did bring my camera, I just didn't take any pictures. Luckily I have some amazing sister-in-laws that did actually take pictures. Thanks Natalie for taking the picture of our family by the waterfall.

We did a little hike up to a mossy cave. Here's Avalyn and Tucker in the cave. And then we hiked down to this water fall (see fam pic). It was a nice, easy hike for the kids (ME). And it was fun to hang out with Ryan and Paul and their families.

Other fun moments not photographed: Newlywed Game, yummy buffets, kids craft/lawn games, late night card games and family photo shoot with cousin Val (photos coming soon).

We already miss everyone soo much, it went by way too fast. We can't wait for the next reunion in 3 years!

Summerlin Pool

The community pool by Grammy's house is soo fun. There is a little slide for the girls and a big slide for the bigger kids (Greg and Grammy). And my favorite part is the beach entry where Shallon can sit and play. I love summer!

Mermaids

The girls just hanging out in Grammy and Granddad's hot tub.

baby legs

Now that Shallon is a crawler, her knees are getting pretty roughed up. I found these cute leg warmers online, but they are a little pricey. One of the other babies at playgroup had some on and her mom told me that she made them out of knee high socks. Here is my attempt. I think that they turned out pretty cute. On a side note Shallon loves Sadie (the dog in the picture). When Sadie is in sight, Shallon crawls at warp speed towards her. And Sadie is actually very tolerant of Shallon's attempts to hold on to her fur.

And she's off...

Here's a Shallon update:

Dada is her favorite word, she says it all the time. It's my own fault, I wanted her to learn dada. If she is asking for Greg then I get a break right?

ps. I'm unsuccessfully trying to show off her 2 new teeth at the end of the video.

Shallon is now a crawler. You can see in the video, that she is an unconventional crawler. She uses one foot and drags her other leg. We are hopeful that she will figure out the whole hand, knee thing eventually. :)

ps. I know that the sound isn't working correctly, but I don't know what to do about it. Sorry, you get the idea though, right?

Photo Shoot

My friend, Kathryn, offered to take some updated pictures of the girls. As you can see she did an amazing job, the pictures turned out really good. Soo good, that I had a hard time picking out my favorites. These are the ones that made the cut.

29.

29 Things about Greg Severts

1. I call him Babe. I know it’s nothing unique.
2. It is his 29th birthday today.
3. I have lived with him for almost 8 years now, ever since we got hitched. And I have loved every second of it.
4. He is soo handsome.
5. One of his defining features is his curly hair. I love it when he grows it out a little.
6. And his gorgeous BLUE eyes. I am soo glad that some of our daughters have them too.
7. He is very romantic. When we were dating and first married; he would leave little notes, with sweet things written on them, around for me to find. I loved it. (hint, hint)
8. He is HA-larious. That’s was what hooked me in; I was giggling the whole 2 month long courtship. And have continued giggly ever since.
9. He has an amazing family. I am soo lucky to have such great in-laws.
10. He has always slept with a pillow between his knees. If he is unable to find some sort of pillow, I am afraid that no one will sleep until an extra pillow can be found.
11. He loves Mt. Dew, but he will usually hold off until we are on a road trip.
12. He loves sports.
13. That is an understatement. Not only does he like to play sports, but he likes to watch sports and he likes to talk about sports and he likes to watch people talk about sports and… if it has to do with sports he loves it.
14. When Greg proposed to me he wanted to do it by playing tennis and he hid my ring in the tennis ball.
15. He plays pick-up basketball sometimes twice a week.
16. He also plays in an indoor hockey league, though he is taking this season off.
17. He is a 3rd grade school teacher. He loves his job and he LOVES the kids.
18. The love is mutual. When his students see him at Wal-Mart or at a restaurant, they get embarrassed, but always say, "Hi Mr. Severts."
19. He drives a Moped to school and I think he likes it.
20. He is an aggressive driver; he gets that from his mom.
21. He is always offering to help with anything and everything. At a party, you can find him in the kitchen scrubbing something.
22. He has a strong testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
23. And a strong desire to do the right thing.
24. He is the world’s best husband.
25. He is very sensitive to my needs, he is always helping out with the girls, he knows when to take the girls for a little outing so I can have a break.
26. He is an amazing father.
27. He changes diapers and helps out during potty-training.
28. The girls love it when he does Underdog to them on the swings.
29. And last but not least, he is my best friend.

Happy Birthday Babe! I love you!

Preschool, Graduation!

Avalyn has officially graduated from preschool today. The program was soo cute. The kids sang a few songs; the yellow song, the days of the week song, and the months song. There was also a really cute slide show of pictures taken through-out the school year.

Avalyn is pretty excited about starting AM Kindergarten next year, at Floyd Elementary School (with her daddy). Go Bobcats!

Exploration Park

So, does anyone else have the problem, when you take a million pictures of your kids, and they all turn out soo darn cute, that you can't decide which ones that you should post on the blog, and believe it or not you actually did weed some out, but you still end up posting a lot of pictures anyway? Anyone??

We found this super fun park in Las Vegas. It has a fun western theme and lots of grass and a water area for the kids to run through. Next time we'll be sure to bring the girls swimsuits along.

Ballet Recital (the movie)

Here's what all the fuss is about:

Avalyn is the one in the back with the spotlight on her.

(If you want to hear the video, you'll need to scroll down to our music playlist on the right-hand side and hit pause button, then scroll back up to the video and hit the play button.)

ballet recital

Okay, I know I went a little photo crazy. But, this is Avalyn's first ballet recital and I am a proud mommy! I love ballet and I am soo happy that she loves it too. This is why I have girls, right?!

The first 4 pictures are during the performance. The rest were taken backstage after the performance.

sweet sisters

Just a cute picture of our cute girls.