Birthday Cake

Nolans big gift from us was this car garage storage unit that came complete with a twisting ramp on the side. He LOVED it.



This video is so cute! I loved how he had to give each scrap of paper to Grandad Hartzell




The blowing out of candles was the best. The song was a bit long but we made it through. I thought it would be funny to buy trick candles and it was! His little face when He is trying to blow was priceless.

Nolans 3rd Birthday

On the way to his birthday adventure we gave Nolan this amazing See's vanilla sucker. I just though it was so cute how he was holding it and kept staring at it.


We had quite a hoot for Nolans birthday. I found this awesome indoor kid fun land in mesa. They had all sorts of rides, a little train and also a giant jungle gym. He was a bit shy at first but after going on some rides with me he started to warm up. The best part for him I think was just being able to run free. He ran all over with no one telling him where to go or not to touch stuff. It was great. Here are the pictures we shot......



Jungle Gym fun
Merry go round!
Shooting some hoops with Grandma, he really enjoyed that. We cheated a bit, grabbing the balls from behind the barrier so we wouldn't have to spend any quarters



Mom Hartzell taking a little snooze : )


They also had bumper cars that were so awesome. Unfortunately Nolan wasn't quite old enough but the grown ups had loads of laughs on them. See for yourself

Hartzell Visit

We had a lovely visit from Joe's parents this last week. It was really quite nice being able to spend some time with them. They had some wonderful stories of their time in Tokyo and Mom cooked us wonderful Asian meal called YakiSoba! It was awesome! I will be making it again in the near future! They gave us a big box of goodies from their mission. My favorite piece was an authentic Kimono! It was very sweet of them to think of us whilst on their mission so thanks so much mom and dad. You are welcome anytime!

Seeing Lines

Am I crazy or do those look like positives?? I'm pretty sure I'm knocked up! Its still super early so were just keeping our fingers crossed and trying not to get too excited.... but I'm really excited and so is my sweet husband.... in fact he may be more excited than I. Here's to a happy healthy pregnancy! My due date is very special because it is the exact due date that my mom had when she was pregnant with me!! June 18th

Warning: you may be seeing my belly a lot in a few months so sorry in advance! I can't help it!!!

Like his daddy

The other day I turned around and found Nolan snuggled up on the couch with my favorite blanky. (this blanky has been with me during a birth and twice to the hospital) It was so cute how he had wrapped himself in it that I had to snap a shot



The next day I walked in to the den and this is what I found




I said hold still and snapped a shot. He asked me what I was doing so I showed him his pic then the one above of Nolan. We thought it was pretty cute how they had picked the same blanky and the same positing to watch cartoonys