It's a...

BOY and GIRL!

We are all so excited!

Cory and I found out what they were at the ultrasound but kept it a secret until that night. To make it fun for the kids we had some cupcakes made up at a bakery, one with a blue filling for the boy and one with pink filling for the girl. My family was also there. We ate dinner and then let the kids both chose one of the two gender reveal cupcakes. We didn't know which was which - it just so happened that Luke chose the boy cupcake and Halle chose the girl cupcake. Then we told them to takes bites and show us what they found out. Yay! It was so fun and the kids were both so excited. 

I was really hoping they would be boy/girl. This way Luke and Halle both get what they wanted...Of course Luke wanted a brother and Halle wanted a sister. Luke especially would have been disappointed I'd he didn't get a brother, and I'm so glad Halle will get to have a sister. And I really thought it would be fun to have the experience of having both a boy and a girl again. Plus, I think having them boy/girl this takes away a lot of the "twin rivalry" worries. Of course we would have been happy with any outcome, but we couldn't be more happy with this news :). So fun! Can't wait for a new brother and sister to join our family. 

Daddy's work party

Cory's work had a summer party tonight at Sugarhouse park. We ate yummy BBQ food for dinner and had root beer floats. Then afterward they had some fun games for the kids like gunny sack races, fishing for toys, and a haystack candy/toy dive. The kids had lots of fun! Luke is so competitive, in the gunny sack race he won! Then whoever was in charge realized the littler kids needed to be broke into a separate group, so they had another race for 5 years and under, and Halle won that! What can I say, our kids are just so athletic :). 

Bike riding

Having fun watching Luke ride his bike over dirt jump hills in the empty lot across the street and cracking up while he hums his own theme music to himself as he goes, in between repeatedly assuring me "mom, this is completely safe!"

Fun temple

Today Luke spent a lot of time building a "fun temple."  I thought it was very cute and creative. It has a pool, a diving board, and a gold basketball man statue, just like there's an angel Moroni on the LDS temples. Also, as you will see from the sign, inside the temple we must be reverent :). He has such a great imagination.

Dog fort

Luke and his best friend Brennan have been hard at work making a fort for Milly. This dog puts up with a lot! She actually seems to be liking it. After making the fort they enjoyed some otter pops. Fun summer days :). 

Daddy's birthday card

I am dying over how cute these pictures are the kids drew Daddy for his birthday. They worked so hard and long on them. 

Here's Luke's. So cute! He loves going fishing with his Daddy! 

4th of July cupcakes

Yesterday we had fun making 4th of July cupcakes with Grandma Lori. They turned out cute and yummy! We have been lucky having Grandma Lori around a lot lately helping out because mommy has been very sick being pregnant with our twins on the way! We are very lucky we have such an awesome grandma who wants to help out and loves her grand kids so much!