What We've Been Up To...

First off, we now have a 3 year old! On April 21st Spencer turned 3 years old. He had a party at our house with some friends and family. His cousin, Marin, was a big help opening his presents.

He had a Toy Story cake (bought at the Lee's Bakery of course).

He also had a party with his Ethington cousins at Matt's sister, Katie's house. I'm glad that Corban's birthday is close to Spencer's so we can mooch off the amazing cakes that Katie makes.

Before the Ethington party Katie organized a little picture scavenger hunt at the mall. The picture below is my favorite. I love Spencer's arm placement, I think he may have a future career in modeling.
We also went to Baby Animal Days with our friends, the Wilsons. Spencer and his girlfriend, Kate, had a blast!
It doesn't look like it, but he loved riding the horses!

On the Friday before Easter my sister, Cara, had her 3rd baby. His name is Andrew, he has the best chubby cheeks. We took Marin to see him for the first time in the hospital and on the way home she said "I just love that baby!"Here is Spencer with his Easter loot.

Our friend, Matt Bateman, got his Master's Degree from USU a few weeks ago so they came up the night before and we celebrated Cinco De Mayo at the Nelson's. Love this bunch of people!
(Cara would probably like me to remind everyone that she had a baby 2 weeks before this photo was taken. Also, Sara, the one on the far right, is having a baby next month)

New Post...

I received the following post on my facebook page from my good friend, Mindy:

"In 2008 you had 45 blog posts. In 2009 you had 28. In 2010 you had 26. And in 2011 you are currently on track to have 12. One word: unacceptable! You better get on top of this problem, Ethingtor. You have four hours to take some initiative in the matter, or else ..."

(No, "Ethingtor" is not a typo, it's a sweet nickname.)

Anyways...Mindy is right, I have slacked on my blog . I think I had 45 blog posts in 2008 because I had a chubby little baby to show off. Now I just have a thinned-out 2 year old to post about.

The only thing I could think of to blog about was Spencer's recent ski trip. Last Saturday Matt took Spencer skiing for the first time. 2 years old isn't too early to learn to ski right? First off, here is his season pass for next year...

Doesn't he look thrilled?

Here are a few pictures getting ready to go skiing. Of course Mitch and Matt didn't take any pictures of the kids actually skiing.

I'm pretty sure Spencer had a good time because he keeps telling me he wants to go "Ski again with Dad." Hopefully next year I can post some pictures of him speeding down a hill.

Winter Blahs...

Winter has seemed especially long this year, maybe because I have a cooped up 2 year old. I know it's technically spring but it's still rainy/snowy and in the 40's here in Cache Valley. I am really looking forward to days like this...

But in the meantime I guess we'll just keep trying to have fun inside...

(isn't my husband awesome?)

P.S. For those of you dying to know the status of potty training: Spencer's been accident-free for a little over three weeks now. Woohoo! He still wears a diaper during nap time and bedtime but hey, 2 diapers a day is a lot easier/cheaper than what we were going through before!

V-Day

This is the card Spencer sent to his grandparents and cousins. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Guess what we've been up to?

Yes, that is a gumball machine in Spencer's bathroom. Desperate times call for desperate measures.