Head shots

We recently got family pictures taken and these are the headshots of the kids.

Family pictures

Family Pictures 2

Some more of our fabulous pictures. Thanks again Jaime they turned out super cute!

Tired daddy

I often stumble upon Scott in this position near the end of the day. He works hard, and the scriptures are so comforting and peaceful, they often lull us to sleep. In fact, I always say (and I know I should try harder to do better) that the two and a half hours a month I spend at the temple are the best hours of sleep I get all month!

Julia's Birthday

We had a fun friend party on Julia's actual birthday (that's the one nice thing about having your birthday in the summer). She had an ice cream cake--delish!
She got to invite four friends over and we played the infamous dime in the flour game.
Presents--always a plus!
Julia penned this sign herself. Instructions, if you will, for her guests. Happy birthday little love! I'm glad you came to our family all those years ago!

Pug

I had to re-post the pictures and they showed up in the exact opposite order of how I originally posted them.

This is my newest knitting project. It has been so different than anything else I've ever done knitting, that it has been a lot of fun to do. You work them up in pieces. I took this after I had sewn the head to the body.
Here he is all assembled and looking cutiness!
His cute curly little pug tail--awwww!
The last thing I did was make a little jacket with a hood for the darling little Pug. Now he is ready to go out and enjoy some spring weather in the hands of some lucky little child. Heads up some little child I love very much. Pug is coming your way!

Hard work

We started a new chore system and it is working fabulously! Here is the result...lots of hard work. I keep having the phrase "anxiously engaged in a good cause" pass through my mind. And I think it really is what our job is as parents. We should be working to keep our children anxiously engaged in good causes. Piano practice.
Pulling weeds.
Look how proud :)
Watching your younger sibling, so that everyone else can get some work done. Thanks kiddos for being so open-minded, responsible and running with this new system. Our house has definitely taken a major step towards becoming "a house of order"!

WHAT THE?

A fun afternoon chore of washing the van turned into Dangerville! I had them sit up there for a minute so I could snap a photo before I made them get down. Crazy kiddos! I was struggling mightily with hose issues...Last winter I accidentally broke off the handle to the faucet closest to the driveway. I was trying to get two hoses hooked together and pulled over our fence on the opposite side of the house. I came back to find this...I also came back with disgusting mud on my sandaled feet that smelled disgusting and make my feet sting. What is up with that?

the rest of Easter

The easter bunny brought Ben a crocodile...
And Haldey a kitty.
He also thought it would be fun for us to make cupcakes as a family (which we actually did and they were yummy. I decided to put soda instead of water and they were very tasty!)

A Webkinz easter

This year the easter bunny thought everyone would enjoy another webkinz. Here's Ryan's Key Lime Dino...
Julia's Bluefadoodle?...
Emily's Pink Camo Dino...and the rest will have to be on another post.

A big girl now

Haddie sure has grown. More than anything lately she's just acting bigger. She's talking more, she has more of an idea what she wants to happen and how she thinks it should be done. My big almost 2 1/2 year old. She is kind of spoiled though. I'm working hard to start treating her like a big girl instead of a baby, and she objects. I think we all wish that we could be king (or queen) of the castle and get our own way. Poor Haddels--unfortunately, we all have to start growing up :(

Random photos

Yes, this is how my kitchen usually looks. In fact, this is one of the cleaner days.
Haddels and Emmies getting in some snuggle time.
I don't know who took this picture of Ben. Actually now that I'm looking at it, it looks like he's laying on me, so I must have taken it. He is such a sweet boy. He helps his mommy remember on a daily basis that life is exciting and wonderful. That is the lens through which he views the world and it is infectious.

Emily's Birthday

Emily's birthday was in March--yes, I know I am behind, thanks for the clarification (LOL!) She had four friends come over for dinner, games and cake. It was a fun party. Most of all though, we feel grateful to have Emma in our family!


Happy Birthday to a very sweet 7 year old!