Shay-Shay turns 4!

Shayli is 4! And she loves Frozen.  You can guess where this is going...

We had a joint bday party at Aunt Jenni's for Uncle Brendan and Shayli.  It was quite the swim bash.  And Aunt Jenni wasn't even there.  They were on vacay.

We did have cousins and the Silcox friends joining us.  It was a great night for a swim!

 Blow out the candles!

 Apparently twinning is winning in this family.

One of Shayli's favorite presents was an Olaf necklace that Lexi made for her.  She loves it!

At 4 Shayli is:

Loves to be everyone's twin

Favorite joke:  Why did Dexton come out so cute?

Because he was combing his hair with the umbilical cord!

Fun loving

Cuddle monster

Loves to play with hair

Loves long hair

Nightly ritual:

See you in the morning

I love you million bucks

I love you more

(Says all three things as she gives a hug, kissy, and an ugga-mugga aka nose kiss)

Can do the monkey bars

Rides with no training wheels

Can swim! (still uses a floaty when mom or dad aren't in the pool)

loves to shop

loves fashion and is very creative with her outfits

We love Shayli and wouldn't trade her for the world! Happy Birthday girl!

Colorado Trip 2015

After Uncle Daniel's wedding, we said goodbye to Ryan (who had to work) and we headed to Colorado for the week.  The kids had lots of fun and Aunt Jessica made sure to make some special memories!  The girl's got to hang out with her for an afternoon where they shopped her closet and had a fashion show.

We celebrated the Fourth at the Robbins house and had lots of fireworks.

Uncle Flop-flop was in town with Cam and Shayli decided he was her "twin."

Grandma was in baby heaven with her two newest grandbabies....Rory (born May 6) and Dexton (June 1).

The difference in size was quite remarkable for only being 3 weeks apart......

And we had to include the "coming soon picture".  All three 2015 babies together for the first time.

Capture the flag was a big hit in Pa's backyard.  It offered hours of entertainment.

And the boys decided to have a warhead battle.  I'm pretty sure Kyson lost.....

A romp in the park and a hike to the stinky tower was included in the trip.

We always make a point of visiting the bowling alley for a family bowl-off.  We feel it our civic duty to keep Uncle Philip's bowling alley lucrative.  Oh wait.  We may have bowled for free....

The newlyweds joined us....

And Uncle Skip was teaching the finer points of pool.

 Uncle Travis and Aunt Jessica hosted the first ever cousin camp out in their backyard.  From the sounds of it, it was a hit!  We're talking spooky visitors and eerie noises going on outside the tent. And broken curfews....

The morning came too early for all.  The muffins and juice made up for it!

Giant human foos ball was new to the family reunion.  The kids all had a great time once they got the hang of it.  We love our aunts and uncles!!!

Me and Dexton did some hanging out in the hammock.  Obviously we had company.

The grand finale of the trip was a scavanger hunt in Grandma's neighborhood.  Hooray!!

Some of the spoils from the hunt.

 Meanwhile, back on the farm.....Pa was getting some good snuggles from some cute girls.

Grandma Lu always has the magic touch rocking the babies.  She loves to sing to them.

The famous "twin day".  The red shirts with matching stars has forever made Uncle Philip and Shayli twins.

 Uncle Travis making sure Kyson knows who's boss.

We made it to the top! Dexton was there too, just not pictured.

Daniel & Amanda's Wedding

We only had a few short weeks to recuperate from our new addition before we loaded the plane and headed to Denver.  Daniel and Amanda got married on July 3 in Denver.  Which meant we got to spend the weekend having fun!

We arrived in the Denver early.  Around 9:30.  We left our house around 4 AM.  It was a little rough. We had the day to spend with family so we made good use of it and hit up the Cherry Creek Mall.  That didn't actually sound like a good idea to the kids so we decided to take them to Chuckee Cheese's.  They had a great time with their cousins!

The next morning we gussied ourselves up and headed to the temple.  Everyone looked great and wedding was lovely.

Kyson found the whole thing a little lacking so he decided to climb the trees....

Dexton slept through a large portion of it.

And Shayli and Pippa had a lot of fun!! Thankful for weddings and family and temples.