Summer is HERE!!

Well today Carson's friend Morgan came over to play. They had a great time together. Morgan would read t0 Carson, they played with puzzles, Morgan tried but unfortunately failed to help Carson talk, they jumped on the bed and played with our crawl tubes. It was a fun morning and I took some really cute pictures of them!

Carson and Morgan were laughing so hard while they were going through the tubes!

Yesterday, Morgan came over with her mom to swim with Carson and Bailey! (Thanks for bringing your pool over Megan...I promise I am going to get one SOON!) It was a really hot day so I am sure the pool felt great! I wish it was bigger so that I could have fit! Well we put Bailey in her little bumbo chair so she could sit in the water...well of course Carson and Morgan had to put their chairs in the pool as well!

This was Bailey's first time in her bathing suit...but will definelty not be the last! She is wearing the one my mom bought her for Easter...and she looked SO CUTE! (Thanks Mom!) She actually liked the water...well at least she didn't cry. Below was her expression pretty much the whole time she was in there!

Carson's favorite pose for pictures! He really makes me laugh!

Carson loved pushing Morgan in the swing, and Morgan LOVES to
buckle herself in and out of it! It is so funny!

We had a great day with Morgan and "Morgan's mom" as Megan is called! Thanks for coming over! I am sure we will do it a lot more this summer!

Easter Blessings

Bailey was blessed on Easter Sunday. It was such a great day! And although it doesn't look like Bailey enjoyed herself, she was actually really good all day! Well after church we had our family over for a small lunch, and in preparation for that Ryan worked really hard to get the yard done. Well of course Carson wanted to help! Maybe we have a future nursery man on our hands!

The yard turned out beautiful! Ryan did a really great job!

We had so many family members there to support us. We are so blessed to have such an amazing family! The only person missing Uncle Danny, who is serving a mission!

Bailey looked really cute that day! We feel so lucky that she is part of our family! She has such a cute personality! She makes me laugh all the time! And of course I love dressing her up with bows and lots and lots of PINK! I love being a mom to her and Carson...lets just hope they feel the same way!?!

Her dress was actually made out of my wedding dress. It turned out better then I thought it would. Ryan did a great job on her blessing. One thing he said is that she will be a calming influence on her brother...(one can hope!) A funny story though...Bailey's dress was a silky material underneath, so she was pretty slippery. I guess while they were getting ready to bless her, they almost dropped her! Moral of the story...try to get a material that isn't slippery! Luckily Ryan caught her and no one was hurt! :)

After we ate, we all got changed and headed to the Zylstra's. Before we left we took this really cute picture of Uncle Brock with Carson. Carson is wearing the "All Black" shirt Uncle Brock brought back for him from New Zealand. I guess that is a really good Rugby team over there.

Then we went to Zylstra's to dye some Easter eggs. Here is how it started...Carson was loving it. He was dipping the eggs in and then he realized...

it was dying his hands the same color. For those of you who know Carson...he does not like things on his hands! We tried to was it off, but of course it didn't come off. Luckily...

he got over it and we had a great Easter. We had an Easter egg hunt and Carson LOVED it. We had a great day with everyone!

Welcome home Elder Zylstra

While Ryan's parents were in New Zealand for 17 days (so jealous!) picking up Brock, me and Ryan stayed with Madison and Logan. We had a lot of fun with them and we were all really excited to see Brock. Below is a picture of Bailey. She is getting so big and smiles ALL the time, even though she looks really scared in this picture!

This is just another picture we took at the Zylstra's. Carson is the best big brother ever. He is so sweet with her. He always wants to give her kisses and has never intentionally hurt her. It is really fun to watch him with her.

This is the day before we picked up Brock. I was taking pictures outside and I was crouched down, so of course Carson had to do the same thing. Luckily I got a really cute picture out of it!

Everyone waiting at the airport! Whitney and I came up with some really great posters, but no one wanted to hold them! One said "New Zealand's sad, but we're Glad!" Clever Right?? Anyways...

