Mallory turns 4!!!!

OK...so once again I have gone overboard with the pictures, but ...my sweet Mallory only turns 4 once!!! Today we had a fun family party at Grandma and Grandpa Stablers. It was such a fun time. Since Anna is in Utah, we decided to wait and have her little "make-over" party when Anna gets home!!! Mallory is such a sweet little girl. She is so stickin' funny, she is always making us laugh!! I love her HUGE personality...she is so full of life!!!! She is such a good sister to both Anna and Tate!!! She loves to help me with Tate, and she is one of the few people who can get a true, big laugh out of him!!! Below are some pictures from her party...

So sticking cute!!!
Don't judge me...I will do better with her next cake


Making a wish....
blowing out her candles....she did them all in one breath (I know there are only 4, but give the girl some credit!!)
HOORAY HOORAY I am 4 TODAY!!!!

Jason and I got her the scooter she wanted!!!
Taking it for a test drive....
The grass was a little too hard....moving it to the cement!!!
"Thanks Mom and Dad...I love my scooter!!!"
Speed Demon................

Opening Presents...
Total GIRL!!!
More presents....

We love stuffed animals....they don't run away!!!
Makeup is a girls best friend!!!

Mallory and her cousin Katie Brooke and Breckyn....
Tatums head...and HANK!!!!
Jack-a- roo!!!
THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!!

A few Funny Malloryisms:

- Mallory says Lub instead of Love...now we all do too!!!

- Mallory sucks her thumb, while twirling her hair ALWAYS!!! We told her, her finger is going to fall off, so now if she catches herself, she will pull it and say..."We don't suck our fingers" it usually stays out for about 30 seconds.

- Mallory can carry a conservation with herself....all day long

- Mallory is so stickin' brave...she will try anything!!!

- Mallory LOVES chips...she will take chips over chocolate anyday. (She is SO mine)

- Mallory favorite song is Cats in the Cradle. (Strange....I know)

- Mallory's nicknames are...Mally, Malsy, Mal, Malibu and Pretty

Mallory is truly a blessing in our home!!! She brings such sunshine in my life and our whole family!!! Happy birthday Malibu...I love you!!!

Sabra...You have NOW arrived!!!!

I am so pleased to introduce SABRA on my blog!!!! We try to do a girls night out for all of the Vance women living in Arizona....we would love them to be monthly, but they end up being about every 4-6 months (so not enough). So, Sabra is Jason's cousin and she wanted a picutre so she could make my blog. Now I know her excitment was purely to make me feel good, because this woman is on TELEVISION every night (fox 10 reporter), so making a debut on MY blog is truly not exciting, but....I aim to please, so Sabra....NOW YOU HAVE MADE THE BIG TIME...my blog!!!!! So, thanks to Sabra, we are trying fun, new, local hot spots on our girl nights out. This has made me realize ONE thing...I am so not TRENDY or HIP!!!! I am such a blah person. I have no cute clothes, I have no exciting news, I am so the NORMAL stay at home mom...which is why I love our outings....I can pretned for a night that I am COOL and HIP!!! So thanks MomV., Natalie, Sabra and now Laura (yeah!!) for having these great outings!!! I LOVE THEM AND YOU ALL!!!! I know it is pathetic that this is the only shot I got of our whole night, but if you ever get a chance to join one of our outings, then you would know...the conversations we have, totally trump the need to pull out the camera!!! I LOVE our conversations!!! We have no little ears listening, so we can hit ANY and EVERY topic we want!!! Let me tell you...we hold nothing back!!!! (I am totally the worst at this and I should probably starting censoring myself) Thanks again ladies for another great night!!!

How do you "contain" a Tater Boy???????

STEP 1: Dig a hole



STEP 2: Put the Tater Boy in the hole



STEP 3: Fill the hole with sand



STEP 4: Enjoy some down time (MOM)!!!!




Ok...I found these Mexico pictures on my other camera and had to post them!!! Jason made this hole for Tate...and let me tell you...HE IS BRILLIANT!!!! This was the best half an hour we had on the beach while Tate was awake... by far!!! He sat in his hole, ate a little sand (good rufage) and when he cried, we would just toss him a new toy!!! Now, you might be thinking we are bad parents...and we must be, because......... I LOVED THIS IDEA!!!!

