March

We have had a wonderful few weeks. Spring is quickly becoming my favorite season. Some days it is so warm outside and we are able to play and clean then the next day it is stormy and cold so we get to have an inside movie day.  Yesterday we had a huge snow storm all day where we got about two inches. By this morning it's almost gone. I can't complain, I love having warm crock pot soup one day and a BBQ the next. We haven't been up to much, just the hustle and bustle of the day to day grind. 

These boys... Mike loves Henry so much. Sometimes he smothers him with kisses.

Mikey's class had a pet show and tell. We took our cat. Some kids have some really cool pets. The boys loved this big snake. 

These two pictures crack me up. But I wasn't laughing when I took them.  A few weeks ago we were on our way to Logan and the trip took FOREVER what is usually two hours took us four. With traffic, and bathroom breaks and kids fighting I had enough. We had just gotten back in the car from Mikey going potty and Owen said he needed to go. I made chad help him go in a cup so we didn't have to pull over.  Then we drove about another 15 miles and the baby started screaming because he was hungry. I pulled over to Hill Air Force base and made everyone get out for a breather while I fed the baby.  Needless to say it was smooth sailing after that :)

The deer are coming out again. This one is so brave and has almost eaten out of my hand a few times. 

Poor Chad has been traveling a lot lately.  It's a good thing he can fall asleep fast and catch a little cat nap. 

Baby Mason. He is getting so big!

Grace with baby Graham

H had his four month check up. He is growing perfectly and is totally healthy. Besides the fact that he has another ear infection. That makes three for this little one. We are on the fast track to tubes. 

Mike is getting so good at his legos. He built this vehicle all by himself. It took him about three hours but he worked quietly and did the whole thing alone.

We sent this to Chad while he was away. 

Owen sound asleep at the store

Grace and her friend Sydni sang let it go at the ward talent show. I was so proud of her!

Our Bishopric sang blue moon. Lip synced of course.

St. Jeezy

We have had the BEST two weeks. I felt like we haven't been able to do much this last year because of my pregnancy. We decided that we would take a vacation for a month somewhere sunny after the baby was born. I had my heart set on California, but we decided to buy a van, so Cali was out.  Where do you go when you can't go to the beach? The next best place... St. George! Chad's parents were so sweet to let us rent their house for two weeks while we were there.  The kids teachers were so great about getting all of their work put together so they wouldn't fall behind. I had to homeschool the kids and it. was. not. easy. Especially with the kids looking out the window at a swimming pool all day.  We were able to go to my nieces game in Cedar on Thursday. It is always so fun to watch her play. We had such a good time I hope we can make this an annual thing! 

Mckenna is on the far right. This was right before the game started. She starts!

We took the kids to the children's museum. It was so awesome! And free! Aunt Bekah was able to come spend the weekend with us. She got some awesome pics. 

One of the Sundays we took the kids to the Temple to walk around. It was pretty crazy walking around where we got married with our four kids!

Battleship! 

Henry got really sick while we were there so we had to go to the doc. He ended up with an ear infection and the croup :(

The weather was amazing. We were outside a lot.

We took the kids to the new Lego movie. Mikey loved it so much!

The Fractured Prune. Yummy yummy donuts. 

The dino museum. Not my favorite place ever. 

Late night ice cream runs

Hiking!

Sometimes I don't take enough time to slow down and enjoy my family.  Things get so busy we forget to really spend "time" together.  Even though we are with each other all of the time we usually don't make the most of it. I loved watching the kids play together while we were there. Owen can touch the bottom of the hot tub so I wasn't too worried while he was out there with the kids. They would literally be out there for hours playing games and make believe.  I would just sit with the baby and listen to them play. I remember feeling so incredibly content.  Chad and I were able to go to a session while we were in town. My mom drove over to watch the kids so we could do so. It was so great to be with him in that Temple.  I am one lucky lady.