Angel or Demon??

Here is Caleb. He is so happy and fun. He loves to play with his toys. Hot Wheels are his favorite. He also likes Potato Heads and light sabers. He likes to run and play outside. He favorite TV shows are Little Einsteins, Curious George, and Backyardigans. He thinks Kaelynn and Tyler and so funny and laughs whenever they laugh. We just love Caleb.
This is also Caleb. He drives everyone crazy when he gets up at in the middle of night and decides it's party time. He also decided taking naps isn't that fun anymore. But you know what is fun. Finding a permanent marker and drawing on the couch. Climbing on the table in the middle of dinner is also great for a laugh. Caleb really likes to eat animal crackers and pretzels, but when he's done he throws them on the floors and steps on them because I guess I don't have enough things to clean. But my personal favorite thing he does is take off everything he has on in less the 2 seconds. Yup, clear down to his birthday suit.

So, is he an Angel or Demon? I would say a little bit of both :)

The Farm

Yesterday seemed this first nice day we've had in a long time. This Spring has been really cold and wet. I decided to take the kids to Thanksgiving Point Farm to see the baby animals. It was fun for the kids to run around and see the animals. After the farm we went to dinner at Costco (the kids love it there!). It was a great family night activity for them.

On a side note Ben and I have been sick for the past few days with a cold. It's unusual for both of us to get sick at the same time. Usually if one of us gets sick the other one can take care of things. But since we are both under the weather we just take turns taking naps. (Don't even ask what the house looks like!)

Tyler riding a horse

Caleb on a little horse. He named it Hot Chocolate.
Kaelynn was trying to be daring and would randomly kick her feet out or let go of the saddle.
Every time we come her the kids like to put themselves in jail, maybe I should build a jail house for them.
Kaelynn thought it was so cool to see an egg.
Tyler helped feed this baby cow.
Kaelynn's favorite was the baby horse. She loves horses.

Spring Break

We spent Spring Break in So. Utah and had a great time. Here are a few things we did:

*Played with cousins

*went swimming

*colored eggs

*jumped on the Trampoline

*Went to a bounce house

*played at the park

*had a picnic

*ate lots of junk food

*watched movies and played Wii

* destroyed Grandma's house then put it back together again.

*Had an egg hunt

We love you Southern Utah! Can't wait to see you again.

Boy Oh Boy

Yep, we are having another BOY! I had my ultrasound today and they said the baby looks great.

Having Fun

Yesterday we took the kids to a little dirt field by our house. They loved riding their bikes around in the dirt.

Caleb loves to just be outside!
Ben on a little motorcycle.
Caleb and me on the 4-wheeler.

New Bed

Caleb has a new bed! He has done really well so far. He hasn't tried to get out when he isn't supposed to and he sleeps just great. Now if we could just potty train him before the baby comes...

Sewing/Storage Room

Ben made some shelves and we finally got the storage room cleaned and organized. Yay we can see the floor!

Subway Art

My mom taught how to do these fun Subway Art plagues. Here is the one I made for March. They are really fun and easy to do.

I am Here

Yesterday I talked to my dad on the phone and he said "You sound pretty good". That might seem like a random thing to say, but it was really monumental. For those of you who don't know we are expecting our 4th baby! The due date is Aug 20th. But of course I have had bad morning sickness. On top of all that I spent all of February in bed with the cold/flu. It has been a hard couple of months. Ben tried to take work off a few times, but they were short handed so we just did the best we could. Finally I couldn't deal with it so I did what every grown women with 3 kids would do and called my mom! She and dad came and it was great to have them come to the rescue and help around the house. Caleb has also not been feeling that great. We finally took him to the Dr. and found out his eardrum ruptured and he had ear and sinus infections. Now that he is on antibiotics he is doing great.

So.... I am here and doing better. I hope this month we will have some good luck with health and happiness. Happy March everyone!

St. George

If you are having the winter blues may I suggest a trip down to Utah's Dixie. We went down to Cedar City this weekend and spent Friday in St. George. It was 60 Degrees! (Cedar City was of course in the 40's) The kids played at the park and walked around the Temple. I was able to go to the Temple with parents to do some family names. It was great. Here is Kaelynn in front of the Temple. After my parents and I got out of the Temple Kaelynn ran up to me and said "I felt the Holy Spirit" Ben took them to the Visitor Center where they saw a stature of Jesus and heard Scriptures.If you ask Ben this is the real reason for going to St. George. A new dirt bike. Does it really look that different from his old one? I couldn't tell you. But he's all but sleep with it since we've got home.
It was a short, but great trip. We miss grandma and grandpa and so any chance to see them we will take it. They also took us swimming in the new Aquatic Center in Cedar City. It is very similar to the Lehi Legacy Center. The kids LOVED it.

Christmas Morning (a little late)

I am a little late at posting Christmas morning. We had a great Christmas this year. In fact it was so great I still have decorations up! (I'm really just too tired/lazy to take them down. Maybe by Valentines they will get put away).

Kaelynn got matching PJ's for her and her doll.
Caleb's tunnel that goes to his tent. He loves it.
Caleb's slide and tent.
Caleb went straight for the slide.
Tyler got a new bike and some hot wheels stuff. He also got a new game for the Leapster. But I think his favorite thing has been Super Mario Bros. for the Wii. Thanks Grams and Gramps!
Kaelynn and her new barbie house. She has wanted a Barbie house for a few years. Yeah, Santa finally came through! She also got a new (to her) bike. Her favorite part has been making her own Barbie furniture. She makes the furniture out of food boxes and scrapbook paper. Grandma came up and helped her make most of her furniture.

Merry Christmas

I haven't been able to post for awhile because our computer crashed. We had such a wonderful Christmas season. We went to wonderful family parties, church parties, Kaelynn's program, went to Temple Square and watched fun movies. I will try to post some pictures of Christmas day soon. Happy New Year!!

Santa Claus came to the Excell Family Christmas Party.

Kaelynn playing "Jolly Old St. Nichols"
Me helping at Kaelynn's class party. They made Gingerbread houses.
Temple Square.

Kaelynn's school program.