Flash back of the last 9 months... kind of:/

So I realize it has been close to a year since i last updated the blog.... Shame on me seriously since this is the only place I write anything down:( After school started we went on vacation to San Diego. We had a fantastic time! The kids were great. Taylee even traveled amazing which was a huge surprise because she does not like to be confined in the car. Trystan had been bugging us since I was pregnant with Taylee to go to the beach, so we finally decided it was time! He LOVED it. Taylee not so much:)

 Trystan loved jumping the waves and building sandcastles with his dad.  Taylee hated the ocean, it was too cold and the waves scared her. She hated the sand just as much because it was dirty and stuck to her. Love my girly girl LOL!

 Taylee and I spent most of our time in our little sun tent. she took a nap and I enjoyed just hanging out on the beach watching my boys play. 

 We drove down to Lajoya to see the see lions, but they moved them so instead we listened to our tired kids whine. 

LegoLand was lots of fun and Trystan was actually tall enough to ride most of the rides. Taylee was mad because she was not big enough to ride and really, really wanted to. Mikie and I took turns riding with Trystan.  

 The only family picture from our entire trip! We are all soaked after Trystan made Mikie and I go on a boat ride that ended with a Tidal Wave crashing over us. Mikie was smart after I got drenched and at least took his shoes off before he got on the ride. Mine were so sloshy I ended up buying a pair of flip flops that rubbed a huge blister on the side of my foot. Taylee found the splash pad and was soaked. But we had so much fun. 

 The things made out of lego's were amazing, Yes this Volvo is made entirely from Legos

 Lego Mount Rush More

 And the Sydney Opera House were some of my favorites!

 Then of coarse they have a whole spot that is just star wars, Now I am not a star wars fan but this Darth Vadar, Obi one Kanobi, and Chubacka were pretty cool!

After our trip the holidays were quickly upon us! I think we spent an entire week in our Halloween costumes for different parties and events. I have the cutest little Mini Mouse and Peter Pan that I have ever seen. 

 Trystan had an awesome little Halloween sing at school that was super cute. We are amazed at all that he is learning right now. He is loving school and making friend with some really cute kids.

We had an Awesome wasted visit to the ER with our little princess after she had been running and fever, vomitting and refusing to eat or drink for dehydration. They never got an IV in her, they gave her a breathing treatment for croup (which I had at home) They gave her oral steroids (which I had waiting at the pharmacy for me) and sent us home. Her throat was covered in little blisters. Poor baby. They gave her some versed to relax her so they could get an IV in her, but the nurse took to long to come back in and do the IV. Before she came back the RT gave her the breathing treatment which made her super jittery and irritable. She literally started climbing her dad and counteracted the relaxing effect of the versed. Poor thing tried to walk when we got to grandma's but kept falling and running into things still doped up on medication. 

 All doped up 

 Drinking her water the nurse told me not to give her even though they couldn't get an IV in her

Finally home and resting comfortably.

 This little monkey loves to sit in the tree at grandma's house just like her big brother. We had Thanksgiving with Mikie's family. It was a beautiful day and we loved hanging out with the family!

 Daddy's Girl.

 Mommy's boy. 

Trystan's Christmas sing at school. 

 Niccole and I took the kids to have grandkid pictures done for grandma for christmas and Little Missy cried the ENTIRE time! Trystan on the other hand would stay in front of the camera all Day. 

 Cryin eyes with tears still rolling down her cheeks. I am actually holding her in this picture, they just cropped me out. 

I love that this kid LOVES to get all dressed up! He picked out this outfit for Christmas Eve and looked so stickin handsome!

Then he picked his dad's shirt out so they could be twins! Love my handsome boys! 

 100% Mama's boy though!

 Taylee HATES dresses... yes she is my daughter:) but she looked so beautiful for the hour and a half that it lasted! Though I think we are permanently done with them for a while now. because the last one I put on her she screamed until I took it off! LOL

 Love that these two love one another so much. 

 All dressed up and ready to go. 

For Christmas I gave Mikie 12 months of dates. We have been terrible at date night since we had Trystan, sad I know so I planned a date once a month and arranged for a babysitter. It has been fun so far. He opens an envelope at the beginning of each month to find out what our date night is for that month. In January we went on an overnight getaway to Springdale Utah and hiked Angles Landing. Mikie was running a temp and had horrible bronchitis but was a trooper and made it to the very top with me. If you have hiked it you know its not a leisurly stroll, so kudos to him for doing it feeling like crud. February was my Birthday so I made him take me to a Salsa Dance class, yeah he was so not excited but the class lasted a whole 35 minutes so he survived. I had a lot of fun and would love to learn some more, but I know it was a once in a lifetime thing for mikie, especially since we had to keep switching partners, and he had to partner up with our male teacher a few times:)LOL! March was Date night in, movies and junk food, and This month we are going shooting. Hopefully I will get some pictures from that one.