It was really great to see Brock. He came home to a new nephew and a new neice. Carson was born three weeks after he left. Carson was a little shy at first but loves Brock now!! About a week after he came home we went to one of Uncle Logan's baseball games, and Brock and Carson were having so much fun together. He is a great Uncle and we are so excited he is back!

The L.A. Zoo

At the beginning of March Chad and Laura came to visit and my mom treated us all with a trip to the L.A. Zoo. It was really fun to see them and Carson and Lilly had a great time together. We wish they lived closer so we could see them more often. Carson loved seeing all the animals, but of course wanted to walk, or should I say run, everywhere. Below is a picture of Grandma and Bailey at the zoo.

Carson and Lilly like the petting zoo!!

So one night while Chad and Laura were here we were hanging out at my parents and we took some really cute pictures of Lilly and Carson. They were cracking us up that night! Chad and my dad were playing pop goes the weasel with them and they were laughing so hard. It was really cute to see them play together.

Introducing...Bailey Nichole Zylstra

Bailey Nichole

Bailey was born Monday January 12th weighing 6lbs. 10oz.

Big Brother Carson holding his little sister!!

Introducing Carson to Bailey!

She is so Sweet and we feel so blessed that she is a part of our family!

Our First Christmas Tree

Before I get to the Christmas tree, I thought I would post a few pictures of a very messy but happy Carson. He helped me make brownies on Thursday and as you can tell from the pictures, he LOVED licking the spoon after. He made such a mess, but I guess that is half the fun right?!?

On Dec. 8th we went and bought our first Christmas tree. It is sad that we have been married for 4 years and this our first one, but every other year we were traveling during Christmas, or moving, so we didn't see the point! I will have to post pictures of it all decorated later, but it was still really fun to pick one out! Carson loved to measure all of the trees with Grandma Zylstra's little tape measure!

And the winner is....

Halloween in Utah

We just got back last night from our trip to Utah. Carson and I flew up on Tuesday night so we could spend a few days with my friend Julianne (pictured below) before Ryan and his family came up on Thursday night. It was so fun to see her, and Carson had a great time with her. He didn't want to leave her side, it was pretty funny!

Then on Thursday, or should I say Friday morning Ryan and his family came up. So on Friday we slept in, then got up and at lunch at Cafe Rio - MY FAVORITE!!! While we were getting ready to go eat Carson got a hold of my camera and took about 30 pictures of the hotel room carpet. When I took the camera away...this is the face I got!

That night we went to the University Mall to do some indoor trick-or-treating. Carson did not like his costume! Below Carson is looking through his bag trying to decide which Candy to eat.

This is Dad and Aunt Whitney taking Carson out of his costume. I think he was in for a total of 15 minutes. Oh well!!

This is the only good picture we have of Carson in his costume, and that is because Dad is giving him some candy. His horse looks a little dead, but I wasn't going to try and mess with it.

Carson was so TIRED! It took him about thirty seconds to fall asleep, which if you have ever met the kid...is a record. After all the trick-or-treating we went and ate at CPK.

And as you can see, Carson will always wake up happy for some food!

On Saturday night we went to a restaurant up in Sundance for Dave's 50th birthday. It was a pretty fancy restaurant. We couldn't get reservations until 8:00 that night so we were all pretty hungry before our food came. We were even passing candy around the table! Well then the waiter comes out with a plate for everyone. And below is what we got. I don't know if you can tell, but that is a very, very, small piece of food. Well for some reason Whitney and I could not stop laughing. Then the real food came, and it was really, really GOOD! Not to mention the portions were a lot bigger, so that was great!

This is how we kept Carson happy at the restaurant!

After dinner we went to the Malt Shoppe and got some shakes. They were delicious.
Before we went to dinner that night Ryan's cousin Drew took some family pictures. He did a great job. Below are just a few of the great shots that he got!!

Thanks Drew! You ROCK!!