Seattle so far...

We have been in Seattle visiting Grandma and Grandpa Hawke the past week and a half and have been so busy but have had so much fun! Jaxon has already told me he just wants to stay here. He doesn't want to go back to Dallas. There's lots of pictures, so here we go:

We went hiking up to a place called Twin Falls. Jaxon was a champ and walked almost the whole way. Grandpa was an even bigger champ and carried Crew in the backpack, while sometimes holding Jaxon...they cannot get enough of their grandpa!



Since we have been in Seattle our good friends Meegan and Keaton came to visit. Jaxon was beyond excited to have Keaton to pal around with. I'm pretty sure we packed in as much as we possibly could while they were here. By the end of their trip I think we all felt like we could sleep for three days straight...and I'm sure Meegan and I would have, but why is it that no matter how tired kids are they still get up at 6:30?


A good friend of ours is a fire chief and brought over his truck with lights and intercom and let the boys try on his gear.

Our first day we headed to the Pacfic Science Center and IMAX theater downtown. The boys had tons of fun despite what seemed to be field trip day for all the surrounding schools in the Seattle area. Crew sat out on this trip, he was able to spend some quality time with Grandma at home.
The boys getting ready to go to the Pacific Science Center. I seriously can't tell you how cute these two were the whole trip!
Testing their strength :)
Waiting in line for the space simulater-I was sure that Jaxon was having a panic attack inside and there was nothing I could do. But to my surprise they were all smiles when the ride opened up!


A little water play


Jaxon's favorite exhibit was the dinosaurs. He kept saying he wanted to ride one.


They had a cool butterfly house.
Muscle men at the circus exhibit.
After the Science Center we took the monorail and headed over to another part of town to get some lunch. Jaxon LOVED riding the monorail and still talks about how "so super fast" it is


Day two was the Point Defiance Zoo.

These animals were the favorites for my boys...Dory, Nemo, and the walrus that kept swimming right up to the window where we were standing.


Although Crew really is more concerned about what snacks we have to accompany his trip to the zoo.

The boys watching one of the animal shows.
Meegan and I were able to go downtown one day by ourselves and do some shopping and wander around Pikes Market. I love downtown!

A few more things we were able to do:


Smores in the backyard. My dad was offering free lessons to anyone on how to cook a perfect marshmallow. Keaton humored him.

We headed downtown to see the Fremont troll under the bridge. The boys loved it. We couldn't really get very good pictures because there was also some people putting on a free performance of scenes from Shakespeare under the bridge. I mean why wouldn't you act out Shakespeare under a bridge in front of a Troll???...gotta love Seattle!
We ended Keaton and Meegans trip to Seattle with a trip to Dicks Drive In...mmmmm.

Oregon

We all went to Oregon last week for Travis and Aly's wedding. They made such a beautiful couple and it was fun to have the entire Wilder family together! Congrats Aly and Travis...Here are some of the wedding pictures taken by Paul Cleaver (Nicoles dad) He did a great job! I had to throw in the one of Crew enjoying the food..of course!



Mike and I at the reception

The boys and I were able to stay for awhile after the wedding and spend time with Grandma and Grandpa Wilder. The highlight of the trip was going to McMinnville to the air and space museum.
They had a interactive area that the boys loved with games and airplanes they could sit in.


Jaxon concentrating really hard to impress the ladies with his cordination at one of the games games...I tihnk she was impressed.
They even had a airplane ride that I'm pretty sure the boys would have stayed on all day.



To see all of Travis and Aly's wedding pictures go to
www.paulcleaver.smugmug.com

What we're doing in Dallas...

Checkin out all the play places...


Barnes and Noble for story time...although Crew is a little more into reading by himself. Jaxon sat in the stroller the whole time and listened.



They also had their first celebrity sighting at Barnes and Noble...Clifford the Big Red Dog! Crew couldn't get enough hugs in...



Lots of pool time...which means lots of sand. This is how Crew enjoys it...


We love when dad can join us at the pool!

Texas and Stuff

Well, we finally made it to Texas and have been here a week. It is such a nice area and we are definitely enjoying the warmer weather and pools at our apartments. They have a kiddie pool that has a sandy beach for the kids to play in, so I am sure we will be spending a lot of time there. We have had quite the eventful month this past month. We visited Utah for a few days on our drive to Texas and stopped in Albuquerque for a few days to visit my grandparents. We also visited the ER a couple times too! Jaxon first somehow got the hook of a hanger stuck in his eye while my mom and I were shopping. It was terrifying, but his eye is ok...no pictures of that injury. Three days later in Utah he fell in my brothers garage and hit his head on the corner of some scrap wood, so we ended up in the ER with a few stitches on that one. Other than that we enjoyed making our way to Texas. We were able to go to Wheeler Farms and the Aquarium in Utah. Here are a few of the latest pics.

Jaxon at the hospital getting his forehead numb for stitches..

Jaxon checkin out the animals at Wheeler Farms in Utah.


And thats how Crew spent most of his time at Wheeler Farms.



The aquarium with Uncle Cory and Grandma


Checkin out Grandpas airplane in New Mexico



The boys-well mostly Crew enjoying some ice cream after going out for some mexican food in Dallas.


Toppin off our first weekend in Dallas with some hot tub fun....check out Crews mischievous face!

It's been way too long.

I'm pretty sure the very few readers I did have, have given up on my blog. But, here I go anyways...These last few months have been busy and full of change for us. Lets start off with January....Crew turned 2, and he is busy as ever! He is into everything! I am CONSTANTLY finding him with lotion, shampoo, hair gel, toothpaste etc. smeared all over his body. We tested out finger paints with the two of them and it soon turned into body paint (pictures below). It's a good thing Crew has the looks and personality, he is just too cute to get too mad at! February....Jaxon turned 4. He is preschool and loving it. He gave his first talk in church a few weeks ago and did great. When Mike told him to say "our prophet today is Thomas S. Monson" it came out "our prophet today is Thomas S. Monster" I thought MIke would never recover to help him finish the talk. I am trying not to be too long winded but there has also been some changes in the Wilder home. Mike has the opportunity to be a owner in a pest control company and quit his job...crazy, I know. But I am finally feeling good about things and looking forward to this adventure. Well, that about all for now...here are some pictures of recent happenings in our house.






These were just too cute not to post...



The boys love finding new hiding spots in the house. By the way those are Jaxon's "rocket boots"-they make him fly just in case you were wondering.
P.S. My boys hate clothes. That is what they look like 90% of the time at home.