Rylee's great year in preschool!!!!

Rylee has had the most wonderful year at the most wonderful preschool. This is her and her teacher Miss Colleen, whom Rylee just loves!!! Rylee has learned so much this past year and has loved being old enough to go to school. She is so excited and ready for Kindergarden, even though I'm not sure I am=) They ended the year with a program of songs and poems that they had learned through out the year, it was a blast!!!!!

Gavin knew all of the songs that they sang just from learning them from Rylee singing them at home.

Rylee's friend McKenzie.

She is such a daddy's girl=)

A few of the kids from her class!

My sweet cheesy boy=)

Gavin has always hated his breathing treatments, but this time I suggested that he do it all by himself and he did so great. What a big boy!!!

This is Rylee's last day of Preschool, they are having a big party and she wanted to take all kinds of pictures.

She is growing up way too fast!!!!!

San Fransisco and my cousin's wedding

This past weekend I was able to go to San Fransisco with my parents and my brother. We had a lot of fun. Here are just a few pictures from my trip, some of the sites, and others of the wedding. There is a surfer in this one, even though he is hard to see.

My cousin, his bride and my Aunt and Uncle

My cousin walking my grandma to her seat.

My grandma with her three babies=)

This dock was covered with sea lions, there were so fun to watch.

Alcatraz

A fun day at the park!!!

I took the kids to the park the other day for a picnic and some fun playing on the playground. It was really windy and Gavin was really cracking me up by getting upset every time something almost blew away. I thought that maybe he was tired and I was right. When we were done eating Rylee ran over to the playground and Gavin wanted to stay on the blanket with me=) As you will see below he was soon asleep and he stayed that the way the whole time we were there. Rylee had fun!!!!!

Rylee's first skiing adventure!

Jonathan decided to take Rylee skiing for the first time last Saturday. I love the top picture of the two of them looking so happy. You will notice the next picture shows Rylee quite frustrated because she kept falling=) We have had so much fun enjoying Utah and I can't believe how fast our time here has gone by. We have loved living so close to my parents and my sister Lisa and her family. I am realizing that the older I get the quicker time seems to fly. Rylee will be starting kindergarten in the fall--crazy I know. She has started reading. She picks up on things so quickly. Gavin makes me laugh everyday with his funny comments, he is so boy!!! Let's hope that the next two and a half months go by somewhat slower=)

My baby is 3!!!!!

So Gavin is three!!! I can't believe how fast the past three years have gone. He has been such a blessing in our lives. Just a few of the many many things that I love about Gavin are: his silly cheesy smile. When he smiles I can't help but smile. When he points to someone or something, he closes one eye--it's so funny. His adorable speech! I love the way he talks. He is probably going to need speech therapy but for now it's so cute. He just loves playing with Rylee and being with her. On the days that she is in preschool he hates going to the gym, but if Rylee is with him he will go in as happy as can be. I love how he is such a boy. For those that know me well, I'm pretty much girly girl and so to have a son that loves trucks and tractors and trains and dirt and just being naughty (yes he LOVES to be naughty) is a lot of fun. So again happy birthday to my Gavin!!!!!

Fun Christmas pictures

Christmas in Utah was the first Christmas that the Trout family has all been together since Lindsay got married, crazy huh:) So we decided it was time for some good old family pictures. Our wonderful friend Cortney Heintz took these for us the day after Christmas at the Joseph Smith Memorial building in downtown Salt Lake City. We had so much fun and got some great pictures:)

We had some fun taking pictures on Sunday morning. We actually got some really cute ones of the whole family. We went to see Santa and Rylee was so excited to tell him EVERYTHING that she wants for Christmas (which is a lot!!!) Gavin would have nothing to do with him=)

Enjoying the lights on Temple Square

We went to see the lights at Temple Square last night with my parents and it always amazed me how beautiful it is. Whoever designs the colors does such an amazing job. We went inside on of the visitors centers and listened to a choir sing, Rylee (above watching) did not want to leave. I think I have a little future entertainer on my hands. We decided to not attempt parking so we rode trax and the kids just think that is the coolest thing we can do here:)

My parents and Preston

Not a bad family picture. It's amazing how reverse-psychology works--we were telling our kids NOT to smile:)