Celebrating Our Baby Girls Birthdays in May

Lizzy turned 2 on May 18th

Rachel got her first tooth at 12 months old! It was a top one, which was kind of a surprise-- since we have been expecting her bottom teeth any day for the last 5 months!


Nathan graduated from Miss Julie's preschool. He is now headed to BYU Preschool this summer and fall/winter. Daniel will also be going there thus summer to their post-kindergarten program.


We had such weird cold weather this Spring, that this old tree next door, blossomed for the first time in it's 20 year existence. It was beautiful!


Daniel has become quite the outdoorsman. He loves to hike, climb trees, run around....



Daniel graduated from kindergarten. He had such a wonderful teacher this year in Mrs. Mackay. We will miss her!


We had a big joint family birthday party for Lizzy and Rachel in May at the girls favorite park nearby. We were so worried that it would be crowded over Memorial day weekend, but since it was only 50 degrees we were the only ones there!



Dave with his parents (Grandma Jensen & Paka)



Ashley took the boys to ride Thomas the Train in Heber. Nathan is VERY into trains so it was an activity of a lifetime for him. It was so much fun. We went up there with Ashley's friend Emily and her boys.



Nathan loved his temporary Thomas the Train tatoo so much, he wouldn't let us wash it off for 2 weeks.


Ashley's Dad


The Grandmas


Ashley's brother Stephan came with his wife Carina and kids.



Stephan's daughter Siena, who is exactly 6 months between both Lizzy & Rachel.


Papa with the birthday girls.



Rachel loved this baby doll she had been given for her birthday...


Dave's niece with her husband Bryan. They are expecting baby #3!


Dave's sister Linda (can you tell they're related?)


Lizzy enjoying the frosting on her birthday cake. She loved blowing out the candles this year!


Papa with Rachel


Baby Rachel turned 1 on May 31st!

April 2010

Boys at swim lessons


Lizzy LOVED Mimi's Easter Egg tree!


There's nothing like getting M&M's from a tree!


Hanging out at Mimi & Papa's.


Lizzy has a special relationship with Papa.


Rachel with Mimi.


Lining up for the Easter Egg hunt. Mimi always buys great prizes so they were excited to compete for the most eggs....


Lizzy really fun during the Easter Egg hunt.


The hunt.


Rachel 11 months


Our little Rachel LOVES her dad.


Such a cute picture.


The Big Hunt at Grandma Jensen's. We spent Easter day with Dave's family and Conference Saturday at Ashley's parents house. So we got to celebrate with both families this year.


Lizzy turns 2 in May.


Dave & Rachel


Sherry's twins Noah & Kate


Nathan was very excited that the Easter Bunny brought him his own set of paints.


Daniel 6 yrs. old


Uncle Brad came to visit & gave lots of piggy back rides.


Lizzy loved the Donald Duck voice that Uncle Brad made.


Ashley's friend Leslie & her family came to visit for 3 days. It was very fun to be able to spend some time with them while they were in town from Lethbridge, Canada.


Ashley & Leslie


Emily was able to come join us at the park and it was so fun to all be together again!


Leslie's daughter Madeleine took great care of our babies.


We are still trying to get Rachel to crawl. She can slink across a room backwards but hasn't actually crawled forward yet. She's still ahead of Lizzy who didn't start crawling until 13 months!


Daniel is a wonderful artist and builder. He made this bike for himself out of tinker toys.

March 2010

Lizzy is growing up and is almost 2! Even though she is good-natured and independent, she is quite the destroyer! We have spent a considerable part of March removing her "drawings" from our wood floors, furniture, walls, etc. She is also infatuated with toilets. If a toilet seat is left up-- watch out! Her babies go for a swim, water gets emptied on the floor, toilet paper rolls are thrown in. She's definitely keeping us on our toes!

Ashley has had some serious back problems this month and isn't allowed to lift anything heavier than 5 lbs.. (She herniated 2 disks and one ruptured). Daniel has been a big helper carrying Rachel and taking her in and out of her crib. Also, our moms, friends & neighbors have been such a blessing, coming to help Ashley care for the kids during this time...

Kids in their Easter clothes

Dying Easter eggs

Lizzy loves her babies. Here she is giving one kisses. She really mimics Ashley caring for Rachel. She changes her babies diapers, feeds them bottles, wraps them in blankets. It's so cute to watch.

Rachel has really gotten so much easier (with the exception of nights where she is teething and won't sleep!!!). She has become very interested in toys and is generally happy when people are around. She will sit and play with toys all by herself, however, she definitely likes to be where the 'action' is.

Nathan our fireman!

One of Ashley's Young Women took some pictures of Rachel for her photography class.

Daniel raised some catepillars and watched them turn into butterflies. They were so tame, they let Daniel hold them and carry them around the house. Too bad they only lived 2 weeks!

In March, Ashley was released as Young Womens President. Here is one of her last activities with the girls-- going to the Provo Temple. She will miss spending time with the girls!