pizza night in williams, az

after our little adventure at the grand canyon, we headed down to williams, arizona for the night. we ate dinner at this local pizza eatery on route 66. it was fabulous. my kids couldn't believe all of the "real" cowboys that were there eating pizza too. ava and eden made friends with pizza man in the corner and kept revisiting him throughout the whole meal. but, seriously, it was such a cute little rustic place with lots of character (and cowboys).

the breinholts go to the grand canyon

we took a little trip to the grand canyon. what can i say? it was big. really big. the last time i saw it was when i was probably five years old. it's funny that people travel from all of the world to see this spot on the map but we live within a couple of hours from this natural wonder and don't think much of it. i'm glad that my children can say they have been to the grand canyon since they are arizonans. i'm sure they won't remember it a couple of years from now but i've got the pictures to prove it :) however, they were way more interested in playing in the patches of snow than taking in the sight of the giant hole in the earth.

more fun with erin

a few more fun things we did when our friend erin came to visit:

the park and jump street!

have a great weekend... and hooray for spring break :)

jonah's birthday celebration

march 6, 2012

jonah is officially a one year old. he celebrated his birthday by demolishing a cupcake and opening a few presents. his siblings were there every step of the way, showing him how to blow out a candle to how to tear open wrapping paper. i don't know what we would do without all their helpful little bodies ;)

this past year went by way too fast. i wish i could put life into slow motion mode most of the time. since jonah will most likely be my last baby, i treasure the moments that much more. He is such a sweet baby with a smile always on his face. he loves to wave, make spitting sounds with his tongue, chew on things (including your finger), laugh, eat food, dance, clap his hands, ride in his push car outside and have playtime with his siblings. some of his favorites are books, stuffed animals, anything he can throw, bouncy balls, and the vacuum. now, if only we could get him to sleep through night, he might just be the perfect baby. happy birthday, jonah!

jonah's first birthday

jonah turned the big ONE today....

and he was pretty excited about it. (and so are we!)

happy birthday little man, we love you!

*on top of my baby turning one today, i also found out that i was accepted into nursing school. double yay!!

it was a happy day :)

saturday.

our saturday went a little something like this....

donuts. sunglasses. and a delicious spread at sauce with one of my good freinds.

it was my kind of a weekend :)

the jack in the hat

i am a pretty big fan of dr. seuss,

but i am even a bigger fan of this kid.

in honor of dr. seuss's birthday, jack's class made "the cat in the hat" hats at school today.

it was pretty darn cute.