Happy Birthday Brock!!

Brock turned 5 on May 4th. I can't believe how fast the time has flown. He has gotten so big. Tank and I were in Puerto Rico for his actual birthday so he got to have a few different parties. First we had a party with just our family. Then he got to have a little friend party. We played at the house for a while and then headed to McDonald's to have lunch and play at the playground. Then we came back to the house for some cake. Then on his actual birthday, my Mom (who was wonderful as always stayed with the boys for a week while we were in Puerto Rico) took Brock shopping on his birthday and bought him a Hot Wheels cake. So all in all even though Tank and I were gone he had a pretty good birthday celebrations!!

As Always here are 5 things I love about Brock!

1. You are the sweetest kid I have ever met. You have never met a person you didn't like or couldn't talk to.

2. You are so inquisitive! You always have a question about everything and really want to understand how things work!

3. You are a daredevil! Whenever we are at an amusement park, you always want to go on every ride.

4. You are always so happy! The little things make you so happy from pancakes to getting a donut at Walmart.

5. You are such a good boy (even if you are a little mischievous) you are getting so big and starting to do things on your own! We love you so much and are so Happy you are part of our family! Brock with his Cake top and cake balls. It was originally a giant cupcake cake, but Cooper and Brock got a hold of the bottom part while it was cooling. So I ended up mixing the cake up with frosting and making balls and dipping them in chocolate. The kids liked those just as much as the cake.
Brock and his friends at his Birthday Party.

Brock with his loot from our little family party!

Getting ready to open his presents!

Rockies Game

Tank and Cole were lucky enough to be able to go a Rockies Game a couple of weeks ago! As you can tell by the pictures it is not quite Spring here yet. They had a great time and thanks to Tank's friend Chris who is really good friends with one of the Rockies Pitchers (Matt Lindstrom) they got to go to the game for Free! The Rockies won 5 to 1. I am sure this was just the first of many Rockies games we will see while we live here. Go Rockies!!!

Spring Break Aventure - Detour

Here are the pictures Tank took of the view from our Condo we had to get when they closed the I-70 down on our way home! The Colorado River down Below.
There was a nice trail to walk, run or ride a bike on that ran right along the river.

It was really pretty but I think it would have been even more beautiful in the Spring!

Nothing like a little detour when you have been gone for almost 3 weeks right!

Spring Break Adventure

We had a super fun Spring Break this year. The new school the boys are at is on a modified traditional schedule. Which means it is pretty much a traditional schedule but they get two weeks off in the fall for fall break and two weeks off in the spring for spring break and then they go back to school in August 2 weeks earlier! It worked out really nice for us because we decided to make one big trip out of their break. So here is a recap of our trip.... (beware it is long!!)

TRIP TOTALS:

Miles Traveled- 2200

Days gone - 20 days

Cities visited- 8 Kaysville, Syracuse, Salt Lake, St. George, Las Vegas, Henderson, Grand Junction, Edwards, CO

States Traveled through - 4 Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada

Our first week:

We traveled to Grand Junction from Castle Rock on Wed night. Tank had work at the store there on Thursday morning. When he was done we traveled to Kaysville, UT where the Hendersons were nice enough to put us up for the night. Brock had an appointment on Friday with Dr. Dries at Primary Childrens Hospital to have an Exam Under Anesthesia. Lisa watched the other 3 boys for us while Tank and I took him. Everything went well with the (EUA) the doc said he wanted to research a little more into Brocks condition and get back to us on whether he wanted to do more surgery. (Which he has and he does with the possibility of putting in a permanent lens in each eye more to come on that when it unfolds!)

That night we headed over to the Christensens where we stayed for the rest of the time in Syracuse. Saturday we had a great day hanging out with some of our Syracuse friends we miss so much. The girls went to lunch and then Lisa was nice enough to open up her house for all of the families to get together for dinner and visiting. Tank flew back to CO for work so it was me and the boys! We hung out Sunday and Monday we got together one last time for some Arctic Circle and some bowling. Tuesday morning I packed the boys and our stuff up in the car and headed to St George but not before Brock and Caleb locked my keys in the car and the Syracuse Police Department came and unlocked it for me. (I will sing their praises for that since I was a little down on them for taking about an hour to come to the scene of my accident a year ago!)

Week two:

We went to St. George on Tuesday and spent the week there hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa Eves and Criddle, Uncle Brandon (who had the boys over 2 times for a sleepover at his place) The Eves family (Ryan, DM, Jayla and Kenedy) We even managed a Day trip to Vegas to watch Erick play a baseball game and have Metro Pizza.

