Sunday, August 4, 2013

Triplets turn 1!

Well, a year has come and gone at 3 times the speed of normal life. We celebrated by hosting a birthday party with no certain theme, except to thank the many wonderful people who helped us make it to this point in time without losing our sanity.

We had a taco cart...
 And a pictures of the boys every month to see how they have grown this year...
 100 cupcakes and a 1/2 sheet cake that disappeared before I could even blink...
 A huge water jug that we refilled at least 6 times as the temperatures were in the upper 90's (flowers courtesy of my cousin Tiffany)
 A cake eating
 Weston was enthralled that he could make the crowd squeal by tipping his plate
 Paxton was all to happy to assist
 But he did give back Weston his cake plate to play with despite him keeping the 2 cakes
 But no worries, a crowd of kids was anxious to help Weston get back some of his cake

Creighton just kept munching until he ate ALL of his cake
 
Ella found a quite spot to enjoy her cake



And lest we forget... Thea's earring tore right through ear. After an instacare visit (the day after the party), we have been told it will require a plastic surgeon to repair it. Oh joy. Poor girl.
 Creighton learned how to ring the bell on our table
 Weston always crawls on all 4's now!
 And they have discovered the pots & pans cupboard!

 The pictures that were outside marking each month as it passed and the boys grew and changed



Eating cake on their actual birthday... lucky boys
 Weston eyeing Creighton's hat...


 Creighton then stealing a piece of Weston's cake after managing to keep his hat just out of Weston's reach

 Now it was Paxton's turn to attempt to remove Creighton's hat.
 Creighton was safe yet again, and remained capped!
 Drumming on their diaper present. It's a good day when they get diapers.
 Opening their car seats was way more fun from the top






 Mr. Creighton
 And Weston with his crazy hair. Always has food in it and sticks up now-a-days

Welcome Home Grammy & Pa!

Mark's parents have been serving faithfully as missionaries in Ukraine since January 2012. When they left we were not even aware of we were pregnant, but just 7 weeks later we found out we had triplets waiting to join us. So they came home this July and met 4 new grandkids, including the triplets.

How many does it take to entertain triplets?

Swimming when it's 109 with cousins. Living the good life. 


Play time with Pa

Pocket Frogs

We attended a Maxwell reunion while in southern Utah, and the petting zoo and pony rides were a favorite.

Creighton unsure about the pygmy goat

Thea petting the sweetest little donkey

Paxton confirming that he really does hate animals




Horse ride triplet style... not moving
 

Just love these girls!


Two fussy babies led to a 3 baby picture moment

 Some of the Maxwell cousins with Grammy & Pa