Niagara Falls

On our trip to Niagara Falls we stayed in Buffalo to check out where my mom lived growing up for 5 years. Mom I hope we took pictures of the right houses, Williamsville was a nice area and it probably looks exactly the same as it did when you lived there. The first pictures are 64 Highland Drive.







Mom we think this is your old stomping grounds on 95 Ellicot St. Williamsville, NY.


I love this picture of Sophie, she has her tongue out like this all the time feelig her 2 bottom teeth. Chase stuck her in the stroller while we packed the car. She is now 7 months old.


Here are the kids in the hotel room. 2 seconds before I took this picture Sophie was smiling while Tyler and Halle were wrestling in front of her, but they stopped to pose for me.


Niagara Falls is beautiful. We thought it was pretty amazing from above, but when you take the boat ride to the base and look up and see all of this powerful water crashing down, it is pretty amazing.



This picture of the Maid of the Mist boat was taken from the upper deck where you can see the falls from above.

Tyler and Halle on the Maid of the Mist boat. This boat takes you to the base of Niagara Falls. They give you a blue poncho to wear and I would say the kids were excited/nervous to wear a poncho. They don't love water so although the poncho was cool and we told them they could keep it, they also knew they were going to get wet. As the boat takes off it is so pretty and exciting. We started to barely feel a mist as we passed some of the falls, but when you really get down to the base where all the water is really crashing down you can get pretty wet. The kids liked it, but they weren't begging to do it again. They really liked their post card with a picture of the falls on it and their poncho the best.


Mom and Sophie. Sophie whimpered/cried for most of the boat ride. If I would have known how wet it got I might have stayed down on the lower part of the boat. She didn't really like her blue poncho, she was really tired and she got sprayed with water so I don't blame her:) I however thought it was awesome and would definately describe it as being very majestic.

Chase is about to get soaked. He was the only one of us to not wear the hood on his poncho. I would say you get sprayed with more than just a mist:)

Our family after the Maid of the Mist boat ride to the base of the falls. Sophie was glad it was over.

We're really gonna rock tonight!

Halle before her recital. She was so excited to wear her pink leotard and tights. I'm not even sure we need to put her in a dance class as long as we just let her run around in dance attire:)She came home from dance class one day and announced, "Mom this is how you do first projition!" and had her feet in a perfect V shape:) Strike a pose Halle:) (she's the one in the middle) Halle and her friend Macie. We carpooled with Macie for dance class and these girls were so cute and always entertaining! Halle with her flower costume on. They did a little flower ballet number and I must say for having such a lanky awkward mom, Halle looked quite graceful:) My seriously awesome husband grilling up a storm for us on Mothers day, yum!

Birthday boy and Easter

Tyler turned 7 years old on March 30th! You are looking so old to us these days Tyler, especially with all of your permanent teeth coming in. We love you so much and feel so blessed to have such a special boy as a part of our family! Happy Birthday:)!!! Thanks to Gma and Gpa Bennion and Gma and Gpa Pearson for the fun gifts for Tyler, he loved it all! When he opened a wallet full of 10 one dollar bills he was so excited and said, "Wow, there is hundreds of dollars in here!"

Halle and her eggs. She cracked all but one:)

Tyler wrote "We Pizza!" on one of his eggs. I asked him if he meant to write "We love Pizza" He said "nope, I just wanted it to say "We Pizza!" Alrighty then:)

The "Sophinator"

You might wonder by what the kids are wearing if it is hot or cold here. It has been so nice, we had a beautiful easter weekend! Today it was 75, if only Cleveland weather could be consistent! On Friday it is supposed to be back in the 40s.

3 happy kids:)

Tyler and his Easter basket. These kids look like they hit the jackpot with their baskets:) I had gotten/made some things for their baskets and then Chase got them some stuff and when we put it all together, they made a haul.

Halle and her Easter basket

Sophie with her Easter basket. I had fun making some things for Halle's hair and Sophie's baldness:)

This peep looks so much yummier than baby food!

Easter brunch at the Loveless' household. Burke, Korbyn, Ashlyn, Tyler, Scottie, Halle, Savannah, and McKinlay, and Trevor. We had some pre-conference yummy food, let the kids play, and then we all went home to watch conference! Conference starts at noon in the East:)

Birthday Boy and Easter

Easter Brunch at the Loveless' household. Burke, Korbynn, Tyler, Ashlyn, Scottie, McKinlay, Savannah, Halle, and Trevor. We had some yummy pre-conference food, let the kids play, and then everyone headed home to watch conference!! In the East conference starts at noon:)

Pictures

We got the kids pictures taken on February 13th (gma bennions bday:). Thanks Ashlee for doing such a great job, they are adoreable and I can't wait to get them in my frames!
I love these pictures of Tyler! His permanent teeth are growing in and it makes him seem so old, he will be turning 7 this month:) I know I will look back on these pictures and remember Tyler for the smart, curious, fun little boy that he is.
Halle is such a sweet little girl. She is kind, caring, helpful, and fashionable in her own little way. She picks out her clothes the night before and tells me what she would like done with her hair, however she usually picks out a "play dress" or jeans and a shirt and wants her hair in a ponytail or pigtails:)
Sophie was 4 months old in these pictures, and is now 5 months old. She is rolling over and can always be seen with 1 or more fingers in her mouth. She tried some rice cereal today for the first time. She gagged and spit most of it up, but in the end I think she swallowed a bite or 2. She is very smiley, and loves Ty and Hal, they can get her to laugh more easily than Chase or I. These pictures of her make me want to kiss her cheeks all day long!!

Here are a few pictures of Sophie. She was 4 months old yesterday! She rolled over for the first time today, it was so cute, she's been rolling over onto her side a lot lately and Chase and I were sitting in the family room doing whatever and all of the sudden she rolled over completely. She didn't know what to do once she was on her tummy. She is a little sweetie and I can tell already that she will be trying to keep up with big sister and brother!

Sophie at 2 months

Getting bundled up to go outside and HATING every minute of it.

Sleeping soundly after all of the torture:)

Sophie with her fists ready to throw a punch:) She always has her fists balled up like this shoving them into her mouth.

Sophie is now 2 months old. She weighed in at 10 lbs. 8 oz. She is growing way too fast! She gives sweet smiles, mostly after being fed. I tried to get a smile on camera but was unsuccessful, her fists were too yummy:)