Troy turns 4

Troy has been looking forward to his Birthday for a long time! It was a little tough and hard to understand that Alyssa's Birthday comes first before his Birthday. We made his day really special and he got to open some of the gifts we had for him. He loved getting to have a Birthday party as well! He loves swimming so a swim party was so perfect. He is swimming confidently enough that he can jump off the diving board by himself and swim to the side and pretty much swimming anywhere around the pool. He loves to put his head under the water and is loving going to swim lessons!  at his 4 year check up he was 41 lbs (85%) and 3 ft 5 in (70%).  We are so lucky to have this special guy in our family! We love you Troy!

Alyssa turns 2

My baby Alyssa turned 2.  My oh my how time flies!  Alyssa is a little sweetheart and she loves to play with her big brother and sister.  She calls Hailey, "broder (brother)" and Troy, "tou bou" (For Troy Boy).  She still has her gorgeous blue eyes, So I think they are here for good.  She loves her "pappy" (Pacifer).  She loves to cuddle her mommy.  Alyssa is a vibrate, fun, loving, sweet, active, busy 2 year old!  At her 2 year check up she weighed 28 lbs (70%) and 34 in (65%).  We are so blessed to have this cute girl in our family!  We love our little sissy!

June Birthdays!

We celebrated Alyssa's and Troy's Birthdays at the end of June. I try really hard to make each of their own days very special for them. It's a little hard for Hailey since it is everyone else's Birthday except hers. So we had a pool party for the kiddos at Grandma and Grandpa Hakes pool. We had food and also invited Connie and her family. I got them each there own special cupcakes. It was so fun!! Happy Birthday Alyssa and Troy!

June trip to laralee's wedding in Mesa and other exciting things

At the end of June, the 22, I went with Lori R. to travel to Arizona to go to our friend's wedding Laralee.  I went with out my kiddos!  It was actually really good for me because that was something that was hard for me to do!  We left Friday around lunch time and I had my mom come and watch my kids until Josh got off of work.  Josh did great with them and they did just fine with out me for 2 1/2 days.
  As we were planning the trip I told Karl that if they decided to have there baby that weekend that that would be just perfect.  He, of course, was like, "Yeah sure anything for you Melissa!"  (It would be 2 weeks early before Leslie's due date and her last baby came 2 weeks past her due date, so it was a long shot.) So the first day, in the morning when we got there was the wedding, we helped with hair for all the girls and helped with food and decorating.  We also helped sew Laralee into her dress because the zipper broke.  She looked beautiful and they are a great/beautiful couple!
  Anyway a little later in the day Karl called they wanted to meet up.  Leslie had been having some labor pains, little did I know she was having lots of labor pains.  Also she had been into the hospital that morning and was at a 4 I believe but left since she was planning an all natural birth.   So we met up that the mall and Leslie was moving pretty slow and looking like she was in a lot of pain.  I told her I think it was really time to go in and I'd put money on it that she was an 8, 9, or 10.  I dropped them off at the hospital and sure enough she was a 9.  I took Emma home to have a snack and play with while we waited for Leslie mom Darla to get into town.  Leslie had the baby in the next couple of hours and darla arrived and we headed over to the hospital to go see them.  They had a girl, and her name is Kennedy.  We got to spend a good amount of time with them the next morning in the hospital too, before we had to head home to C.......!  I felt so lucky and blessed to have been there for that!

More Cousins and Melissa and Colin's Wedding

At the end of May, the 24th, Melissa and Colin had a civil ceremony in the Hakes back yard, then traveled to Mexico to be sealed in the Juarez Mexico temple, Then came back for a reception that night! Congrats to the beautiful couple!  Now I'm the only Melissa Hakes in the family!  Introducing Colin and Melissa Mullen!

End of the School Year

These are the kids class pictures!  They both had great teachers!  I love their school so much!

Karl and Leslie come to visit mid may

Karl and Leslie came to visit in the middle of may. One of the evenings all the boys started having wrestling matches doing Jujitsu and it was pretty fun to watch because Dave was getting into coaching everyone and show them moves. It is always fun to see them and get together with all the family!