Wed March 30:

Tank flew in Vegas the night before and me and the boys headed down to meet him and spend some more time with our cousins, aunts and uncles and Grandma and Grandpa. We met Tank at his parents and hung out and visited for a while. Then we headed to the Hafens to have dinner and play with more cousins. We stayed in our timeshare Wed and Thurs night. Thurs night we had a BBQ at the timshare and had Grandma and Grandpa Vegas (Stearman), Dre, Vinnie, and James, Bo, Monique, Wesley, Kala, and Zach, Natalie, Rachel, and Erick, and Bear and Stefanie come and eat, swim and celebrate Wesleys bday. It was so much fun! Thanks to Andrea for always keeping me on my toes, these were the only pictures I took (got) the whole trip!

Friday April 1st:

We headed back up tot St. George where we got to have family pictures taken (see previous post) and then a treat of all treats, all of the Adults went out to dinner and we left the kids home with a babysitter. She was great with them and she even paid Caleb and Rachel for helping her out! Saturday Natalie and I entered the grass vball tourney St George was having. It was a beautiful day and it was a lot of fun! It was the end of our trip we packed up the car and headed to Grand Junction where we stayed the night again so Tank could visit the store there again. We got on the road for our last 4 and a half hours home and about an hour into the drive we started to see signs that the 70 was closed due to snow. We got as far as Vail and we had to get off. This was about 1:30 and the weather wasn't looking up so we decided to get a hotel wouldn't ya know that everyone else had the same idea. So we ended up in a 2 bedroom condo in Edwards, CO it was really nice and it was great to have space but we could have done without the extra expense. The roads were clear the next morning and we got on the road.. Caleb and Cole got to miss another day of school but we made it home and life is back to normal now!! It was a great time and I really enjoyed seeing all the people we love so much!!

Eves Family Pictures

While we were on Spring Break this year we took a little trip(which I will post about soon!) Part of our Travels included St. George. We were lucky enough to have the whole Eves Family together which doesn't happen too often now that we have moved. So we decided to update our family pictures. Daylemarie's BFF Liz was nice enough to come and take pictures for us and did a good job especailly with this rowdy bunch (mainly my clan!) Here are the finished products!! Enjoy!

Vinyl Projects

I have been putting my vinyl machine to use around my house over the past couple of months and thought I would share some of the projects.
I am a Child of God Blocks I made for the Girls getting Baptized in my Primary Class


The Basketball Player in Caleb and Cole's Room

Race cars in Brock and Cooper's Room

Basketball in Caleb and Cole's Room

Baseball Player in Caleb and Cole's Room

Blocks I made for my Friends new baby

Quote in Kitchen over Pantry Door

Quote in Hallway

Quote in Living Room

Quote in Loft

Secret Spy Mission

A couple of weeks ago, the boys had 2 days off of school. I wanted to do something fun for them,since we still had some Disney Fever left over from our trip, I thought I would copy The Kim Possible adventure from Epcot Center. I decided to make a Secret Spy Mission for them. They had to follow the clues from this guy.......Here are the clues and pictures from our adventure. This was the clue Dr. Drago left for them to start the adventure.

The Evil Villain, Dr. Drago has stolen all the stuff we got for our lunch party today! You will need to follow the clues he has left all over Castle Rock to figure out where his secret lair is to get back your stuff for lunch! Good luck and hold onto all the clues so you can figure out the puzzle in the end.

Clue #1:They say if you can’t handle the Heat get out of the Kitchen. It is the opposite for these heroes of Castle Rock. Head to their hang out. Castle Rock Fire Station

Clue #2:The evil villain heard there was a vacant place for him to get away for a little while. He thought he would Wrangle his way into the office and hide until he figured out his next move.
Sage Canyon Elementary "The Wranglers"

Clue #3: It is a bit Overdue but it is never too late to learn as much as you can about this evil villain as you look through the pages of knowledge at your next location.
The Library

Clue #4: -In all great stories the Star leads the way, go to the place that guides all people to Castle Rock!
The Castle Rock - You can tell in this picture, but there is a huge star on the top that they light up during Christmas time!

Clue#5: You will need to consult some special witnesses to find your next clue. You will have to GUESS where these witnesses are, they might be Under Armor or have on Lids, hiding in the GAPs, or OshKosh B’gosh they might just be Fanzz.
Castle Rock Outlets

Clue #6: There is a strange guy waiting to give you one of your final clues. He is wearing a toga and loves to eat something Hot and Ready!!
Little Caesar's Pizza -Part of our lunch

Clue #7: Every evil villain loves his treasures. This one is no different he is headed to his secret lair located where all the gems are. Once you get your last clue, put together all the pieces to find out where you can find the evil villain and get back the rest of the fixings for your lunch! Our House located in Sapphire Pointe

Overall it was pretty fun! It was something different to do if nothing else!