EASTER

Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays! I love everything about it.. picnics, candy, Easter baskets, egg hunts, egg coloring, cadbury eggs, just everything. This year did not disappoint and like I have said a million times, the holidays are SO much more fun with little ones around. We celebrated in Richfield with both of our families. Saturday morning we went to the Richfield city Easter egg hunt. Camden had no interest in picking up any candy or eggs. He only wanted to play on the play ground. After, we went and got family pictures taken with Austin's whole family. I have great in-laws and love all of them. We then went to Clear Creek Canyon for a picnic with my family. All my years growing up, we went here on Easter day. We had a good lunch, hiked around, through eggs in the creek and played in the water a little. That night we had dinner at Austin's parents which was very yummy. Sunday morning we went to church with Austin's family and listened to his grandma sing. She did a great job and church is extra special on Easter. After church, we went back to my moms and had an egg hunt with all of my nieces and nephews. We juggled events with both families but we wouldn't want it any other way. We are so lucky to be able to go to both family events and to not have to choose one or the other. I hope everyone else had a wonderful Easter!

CLEAR CREEK CANYON:

 (Camden didn't have a jacket so, he wore McKinlay's)

THE McKINLAY EASTER EGG HUNT:

 MY WONDERFUL IN-LAWS:

 I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. Update soon on our current location! :)

CAMS PRETEND 2ND BIRTHDAY! :)

On the Friday before Easter, we celebrated Camden's 2nd birthday because we knew we would be gone on his real birthday. We did a Blue's Clue's theme, my sister made a cute cake and it all turned out darling. He, on the other hand, was SUPER naughty. I think there was so much going on that he got confused and nervous, ha ha! He would not open his presents. He just sat there and cried. It was really embarrassing! I guess terrible twos start on the 2nd birthday.. even if its pretend. :) But, overall, it was a good day and we are lucky to have such wonderful family who came!!

CUTE BIRTHDAY BOY:

 BLUES CLUES PARTY:

WHO HATES OPENING PRESENTS?? haha

PLAYING WITH HIS TOYS:

 HAPPY PRETEND 2ND BIRTHDAY BABY BOY!

VALENTINES DAY

The holidays with Camden just get more and more fun! For Valentines Day, he got a water bottle, Lorax movie, coloring book, crayons, candy, and a book! He thought it was the coolest thing. But, his favorite thing he got were the balloons. He played with them all day! Austin and I celebrated the day after by going to dinner and a movie. We had a great Valentines Day & I feel so lucky to have two cute guys to celebrate with. 

2012 RECAP

{JAN}
• found out we were going to Indy for the summer
• went to a Jazz game with Brandi, Ty, Brock and Blayr
• camden started crawling while we were out of town

{FEB}
• went snowboarding with our friends up at sundance

{MARCH}
• we went with Brandi, Ty & cam to Las Vegas for spring break
• went to the cirque show: Le Reve while in Vegas
• we got our first family pictures taken

{APRIL}
• celebrated Easter in richfield
• celebrated Camden's first birthday ( a month early) in St George at the community center
• we flew out to Indianapolis, IN. It was Camden's third flight

{MAY}
• Austin turned 25
• camden turned 1
• camden learned to walk
• we went to the pacers vs heat championship game
• we celebrated our 4th anniversary
• we went to the Indy 500
• went to a huge Indy 500 day parade

{JUNE}
• visited the white river national park in downtown Indy
• we went to the Indy zoo.. Several times :)
• went to an Indy Indians baseball game
• went to the Indy state fair

{JULY}
• suffered through the HOTTEST summer of my life
• tried to celebrate the 4th of July in Carmel, IN.. Ended up sitting in a near by Arby's with AC
• flew to utah and back for a visit. It was Camden's fourth and fifth flights
• celebrated the 24th of July in Monroe/richfield
• went to fishlake with my family
• stayed a week in a hotel in Fort Wayne, IN
• everything died in Indy and watering your lawn was against the law
• went to Chicago for a weekend
• we went to a cubs game at wrigley field
• went to navy pier and rode the giant ferris wheel
- ate the best pizza in Chicago & took a boat tour of the river running throught the city
• went to the shedd aquarium

{AUG}
• Austin left Indy and went to Tucson and Albuquerque to finish the summer
• camden and I flew home to utah and spent a few weeks in richfield. This was Camden's sixth flight.

{SEP}
• went to Pioche, NV for Labor Day.
• we bought a rzr
• we went to the coral pink sand dunes with Brandi, Ty, Brock and Blayr for two days and camped in a tent
• I went to the lone star concert in richfield with my mom and sisters
• I went with my friends to Las Vegas for a girl weekend

{OCT}
• Went to Scofield for a weekend at the cabin with Austin's family
• we went to staheli farm and picked pumpkins
• went to a vivint party in Provo
• camden got rosella and was so sick
• I turned 26
• camden celebrated his 2nd Halloween as a giraffe
• we finished and fenced our back yard

{NOV}
• Celebrated thanksgiving in richfield
• Austin played in the annual turkey bowl

{DEC}
• my mom, sisters and I went to Motab christmas concert in SLC
• we took camden and my nephews sledding
• spent the holidays in snowy richfield
- went to Las Vegas to celebrate the holidays with Austins family

I love looking back each year to see how much we have done and accomplished! I am thankful for my little family and the life we have!! I hope everyone had a wonderful 2012.

CHRISTMAS 2012

Christmas was so much fun this year. We headed to richfield on the Friday before and we stayed until the day after. The day after, we headed to Las Vegas to celebrate with Austin's family. While we were in richfield, we took Camden and his cousins sledding, ate lots of goodies, did our last minute shopping, played in the snow, and went on lots of christmas rides. Santa found camden and he was so glad. He got a slide/climber thing, a power wheel 4 wheeler and lots of other stuff. He has a lot of people who love him so he gets extra spoiled on christmas. I couldn't imagine the holidays without our little guy. I am thankful for him and our families we have to celebrate with!