Just some more pictures around the house.

Peek-a-boo! The kids love when I put up their fort!

A little blurry, it's hard to get one with them sitting still!

The kids broke the drawer (don't worry Ty, my dad is fixing it). They love the little lookout now though. And like to hide in there all the time.

Josh's favorite toy. He loves his trains, he'll play with this forever.

When is Daddy Coming Home?

It sure is hard having Tyler away. We've been able to Skype a couple times, but for the most part our communications are limited to emails. It's fun getting emails and I check my phone throughout the day for new messages, but I sure miss hearing his voice. I know the kids miss their daddy as well. They love seeing pictures and get excited when they can see him on Skype. I'm sure they are wondering where he is. Anyway, the kids are all doing well. They were all sick for quite awhile, but I think they are all finally feeling better. A part of me wants to keep them quarantined and healthy, but I also want them to spend time with family and to do all the fun things around here in Salt Lake. We have some fun stuff planned, but for now here are some pictures from around the house.

Josh LOVES drums and when I saw this at the store today I had to get it for him. He of course loves it.

I set up a little "fort" for the kids the other day. I have this little parachute that I draped over the front. The kids went nuts for it and loved hiding out in their fort.

My little Cinderella. She loves the Swiffer and won't even let the boys touch it.

Josh saw Ashley playing on the drums so he went and got his xylophone to rock out with her.

My parents brought over this storage thing, the kids took out the drawers and insisted on getting "in" it.

Holy moly, this kid loves his bath time. He gets so excited and loves to do tricks and splash and is just a little fish.

Josh loves getting his picture taken. His face is a mess because he insisted on putting his PB&J on his face.

What a doll! She is the cutest thing ever!!

Around the house

This past week the kids and I have been sick with the stomach flu. It has been awful! I don't know what I would have done without all the help from my parents. They have been awesome. The kids are all starting to feel better and it was warm enough today to let them play outside for a little while. Here are just a few pictures of them around the house.

Happy Easter

I don't know how people get pictures of their kids all lined up and smiling. I swear, my kids see the camera and go running. It's impossible to get a picture of the three together. Owell, maybe one day they will actually behave. Anyway, we had a really nice Easter. The kids were super excited when they saw their baskets and stuffed animals. They carried them around all day and love to lay and cuddle them. We even made it to church and made it through most of the meeting. After a nice lunch and nap we went to my parents house for dinner. The kids had a lot of fun, especially when their cousins Brook and Trevor came to play. I forgot my camera, I had put it in my bag earlier and then took it out to download pictures and forgot to put it back in. It was nice spending time with family, but it made us miss Tyler even more. It's so hard having him away on holidays. Austin saw a picture of him on the piano and kept pointing and saying "dada" it was really sweet.

Ashley's basket. She loves yellow and was very excited about all the yellow stuff. She carries the basket around everywhere, and usually likes to put her dolly in it.

Josh's basket. He cuddled his froggy all day!

Austin's basket. He loves bunnies.

Ashley wouldn't stay still for a picture, but she has the cutest Easter dress. She even had her nails painted to match.

Catch Up

I have been so bad at taking pictures since we've returned to Utah. Now that I finally have a laptop and things have settled down I will hopefully be taking more. I know Ty loves to see pictures of the kids and since he is in Korea I will have to do better for him. Anyway, below are just a few pictures from this past month. I can't believe we've already been in Utah a month! Time flys when you're having fun. It has been so nice to be home, the kids and I have loved all the time we have been able to spend with my parents and our families. The kids have been sick the past couple weeks, so we've had to spend a lot of time at home. It is a little frustrating, we moved home from Japan so we could spend time with family and then the kids get sick and we still miss family stuff. Hopefully they will all be better soon and we can see everyone more often.

Oh dear. Seeing this picture makes my blood pressure rise. Here we are at the Okinawa airport. That was probably the longest day of my life.

Our first morning in our new apartment. Family and friends were so nice to lend us furniture. All our household goods are still in Japan and storage in San Diego, so we had nothing for our time in Utah.

Finally got to meet my beautiful niece Amber. She is a doll!

Jet Lag. This was at 1 AM It took the kids a week to get used to the time change.

We finally have a tub big enough for all three!

Spending time with cousins.

All the grandkids (except Amber who was napping).

Aunt Brittney made these super cute cars for a birthday party. The kids LOVED them. They literally played with them until they were falling apart.