Sand Dunes... Maybe

Instead of fighting with the crowd on Easter weekend, we decided to go to the sand dunes the week before. This was not the best idea. There were hardly any people there, which was nice, but the weather was terrible! Monday and Tuesday had such awful winds that you couldn't even leave the trailor! Then it began to rain and snow. We were only able to take the kids outside for short periods just a few times. They were so bored of being stuck inside the entire time. Unfortunately, things didn't end well and we ended up leaving early. Nate was able to get a few good rides in so he was at least happy. Oh well, we'll just have to try again!



D ready to hit the road!

On the way there. He could barely hide his excitement.

Nate's new toy!

D's big scare

So a couple of weeks ago while I was cleaning up around the house Dominic was running around playing with one of his little disney balls. I hadn't seen him for a few minutes when I started to hear a muffled whinig. I went to his room to look for him and I didn't see him, so I proceeded to our bedroom where the noise got a little louder. The ball had rolled under our bed and my little guy crawled after it only to sit up and realize that he didn't know how to get back out. I just couldn't resist snapping a few pics before I rescued him!

A whole year old!

Let me just start out by saying Holy crap! I can't believe my little dooder is a whole year old! He is practically a grown up!! He is just the sweetest, most adoreable guy I know. We are so blessed to have him in our lives. I don't know what we would do without him. For his birthday we just had a small party with family and friends. We had chairs lined up throught the front room and into the kitchen and dining room. We barely had enough room to seat everyone that came! We had such a fun time opening gifts and having cake. Dominic had a late nap so he was a little grumpy but as soon as that cake came out he perked right up! He got so many fun gifts including trucks, a basketball hoop, baseball T, a jackhammer, and many others.

What a mess!!!!

Loving every minute of it

My awesome family

His super cute cake

The awesome jackhammer gift (a big hit with the adults)

So many gifts!!

Trying to keep him interested

Disney on Ice

Me an Dominic

Okay so I haven't kept up on my blogging... at all! Let's start with this. On March 13th Nate's mom had invited us to go to the Disney on Ice show. At first I was a little skeptical since it appeared to be full of princesses and everyone knows how boyish my son is, but I decided to go anyway. We went with my sister-in-law, Keisha, and her two little girls. My neice, Rylie, looked so dang cute in her little princess dress! She even had her own purse and gloves to match her outfit.

Dominic did so awesome during the show. It didn't hurt that we were sitting in the 3rd row! We could see everything! He sat through all of the cars section, the little mermaid (the fish were especially interesting), and he even laughed and clapped during the lion king. However, by the time that TinkerBell came out he was done. He was fussy and didn't want to sit any longer, but what more could I expect from him? He is a little man afterall. Unfortunately my camera ran out of memory during the show. It turned out to be a pretty fun trip and it definitely wore the kids out so it was totally worth it!

Our First Blog!

So we finally have a blog. It only took forever! We have been so busy lately time flew by and I can't believe it is already almost halloween! Dominic is going to spider and I am super excited about it. He is very chubby so he fills out his costume well. I still need to get his pictures taken. I thought for sure he would be crawling by then but I just don't know that he is going to. He really has no interest in it. He just wants to get up and walk, so we will see. Maybe he will surprise me. Nate thinks that we should dress up, but I just don't see that happening. I know, I'm a party pooper. I don't know what we would be. It is going to take all of my energy that night to keep Dom in his costume anyway!