Zachary's Birthday!

For Zachary's birthday we planned a day where he loves it most, in the mountains!  We love that we have the line shack only an hour away and we can get there quickly for some fun times!  Selena loves to read books in the car, so studious!  And for the record, she also likes to watch a show or two :)

There is a little golf course and driving range at the bottom of the Mountain, so we stopped to hit a bucket of  balls.  It was a little cold, but Selena loved chasing the golf balls around.

We took up the 4-wheeler and cruised around for a little bit, roasted hot dogs for lunch, and watched a movie while Selena tried to take a nap.  It was such a fun day to just be alone as a family!

Selena thinks she is so awesome when she can get the sunglasses to stay on her face or on top of her head.  She is so cool.

Zachary got an electric toothbrush and a boccie ball set for his birthday.  All the necessities!

Zachary's actual birthday was on a Sunday so we had his parents over for a steak dinner with Cheesecake for dessert.  All of his favorites!  We are so grateful for Zachary and love when we get to spoil him!

April

Kendall and my Mom were able to come down to Utah for their Spring Break. Kendall of course wanted to  go for a ride, so we fit that in one of the days.

We spent some time at Selena's favorite place, the Park!

She was so proud of herself when she figured out how to climb the stairs and go down the slide all by herself!  We think she is so smart! :)

We were lucky to be able to go back to WA with my Mom and Kendall and spend Easter there!  Selena didn't really love finding the eggs, but she was very interested in what was in her basket.  She even started stealing from Collin and Kendall's baskets!

Family Pic - Easter Morning

One thing is for sure, Selena has no shortage of entertainment when we are home!  Motorcycle rides with Uncle Collin!

Jumping with Aunt Kendi

Bike Rides on her new seat 

Picking out Pigs for Collin and Kendall

Petting Baby Lambs

Once we go back home after a visit I always think Selena gets a little bored.  We let her try and feed herself.   She is not that great, but getting better! I need to just give in and let her do it all the time, but unfortunately the flooring in our dining room is carpet, so I just really don't want to clean up the mess!

Zachary played in a tournament in St.George.  We went with some friends and had fun cheering on the Softball team, swimming in the pool, and eating yummy food!  Selena LOVES the water!!!

March

We loved when it started warming up and we could spend more time outside!! Selena loves going to the park I think more than anything.  She could swing for days if I would let her!

Much to my Mom's dismay, Selena loves to play the drums at home.  We are hoping she is a budding Justin Beiber :)

We went home at the end of March because my Grandpa passed away.  It was so hard to say goodbye to such an amazing man, but it was so awesome to see all of his posterity come together and celebrate and remember him for the great man that he was.  It still seems a bit surreal that he is gone, but I am so grateful we have so many great memories with him!  

One happy thing about coming home for the funeral was being able to see all of our family.  Amazingly enough, every single one of the Gibbons grandkids were able to make it to the funeral.  We had a lot of fun remembering fun memories of Grandpa and catching up on each others lives.  The picture above is Selena and her 2nd cousin from Virgina, they had lots of fun together!

Smiley Girl!

Most of the family went to DQ for a little ice cream after the viewing, we kind of took over the place!

Selena loves spending time with Mimzy and Papa!

February

We had a fun Valentines Day this year with little Selena!  She got a package from Mimzy and Papa Rodriguez.  She loves dancing to her singing elephant!

We had a fun family dinner at home!

We took a little road trip down to Las Vegas for a long weekend I had!  Cafe Rio stop on our way through St. George.

We stayed at Loew's Lake Las Vegas and we LOVED it there.  Such a fun family place, and it was gorgeous!

We are awesome parents and take our child down to the strip! She loved the water show at the Bellagio, and I loved the shopping!

Thanks to my awesome sister in-law, Zachary I and were able to take a little weekend getaway up to the Line Shack.  It was such a perfect little trip.  It was so peaceful up at the line shack and we loved snowmobiling around and exploring!

Such a beautiful view!

Happy Happy Birthday Selena

Our little punky girl celebrated her first birthday on the 27th and it was so exciting!! She has brought so much happiness and fullness into our lives, it is hard to remember life before her! She is learning and growing so much. She walks everywhere and gets into everything. Her favorite spots to be are splashing in the toilet and digging through the garbage! We have to keep a watchful eye on her. She says Dada, but no Mama. She can shake her head no, and points to things that she wants. She has recently become more of a Mama's girl, which of course I love! She is a little social butterfly though, waving and smiling at everyone we pass in the grocery store. Her hair is long enough now that I can pull it into little piggies that are so darling. I feel like her 1st birthday is such a bitter-sweet day. My baby is growing up....but my baby is growing up!!! She is so smart and makes me laugh every day. I have so much love for her and am so grateful to be her Mom!

Her Birthday just happened to fall on the first day we were at Disneyland and we loved that the whole family was there to celebrate! We had a little breakfast party for her and she was showered with love!

Zachary got her this darling little BYU jersey, you got to start training them young! It was such a special and memorable day. I just hope her 2nd year goes by a lot slower than her 1st year!

DISNEYLAND!!!

We were so lucky to take a little trip to the Happiest Place on Earth with my whole family! We had such a great time, we loved every minute. Selena was just a little doll on the plane ride. She wanted to be buckled into her own seat and read the safety booklet the whole time, always prepared that one!

First order of business- The Beach!!! We could not get over how amazing the weather was, we were in Heaven. Selena was exhausted and NOT a fan of the sand. She did however love all the birds at the beach!

First ride was the Tower of Terror. I think by far this was my favorite one!

Check out my Mom's face- Hilarious!

Little Mermaid

Selena got a Minnie Mouse from my parents for her Birthday, which she LOVED! She wasn't quite as sure about the big Minnie though....

All the Boys

Waiting for the parade

World of Color Show

Selena didn't show much expression on a lot of the rides, but she was lovin' Dumbo!

Autotopia with my Sweetheart! It was so nice going with the whole family because Zachary and I got to go on a lot of rides together while someone stayed with Selena!

Jungle Cruise she loved! And I just love her little ponies!

We had the best time and we can't wait to go back. Disneyland is truly one happy place!

Christmas

Selena celebrated her very first Christmas this year! We loved having a little one to share all the excitement with! She was all smiles on the way to meet Santa.....

...and then she met him. And hated him. She was a bit traumatized by the whole experience. Next year will be better, right?

We went on a little Provo River Holiday Cruise to see the lights. It was FREEZING!

The highlight of Christmas was going home to WA. Selena was spoiled spoiled spoiled! She loves all the attention she gets and loves being the boss! I love when Selena gets to spend time with my family for an extended period, it happens far too little.

Christmas Morning

She doesn't look all that happy, but she LOVED all of her presents! She has so many new toys, it is so fun! Poor little girl did start teething the day before Christmas, so she is a little snot nosed in all of her pictures.

I love this picture of her and her static hair!

We did A LOT of this over the break- Relaxing! She is such a big girl now, and I feel like it is so bitter sweet. We loved our time at home and all the fun things that the Holiday season brings; friends, food, lots of sleep, and let's be honest I love the presents too! I love Christmas so much more now that I have my own little family to share it with! As for the New year and Resolutions, we have a few we are working on, we will see how we do! I can't wait to see what 2012 has in store for us!