Racing Rhett

I am so proud of Rhett!!! He has been working on his physical fittness for the last few months. He has completed P90X and recently raced in two Triathlons. He has lost 40 pounds and looks GREAT! His starting weight was 212 and he is now down to 172. Way to go BABE!

His supporters

This was his last Triathlon in Orem last weekend. He shaved 15 mins off his St. George triathlon.

I am grateful for Rhett's motivation I decided if he could be motivated so could I. I don't have any big triathlon plans but I just completed P90X and feel good about my results. I have lost 18 pounds! I am enjoying taking the kids swimming and on bike rides. Oh and Jessica if you are reading this your old black bike that you got when you were fifteen is still working great Thanks I am still using it.

Easter, Arches & an Anniversary

We were really busy making things for Easter. My kids loved to die the eggs. Ruston Dyed his fingers green and said "Now I look like Shrek."

They were so excited about the Bunny cake especially when I pulled the candy out to decorate it. What a fun tradition Grandma Alder started. Ruston drew a picture of a bunny for instructions. It was so cute he kept saying make sure you look at my instructions before you do the next part.
We even made bunny sugar cookies.
Stuffing the eggs for the big Alder Easter Egg hunt. One of my favorite Alder traditions my Dad always does a great job hiding them.
Lindsay's first Easter


We decided to take the kids to Arches National Park. It was a lot of fun.


I had a lot more pictures but you get the idea. I can't wait for summer so we can be outside all the time and go camping. Every time I think it is Spring it snows again like today. Rhett and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary on the 11th of April. The weather was nice on our wedding day but the next day we woke up to snow. Last night we stayed down town for our anniversary and when we woke up you guessed it there was snow.

My Baby is 10 months old today!!! She is crawling and already into everything. I can't keep paper objects away from her some how she always finds them or my three year old gives them to her. Life just got even busier for me, but she is adorable I love her so much.

Lindsay picking on her cousin Skylee

KayLyn came to town so I got to meet her new baby Emily. What cute sisters.

Grandma Alder came down to visit with KayLyn and Nate.

I took my three kids to fly kites by myself what was I thinking??? Annie wanted to run toward the street the whole time Ruston wanted me to help him keep his kite in the air and Lindsay was crying because it was windy and cold. We didn't last very long, but Ruston said it was fun so I guess it was worth it.

Fun Trip Pics

As I was looking at the blog pictures I realized that I was missing a few of my favorites.
Look closely at Ruston's face it was his first roller coaster. PRICELESS! He was a trooper he tried all the roller coasters he was tall enough for at least once.

Grandma Kat bought Ivy and Annie matching princess dresses for their birthdays. Annie's face was so adorable as she looked in the mirror with her new Cinderella dress on.Cinderella was Annie's favorite princess. She took a few minuets to talk with her and Annie was just dancing with excitement. It was so fun!

Tinkerbell and Snow White waiting patently for their turn.

California Vacation

We had the best Vacation ever!!! First we went to Sea World to visit Shamu.

All of the shows there were amazing the kids loved them.

Lego Land was so cool. Everything was made out of millions of little legos.

Here we are in Mini Town. They had lots of the popular cities made out of you guessed it Legos. It was awesome with moving cars, trucks, and boats.

Annie's first time going alone on a ride. She even put her hands in the air it was so cute.

We were lucky enough to spent three days at Disney Land.

My Princess

Mickey Mouse's house

Annie was a lot more excited to visit Mini Mouse at her house. In fact she didn't want to leave when it was time to go see other things.

All the girls ready to visit with the Princesses

Snow White was Ivy's Favorite

Annie liked Sleeping Beauty's Pink dress. It was so fun and Magical for Annie. Her eyes lit up and she was dancing around with excitement when it was her turn to meet them. It made my day to she how much Annie was enjoying her visit with them.

Now to Ruston's favorites.

Our group outside of the Bugs Life 4D Movie. (Which was my favorite! It was awesome)

We got to go to Lego Land Twice. Annie and Ivy loved the horses.

Rusty Isaac and Eli with Mr. Incredible

Universal Studios was neat they had lots of characters to visit with right as we walked in the park.

Since we have been home both Ruston and Annie have been talking about the shark at universal so it must have been a little too scary for them.

Annie's Third birthday the day we got back.