Rhett, Ashley, Kohler & Cannon

Easter

2011-05-05T22:21:00.002-06:00

Easter, like every other holiday (except your anniversary), is exponentially better with kids!

This clip does not do justice to Kohler's excitement for the easter egg hunt to start. He was putting all of his 26 pounds into getting out of Rhett's hold. Apparently we are bad parents because we just let Kohler run off to fend for himself while all of the other parents were helping their kids. Or maybe we are good parents because we rigorously trained him for the big day with at least ten practice egg hunts during the 2 days previous to the big event.

This movie does do justice to Cannon's excitement- once he got an egg in each hand he could have cared less about any of the other treats that conveniently surrounded him.

Cannon is 1!

2011-05-04T14:30:00.006-06:00

Cannon is 1! Wow that was one fast year. Just over one year ago I was scared to death wondering what I would do with another little guy and so intrigued at the idea that another person with his own new set of traits and quirks would be part of our family. Now, as they say, I can't imagine life without him.

Cannon is awesome. He is so fun-loving and easy going. He loves to snuggle. Cannon idolizes Kohler- Cannon's first word was car because that was all that was coming out of Kohlers mouth at the time. Cannon loves to play and rough house. He loves rocking out to music. What a cute little squeak!

Cannon had a monster infestation at his birthday party!

The kids made their own monster masks so that they could be in disguise. Kohler's only request was that his should have a tractor on it.

This just makes me laugh.

Googly-eyed monster cake.

Cannon thoroughly enjoyed his personal cake... all 2 bites!

Blogging- not one of my passions...

2011-02-04T14:42:00.007-07:00

Cruisin' the Caribbean

Love my boys

Just us on any given day...superhero, pirate, punk and something scary!

Hot springs at the top of three forks trail head- I highly recommend it!

Adorable Kohler found his own spot to wait in while Rhett was squeezing through
the St. George narrows.

So 6 months has gone by without a post to my blog... I guess it has happened before and I am sure that it will again. Life is good for our family. I have mommy amnesia and don't remember most of the last 6 months but here are some of the highlights.

Kohler is now 2 years old (unbelievable!) and Cannon is 9 months old. Kohler LOVES trucks in all forms. I can't stress that enough. Every day he wants to call Rhett at work to see if he will be driving the jeep home. His party was a firetruck party and somehow everyone guessed that he loves trucks so his supply doubled. when we walk through parking lots we have to stop and look at every truck (which includes big SUVs as well). His uncle Ben has a big backhoe tractor and so Kohler refers to him as "tractor". He is a BOY!! Cannon is following suit as well. His first word was car. He loves Kohler. Just about anything that Kohler does will cause Cannon to erupt in laughter.

Rhett is the hardest worker I know! His 3rd baby, autopal, is taking off! He has been working for more than 2 years on this and it is really starting to grow like crazy. I am so fiercely proud of him! I think that he is a genius. Rhett is also the young men's president in our ward- tons of fun but tons of work. As with everything else, he does an incredible job! I wish that I had more exciting news to report about myself, but my biggest priority, my family, takes most of my time these days. One of my non-homemaking projects was our ward's mother-daughter night for the activity days girls. I had so much fun pulling it off. our theme was stepping back in time and was centered around high school. We decorated the gym like a school dance, the girls signed yearbooks, they made prom dresses out of plastic tablecloths and ribbons and then took pictures with Justin Bieber(if I can figure out how to work my new phone I will post the pics- think tacky prom pictures with a lifesize Justin cutout). I was actually worried that the girls wouldn't know who he was or even worse, think he was dumb. But to my joy they loved him, so much so that in their excitement over someone taking him home they ripped his head off!

We have had some awesome trips. Rhett did the St. George triathlon- maybe I will join him someday when I am not terrified of drowning. I'm not fancy enough to embed the clip so just copy past the following link to see why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_6tOzt-nfM&feature=related

That is not a joke either. It is a madhouse out there. Anyways while we were down there we did tons of playing in the water and hiking the St. George narrows. we also swung down to Las Vegas. The boys and I hung out and swam while Rhett was at a convention.

The first week of December Rhett and I dropped the boys off and went to cruise the Caribbean. Wow- it was a great vacation and we needed every minute of it. we just returned last weekend from snowmobiling to our cabin! It is always an experience and something has gone wrong every single time, but it is still one of my favorite trips of the year. We found out that we own the best sled ever- We had 6 of us on it and going faster than we were comfortable with we sledded at the very least 1/3 mile down hill- it was the best sledding of my life and everyone should experience it!

