Spring Pictures

Blakeley had her pictures taken. They turned out AWESOME! I love them so much, her photographer Cathy took us to this awesome tulip garden. It wasn't the best day and Blake was a bit of a stinker the whole time but thanks to Cathy's awesome skills you would never know it!

Some of the pictures are above in my blog header and here is another one of my favorites...

Click here to see my darling daughter and more of Cathy's amazing work!

I love my little girl I sure wish she would stop growing up so fast!

Every time I tell her to "Stop growing!"

She says "...but I yike to grow!"

"I want to grow bigger and bigger and go on the school bus!"

Lagoon:lots of fun...and much more to come!

We took our first trip to Lagoon! Blake had a great time naturally. Rob aka "Disneyland Dad" (thanks Ashlee for teaching me that term; it describes Rob perfectly!) used his extra money to buy us Lagoon passes this year. I'm still not sure who is more exited about it, Rob or Blake! He is such a kid at heart. Blake had some fun...

...and she also learned that sometimes rides can be scary! She begged and begged to go on the Dinosaur Drop ride (shown here!) You can see she is all smiles before. This ride is like the Rocket. It takes you up and then drops you. Oh how quickly she learned that she didn't like this ride at all! I had to turn around, I couldn't watch-she cried the whole time. It made her a little apprehensive of some rides for the rest of the day! We keep teasing her about the "egg ride" being her favorite and she replies "no, I don't yike that wide!" Poor girl! We had a fun day and it wore her right out which is always nice. We are hoping this will be a fun activity Rob and Blakes can do when I need some alone time with the babe!

Celebrating Josh!!

Memorial Day was extra special this year! Our first one since Josh passed away. It was great to all go visit him together as a family.

Grandkids
It is such a pain to get a good picture of these kids so
tried having them be silly to see if that would help!

Rob brought each of the kids a balloon to send to Josh in Heaven. It was cute because we told the kids to let their balloons go and they all looked at us like we were crazy! So Rob asked them where is Josh? Hudson (4) said right there in the ground (pointing to his grave.) Rob reminded them that though Josh's body is in the ground his spirit is in Heaven. So that is why we are going to let our balloons go so they can float up to Josh in Heaven. After hearing that the kids were all excited to let them go. We counted to 3 and then they let them go, they loved watching them float away until they couldn't see them anymore!

Six little balloons for Uncle Josh. It was very sweet!

Birthday/Stay-cation!

It was my Happy Birthday over Memorial Weekend so it was filled with lots of fun! We had our annual Costley Family Stay-cation that weekend too. For lunch on my Bday we went to Costa Vida and Fat Cats (cause apparently it was Blakeley's Bday) Just kidding, we really did go there but it was because she has the time of her life there so it makes it fun for everyone!! Here are some pictures of her at Fat Cats. She is crazy about the Merry Go Round, played a few other games, and was so excited that she got so many tickets cause they were "taller" than her!


We went to dinner at Pizzeria with my family and then kicked off the Stay-cation by celebrating my bday! Rob was the Ping Pong Champion this year!

That night we roasted marshmallows and made smores. The guys got up early on Saturday for a golf tourney and then we met them at Jeremiah's for breakfast! So so yummy!

We went swimming at the Clearfield Aquatic Center. Here are Joss and Blakes in their suits that Grannie Sheryl gave them for Easter!Blake waiting for the slide, she didn't want me to take the picture until she went down the slide, so she was mad and wouldn't smile...and Rob...he just likes to fuel the fire!!

She loves to slide with Dad!

The girls had a great time swimming! Blakeley spent most of her time in Josslyn's floaty. It was shaped like a Jet Ski and Blake thought is was lots of fun!!

The girls flew Balloon "Kites" it was kind of windy so the balloons didn't want to fly too high!

Blake doing a Memorial Day Tribute Dance for us.
The girls got to plant a pumpkin. They are going to help them grow and then they can have them to carve this Fall! I thought this was such a cute idea and Blakeley and Papa go out to water/check on them every time we go to my parents! Blakeley planted one for Townley too!
Watering

Putting in her marking stick

Joss planting her pumpkin.

Watering the pumpkins...


My parents have a cute little birds nest in their tree with baby birds in it. I love this picture of Blakeley checking it out!!

The Ogden Half!!

I didn't have a lot of feelings about marathons before now. To be honest I hated (and still hate) to run almost as bad and I hated constantly hearing about people running to prepare for these type of things. But I stand corrected, if you haven't ever seen people crossing the finish line at a marathon you really can't judge! It is such an amazing/emotional thing to witness. And this was only the HALF!

