April Adventures

Well now that April is pretty much over. I just wanted to give a quick re-cap of our many activities. What a better way to start off the month than with Easter and General Conference. Dan's parents were able to come down and share it with us. Tagg loved having them there, especially Grandpa. After we had collected all the Easter treats from around the room. We sat down and were talking when Tagg kept stealing candy from everyone else's baskets to put in Grandpa's.
He loves his Grandpa!




After filling up on Easter candy we headed to the Grand Canyon for Spring Brake. It was sooooo cold and the 50 mph winds didn't help. The cold didn"t stop us from having a great time. We just put a few extra layers on and off we went.

The first day we got there just in time to watch the sunset over the canyon. It was an awe inspiring experience. Even Tagg who had been crying the entire walk to the canyon, immediately stopped crying when he saw it and said "WOW"! The following morning we set out to hike down the canyon. It was quite the adventure hiking on ice and through swishy red mud. But it was so worth it it was beautiful down in the canyon. You can't even describe it or capture it on camera.
The third day we woke up to snow on the ground. Did I mention how cold it had been? we hiked the rim and went and say some old Indian ruins, and had an awesome nap! After nap time we decided to pack up a day early to avoid the even colder night that we was scheduled for that night.













Next we got to celebrate my Birthday. We'll all I can say is that it was a horrible day and I demanded a re do. So Dan suprized me last week with my Birthday re- do. he came home and told me were going to the Lion King show, and that he had arranged everything the babysitter. So I guess it ended up being a great birthday after all.

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This is just a cute Picture from when the Boys were sick last week. What cute little snuggle bugs!

Family Pic's

We had family pictures taken out at Red Rock Canyon recently. Our wonderful and very talented friend Megan was our photographer. The thing I love about her a photographer is that she captures the real you in action. Making the pictures feel and look so natural. She doesn't do a ton of posed pictures. Which is perfect for a family with a rambunctious two year old! I just wanted to share a few of my favorite pictures with you. ENJOY!

Birthday Bash!

We had a great week celebrating Tagg turning two. It all started off with cake and presents. Tagg loves horses so we made a yummy horse cake, he loved it! His favorite gift was a stuffed Elmo. Who must have looked hungry when Tagg opened him. Because the first thing he did was put a bunch of chips in his mouth.





After the Birthday Party we headed to California for the week. For a much needed brake and for Dan had to go to a PT conference.We had so much fun! We we got to go to: the ocean, zoo, Disneyland, Sea World and the new Mormon Battalion visitor center. The best part was that we only had to pay for Sea World. Gotta love those great family hook ups.

My favorite part of the trip was watching the Shamu show. WOW! That is all I can say about it. Except for that in the middle of the show Shamu just came out of the water and chopped this pelican that was sitting in the water. Then came back up and spit it out and played with it. Before he got sent to killer whale time out! I am serious they put him in time out. And made another whale finish the show. Can you believe it!
Tagg loved going to the Elmo 4D show and touching the Manta Rays. I think Dan's favorite thing was not being in school and sleeping in!

We loved our little birthday bash and mini vacation.

NO CHEESE!!!

You heard me right! For the past month our family has lived without eating cheese. Yep, not even cheese products.Dan and I wanted to see if we could do it, and to seeif it had any effect on weight loss.
We did have two cheat days. Dan's b-day and one night after a long hard day we had pizza. But other then that no cheese. At first it was really hard to think of meals that didn't have cheese. And not to crave it. As time went on it became earlier and I was surprised at how I really didn't miss it on things. It really made me realize how much and how often we eat cheese. It is ALOT!
Well last night we celebrated the end of the month with a trip to the scale and PIZZA! It tasted amazing!Plus, Dan and I both lost 3 pounds over the month. All I can say is that I'm glad to be eating cheese again. But I will definitely look at cheese differently from now on.

Hi all. Well in my family no news is good news. So hopefully you all took my absent of blogging as such. So yep, we are all doing great. I am just a major slacker and just felt like there was no catching up. So in order for me to not feel to overwhelmed; I have decided to just start and Christmas and call it good.

For Christmas break we left the heat of Vegas for the snow and cold of Utah. We had a great time. We ended up splitting our time between the two families. One week at Dan's parents and one at mine.

We had a great time with the Goodrich fam. We got to go sledding, shooting and enjoy a lot of yummy meals. Plus, we got to meet our new sister in-law Jenn. She was amazing and we are so happy to have her as an addition to our family.



Our little puff ball



Dave and his new wife Jenn (they were freezing)



This is a video of Tagg on Christmas morning. Sorry its not facing vertical, the computer won't let me change it. His reaction is pretty stinking' cute. He loved Christmas the presents ect. But mostly the chocolates in his stocking, foil and all!

After Christmas we went and stayed at my parents house. So many fun things that happened:skiing, sledding down the driveway, horse back rides and chill-axing. Plus, we got to go to a special award presentation where my Dad, brother James and Grandpa were honer and given awards for scouting by the General Young Men's' Presidency. Pretty cool stuff. What can I say I love my family.



Tagg loved Peaches and Pepper my parents horses. Every morning he would go and help my Dad feed the horses. But thing he couldn't get enough of was ridding the horses. He would cry and cry when we would take him off.



We weren't able to make it to temple square until after Christmas. But the lights and the message were still amazing.



Dad, James and Grandpa Fillerup receiving their awards. I am so proud of them!



We had a great time skiing New Years Eve. We had so much fun that it was a fight to stay alive until midnight, but we made it.

All in all we had a great vacation. Hopefully I didn't boar you to death with all the pictures and stuff. Just think of all the posts of mine you missed the past few months. And hopefully it won't have felt like that long of a post. Lol

Pumkin patch

On Monday for family night we went to a local pumpkin patch/petting zoo. We all loved it! Tagg loved chasing and petting the animals. He also enjoyed playing the pumpkins like drums. And Dan enjoyed worked on his roping skills. It was so much fun, we are thinking of going again when Dan's parents come into town next week.

Our little dare devil

The other day Austin and I were getting ready to go to the park. I went to set up the stroller at the bottom of the stairs. Now usually I just leave or door open and he walks down the stairs to me. Well, last Monday instead of walking out the door he rode out on his little tricycle. I started up the stairs just in time to see him turn to head down. Just then I started sprinting up the stairs to catch him. I made it just in time to get the back end of his tricycle in my eye and he made it down one stair. But as you can see that one stair made banged him up pretty good.

Most days I feel like a pretty okay Mom. That day I felt like the worst Mom in the world. It was so sad to see my little boy hurt so badly and not feel responsible. We just sat on the couch after and just snuggled and cried. Luckily Tagg is a pretty tough kid and bounced back pretty quickly.

The next few days you could see the real damage from the crash.

Right after the crash

Day 2

Day 3