Another memorable event was the swarm of yellow jackets that came INSIDE our home (3 days of bliss). We had a wonderful holiday season- thanksgiving to new years is an incredible time! This year it was especially fun since Kohler loved every minute of it as well. Christmas was made to experience with your children. Kohler's 2nd birthday was so much fun- my little guy is growing up!

I know there is more that I will remember someday, but until then enjoy some of the pics of our adventures.

I did it by myself!

2010-09-16T14:16:00.002-06:00

This picture says it all!

Cannon Talmage Roberts

2010-07-28T14:51:00.004-06:00

He is finally here...well Cannon is actually three months old, but we are finally getting him up on the blog. He was born April 29th and weighed 6 lbs 2 oz. He is an awesome baby- so easy going and tons of fun. I could spend hours watching him smile and listening to him "talk" to us. Kohler was not so sure about his little brother at first, but now he loves Cannon. Whenever we get ready to go somewhere Kohler will stand by Cannon's car seat as if to remind me not to forget him. When Cannon cries Kohler will rush to find the binky- even though half of the time the crying is due to Kohler removing the binky out of Cannon's mouth in the first place. I give it 10 months tops before they are best friends. I am so excited!

Coming home from the hospital!

2 months old!

RSL

2010-04-14T08:54:00.006-06:00

Last Saturday our family went to the Real Salt Lake soccer game. It was absolutely tons of fun! I reminisced about my years of soccer- deeply tanned knees above stark white shins, gallons of gatorade, rainy games (the best), and of course a gazillion memories with many of my best friends. Rhett stood in line for 30 minutes to buy Kohler his first churro. And Kohler was a super fan. When Real scored he yelled, waved his arms, threw our sandwich wrappers with others' streamers and high-fived with the best of them. When David Archuletta made an appearance during half time Kohler didn't take his eyes off the big screen and clapped like crazy. He even cheered with Seattle's fan club sitting above us. Nothing has ever held his attention that long- 90 minutes plus half time! if only sacrament meeting were that captivating for him...

Rhett and Kohler

We love soccer

What is this hairy thing touching me?

We picked a name FINALLY!

2010-04-04T18:41:00.004-06:00

We finally picked a name for our second boy it is Cannon Talmage Roberts; we are supposed to have him in 6 weeks, but Kohler came 4 weeks early, so we could have him any day.

Things are pretty fun this Spring. Lots of stuff going on. Kohler is now in his big boy room, and the nursery is ready for Cannon.

Rhett is working hard on the launch of AutoPal (www.AutoPalOnline.com) so we hope that business goes well. (he's working like 60 hrs a week to get it going, & has been for ~2 years now, they are supposed to launch on April 15th)

Kohler is the cutest boy ever, I think that he trumps the other 'gerber' babies. Here are a few of my favorite pics of him over the last year.

Rhett & Kohler after he ran the Kaysville 5k

Kohler at his 1 yr old B-day Party

Batman Halloween 2009

The most wonderful time of the year!

2009-12-14T16:49:00.004-07:00

It is definitely true- I absolutely love the Christmas season. Rhett and I have loved making our own new traditions and this year will be the best by far. It is so much fun to have Kohler join in. And he loves it! He helped decorate the tree by tangling himself up in the beaded garlands and smashing a glass ornament. Kohler loves the snow- we built his first snowman and went sledding down our driveway(yeah it is that steep). Kohler doesn't mind the cold at all- we took a hayride to see the Layton City lights when it was about 15 degrees! Merry Christmas everyone!

Our Faves slideshow

2009-12-05T15:14:00.001-07:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Amazing Kohler

2009-12-03T21:38:00.003-07:00

11 months! We can't believe how fast this year has flown by since Kohler came to our family. We definitely got lucky- he is a blast. Here are some cute pictures we wanted to share.

Another Boy!

2009-12-03T11:37:00.004-07:00

We haven't shared the big news with very many people yet so we thought it would be a great inaugural post to our family blog...

We are pregnant with Baby #2 and it is going to be a boy!

Kohler is so excited for his new best buddy to come (he just doesn't know it yet). I am 17 weeks along and everything looks great. This second little guy is scheduled to come May 14, 2010 so who knows when he will actually come- we will just have to wait and see if he pulls a fast one like his older brother and comes 1 month early. We are so excited!