Since We’ve Been Gone

We were lucky enough to spend spring break this year in Utah.  We normally wouldn’t be able to, but we went for a special occasion…Mason’s sister got married!!! We had so much fun (except when we got the stomach flu…sorry to the NUMEROUS people we infected!).

Angie’s wedding was beautiful and so was she! We had so much fun visiting with everyone, and the best part is that we’ll be back in Utah for good in about 5 months!

Of course…I didn’t take a single picture while we were out there. Bummer.

BUT..I did take a few right before we left and right after we came home. Good enough?

Right before church one Sunday.  The headband didn’t even stay on long enough to get to church…of course.

I’m loving Hudsie’s church outfit.  His hair is getting so long that the only way it stays out of his eyes is if I give him a nice missionary-style do’.

This is Hudsie’s new sleeping position. He stays like this all night long.

I sprayed Hudsie’s hair straight up one night.  It was so funny! I know he needs a haircut but I just can’t bring myself to do it!

Tee hee!

Just taking advantage of the good lighting coming from the french doors.  Also, it was freaking me out that he pulled himself up to standing just by holding on to the window frames on the french door.

This is why Hudson was looking out the french doors.  I made Audrey some sidewalk paint and she started painting herself blue.  I was going to stop her, but I thought it was funny, so…

I let her keep painting, just to see what she would do…

whoops…she’s been spotted. What? I’m not in trouble? Ok.

This is how she ended up.  It took about 30 minutes of soaking in the tub to get all of the blue off her skin.  Oh well, it was the prettiest mess we’ve ever had to clean up!

It’s been really warm this past week, so we’ve been trying to spend a lot of time outside before it get’s unbearably hot and humid outside.

 

Audrey was so excited (can you tell?) to FINALLY be playing with water again!

Hudsie was really enjoying himself too. And no, his socks aren’t gray…they are just that dirty!

He’s figured out that it doesn’t feel good to crawl around on rough cement, so whenever he’s outside, this is how he crawls.

This morning when I was doing the dishes, I let the kids play with the water table.  They played really well together.  Well, Hudson put up with Audrey pouring water on his head really well.

Hudsie soaking wet, thanks to Audrey.

Here’s to hoping we get another month or so of spring! And also our AC that is currently NOT working will not have to been completely replaced!

Pie-murray

Or, as the rest of us would say…Primary! Audrey started Primary in January and has loved every minute since. Every night when Mason puts her to bed she asks if tomorrow is Primary day.  She talks about it constantly! 

Last week Audrey gave the scripture and the prayer in sharing time.  She was very excited, not nervous at all.  I’m pretty sure that no one understood a single word she said because she spoke quietly and lets be honest, she doesn’t speak very well! But, she did great and she was very proud of herself!

First Day

He hair was so curly that day!

 

This is Hudsie’s new face that he gives to everyone except Audrey and me. Well, I think it’s cute!

Audrey went on an adventure through our house the other day.  She made sure she had her backpack full of supplies and had her flashlight handy.  Most of the time she had the flashlight attached to the bike so she wouldn’t have to hold it.

I learned (kind of) how to use the settings on my camera.  I bought a tutorial online about not using the automatic setting, but it’s pretty much written in a different language.  I got as far as to find out how to set it for a cloudy day…cause it was a cloudy day. Here’s some I took as the botanical gardens. (And the one of Audrey on the slide)

This picture makes me very happy.

Her “princess” smile.

Darn kid would NOT look at the camera!

This one looks weird no matter how I rotate it.

Sweet action shot!

Christmas Break

We had so much fun in Utah for Christmas break! It was so nice to be around family and just relax!

We flew into Salt Lake and landed super late at night.  Mason’s family was so sweet to stay up and wait for us though! Pretty sure we stayed up until about 2 am that night.

The next day we drove to Eagle Mtn.  to visit for a few hours…and get our hair done!

Aunt Becky gave Audrey her first real haircut.

She was really good! (It might have had something to do with the mouth full of candy)

Hudsie got a haircut too! Check out the sweet steps! They have already grown in! His hair grows super fast.

After we got our hair done, we headed down to St. George for Christmas

Audrey loved having girls to play with! Brooklyn, Audrey, Abbey, and Megan.

I loved having girls to play with too! This is a horrible picture of me…but check out my mom!

Audrey and Megan had the best time together!

We had fun checking out the lights and nativity at the temple.

Audrey and Hudsie in their new jam jams Christmas morning.

Poor Hudsie has to endure a lot of Audrey’s “hugs”.

Audrey’s loot.  She had been asking for that Cinderella doll for a long time.  I was so excited for her to see it!

Hudsie’s loot.  Honestly, half of that stuff didn’t make it back to Memphis. Dang.

She loves it! Yay!

Hudsie checking it all out.

 

Since Kristi and Garrett were moving to Germany the next day, we took a ton of pics the day after Christmas.

Audrey and Grandpa Rogers

Hudsie was totally cheesin’ it!

Aunt Kristi and the babies.

Hudsie and Grandpa Rogers

Grandma and Grandpa Rogers

 

The day after Christmas we went to Huntington to see Mason’s family.  Of course I forgot to take my camera out most of the time!

Audrey and Ry got to be good buds! They loved sitting together and playing with grandma’s kindle!

Mason took Audrey to the Player’s house to see the horses and other animals.  Audrey was in heaven! (Surprise Players! Pretty sure they didn’t do any damage!)

Hudsie fell asleep one night hugging his doggy.  Mason’s sister Angie MADE it for him! He totally loves it, by the way!

Audrey was Grandma Livingston’s shadow the whole time we were there!

 

Over the break, Hudson decided he would like to be mobile.  He still isn’t crawling…forward.  He will crawl backwards until he gets stuck under the couch…like in the picture below!

We gave Hudsie a bath in the kitchen sink right before we left for Utah.  He thought it was hilarious!

 

We are so blessed to have our families! We are so lucky to have families that we love to hang out with and miss like crazy!

Can’t wait to see most of you in March! Yay!

Auddie’s 3rd Birthday

This year was the first time we were home, just us, for Audrey’s birthday. We decided to have a day all about Audrey and do whatever she wanted to do the whole day instead of throwing a party. I am so glad we did! It ended up being such a fun day!

When Audrey woke up we had a huge surprise waiting for her…a bike! She had been asking for one for a long time and she was so excited!

After opening presents, Audrey decided that she wanted to ride her bike. We went to Shelby Farms and braved the cold…well Mason and Audrey did…me and Hudson went back to the car after about 10 minutes.

This is the closest I got to Audrey smiling at the camera. She was way too busy riding her bike to look at me!

After Shelby Farms we went to lunch at Cracker Barrel and Audrey got a free toy from a Veterans Affairs Rep.

Then we came home for birthday cake!

Audrey requested a Cinderella cake with blue flowers…so…grocery store cake it was!

Audrey loved her cake and blowing out candles!

Later that day, we ended up having to take Audrey to the doctor for a possible UTI.  Poor girl! Turns out she was just super dehydrated from riding her bike all day without taking any breaks!

We sure do love our Auddie. She is such a light and blessing in our lives.  She keeps us on our toes for sure, but our life would not be the same without her singing, dancing, and “guess what? chicken butt!”

And now some pics from birthdays past…which never got posted…whoops!

1st birthday

Angie made that cake!

2nd birthday