Carter's Blessing and The Boys First Pictures

We had the chance to get Nathan home long enough to bless Carter on the 18th! It was such an amazing day with lots of family and close friends joining us! Thanks again to everyone who traveled all the way up here for the event! Especially thanks to my parents who came up the night before, cooked, AND then cleaned up after everyone once again! They are just the best! It's no wonder my boys are crazy about them.
I also had Carter's and Grant's pictures a few weeks ago by a friend who use to live in Price! She did such an AMAZING job and was so great to work with. She didn't stress at all when my boys were crying and being crazy! Check out her website! It's jackheartjill.com! Thanks again Suzy! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pictures!


Grant was devastated when Grandma left!



Grant took this picture of Grandma!

Nathan giving his Grandma Kirk a big hug because who knows when they will actually get to see each other again!

We also celebrated my 2........4th birthday on Carter's blessing day! Ugh, I'm getting old!

My bestie Raquel and my buddy, her son!
My center pieces didn't last so well over night!

Easter in Arizona

So we FINALLY had the chance to get down to Arizona again and thank goodness because it was AMAZING! The weather was a little bit cooler than what I would have liked, but it also made for an awesome time at the zoo! Here's some pictures of our fun time! I got to see my best friend in the whole world, Ashley, and ger two adorable boys, my "unofficial godsons"!




is amazing resort in Scottsdale on priceline.com for a whopping 47 bucks and just had an awesome time!
We spent Easter at my Grandma G's with most of my Aunt's, Uncke's, and cousins! It rocked!

So, I pretty much grew up in Arizona for those of you who don't know. My best friend when I went to elementry school there was named Tiffany. We lost contact after I moved and found each other again via facebook! We met up at Peter Piper and let the kids play. It was so great to see her! It had been TWELVE years!
Cardy's very first swimming adventure! Swimming...it was amazing. Here in Green River it seems to be only something from a distant memory!
We went to the Phoenix Zoo, which cost us freakin 65 dollars for the 3 of us! I couldn't believe it! Anyway, here is Granny Fanny roaring like a lion!



Happy Easter! Can you tell how excited Carter was? Ha ha!

Pedicures with my mamacita! She is the best! Thanks mommy!

The beautiful outdoors! It was wonderful!
Cousin Stella checking out Carter. Isn't she stinkin' adorable?
Mamacita smelling the delicious orange blossoms!
My amazing Grandma G, G Unit. I love her sooooo much!
I truly think Arizona is one of the most beautiful places on Earth! I can't get enough of it!
Great Grandpa Perkins meeting Carter for the first time. Carter gave his very first real smile to my grandpa!


Driving to Arizona is sooooo long! By the way, Sam is pretending to be asleep!
That's his eager face?

By the way, I took Carter into the doctor's today and he was 11 lbs 12 oz. Can you believe how fat he is getting?

This was at the hotel in Salt Lake! Grant and I had a great time jumping on the beds!
So life is absolutely crazy with two kids. I have time for, well...nothing! That's okay though, I am loving life with my guys!
Carter just turned 5 weeks old and is getting fat really fast! He went to the doctor's when he was just a day shy of 4 weeks and was already at 8 pounds; the little chunkster has doubled his birth weight since! He eats like a horse, and poops like one too!
Grant is starting love his brother more and more all the time. He always wants to hold Carter and then of course he makes me take a picture of it. When we were at the doctor's, they brought Carter back to weigh him and do their thing and Grant got so upset and started asking "Where's my Carter?" It was so cute. Much better than their first meeting when Grant slammed the door on the nurse and shouted that the baby was gone!
Nathan actually got to come home again for a few days also! It was wonderful!!! We went and spent the night in Salt Lake and bought a new fridge, washer, and dryer; it's been national appliance-kick-the-bucket month for us! He left for drill on Thursday night and then will head back to California on Sunday. Hopefully I will also be going out to Cali at the beginning of April to stay with him until he goes to Afghanistan.
I really can't believe he has to go. We have known about it for over a year but I thought for sure things would change. I was definitely wrong. He really really really has to go! I hate it and try not to think about it because it just kills me to think of him there in all that craziness and danger. It also kills me that he is going to miss Carter's whole infancy. When Nathan gets home Carter will be over a year. Ugh...anyway, enough of feeling bad for myself. I hope everyone is doing great and hopefully life will slow down a little so I can blog a little more often and show off pictures of my adorable little boys! I just love them!