See ya later...

ALLIGATOR!! How cute, right?! Tanner has gone to Miss Terri's Preschool for 2 years now. The days he isn't here he has been at Covenant preschool! We have loved Terri so so much and love to go there!

I can't believe my cute little man is done with preschool and off to kindergarten! It's only 3hrs so it wont be a huge emotional change for me but it is elementary school, and it's free so woohoo!

Miss Terri said that one of the things she loves about Tanner is that she knows that she can always count on him to know the right answer if no one else does!!!...........um he must get that from his Daddy!!

Luckily we will still have Miss Terri in our daily lives because Ava gets to go there next fall!!!!!!!

Getting Away from the Cold!

A couple weekends ago Ava and I flew to Phoenix to see my sister Lori! We had too much fun being together, We are ridiculously alike! Carter is so big and is so fun to be with!!

We were in shock going from 55 degree weather with rain and the day prior SNOW to 90+ degree weather!! I loved it. We swam and caught some rays!

I even got to meet up with my old highschool friend and roomate at Ricks Lindsey Hahn Johnson! It was a great trip! Thanks Lori for a fun weekend.................I can't wait to come again very soon!!

Me and my kids!

Aunt Lori came for a visit and took a couple shots of us.....it wasn't planned, so we don't match.
How cute are these kids!!

These are the faces of a 3 year old princess....happy one minute, sassy the next! Now it is well documented!

Easter Time!

Some of the Jones cousins after the annual easter egg hunt at Grams and Poppy's home. It looks like Ava was sad and didn't find one single egg but that is just her silly faces she makes for pictures sometimes!!

Can you tell that they just woke up??? They were pumped that the Easter Bunny came, but Tanner kept asking where "the rest" of the presents were! ha.....he must have been spoiled by his experience with Santa.

LOVE these little kids!! They are so sweet and smart and bring so much joy to our lives!!!! Happy Easter.

Tanner turns 5!!

I just can't believe how big and smart this kid is now! I am so proud of him and just adore him. I have learned a lot by being his mom and enjoyed (almost) every minute of it!!

A birthday dinner at RedRobin with grandma teresa and grandpa dan and family! It doesn't get much better than that.....at least in our family! Love ya Tanner Boy!!! Love, Mommy

Grandparent time!

My mom came for a week! She came because Brandt was leaving to go to Whissler in Canada for a guys snowboarding trip and my dad came for 2 days to help celebrate Tanner's birthday. I just love my parents....and so do my kids! Above, is my mom with the kids at the zoo, on a sunny day!!

Im pretty sure that Ava would sit on my mom's lap for 3 days straight.

My kids spend a ridiculously wonderful amount of time coloring!

ANd yes, Ava really does wear that dress almost everyday! She only wears dresses.........anyone want a closet full of cute shirts and pants and skirts in exchange for "poofy" dresses! Ha

Potty Training Nightmare

After having such a tough time getting Tanner to use the potty when he was 31/2 I waited until Ava was 3 to really start trying.......she is totally ready and can hold "it" and will go hours dry and then pee her pants when we get home on the carpet instead of just telling me she has to go. You get the idea! Just a nightmare. After weeks of on and off the potty and bribing her with dresses, dolls, candy, a trip to disneyland, etc, /................even letting her watch movies while she "tries"..............she is back in diapers (her choice). Ugh. I am just going to wait until she isn't stubborn about it and wants to be big. I look at other kids that are potty trained and are like 2 and just don't get it. Oh well. Atleast I don't have to "hold"her like the picture below everytime.....and she would always say that she DIDN"T need PRIVACY, how funny. GIrls are just made to be social peepee..ers!

St. Pat's Day morning I think Im a cool mom and make them green pancakes with a shamrock in the middle..................do you think they ate them? Of course not, they are green mom! SOOOO they had cereal.