Busy Busy Busy...

Somedays I can't even remember what day it is. My days all seem to blend together some weeks. The same old routine, different day. But over the last few weeks we have been quite the busy family. So I thought I would give everyone a little update.

Tons of things have been going on around the house too. (Half-birthdays, Jax's new climbing skills, rollie pollie Chloe etc. but I will do a seperate post of those fun things once I find my camera...)

Anyways...here's a list of some fun things we've been up to lately:

Date Nights! Up until a couple weeks ago we have never left Chloe with anyone other than her Grandparents. And only for a couple hours at a time and not very often. And Jaxon has only been watched by 2 of my bestest friends and his Grandparents. So we're fairly new to the whole 'getting a babysitter' thing. Well... my sweet step sister Chelsea and her hubby Justin came and watched the kiddos at the begining of the month. Scotty and I met up with a bunch of our friends in Salt Lake, had dinner and danced and hung out until the wee hours in the morning. okay...not the wee hours, but it was past midnight! We're wild and crazy like that! (the first time either of the kids were put to bed by someone other than Scotty or myself.) We were/are so grateful for the opportunity to get out together! Normally one of us always stays home with the kids. So thank you again! It all went perfectly.

Movie Nights! Okay so this goes along with the last post but because our night out went so well we decided to try it again. We've gone to 3 movies together (just the 2 of us) in the last 3 weeks! This is huge. We've had Scotty's cousins Melissa and Kenzie watch the kids for a couple hours each time. This is a huge step for me. Just like babies have milestones, so do parents! And although its been with family each time, its still a step. I'm so not ready to hire a kid in the ward yet. But we're on our way. I'm so thankful for wonderful family members that are up for babysitting. Its been great to get out and just be able to enjoy my time with Scotty, without worrying about bottles, tantrums and diapers.

Discovery Park in AF. This park rocks. It has so much fun stuff. Jaxon is loving it. {almost as much as Scotty} We love the Volcano, the beehives, the tunnels, the music makers, the spinners and on and on. The weather has been bipolar lately but on the days that it decides it wants to by sunny and warm we've loved taking the kids to the park.

Girls Night Out. Meagan, Jeanette, Brittney, Kim and I all went out and had a lovely time. There was plenty of shopping at Forever 21, delicious food from Pei Wei and the hilarious movie Bridesmaids. It was fantastic and can't wait to do it again. (Countdown to Girls Night for Meagan's birthday starts NOW!)

Family Pictures. Jaxon's 18 month pics and Chloe's 6 month pics. My awesome cousin Kristen took pictures of the 4 of us last week. She is simply amazing. The weather was crazy stormy so we had to move the shoot indoors. We decided to take them at the Salt Lake City Library. This library is amazing. I could spend so much time there. The sneak peaks I've seen of the pictures have looked awesome and we should be getting the rest of them any day now. {Can't wait} Thank you Kristen! Jaxon absolutely loved the library. We were there for a while after the shoot ended. He loved walking up and down aisle after aisle of books. I love how interested he is in books. I hope his love for books never ends. He loves to read them to Chloe and it is just about the cutest thing ever. {Even if he reads them upside-down}

BBQ's. Again this only happens on the sunny days, but it's been nice to fire up the grill and eat in the backyard. Jaxon loves being able to run on the grass and Chloe just loves being outside. She just laughes and giggles the entire time.

Book Club. This is always a good time. I look forward to it every month. For May we read The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance by Elna Baker. We all LOVED it. It was super funny. {Great pick Whit} I seriously felt like she was reading out of my journal throughout the last 10 years of my life. And for June we are reading Bossypants by Tina Fey. Loving it so far. And more than anything I love my ladies. I'm certain that we have the BEST book club in the entire world! Yeah BCB's!

Scotty's commute will soon be ending! We are all so excited for him to open the new store. Instead of driving an hour each way to work, it will be 10 minutes! We are looking forward to fewer early mornings and late nights. And more 'family' time. Plus the kids and I can go visit Daddy for lunch. He has about 2 weeks left and then finally {after more than a year of waiting} his dreaded drive will come to an end. We've been taking numerous drives by the new location. It's exciting to see all the progress being made each time.

Dinner and game night with the neighbors. A couple of weeks ago we got together with a few other couples and had a delicious dinner followed by one of my favorite games: Outburst! Scotty didn't know anyone before hand and I only knew a couple of the girls, but it went really well. We're trying to be better at putting ourselves 'out there'. Well at least I am, and luckily I have a sweet husband who is willing to do anything if it will make me happy :) {He ended up really enjoying himself though. I mean come on. We both LOVE games. So games + food = a very happy couple.

Mothers day. This was my second 'official' Mothers Day. It was such a special day. Scotty had to work in the morning so I had to wrangle the kiddos by myself at church. {not easy} Scotty got home and we had dinner with my in-laws and Aunt, Uncle and cousins. {always a good time!} After dinner we went for a walk and had a movie date. Scotty totally spoiled me, lots of new clothes and a cute pair of shoes, and a gift certificate for a trip to the spa. I was totally surprised and so grateful! And Jaxon totally made me the cutest card in nursery. It melted my heart. I love being a mother. It has made me appreciate my own mother so much more. I love you more than you know Mom!

Family-Play Date. Our good friends Cory and Kaitlyn {Cory married Scotty and I} invited us over for a BBQ about a week ago. It was so much fun. They live about an hour and a half from us, so we don't get to see them nearly as often as we'd like. They just had a little baby boy and we loved being able to meet sweet baby Winton. Plus their other kids are simply adorable and play so well with Jaxon and Chloe. Braxton {Cory's oldest & our ring bearer} is a total stud. He is an awesome dancer {he got it from his Daddy}. He gave Jaxon a little lesson and it was the best thing ever watching Jaxon trying to immitate Braxton. We had such a good night. We wish so badly that we lived closer to each other.

Lunch date with my HandStands girls. Although I love being able to stay home with the kids, I miss going to work and seeing these wonderful ladies on a daily basis. I miss them so much! I was able to meet them for lunch last week and got all nostaglic all over again.

Trips to Salt Lake. For pictures. Appointents with Pat at Goodtimes. Appointments at Elase. To visit Nicole after her surgery. To pick up Cammy from the airport. (trip to Logan to visit Hadley too!) Five Guys mini retreat. To {try} and go to the zoo. {It was raining too hard when we got there} For Cheryl's birthday celebration and ReAL game (in April, but due to my lack of blogging haven't put it up here.) Grizzlies games! And to go to the 'good' Forever 21.

Swimming with the kids at the 5 Guys retreat.

Happy Birthday Cheryl! All bundled up watching the game.

Go ReAL!

Jaxon's first soccer game. (Chloe's too.)

First Hockey game for the kids and Momma.

Go Grizzlies!

Saturday Night's at Jessica's. I have loved this lately. Being able to hang with my friends like I did in my pre-baby days. For a few hours I get to feel normal again. {It still seems surreal to me sometimes that I am married with 2 little babies}

Whitney, Me, Jen, Jessica and Heather. All obviously having a grand ol time!

Yeah...this is turning into quite the long post. And I didn't even mention all the stuff going on with the kids. Another day...