Babbitts in town

This last weekend my brother Taft and his family came into town. We haven't seen them since Christmas so it was so great to see them. All the cousins had such a great time hanging out with each other. It was fun for me to see, because Talmadge is finally old enough to just go off and play with everyone, which warms my heart to see.

Grandma and all of her boys. Brayden, Carter and Talmadge. (minus Mason)

Kennedi and Paris. Baby pictures of Kennedi look just like Paris.

Ellie and Talmadge

Blowing bubbles with the cousins

Austin and Brayden. Great buddies!!!

Nothing better then your brother hanging out with your kids!

We closed the weekend with late nights of, candy, ice cream, light sticks and lots of playing!!!!! Talmadge had his first chance to play with light sticks and he thought he was so cool though it was his power sword!!! 11:00 at night and all the kids seemed like it was 6.

Happy 4th of July

Forth of July was great this year. Nothing better then food, family and fabulous company to make the holiday perfect. Here are some highlights........

(Could Paris look anymore goofy) She smiles with all her heart!!!

Paris loves her Aunt Corinna!!!!

Spent most of the day playing in the water table. Because man was it hot outside.

Lots of swimming, thanks to the pool in Crystal neighborhood.

Nothing better then Grandma!!!!

Oh, how we love sparklers, even though poor Talmadge and Makenzie ended up getting burnt by the them before the end of the night.

Speaking of sparkelers. Who could be more proud of their husband dancing down the street with sparkelers. (He will shoot me for posting this picture :)

Talmadge was so tired by the end of the night, but hung in till the end of all the fireworks.

Splish, Splash and Bubbles

Summer is here and ohhh how we have to rejoice!!!!! We are able to go swimming any time and my sister neighborhood, which is just so much fun!!! This was the girls first time swimming, they were a little weary at first but then they just love it!!!

It is quite the crew getting us all to swimming.

I picked out these swimsuits even before I knew I was having both girls. So I have been waiting so long to get them in these. Don't they look so cute!!

Vienna was even falling asleep in her tube by the end.

I must post this from just tonight. How cute are my kids. Need I say more! They sat and just played with each other in the tub. The girls were all clean and was still climbing all over me to see what Talmadge was doing. So here they are playing!!

Memorial Weekend and more

It was great on Memorial Weekend all of us except poor Chad who had to work headed out to my Dad's to get it all cleaned up, new flowers and a little family time. It was the first time we got to take the girls out there, which is always very special for us. We all just love going out there. The only crapy thing was that it a little cold that morning, but we still made the best of it. And then went out to breakfast after wards.

We finally took our kids to the Temple. I know how sad is that since we live 5 min. from it. However, Talmadge thought it was such a great place and of course the girls loved walking around too.

Finally Easter Pictures

Finally after how many weeks I have finally been able to take pictures of my cute little kids in their Easter clothes. You should all be proud that with Mom and Crystal help I actually made Talmadges tie to match with the girls. I thought this would be a great time to update you all on my kids.

Talmadge is doing great. He is such a talky little buggy, he loves to sing and is obsessed with He-Man (yes men for all those little 8 year old boys still living inside you, it is the old school He-man) Matt found the old serious at Target. He is such a funny little man, loves to make people laugh and make them feel loved, especially his sisters. He is such a good loving little boy. He just got his Tonsils taken out on Wednesday and is still recovering from that, but he is being a very brave little boy and enjoying all the movies and ice cream he can handle.

Paris is my little 10 month old stuck in a 8 month old body. She is breaking her 4th and 5th tooth at the moment. 3 on the bottom and now 2 more on top. She has the biggest smile you have ever seen, it just warms your heart. She is just dying to get up and walk around. She is days away from figuring out crawling and when that happens hold on world, she will be off. I am sure walking will follow in days after.

Vienna is my little mischievous girl. Her little smile tells you, she knows something you don't. She now has her first 2 teeth on the bottom. She can roll around on the floor and get places faster then I have ever seen a baby do, and she just loves to laugh at everything. Both girls have eyelashes that someday is going to make the boys go crazy (so fun know, not so fun when they are 16)

Proud Momma??? MMMM??? Can you tell, just how much I love my kids and how proud I am of them???

Trip to Portland

Matt and I decided to take our little family for a little road trip. We went up to Portland for a week. We had a new little addition to the Stevens family, baby Jude. Brittany and Adams baby and it was his blessing. So, we decided to take the whole week and just play with the family. There are a lot of pictures but we did a lot there, so hopefully you enjoy the pictures!

Vienna and Paris with their awesome little cousin Ty. (By the way Paris is such a smiley little girl but she is always so serious in all the pictures. She thinks about everything going on)

Paris and Aunt Mindy

The FABULOUS Stevens boys: Trey, Payton, Hudson and Talmadge (just missing baby Ty and Jude)

Grandpa loves his little girls!!!

We took Talmadge and the girls to the Children's Museum, which they were having a Curious George theme for the month, which if anyone knows my son is about the coolest thing ever!!! It was such a great museum we just loved it.

Nanna was great enough to come with us!!

The grocery store and diner section Talmadge could not get enough of!!

The Vet section. Talmadge loved this museum, there are to many pictures to post but we had so much fun!

The next day we went with Nanna, Brittany and baby Jude to the Zoo.

Yummy elephant ears!!!

Little Baby Jude!!!

The next day just our family headed out to a day on at Omsi, the Science Museum!

Talmadge discovering about squirels

The cool earthquake house, it shakes like a real earthquake.

Discovering how space shuttles fly!

Running around by the dock, downtown Portland after the Osmi.

It was a great week of just tons of playing. We wore out the kids and came home so happy due to tons of bonding time with our kids.