Maddie turning One

It is hard to believe that Maddie turned 1 year old.  She is such a cute, happy baby and very patient with her brother and two sisters.  Dennis and I went over to see her after lunch with Chelsey and her family at Golden Corral.  Travis and Ryann were at Soccer games with their girls.  We bought Maddie a little "mini" computer for her birthday.  She seemed to enjoy playing with, but I know that Hunter wanted to get his hands on it too.

Oh, it doesn't get any cutier than this.  Just look at that expression on her face.

2012 Chelsey Graduation

Wow Chelsey made it to Graduation! Babies in TOW!

 What a beautiful Graduate - and well deserved!

 Chelsey's Family at Graduation - 4 Generational picture.

 Dennis and I with Tanner, Chelsey, Cooper and Kylie.

 Kylie was really happy that day - I am sure that she was really proud of her mother.

 Cooper was really happy that day too - I am sure that he was really proud of his mother (especially since both of them went to class everyday - they should be the youngest, super educated twins ever.

 Chelsey and her Grandma - She was so proud of Chelsey that day - and she loves holding the twins.

 Chelsey and her Mom - I am sure that Tiffany is one proud Mom too!

Way to Go Chelsey - Congratulations!

Great Grandma and the Twins

This is my mother, Ruby holding Tanner and Chelsey's babies.

Tanner and his family with his Grandmother.

Ruby did incredibly well holding both twins at the same time.  We tried to support both of them with pillows.

 Oh - look at those faces!

 They are so cute together.  Here is Tanner's 4 generation picture.  WOW impressive!

What a great little family Tanner and Chelsey and something to be proud of.

Strolling through the Tulips

Dennis and I went down to Thanksgiving point the end of April to see the millions of beautiful tulips.  I tried to count how many different colors and types, but I soon lost count. Here is the entrance into Thanksgiving point and pictures of my favorite tulips.

 This is my favorite picture with the walkways which were everywhere, but at this moment it did not have people walking on it.

 Dennis in the white tulip patch taking pictures of you know who????

 Young girl statue sticking her foot in the water (this just looked so real to me).

 This is the special garden area where they had taken stories from the bible and portrayed them in bronze statues. There was no beaten path to the statues.  You had to get off the pathways and walk down to where these were.  It was very symbolic.

 This is where they take a lot of bridal photos.

 See how many different colors you can count.

This is the entrance into the ponds for the children.  It is absolutely stunning (Notice there is no door knob)

This is inside the doorway. I loved the mossy hanging vines and the tulips on the other side.  This area had a ton of different colors - just amazingly beautiful.

 The falls are made-made and you can walk up onto the top ledge and look down below.

 They have a children's discovery area and Noah's boat is right in the middle.

 I thought this was really cool - the kids could climb all over it - in the middle, on the sides, on the top - Wow what a great toy for kids - Strength training.

I loved the look of this tulip.  We had a such a wonderful and colorful trip.  Everyone should go!

4/22/2012 Cooper and Kylie Blessing

Cooper and Kylie were blessed in the Templeview Ward on April 22, 2012. It was a beautiful day and a great family gathering on both the Loftus side and the Bodily side. Tanner and Chelsey came to Idaho Falls to bless the babies because most of the families live in Idaho Falls. We went over to Chelsey's parents afterwards and had homemade "Travis Egg rolls".  By the time that we arrived at Chelsey's parents that had changed the babies out of their cute blessing outfits so Chelsey will have to post those pictures.

 Tanner getting the egg roll wrappers out - like the shirt???

This was the wrapping crew.  We wrapped in the garage because it was really hot that day.

 This is everyone lined up for "EGG ROLLS" - they were a big hit.

 This is Tanner working off the egg rolls - He was really getting some height on that trampoline.

 Abby got bored eating and decided to go and find worms in the grass with the rest of the kids.

 Maddie and Jaxon were the people watchers - it must have been very enlightening for them.

 Alyssa crashed on the table.

Chelsey's family with her Mom, Grandmother and Aunts.

 Kylie and Cooper were on my kitchen counter - Notice that Kylie is awake in this picture

 Kylie with those great big eyes!

  Kylie and Cooper were on my kitchen counter - Notice that COOPER is awake in this picture

I think Cooper was just plain tired in this picture.