Losing teeth!!!

HOLY COW!!!! We have been dealing with loose teeth for what feels like forever!!!! About 2 months or so ago, Anna's two front bottom teeth started to wiggle...from that day on, about every single day I have had to stick my fingers in that mouth and wiggle and wiggle and find out if they were ready to be pulled out!!! So finally...in Mexico no less....she comes to me again and asks me to feel!!! I decided that YES...it is time!! So I put my fingers in her mouth (for what I hoped would be the last time for awhile) and POP...I pulled out her tooth!!! She was such a trooper!!! You could tell right before it came out she was starting to get worried, but she made it through her first tooth pulling session with flying colors (I would expect no less from MY child!!!) Look at that face...
She can not keep her tongue out of that space....
Her tiny little tooth...she really has the smallest teeth ever!!!
The loot!!! Thankfully her Mom has the hookups and the Toothfairy was able to find her all the way in MEXICO!!!

So after we had been home about a week and a half...the other one came out...a little differently though...I went in my room to snuggle her while she watching her quiet time, and weirdly enough, I fell asleep. I don't know how long I was out, but I woke up to her screaming, "my other tooth fell out!!!" She had pulled it out herself....she is so brave and tough...just like her mom!!! SO GLAD TO BE DONE WITH LOOSE TEETH FOR THE TIME BEING!!!!!

MEXICO 2008 !!!!

So...every year Jason's family tries to plan a little reunion. Most of the years it has been in Mexico...this year...(drum roll please)...it was in .....MEXICO!!! I love going to Mexico...I truly do. It is such a quick, fun and fairly inexpensive trip!! The kids love the sun, beach and ocean, almost as much as the adults do!! So, once again, we had a fabulous and fairly drama free vacation together!! Thanks to everyone for making this another great trip!!! Now...below are kind of ALOT of picutres from the trip (I SOOOO need to figure out how to do a slide show.) Now most of them are of MY LITTLE FAMILY...not because I LOVE THEM THE MOST (which I do), but because I have not recieved the disc of EVERYONES pictures yet, so all I have are my own pictures!! I know there are ALOT...but please bare in mind that I left out ALOT...and all of them are blog worthy (in my own opinion),however, I didn't want to Mexico overload everyone. So without further ado....I give you Mexico 2008........ Our little familia.....
Our family picture in the room that should have been ours (cough cough, Heather drama, cough)
Mostest goofy Mallory
Adorable little Anna
I LOVE MY GIRLS!!!!!

Cutest little Malibu buns.....so pinchable!!!! Bubbas taking a stroll on the beach
Coolest sunglass girls!!
This is picture perfect to me... beach bathing beauty!!!
Mallory...taking a little "thumb" break!!!

I should have left this picture out!!! Nobody can look good standing next to these two!!!
Anna...always a lady!!!!
Oh how I LOVE this BOY!!!!
Me and my Tater boy!!!
Mallory and Barrett.....Mallory was Barrett shadow for the day!!!

Me and My Loves
Dayton and Lexi....How sickenly perfect are they?????
The next big Lacrosse star!!!
Jason and the girls...daring the bannana boat ride!!
I love, love, love this picture

Notice Mallory...she was threatend to have all here Mexico treats taken away if she didn't pose for this picutre...and still...this is what I got!!!!
Cutest best friends and cousins!!!
Annas special Sea Weed "Flower"....only my kids?????
Cutest bunch 0n the beach!!!
LOVE IT!!!!!

This was Bubba for the first day or two of our trip!!!
Lovely ladies!!
Mallory is pure sunshine in my life!!!!!
Look at me.....braving the open sea!!!!!
Mallory spent more time in her suitcase, changing clothes, than she did on the beach!!! Bubba Joe loved the water and the sand...especially when his Daddy was with him
Anna thinks she is at MUSCLE BEACH!!! What a cutie
Mallory and Lexi going on a boat ride!!!
Heather and Jackson soaking up the rays
Anna and Dayton enjoying the waves!!!