We had a "dog" gone good visit with you all! Thanks for adjusting your schedules to spend some time with us. We love you all xoxoxo!
Slurping it up at Liberty Park.
In "Little Cottonwood Canyon" at Liberty Park.
Mama, mia we got some board boys!
Grandma's middle girls hanging out at Utah Lake.
I clap and wave and do high fives. I'm can walk behind my push car and crawl all over the place. I say Mommy and Daddy, just not to the right people. 
I loved the animals, especially the big elephants.
She Rocks!
Me in Tiff's $100 jeans.
The whole gang. 
Last week I had a bunch of friends over to play in my hippo pool. However, I didn't want to swim with them. I just wanted to eat my snacks and have them be my entertainment.
Birthday Boy Cayleb turned 5 on the 5th, having been born on the 6th month, on the 5th day, in the 4th year (2004).
Five years ago, we all had our fingers crossed Cayden would have a brother,
Madalyn wasn't too sure she wanted the boy baby with dark hair once he came out,
Nikki who had just started dating Chris was hoping he would be in town long enough to hold a new baby and change a diaper since he had NEVER done those things before, well he has practice now,
everyone else rushed to the hospital,
most of you were in the room to see him born,
the rest just outside the door,
we didn't have time to even take the kids over to a neighbors,
all thoughts of going natural fled me during a stress test the day before the estimated his weight to be about 9 lbs. (he was 8 lbs. 14 oz.),
Mom and Randy helped hold my feet while I pushed what I thought would probably be my last baby,
and now 5 years later he is all grown up and fighting inter-galatic wars in some serious hyper-speed mode!
Looking like he took over control of the Imperial Senate in his birthday crown, Cayleb was sooooooo excited to have his gift that has been tempting him from the top of the fridge for almost a month now.
The birthday boy also decided to have big brother stay home from school and transform into Lego Master (Chris may opt to have title restored by correctly defining the difference between the Republic Gun Ship and the Republican party), it only took the majority of the day, but by the time Cayleb came home from pre-school his ship was put together, thanks big brother!
Brotherly love! The boys were messing around at the park and looking extra sharp in the wardrobe selection by Grandpa and Grandma Brusik, thank you! I took this yesterday evening, since the Birthday Boy decided after his special dinner and before more ice cream he would like to go to a little local park. Unfortunately, a few minutes after this picture, we were all rolling down the hill, Cayleb stood up, dizzy, and fell over on the sidewalk, giving him a big ole' birthday bump on his forehead. Fitting since he started out as a bump in the belly, and while giving him his gift we sang, "heavy, heavy hang over thy poor head, what do you wish this person with a bump on the head?" See, birthday wishes really do come true and having a healthy, happy Cayleb is definitely one of my birthday wishes, always. Happy Birthday Cayleb!!!Dad we hope you had a great birthday and well, we think your old enough now to know the truth....
It all starts out as fun and games until someone gets hurt. Luckily, today wasn't our day. The tramp is by far the best toy we have ever had. It is safely tucked in the corner of the yard, with gravel rocks below, no safety pad to cover exposed springs, a false sense of security with the trees that loosely cover the thorny blackberry bushes behind and large landscaping rocks that are, well rock hard on the other side. I figure kids have gotta be kids, scrapes, bruises, cuts and all!
Cayleb the Cute Curling Ball
Cayden the Crazy
She's sticking to the slide, though she does go down unassisted at 17 months! No fear - we raise some tough cookies, she is going to have her PhD in rock jumping soon!
This is Despereaux... notice the big ears, small size and peach fuzz.
Mr. Potato Head doesn't have anything on Mr. Banana Head.
Makenzy has sticky, red licorice hands and is clawing at dirt for a bug - got to love 1 year olds.
The support group!
Check out the wall of runners behind us, the lady in the lower corner is probably in her 60's, based on her bib, she is a fast runner too! This was taken at about mile 4 in the race - still all on fresh legs. Kelly, Kaylin, Me
Randy was passing off his gloves to us - it was a very cold start in the morning. He actually wore a short sleeve to the start line, but then opted to change into a long sleeve because of the cold - which was smart because it was even colder at the finish line - northeast winds.
Hurray!
Set a goal, trained for it, reached it! Thanks to Mom and Dad's gift, Randy bought the 2009 official Boston jacket as his race memento, thank you, thank you. Splish, splash I was taking a bath...
Notice how I've learned to grab everything.
Baby Bunny and his Easter Treats. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa B! Mommy promises she'll let me taste all the candy.
HAPPY EASTER! We all sure miss Eve and Nic's family.
Good luck to Randy with the Boston. We are sure proud of you. Wish we could all be there. Eve take a lot of pictures and post on the blog.
We have some good family news. Sierra has competed in two dance competitions. One in St. George and the other at the Energy Solutions Center. Her team took first at both for all three of dances! She looks so cute in her costumes. If I can get my chip to up load, I'll post some pics.
Lexie is trying out for cheer this coming week. We want "cheers not tears". Syd is loving being a mother to her new little puppy that her dad got.
Hugs and chocolate Easter kisses,
Tiff and girls
Bath Time Rocks! 
Too Cool!
Did you know that one of the main reasons salt isn't used on the icy/snowy roads is to protects "Willy" and the pod that live in the Puget Sound. The salt would eventually make its way into the drainage systems and ultimately the lakes, killing off the wildlife. Now you know why schools are closed on a whim up here and why we'll be in school till almost the end of June to make up all those snow days!
In Madalyn's class they've beens studying about South America and the rain forest. Yesterday, they visited the Woodland Park Zoo to see the South America exhibit. It rained heavy on the bus ride up, it rained while they walked around to see the gorilla's, the snakes, the monkeys, it rained while she ate lunch propped up on her shoes to keep her bottom dry, it rained while they rode the bus back home - all in all I think her class got an amazing first hand look at what it is like in the RAINforest.
