Blake is Walking!!!

The Friday before Mother's day ( May 8th) we flew down to Atlanta, Georgia very last minute (as in packed and out the door in a half hour). Matt was sent down there for 5 days for work, so me and the kids just figured we would go along. Especially since Joy and Greg, and Kelly and Mark lived down there and it was Mother's Day that Sunday. We were very excited to visit them and Brooklyn couldn't wait to see Riley and Jackson. Luckily Joy and Greg were fine with us coming and staying with them with no notice. Well, that Sunday on Mother's Day of course, Blake took his first steps!!! He had been so close for so long, and finally got the courage. But since we had packed so quickly, of course we forgot our camera. ARRRR! I was so mad. Joy and Kelly took some pictures for us of the trip ( which I will post later), but since then, we took some pictures and video of our little walking man.

Our Cali Trip

We just finished yet another trip down to my parents house in O.C. and had a great time. We had been itching all month to get out of this fickle Utah weather and into the California sun. I brought my nice camera this time, so I apologize now for the picture overload. I just can't help it when I've got the cutest kids ever in the most beautiful weather ever.

On our beach day in Laguna, it really couldn't have been more gorgeous. Days like this make me miss Cali so much. The kids had so much fun, especially Blake, who literally couldn't get enough of the 40 degree water. He just kept charging into the waves every time we put him down. He is such a water baby.

Matt had fun playing in the water too.

We also went to the pool in Ladera Ranch. Blake again couldn't get enough of the water.
And like always, loves when Daddy makes him Fly.

These pictures were taken on my Grandpa's boat on the Mission Viejo Lake.
Blake & Brooklyn loved steering the boat.

Brooklyn was having so much fun with cousin Nicolas on the swings,
I couldn't resist taking shots of my little fairy princess flying.

And the best part of the trip was meeting our new little niece Ashley Evelyn. Isn't she beautiful!

Lucky for us, we will be back in Cali before we know it.

We Love When Family Comes to Visit!

So a few weeks ago, Chris and Lara and the boys (Caleb, Josh, and Zack) came up to Utah to ski and snowboard in the best snow on earth. And they came and played with us a bit too, which was so fun. We went to the park by our house for most of the day. It was such a beautiful day and Matt had so much fun pulling our kite out and teaching the boys how to fly it ( it's a trick kite). By the end of the day, Caleb was flying it like a champ.

Being the boys that they are, they LOVED playing our PS2 with Matt. Blake even got in on the action. (That's why they are all lined up on the couch starring up in a couple of these pictures).

Anyways, we had a blast and hope they will come back again to visit us soon.

Happy Easter!

We had a great week celebrating Easter. Matt had to fly this weekend, so the Easter bunny came on Friday morning to our house. He left an art easel, paints, brushes, chalk, markers, and tons of candy of course. The kids loved it. Then on Saturday, we went to an Easter egg hunt in the morning with our ward at church, and then headed down to Casa de Bigler to color Easter eggs with Grandma and Papa. Brooklyn had a blast decorating the eggs and playing with her cousins and Grandma. This morning, we just woke up, got in our Easter attire, and headed to church. Brooklyn was so excited to wear her new Easter dress ( thanks Nana) and even more excited to go to church because today she said the scripture in Primary for the first time and she did great! I was so proud.

We hope you all have a wonderful Easter!

BLAKE IS ONE!!!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY BLAKE!

Has a whole year really gone by? It seems that he should only be like 5 months, but the calendar begs to differ. This last year with Blake in our family has been nothing short of a blessing. He adds so much love and happiness to our little family and his infectious smile still melts our hearts.

This last weekend we had a family party for him and he had such a blast. He loved opening presents and didn't quite know what to think of his b-day cake. He had fun playing with it for a bit, then got kinda mad because he couldn't get the mounds of frosting off his hands. The funniest part was that he didn't want to eat it.He tried it, but didn't really care for it. Just play, no eat.

Thanks to everyone who came and shared in this special day for Blake.

Takin' a Break

It has been a while since I have blogged and I feel this constant nagging in my head reminding me to get to it. It's the kind of nag you feel when you have a 12 page paper due that you have been putting off for weeks. Not a great feeling. So I have decided to take a break from the blogging world. At least till after we move (we finally got a house and are closing next month, yeah!). So I will see all 5 of you biglertree readers later, and leave you with one thing...

He's On The Move

Blake is crawling! He is growing up way to fast. He started about a week ago and wants to crawl all the time now. It's so cute!