Muchas cosas buenas!

Ok so here's a lot of random pictures that I have wanted to post for awhile but haven't taken the time to do it! So here we go...warning it's a long one :).

We took the kids awhile back to a place called H-air here in Rexburg. It has a bunch of inflatable bounce houses and slides that the kids loved. We also met up with Jason and Cazzy our brother-in-law and niece. Ella and Cazzy had a blast, Jack was a little unsure of the place but still had fun exploring.











Caz and Jack are buds and always have to give each other loves every time they get to see each other. It's so cute!



Uncle Jason and our little buddy.



Not sure he wants to go down the slide.







Of course the dad's had to go down together after they sent the kids down the slide...the holding hands part that was Chad's idea, he loves to tease Jason and make him feel uncomfortable. :) Jason is a really good sport though!



Ella's lovely little snarl face, she didn't want to leave and of course this was the result. Ha ha



Here's some random pics i found that I thought were cute. Jack and El and Chad always wrestle together when Chad comes home from work and in this picture they were getting a head start on the fun before Chad got home. I got them to stop long enough to smile for the camera.



I'm always worried that Jack will get hurt being that he's still a little guy but he is sure a tough one, which explains why we named him after Jack Bauer! Ha ha J/k but seriously Chad always jokes that Jack is a future MMA fighter cause he can be held down by Ella with her on top of him and he can reverse it and flip her onto her back! He's a bruiser. :)



More cute random pics that I found on my camera. Just a fun day where we played in the snow.











As you can tell I haven't changed much...I am still horrible at keeping up with posting...
More cute pics of the kids in the bath at the house we were renting.







Hilarious face Ella randomly pulled, whenever she sees this pic she tries to do it again but she can't seemed to make it again! It is definitely one of a kind!





Ella's favorite thing to do...fill up anything that can hold water and then set it up on the side of the bath tub and then refuse to do anything with it or let anyone touch it-namely Jack! It's so silly but she loves to do it and Jack loves to try to knock them over- Makes for an interesting bath time!





I just barely got her to start pouring water on her own head...when she finally decided to try it she was hooked, she couldn't stop!





Daddy snuggling our little bug-a-boo.

That should hold ya'll over for awhile :)

It's my party...

On Tues I had my 26th birthday...yea I'm getting old :) I had a really fun night though! First we went out to eat at Craigo's Pizza Place as a fam and ate till we were about ready to pop! It was great!



My little buddy in his "big boy" car seat on the ride over! It was his first time in the forward facing car seat instead of an infant seat and he thought he was so cool!



My little princess, gotta love that girl!



Jack LOVED pigging out on the pizza that night!





I just loved all of Ella's different expressions in these pictures!



Yep he's still going :)...

Then my sister came over and watched my kids for us and Chad and I went miniature golfing!



The most awesome part of it was we both got a hole in one back-to-back and it was a Par 4 too! It was crazy!

And then after our Pro-mini-golfing we went to a movie. It was a great day! My kids were sweet, Ella especially was such a cutie all day. Every so often she would just bust out into song and sing"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Momma, Happy birthday to you" It was so adorable. Jack was his usual messy snuggly self which is always fun. And my hubby was a sweet heart as usual! What else could one ask for? I dare say not much else! :) Love my family!

Jack's 1st Birthday

Our little buddy had his first b-day on Jan 15th, 2010!
It was quite the riot and we even got to have Chad's parents and his sister's family join us for Jack's little party, which made it even better! We had a lot of fun playing, dancing and watching the kids get quite covered in frosting!



Jack and Papa Henkel.



The Chadder-Dadder.



The Cazmanian Devil as her Father so lovingly calls her! Doing her "Oh" face. It's so cute.



Our lovely Aunt Didi (Chad's sister)



The excited little birthday boy!





Ella was buddying up with Uncle Jason that night.



Our most beautiful Grandma Gigi!



Jack and Caz always get really excited to see each other and give each other loves. It's so adorable!



Uh-oh kissing cousins! HA ha J/k



Loving his life on Papa's shoulders.



I got a free "smash" cake from Albertsons for Jack to just have at it. And then I made a cupcake caterpillar cake for everyone else to eat.





Ella loved this cake, I don't think Jack could have cared less but El was super excited about it, which made it fun and worth making it!



Taking the first taste!



Waiting patiently for his cake...



Barely touching it...



Finally I had to push his hand into his mouth so that he would finally take a taste and once he did...



He was hooked!





Such a happy little Smurf boy!






But then he started to get sick of having so much frosting all over his hands and he was ready to be out of his highchair! He started making hilarious annoyed faces so of course I had to exploit it and take lots of pictures. :) I'm such a mean mom!







Look at those Sponge-bob front teeth! They are so funny! Good thing they'll start to come together once his other teeth come in. :)



He was waving his hands back and forth trying to get the frosting off...which made for quite the mess on the ground!





It was finally time for a bath!



And this was how Daddy sent him out! Ha ha, who doesn't love baby buns though! So cute!


Grandma Gigi brought each of the kids some balloons and they were a hit! Frankly the kids could have cared less about the toys he was given the balloons were the prized possessions! That's kids for ya!





They were even a hit for the big kids...Chad thought it would be a good idea to box the kids in the head as they came up to try to take the balloons back from him...they did not seem to feel the same way. As you can see he got a kick out of it though!



The moment before the impact!

All in all we had a blast and my sweet little baby is no longer a baby anymore he is definitely moving fast into toddlerhood! So bittersweet! Love that little boy so much and I am so thankful that he is a part of our family! He brings us so much joy and laughter, I can't imagine life without him! Love you my little Jack-Jack!