Year in Review

Ok so i suck at blogging. But I also suck at scrape booking so I thought I better start being good at one so my kids can have some kind of memories to look back on. So here we go. This year has been a good one for us. We have all been pretty healthy and happy for the most part except for a few bouts with strep and colds. Here is what the kids have been up to this year.

Amelia is in First grade and loves it. She absolutely loves her teacher she is such a good teacher she would be hard not to love. She has been taking dance this year and really likes it. It's different then the other dances she has taken because this year she is doing ballet, jazz and tumbling which she loves. She also got the on time award for school which was awesome for both of us so we went out for ice cream. If you know the Payne family you would know this is a HUGE accomplishment for all of us! But most of all she is a really good big sister and we are so proud of her and love her tons and tons!!

Ezra is in preschool and also loves his teacher. He also likes to make up stories about her spanking all the kids and kicking them in the stomach. Now if you new miss Kim you know these are only stories because she is soooo sweet she would never hurt a child. But I think he thinks it's funny! He is always keeping us laughing with his little cute comments. Just tonight he was telling Justin that if he finds something at night he should be able to put it in his pocket and keep it. His logic is pretty funny and it's really hard to get mad at him. His new latest venture is he is taking b-boy dance class. He has only been once but really liked it. At the beginning of class he was kind of crying so when he was done and loved it I asked him why he cried and he said well some of it was kind of boring so I guess it bored him to tears! He is our sweet little boy and loves to give hugs and kisses and tells me I'm beautiful even when I just wake up! I just love that kid!!

Charlotte is growing and getting bigger every single day. She has finally started walking and thinks she's hot stuff. She of course wants to walk wherever she goes and thinks no rules should apply to her, just like her big sister! She is talking up a storm and repeats a lot of what we say. She is also discovering new things like her eyelashes. I have never had a kid so fascinated with her eye lashes. She pulls on them and then covers her mouth to laugh. It's pretty dang cute. She is also a major mamas girl which is okay by me because i get lots of hugs and kisses throughout the day. She is so much fun to have in our family we would be lost without her cute little personality and light that she brings to our little family! We are all pretty crazy about her!!

Halloween

This year for halloween the kids wanted to dress up like Mario Bros charaters. They love to play this game and watch the old school movies and so these costumes were perfect. Amelia was princess Peach, Ezra was mario and Charlotte was a Kupa Trupa aka Turtle.

Ezra Turns 4

I can't believe that my little boy is 4 already. How fast time does fly. He had a super fun birthday party at boondocks and had all his really special friends there. They made his party just perfect. He still talks about his party and wants to go there again. We love our sweet gentle little boy and are so glad that he is part of our family. We love you!!

Guess Who's ONE?!?!

I can't believe that she is already 1! She has been such a joy and a fun baby that the year just flew by. Isn't she just the cutest little thing?

All our favorite people were able to come to the party! Here is our good friend Steph and Marley's cute little back.

Charlotte opening up presents. She got the hang of it pretty fast. She knew there was something fun in there for her!

Okay so I go kind of crazy for my kids parties they are more for me than them but I have tons of fun planning for them! The theme "yes you heard me right the theme" was a sunshine party and her colors were pink, orange and yellow. Here is a picture of the dessert table.

When it got dark we lite a fire in our fire pit that Justin did an excellent job building and made yummy smores!

Amelia and Maya just chillin in the kiddie pool.

Ezra and his best friend posing for a picture.

We also had a blow up water slide that the kids had a blast on. It was so much fun!!

It was so nice for Aunt Sandra to come! Charlotte took a second to warm up to her but after a while she got to hold her most the night!

I don't have a picture of her but I want to thank my mom and marley for making the sacrifice and coming all the way from Arizona to spend it with Charlotte on her special day! I know that some day it will mean a lot to her and it meant a lot to Justin and I! So Thank you and we all love you guys tons!

Family Trip to LA

We decided to have a little Spring Break family vacation so we went to California and had so much fun. The weather was perfect not too hot not too cold and we loved every minute of it. Here is a few picture's of our fun trip from LA to Lego Land and ending in Sea World!

Charlotte being safe on the shuttle bus and holding on tight to the bar!

Here is Amelia also being safe good job girls!

Charlotte's favorite place to be is on the floor rolling around.

Usually she ends up under the bed!!

So her brother and sister decided to join her. Granted her brother doesn't know how to look at the camera and is always half way naked so that's why we don't see his face.

Here is the two kids posing by the ocean it was so beautiful!

Charlotte knocked out at the beach! I was so surprised that she left her sun hat on doesn't she look so peaceful?

The kids wrapped in towels after getting into the COLD ocean!

Cute little Charlotte!

Our little beach bum!

Amelia and Ezra posing by the ocean.

Amelia was so excited to be at the ocean we had such a fun day!

Mommy and Charlotte at the beach having a great time!!

Fun at Lego Land

We then drove to San Diego and went to Lego Land and had so much fun!! Here is a ton of pictures of the kids on rides and having a blast!

Justin and the kids on the beetle bounce.

The kids in the aquarium.

Amelia trying to get Charlotte to look at the camera but she forgot to look herself!

Everything is made out of Lego's at Lego Land here is Ezra and Amelia posing with a scuba guy made out of Lego's.

Amelia and Ezra in a Lego Car.

Amelia and Ezra being eaten by a Lego lion.

Justin took the kids on a mini log ride here they are going down. It was a little prep for the big one that we made Amelia do at Sea World!

Mommy and Ezra in a helicopter ride.

Amelia is driving to get her drivers licence all the cars are made of Lego's!

Here is Ezra driving.

Charlotte was such a trooper here she is all knocked out from all the fun!!

Justin and Ezra riding Ezra's favorite plane ride.

The kids in a shark!

The kids are posing in front of the mini Lego cities.

Sea World

We went to Sea World on Easter Day! This was Ezra's favorite part of the trip he asks everyday if we can go back when daddy gets home from work. If only it were that easy! So here is some pictures of our fun day!

This is the scary Atlantis ride that Justin paid Amelia 5 dollars to go on. I think she is still traumatized but she did it!

This is Charlotte in her new Jammie's! She is so happy to have them on!

Amelia is holding a star fish. Ezra wouldn't go near them!

Our cute little penguins posing for a picture!

The best part about Sea World is all the fun shows! This is the Sea Otter Show my favorite!!

Amelia got her face painted with sparkles and everything!

This is the Killer Whale show which was pretty good it is a bummer that the trainers can't get in the water with them anymore but it was still good!

Then the kids favorite show was the dolphin show. They also had guys that did these crazy dives into the pool that was Ezra's favorite part.