Mei's bday 6yrs

 Meili wanted to wait for her sister to celebrate her birthday as a twin birthday with darci. She was very patient and they loved doing it together! Before that she had a friend bday party at the park. It down poured for about 20 min, but we made the best of it and she loves her friends! She wanted a blue princess dress and a tall layered cake, so I did my best!

 Mei is such a spunky gal with so much energy! She loves gymnastics and is doing 2 1/2 hours on thurs now. She is very strong and is such a monkey! She loves homework and her kindergarten class. She is loving spending a lot of time in the first grade class as well this year, which is super awesome for her. Shes loves being at school all day just like Kai :) She's a great big sister, she loves friends & catching bugs & playing rough with the boys. She loves art and loves blue and black and anything sparkly. She's a gem with so much fire inside. Happy 6 yrs :)

August, Utah & Schroeder Fam

 We had a great time with my side of the fam. We did a campout in Aunt Deanna's backyard, did many trafalga & 7 peaks days, slept outside on Gma's deck, rode the heber creeper, saw a parade & fireworks, did some slip n slide, had many group soccer games, and went up the canyon to play in the river.

 Kai was a bit more hesitant to do the big slides, but meili totally loved it! We had a blast :)

 We definitely wore them out... too much babysitting!

 The mock train robbery on the heber creeper was a bit too much for T. He had no warning and though it was totally real. Cried the whole time. He's still asking me if 'we can not go back there?' We have a lot of talks about pretend and real! Poor kid. Everyone else loved it :)

 11 mo

 The little dudes couldn't handle not being in the action :)

 They are best frenemies!

miss my brothers. It was really great to see so much of butch and loved that dennis and Bre could come and we could all 6 be together. It is my most favorite of times :)

loved getting to know the ins and outs of my nieces little lives :) loved spending time with each of them 

 canyon pics

Meili loves to match her twin :)

 12 years married and mom had to remind us! life is so busy... but so good :)

Kai's bday and Baptism

 Kai wanted little vampire bats for his birthday, so I tried hard to make the dream come true :) We celebrated with both families. He's such a sweet boy and it was so special to see him get baptized. He and his cousin shared their day together and it was such a beautiful baptism and confirmation. They are sweet boys. Right now Kai loves black, ninjas, legos, any sport involving a ball, loves karate and his EEE classes, loves always wearing his ctr ring & a suit to church, and is such a good big brother and a huge help. Couldn't imagine our family without him :)

 special boys :)