Odds

My kids are all odd numbers.

They are currently ages 5, 3, and 1.

Colin celebrated his 1st birthday on the 1st.


He seems so much more grown up now that he is one. (Outfit and Crown provided by Target. Shoes provided by Nana).

We started out the celebration with a party on June 30th at the South Ogden Nature Park.

He likes the water as long as it isn't getting in his face.

He wasn't too interested in opening his presents. He just wanted to play with the wrapping paper.

The ice cream cone cupcake cake I made.

We bought this cookie monster cake for Colin to eat.

Me and my birthday boy.

He dove right into his cake and loved it.

The cake monster all clean.

On his birthday we took him to Toads Fun Zone to get his free $25 gift card. He isn't really old enough to do stuff there, but the other kids had a lot of fun.

Riding the Merry Go Round

We squeezed our family into a tiny photo booth. It was cramped but a lot of fun.

We sang happy birthday to him again and let him eat a cupcake. He devoured it. While we were singing to him he said, "Wow". It was so adorable and I'm so glad I got it on video.

My three cute boys.

Playing on one of his presents.

He was mostly more interested in playing with the wrapping that the presents came than the toys themselves.

My baby is getting so big and I can't believe it!

He doesn't walk yet, but he can crawl really fast and he likes to pull himself to stand on everything.

He loves to clap, wave, make funny faces, shake his head yes and no, click his tongue, stand on his head with his bum in the air, and eat and play with cat food (I have a hard time keeping him away from this. He is so fast.).

He is such a curious little boy and loves to explore and examine and eat everything that he can find.

He loves stuffed animals and blankets and loves to suck his thumb when holding them.

He loves to jabber. His favorite things to say are: "mommommom", "dadada", and "nananananana".

He has such an amazing personality. He is very easy going and will smile at anyone who will pay attention to him.

Colin:
We are so glad that you are a part of our family and we love you so much! We are excited to see what this next year will bring and the many new things that you will learn.

5 already?

Once again I am getting behind on my posts.

June just happens to be the busiest month of the year for our family.

So many birthdays.

It is fun, but a lot of work.

One of those birthdays was Ethan's.

My oldest baby turned 5 on June 27th. I can't believe I am the parent of a kindergartner. He has been counting down his birthday for a few months now.

The cute birthday boy! He had a star wars themed party.

The cake I made him. This is the first time I have put a lot of effort into a cake. I think it turned out pretty good.

With some of his presents. We had a party with some of his cousins.

We took all of the kids to Toad's fun zone to play arcade games. Ethan and Blaine were tall enough to ride on the go-karts as a passenger.

Having a blast.
I think he was having a good day because pretty much every picture I took of him he had a funny expression on his face.

Logan having fun on the Merry-Go Round

Happy Birthday Ethan. We love you!

Embarrassment

Chris celebrated his 29th birthday on Wednesday.

I embarrassed him by calling him "cupcake" on Facebook and hanging this sign for him to see when he came home from work:

He didn't see it and so I made him go outside to look and it and then he said he was embarrassed.

We had Navajo tacos for dinner (my favorite) and then we watched the Stanley Cup Finals (per his request).

I continued to embarrass him by making him wear this at dinner:

I think this might be a new family tradition! :)

To make it fair I made everyone else there wear the glasses too.

I look like the biggest dork.

I will save the others from embarrassment and keep their pictures in my secret file for future blackmail (Joking).

I was so busy that I didn't make him a cake and so I was lame and bought him some cheesecake at the store.

Happy Birthday Chris! We love you. One more year until the big 30!!!!

E.B. was here

We had a wonderful Easter.

It gets more fun every year as the boys get older.

They had 2 Easter egg hunts and were spoiled by their grandparents.

The hardest part about holidays is making sure the kids understand the real reason for celebrating them.

Ethan was so excited for the Easter bunny to come. He was hoping that he could catch a glimpse of him and watch him "poop" out jelly beans (We went the the movie "HOP" a couple of weeks before).

On Easter Sunday I asked Ethan if he knew why we celebrated Easter. He told me no. I asked him if he wanted me to tell him. He told me no. Of course, I told him anyway.

Ethan had his face painted like a baby chick at the primary party.

Logan finding Easter eggs.

Colin and I after the egg hunt.

Ethan and Chris coloring eggs.

Colin in his cute Easter outfit.

I can't believe how big my baby is getting!


Happy May to everyone. I'm so glads its here. It's one of my favorite months for many reasons.

A VERY Late Halloween

I'm finally posting about Halloween. I decided it's better late than never, but I definitely want to do it before Thanksgiving which is only 2 days away. Yikes!

The last 3 years we have had an awesome Halloween party at my parent's house. This year we decided to have a Harry Potter themed Halloween. All of the adult's dressed up as a character from Harry Potter. We did the sorting hat, had a potions class, and ate a mystery dinner. We also took the kiddos trick or treating.

Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall

Hagrid

Professor Trelawney and Doby the Elf

Voldemort, Lucius Malfoy, and Professor Snape

Batman

Professor Sprouts, Bellatrix, and Ginny Weasley

Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter

Knight in Shining Armor

Luna Lovegood

Winky and Doby

My sweet little pea pod

Colin wearing Hagrid's wig. So Cute!

I hope everyone had as good of a Halloween as we did and I hope you have an awesome Turkey Day!

CALLIN' HIM......

COLIN! :)

Our sweet baby boy was born on July 1st.

We are so excited he is here.

He was born at 8:22 a.m. after 19 hours of labor.

He was 7 lbs. 2 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long.

Colin Kent Gamble

What a sweet face!
My four boys
In his 4th of July outfit

Ethan has loved helping us with Colin. He is such a good brother.

Speaking of Ethan... he had a birthday! He turned 4 on June 27th. We had a party for him with family and friends. I can't believe my baby is so old.

The birthday boy
The boys being silly
Ethan opening his presents with his cousin Blaine watching