memorial day and bowling fun!

we decided to go on a family activity to take bridger bowling for the first time. it was a lot of fun this first pic is just my babies all being lazy lol!
the pics loaded backwards oops! but this is aidan and bridger at our favorite pizza place! well we like the cheese sticks actually! we went there after bowling!the bridge loved it he had so much fun and it helped him to learn how to take turns cuz he wanted to bowl every time but he had to wait his turn!

he got to use the ramp!

he looks so cute carrying his ball... of course he had to do it all by himself!

these next few pics are of memorial day! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this holiday! the cemeteries are always so pretty and i like that my little girl is in one of the prettiest places for that weekend! it brings a little peace to my heart to know that she is remembered! i forgot to take pics of family but bridger loved running around the headstones and waving a little flag that i had brought!

easter

we love easter at our house!
the easter bunny came saturday mourning and boy he sure did bring the goods! (it's so hard not to buy everything in the store for your babies)

even gracie got a basket! she pretty much was crashed on the couch the entire time bridger hunted for eggs.

my family has the tradition of rolling the easter eggs and i'm going to pass it on to my children! i know to most of you it's a little weird but my mom remembers when she was little they would all roll eggs down the hill at the manti temple.

and yes we rolled the eggs right by the no littering sign =)

this is gracie in her easter outfit. we love to play dress up!

bridger was running around in our tiny condo to find the eggs just look at that face!

he is still talking about finding easter eggs he had so much fun.

here we are coloring them. he loved it a lot we made monster eggs and only had a few egg deaths!

aidan thought this was so funny. he drew this on bridgers face.....however bridger was not happy about it at all!

i hope everyone had a great easter just like we did!

i love my family!

here are just a bunch more pictures of my little family! every time i try to get something cute set up to take pictures it NEVER works for me Gracie and Bridger never want to be happy or do what i want them to do! oh well they are still stinking cuties!

our pool opened up and Bridger sure is a water baby!

this is how i found him sleeping one night! he must have had a really fun day!

he loves his little sister and always want to hold her.i just thought his face was too cute it shows the little devil in him!

Great Grandma and Grandpa Goodwin!

Great Grandpa Pickett holding Gracie!

fun pics!

just some pictures we have taken over the last week. can't believe we have had Gracie for over a week now =) aunt tara

cute over sized bow on her head =)

this is a size comparison of the two cuties.

bridger has been having a lot of fun with dad being home and helping with sister.

it's bath time and wow i sure have a long road to loose all the weight i gained...at least i didn't get as heavy as i did with the first two.

teddy bear that bridger and aidan made for gracie and build-a-bear.

and a picture of my little goof ball i just love my babies more and more every day =)

Gracie Brinn Goodwin

she is finally here! well kinda finally since she came 4 1/2 weeks early. i had her on the 22nd tuesday morning at 6:34. she weighed 6 lbs 9 oz and was 20 inches long! she had a few breathing issues but nothing major. we are all in love with her so much! bridger loves her too and is a big help (well he tries to be) anyhoo here is a bunch of pics.

this is right after i had her and i was pretty tired =)

such a sweet daddy =)

five missing candles

today there should have been a birthday cake with five candles on it. instead there is just one pink headstone with two adorable little ruby shoes tied on. the only gifts a mother gets to give her her oldest baby on her birthday. i'd like to think that one day she'll use those shoes like dorthy from the "wizard of ozz" and find her way back home. i can just see her walking down a yellow brick road holding her little sisters hand getting her ready to come to her family. i just pray that she helps her get here safely. there is not a day that goes by that my heart doesn't ache for my sweet ella. she will always be my little girl and i will always wonder what might have been. i watch bridger play and am amazed by his personality and feel a special spark in life is missing because she is not here. i can only look forward to the day i'll get to see her again. i am so grateful for the atonement and all that Christ did for us just so we could all be a family together again. so for now i'll hold on to the precious little angels i do have and enjoy every moment i get with them. then when the time comes (hopefully when i'm old and grey) and i've learned all i need to learn i'll use those Ruby red shoes and click those little heals and repeat "there is no place like home". that will be the best family reunion i could ever imagine.

zebra cake

another cake that we did the girl wanted all zebra stripes and just red pettals turned out pretty cool!