Emily's visit...

My wonderful friend Emily came to Spokane over Easter weekend to visit her mom (but really to visit us, right Em?) :)She is one of my oldest friends, meaning we have been friends since the 9th grade in High School! She is awesome and has been there for me a lot over the past 17 years! Can you believe it's been that long??? Sheesh! Anyway, She came over one night to meet little Taylor Rae. They bonded right away! :)





It's tradition that whenever Emily comes to town, her mom Jan invites us over for dinner! We love Jan!!! :) She is awesome and is always so good to us! She always has a delicious Italian meal for us when we come! :) I tried to get a picture of all of us on timer but accidentally cut myself out of the picture...oops! :)

Me and Em...

Jan and Tucker. She loves Tucker and Tucker loves Jan! :)

Tucker was just sitting there like a big boy in conversation while we were all just talking. Ben had to take a picture! :)

Jan gave Tucker a little Easter present (the spoiled boy) But he loves his Trio blocks!

The next day we went out to visit Gen and have a little reunion! Emily hadn't met her little guy, Wyatt. He is now 18 months! :) I love these girls. I was a bridesmaid for both of them and they would have been for me if I had bridesmaids! :)

Gen and Wyatt with his fresh Bed head! :)

We had some chocolate dipped strawberries which Tucker thoroughly enjoyed! :)

Meanwhile Taylor thoroughly enjoyed her carseat! :) I love this stage, when she is starting to discover things and focus in on them! :) So cute!

When I was going through pictures of Emily, I found this one from TWO years ago of her and Tucker at lunch! It made me miss his long hair!

What do you think? Should we grow it back out again?
Thanks for coming and seeing us Emily! I wish you lived closer, we love you!!!

cousins...

After Taylor's blessing, Allen, Kelli, Keyton, Cassidy and my mom all stayed for a few days. Tucker loves it when Keyton is in town. They love each other one minute and are fighting the next. Pretty typical for three year olds! They sure do love each other though! And we love having Keyton around!
Uncle Ben and the boys playing on the trampoline...

My handsome little man...

Jumping with grandma, look at that smile! :)

And Keyton, what a cutie!

Tucker in a tree...

And going down the slide! ( I may have been a little camera happy as they were playing in the backyard! I was just so happy to be outside again after months of being cooped up because of weather and baby!) :)

This is Tuckers favorite way to swing. On his belly. He always convinces his friends to do the same when they are over!

Papa on the hot tub feeding Taylor...

Once she fell asleep in his arms there was no getting rid of her. She looked too comfy to disrupt...

My brother had an eye exam while he was here and came back wearing these cool shades... :)

And the baby girls!

One of Tuckers favorite places is Jump and Bounce. It is a warehouse full of jumpy castles and slides. We had to take Keyton while they were here...

Keyton wasn't so sure at first and spent a majority of the time kind of scared.

Finally Kelli took him down some rides and he realized he actually liked it!!! Too bad our time was almost up by then! :) Look at that smile!



Of course, there was some fighting involved. Not sure what's going on here...



Even Cassidy got to join in on the action...

We boxed the boys. Here are Kelli and Tucker going at it!

And Keyton and I...

Trying to pose for a picture...

Tucker loves his cousin Keyton!

cross-eyed girl

I love this little girl! For like the first month and a half of her life she was cross-eyed like 90% of the time! :) I know that babies often times look crossed-eyed, but I was getting a little nervous that it was too much and that she wouldn't grow out of it! :) But luckily she did!

This picture doesn't even do it justice, she was one cross-eyed girl! :)

short grandma visit...

It is always a struggle for Tucker when his grandma from Alabama is in town. Only because he just doesn't know what to do with himself when BOTH of his grandmas are here. He loves my mom and obviously sees her a lot. And he LOVES going to Alabama and visiting his grandma down there, but he just doesn't know quite what to do when they are both together. He gets torn about who to be with and snuggle with and talk to and what to call each one of them. While they were both here for Taylor's blessing we didn't know what to call them because he calls both of them grandma. We decided to call my mom short grandma, for the time being. :)
Anyway...
I have A LOT of catching up to do here... my list of posts to write keeps growing and growing. We have had SO many visitors over the past few months and I just can't seem to catch up with everything in the blogging world. WAAAYYYY back in March, Ben had to go to Utah and Seattle for some work things and was gone for a week. I was (and still am) a little nervous about being alone with the TWO kiddos, so my mom came up to stay with me for the time while Ben was gone. I tell you what, there is NOTHING better than having your mom in town! Not only does Tucker just adore her, and Taylor too, but she does my laundry and grocery shopping while she is here! It is like I am in heaven, I swear! :) Here are just some highlights from her time here.
Tucker and Carter watching a movie together. Whenever my mom is in town, we see a whole lot more of this little man! :) Carter really looks comfy, huh! :)

She spoiled us and took us to Red Robin. Angie and Tucker enjoyed a Rookie Magic together:

I think that Carter may have been jealous and wanted a little taste of that milkshake! :)

And of course, here again, Taylor is the life of the party! :)

Whenever grandma is in town, there is always trampoline jumping! :) Even if it is cold outside!

Taylor really loves short grandma, too! Taylor seems to be a real mama's girl and she also loves her grandma!

Tucker and grandma being silly...

Back at Taylor's blessing, my mom was the one behind the camera and after the fact I realized we didn't get a picture of her and Taylor together. So while my mom was here for the week, we decided to get some pictures before church. Nothing fancy, in the hallway before any crying started...

And grandma with both kiddos...

And here I am with these two cute kids...

My cute little cousin Kjersti got her mission call and is going to the Brazil, Joa Persona mission. She had her farewell while my mom was here so we got to go to that. I still can't believe that little Kjersti is a missionary! It's crazy! She did a great job and will be a great missionary!
All the girls: Taylor, my mom, Kjersti, Aunt Lorraine and me!

Well, we had a great time while short grandma was here and are so grateful for all she does for us! Thanks for loving my children as much as I do!

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The Mohs-Taylor dayz...

My cousin Alicia and her family came to Spokane for the day for her daughter, Amarae's, gymnastics tournament. It was so much fun getting to spend time with even if it was in a crowded high school gym. Amarae did awesome and I was so impressed with how talented she is! She is only 6 and can do things I don't think I could ever do! :)
Here are Alicia and I with our two baby girlys. Baby Janell is so sweet and just gorgeous!

Here is the talented Alicia. You can tell she has multiple children. Look at that multi-tasking. Holding a sleeping baby, taking pictures and keeping score. I hope I can grow up to be just like her one day! :)

Tucker thought it was SO cool that he had new cousins. Alicia has a little guy, Jackson, who is just a year older than Tucker and those two boys became great friends. He still talks about his new cousin Jackson! :) Here they are arm wrestling with Alex during the tournament.

Tucker can get a little competitive sometimes, I'm not sure where he gets that!!! :)

And here is what Taylor thought of the whole thing...

Please come back soon guys, it was so much fun with you here! We love you!!!