Madolyn's 4th Birthday March 24th, 2012-Opening presents

Dawn slaved all day to make this pony cake for Madolyn's birthday party.  It turned out awesome.  Madolyn loved it.  We all enjoyed opening presents and eating cake and ice cream.

Even Drew was having a good time.

Madolyn really got spoiled with a doll, figurines, a bike, play doh, toys, a picnic table and new clothes.


Uncle Mitchy was doing his uncley duties and fed Drew, while Cami stared on excitedly.

Even Layten and Matt a couple of friends came over and got in on the action.

I'm well aware I look like a goober, but I'll sacrifice to show you how happy and excited Mads was with her new clothes from Great Grandpa/ma Yee.


Avery loved getting in on the action.  It didn't matter if it was Madolyn's birthday, she just took it as a lot more toys for her to play with.



This doll came with a pretend blow dryer that made noise as if it was blow drying the hair.  It became a source of contention as they were constantly fighting over it although it was clearly Madolyn's.  I caved and went to Wal-Mart the next day and bought a the same doll and accessories for Avery, except her dolly had blonde hair.  Buying a new doll at Wal-mart: $12.  No biting and fighting over the latest dolly to enter our house: Priceless.


With our new patio and quiet street, we figured it was time to get Mads her own bike.  She loved it.

Can you tell that Madolyn loved her pony cake?

I think Aunt Cami did too.



Going cross-eyed blowing out the candles.

What a fun 4th birthday party it was!

Avery's grease face March 23, 2012

The little girls thought it would be fun to play on the mini excavator in our back lot. Little did we realize, they were getting grease on their hands. Avery then promptly wiped her face with her grease covered hands and this is what we had. After quite a bit of scrubbing with dish soap, we got it all off.

Working on the yard

I borrowed a mini excavator from my old scoutmaster. The girls loved playing on it with me as we flattened out our lot.

My old scoutmaster also happens to be able to do concrete so he came over with his son and helped pour 9 yards of concrete for our patio. He has been a lifesaver.

I almost look like I know what I'm doing.

The kids

Here are some fun random pics of the little ones during the day.

Do they look like they all came from the same parents?

I can't figure out how to make these next few pictures rotate. They don't look like this when I upload them...

Now you can see why we are lucky to get normal pictures of them all together.




Can you tell which one the real baby is?
Our silly little Avery.
Grandma Yee came to visit.
Would you ever have guessed that a brown-eyed dad and a brown-eyed half Chinese mom would have a blue-eyed baby boy?

Sledding for President's Day

For President's Day we headed to the mountains to find some snow. We had a serious shortage here in the valley so we figured if we were going to have any fun in the white stuff we'd have to head to the mountains. Since I had the day off, we loaded up the girls, took baby Drew to my parent's house, and grabbed a buddy and headed off in our new van (we sold my CRV and bought an '08 Toyota Sienna so we could actually fit three carseats). I knew of a place up American Fork Canyon that had worked for sledding in years past and it didn't disappoint.

Thought I'd start off with a picture with Dawn in it. She is always the one behind the lens so it is fun when we get one with her in the picture.

Our girls loved playing in the snow.
Imagine Dawn in place of Layten and this would be a nice family photo.
Making snow angels.


Crash landing at the bottom.
Heading back up the hill.
You definitely have the right sled when you can fit your whole family in it.

Valentine's Day

For Valentine's Day we made some yummy cupcakes with the girls after Dad and Mom got back from a hot date on the town. The girls love to help cook.