Anyway Rob did awesome he finished the Half which is 13.1 miles in 1:52! He did awesome and I was SO proud watching him finish. With Rob I find myself wondering if there is anything he can't do! Then I quickly remember he can't dance worth a crap :)! Here are some fun and some funny pics from the day. One small explanation first, I took these first pictures as an 8mo pregnant person, with Blakeley on my shoulders, my foot holding the stroller so it wouldn't roll away, camera in hand, and my heart beating out of my chest hoping I hadn't missed Rob running through the finish line! It was quite a sight. Thank heaven for Jena, she took the closer up pics of him that are below! Thanks Jens!

Ha Ha, Rob is in black about 5 people back!



Again on the Left :)

Jena's Pictures so much better thankfully!



Joe, Blakeley, Natalie, Rob, Andy, Deidre

Nat ran the 5K and Rob, Andy, and Deidre all ran the Half!

So this picture makes me laugh even harder than the crappy ones I took of Rob running! Rob looks like a 10yr old next to Andy or they look like they could be "Partners!"

Blakeley cheered so cute for her Daddy, So proud!We went to Park City with the Ortgiesen's later that day. We shopped, swam, and tried to stay up late playing games but that wasn't the greatest idea when the hubbies had ran 13 miles that morning! Oh well!

Addy, Blakes, and Charlee snugglin in bed!
3 darling little girls in their new outfits-they all wanted their hair in piggies too!

Blakeley pulls scary faces lately when you ask her to smile!

Riding on the luggage cart.

It was a fun and tiring weekend. I felt like I had ran a marathon after walking my pregnant -A- around the outlets all day. It was well worth it though, I found lots of cute things for Blakes and for baby Townley too!

Baby Animal Days!

April was very busy for me this year! We had a lot going on and every spare minute had to be spent on the Scraps Market so one Saturday my poor abandoned husband took Blake up to Baby Animal Days for a fun outing! He got some cute pictures of her and of course she loved it! That night she told me all about it and it made me so sad that I had missed such a fun experience for her! I am so grateful to Rob for taking the time to take her up there so that she could have such a blast! Enjoy the pictures...

Riding a Pony

Checking out the Bunnies

Holding the Baby Chick (her favorite thing!)

Laughing at the Chickens

Petting a baby Goat

Exploring the little piggies

The Hive (a sweet little botique)

This sweet little boutique is going on this Thursday and Friday at our fun friend Melissa's house! If you are looking for a fun outing you should check it out! Click HERE for more info on time and place! She lives in Mountain Green so we love to make a day of it and eat Taggart's Grill too!

Easter

Okay if you still care about Easter I am finally posting about it!! We had lots of Easter fun, Blakeley got to have 4 egg hunts and lots of fun with all of our families. We are blessed to have so many family members close by to celebrate with!

Saturday Hunt at the Brian's

Her Loot!!Sorry but she is darling, what a serious little face!!

Blake with Kale modeling one of their Easter prizes, swimsuits!!

Rob's mom also made Townley a darling blanket but the picture of me holding needs to be deleted (prego pictures are the worst) Janet is such a sweetheart it has to be mentioned!!

Janet told the story of The Resurrection and the real reason we celebrate Easter. It was so cute and I loved watching Blakeley's face as she was taking it all in! She told me after how she had learned about Jesus and I was so proud. Jan gave us each a copy of the picture story and Blake has loved having it so we can re-tell the story!

That night we colored Eggs with my mom while the boys went to the Priesthood session. Blakeley colored the eggs, herself, and my mom's counter!!

Easter Morning! She gets that beautiful bed head from her Dad, don't ask me how someone without much hair (Robert) can still have serious bed head...good genes I guess!

Stoked about her bubble wand and other fun toys that it was too dang cold to go outside and play with!

Painting mommy's nails with her new polish. Not sure the Easter Bunny had that in mind when choosing the nail polish for her basket. Wink, wink!

Lily and Blakeley sweetest little cousins waiting so patiently for the hunt at Gr Hales' to begin! There were lots of hunters but plenty of eggs!

Joss and Blake

The grand and great grand kids with Gr Hales' notice how all of the baskets are overflowing with eggs, no one was hurting for treats at this hunt!!

One more fun hunt! Blake, Kade, and Joss ready to find the baskets at the Costley's.

Kade is the dedicated helper of the kids to hunt down their baskets!

Spoiled kids: Blake, Joss, and even Townley got a basket!

She finally got to play outside with her bubble wand! Such a cute prize, she loved it!!
We played a fun game of Easter Pictionary and Blakeley even took a turn drawing! It was such a busy day but it is always so much fun to be surrounded by those you love on a Holiday!