Happy 4th Birthday MaKynzee!

I woke up way early to get all the cooking done for the parties MaKynzee had on Wednesday. We celebrated a day early. She was able to take these "cupcake" green rice krispies to preschool. She was all decked out in green, complete with crown.
Our Irish Princess

Fun "cupcakes"

After preschool she got to go shopping with Aunt Melanie and Grandma Bowen and pick out her birthday presents while mommy finished the cakes and decorating.

The Cakes...MaKynzee wanted a princess cake and tiara cake. I did my best...

Then we all loaded up and went to Blackfoot to swim. That was all MaKynzee kept talking about was a swim party and mom did not want to disappoint.

The entire gang...we were so happy that the Texas clan could make it for MaKynzee's big day! Thanks!

The Princess with her "Prince" Grandpa Bowen

Our little family.

So funny...Bowen's first time swimming...

Looks happy right? It got a lot better, he never did cry just gave the greatest faces.

After swimming we went to Golden Corral for dinner so everyone could eat what they wanted. It was great there was a animal balloon maker. He was brilliant! He made everyone a special animal of their choice and MaKynzee's was made out of Happy Birthday balloons.

Left to right: Brookelyn/unicorn, Alex/TRex, Lukas/Flying Fish, Kira/Lady Bug, Ivy/Butterfly, MaKynzee/Birthday butterfly and Lily/Unicorn. It was so cool.

MaKynzee opening presents...

Our little Irish baby on St Patty's, MaKynzee even gave him the crown to "keep safe".

Happy Birthday Princess, we really hope that you had a great day we love you!

Oh, sweet Daisy.

So our cute little teddy bear hamster died. She has been going for a while. I noticed because when I cleaned her cage the running wheel wasn't being used and when I put her in her ball she just sat there. Right before I left for Texas I noticed she had a limp and wasn't eating much. I have made it a habit to say goodnight and check on her. I said good night to her Friday night and then Saturday morning she was gone. I was really shocked with the kids reaction. I sat them down in a circle and told them Daisy went to heaven. MaKynzee burst into full force tears with heaving screaming sobs. Lukas looked lost and started to cry. I guess I didn't think it would hurt them that bad. It was so sad. I started to cry too, for my kids and for her. We made her a special box as a family and then said nice things about her. Lukas really wanted to write her a note, he said through tears "Sorry Daisy, your dead." Spencer and I only smiled and I wrote the note. We all signed it.

Lukas painted the bottom and walls and put the daisies in for a pillow. MaKynzee put stickers around the sides and added this cute little heart right on top of her. Lukas wanted to add food so she would have it when she was resurrected. It was amazing how much they understand about death, life and the resurrection.

Then Spencer closed the box and took her away the kids just kept crying...actually we all were even Daddy. I don't know why but it seemed to make us stronger as a family, I just felt so close as our little family said good-bye, such love and understanding. MaKynzee will start crying out of the blue every now and then and say she misses Daisy. I miss her too.

SWEET DAISY-WE LOVE YOU!

Lukas and MaKynzee hope you have a lot of cheese in heaven

(Daisy's favorite food was this cheese shaped/flavored snack)

Growing Leaps and Bounds

Bowen

Our little Bowen has been growing so fast! I can't believe we just had his 4 month check! He is 14lbs 3oz and 25.75 in long at 4 months!!! In the last month, February he has learned a lot and really impressed us.

He holds his head up 90 degrees.

He has rolled over from belly to back.

He found his fingers and hand. He just sat there staring at his hand for the longest time and then when he would move his hand he would jump and his eyes got wide. I love this time, it is too dang cute.

He found his tongue! He plays with it ALOT and loves to giggle!

MaKynzee has been making sure he stays nice and warm...didn't know we had a Russian baby eh?

This is my favorite expression that he has.

MaKynzee

MaKynzee is such a sweet heart. She is totally into clothes and school. She wants to read like Lukas. She always grabs a book and "reads" the picture. She has always loved her books.

This is her favortite page, She ran up to me and said, "Mom I can read this WHOLE book and look this is my favoite page. It has me AND hippo!" It was too cute for words.

This is my favorite project that has ever come home from the kids. It is our snowman family by MaKynzee.

Lukas

Lukas is reading now and LOVES dinosaur and animal books. Lukas is also obsessed with Wii. He has started to write alot at school and at home. I find papers all over the place that say "I love Wii. -Lukas" He brought home a paper that he had written this is what it said...

I am happy when I play Wii.

I am sad when Mom says I can't play Wii.

I am excited when I play Wii.

I am going to go play Wii.

The bold is what the teacher had them write and the rest is what Lukas wrote. Do we see a problem? He woke up yesterday and ran in..."Mom, I had a really bad dream."

"I'm sorry what happened?"

"Dad played Wii without me."

Oh! For heaven's sake the boy even dreams about it!!!

Lukas has become quite the daddy's boy. He finds his dad's stuff and puts in on or if he wants to do something he'll say "But Daddy does." I am so glad to see their relationship grow so much.

Lukas in Daddy's work shoes. Lukas said he was going to go out and fix the car when I asked him why he had them on. The look on his face is because I told him no more Wii that day! LOL.

We are just so dang happy with our kiddos around here. They are growing up so big and strong.

A True Mexican Wedding

So some of you know that I have a cousin Tyrel. He happens to be only 3 weeks older than me so growing up Christina (my sister), Tyrel and I were all inseparable. We just stayed close. Well most of you know the name Tyrel because I have been trying for the last 5 years to get this guy married! Well he did! I had NOTHING to do with it. It was all about "chemistry" (she was his chemistry class TA at BYU). Anyway I was SO super excited and had the opportunity to go to the wedding. Now he married Linda a muy bonita, caliente mama from Mexico. She actually just became a citizen in November. GO LINDA! Anyway the festivities were amazing and we had so much fun, that is Bowen and I. It was in Texas and I had some family business I needed to attend to so it worked out perfect!

The "Bachelor" Party-

We waited until 1130pm one night for the bachelor! So we gave presents one night and then went to Red Robin the next night.

Our presents were...and there accompanying notes.

Hot Tamales...To heat things up.

Some "Party Pack" rubbers... To keep things interesting.

KY- To help smooth things along.

"Winter"fresh mints- To cool things down if it gets too hot.

2 Handtowels- Thought you could use a "towel" to dry off after a nice steamy shower. (those towels are half the size of my hand towels, he couldn't stop laughing. Those were his favorite present.)

At Red Robin- Tyrel, Me, My cousin Scott and his wife Sonya

The Wedding DAY

Mr and Mrs Tyrel D. Fitzpatrick- SO in Love


The Fitzpatrick (Bowen) side at the temple

Tyrel and I


Mommy, Bowen, Grandpa Bowen, Grandma Bowen

in front of the temple

Now Spencer and I have a tradition to take our own close up when we go places or do something different. Since my man wasn't there I used my newest little man!

He looks happy huh?

THE PARTY/ Reception

Tyrel kept telling us that this was going to be a true Mexican party/ Wedding reception and BOY was it.

The "band" serenading the bride and groom as dinner was served.

One tradition at a Mexican reception is they play some music while the bride and groom stand on a chair like this...

Now the groom holds up the veil and the guests form two lines...one male and one female. These two lines run around the room going around the tables with the beat and going under the veil as you passed from one side to the other. With the fast beat we were literally running! It was so much fun! I love Mexican weddings!

Cutting the cake..this is one of my most favorite pictures! Just so dang happy!

While we were down there I got to see my family including my two nieces and nephew who are so dang cute, I couldn't leave them out.

The trip was draining from the real reason I went down...family business but it was good to have a break with the wedding and we also went to an arcade/pizza place one night. It was fun, fast and hard! I love my family! I hope that we can just be happy, we are together for eternity ya know.

What a DATE Night???

Yep so at the end of January, Jan.20th Spencer and I whisked away to night skiing at Pebble (our local ski "resort"). It is by far our favorite tradition thanks to lovely Portneuf who lets us go for $4/person. Gotta love that. Every time we go it reminds us how much we love it but we don't have the time or money to do it more. It was great to truly be alone just us two although I was definitely ready for Bowen when we got back!

Just US!

My Mad skills- remember it was night skiing! I could pretend to be as professional as I wanted.

Spencer had to stop so I could get a picture of him.

The Best Way to spend your time on a ski lift! Especially on date night!

Family Pictures FINALLY!!

The great photographer finally humored me with taking family pictures after a REALLY tough morning, in which I let Spencer sleep in (I was trying so hard to be good), learned heart breaking news, AND tried to make biscuits but made them with baking soda NOT baking POWDER! YUCK!! The kids wouldn't eat 'em and Spencer and I gagged one down each! Oh well I am trying...one of my New Year's resolutions.

The Bagshaw 5

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The Kiddos

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The Girlies

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Dad's FAVORITE girls!!

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The Boys

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Momma's Boys

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The Candids

Didn't know we had ducks in the family huh?

Ok there were absolutely NO ducks on this side of the river until we stepped out to take pictures and they just kept coming!

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Now don't you worry...I did not leave my new born in a tree with my 5 & 3 year olds. Come now...

Finally giving in and letting the kids feed the ducks. This lady came out and dropped a garbage bag full of breads out. We let the kids run over and grab the loafs and feed the ducks smaller bites. They loved it!

Too cute huh?

Never too Late...to post newborn pictures

These are the amazing new born pictures I had done by our friend Megan Poulton! Bowen was exactly one week old. It took about 2 hours to get him cooperative (ie sleepy and not hungry) and then greatness, amazing and gorgeous...

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The toy truck is one of Spencer's Jeepnies from the Philippines. It was the first time he let it out of the box since we have been married! Bowen is special!

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