Popcorn

I hate popcorn in the house. My kids love it... So we compromise and buy it every now and then.  Mostly we eat it with Grandma Robertson as our movie treat. I have found that none of my kids can remember the word Buttered.  They ask for popcorn flavor... Not the one without popcorn flavoring, that's just Yuck. I can't wait to see their reactions when they learn that popcorn flavored popcorn is really the one they think is Yuck.

Cute Sammy

I love all my kid's personalities.  One of the traits I love about Sam is that he is pretty well organized for a 4 year old.  Sometimes too well organized.  He wants everything defined well ahead of time.  If you say later he asks, "How much is later?" 

Right now, his favorite song to listen to in the car is God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen.  I can't get the CDs out of our CD player, so Christmas is still mixed in with the 3 kids CDs and a couple others that have been there for months.  As soon as we get in the car, he asks for number 6-6... CD 6, song 6.  If Ada interrupts his listening he says, "Quiet, this song is important.  It's about Jesus."  I never told him that it was important.  He just asked what the song was about.  Since the one we have in there is instrumental only, I went ahead and sang the words to him.  He asked if it was about Jesus, I said yes. He asks for it repeated over and over again.  I've reached the limit of two times in one car ride, but I love that he loves the song and that he thinks about Christ.

Party time

After Rachel's baptism, we got to get together for a family hot dog fest.  We roasted hot dogs, played T-Ball with coach/uncle James, gabbed and ate too much chocolate.  I will always treasure these fun, happy afternoons with everyone.  Sam LOVED T-ball, and now he's excited to actually play it this year at the rec center. 

These two hung out like always... like Diane says, "If they weren't cousins, we could betroth them."

Last Saturday

 

This last Saturday, we were invited to attend this sweet and amazing little girl's baptism.  I can't believe she's 8 already... sheesh, time gets away from us quick.  She was so excited that she was bouncing up and down in the font while her dad held her.  I'm so glad that we have a chance to know her.

 

On the way home from the baptism, we stopped by the train... not just a train... THE train.  This is The Big Boy.  Jer was so excited to see it... he was almost bouncing like Rachel. The kids got oily, liked seeing the train, and mostly liked having Dad and Grandpa tell them about how the train works.

 

Lego Brickslopes

Last Friday, we went to the Lego Brickslopes thing at the expo center.  It was so neat... there are so many talented and creative people out there.  I loved the mini kits that they hid throughout the whole place. We met John and his kids there and my very favorite part was the big lego pit that they had.  Thousands of legos all over the floor that people could dive into and build whatever they wanted.  Evelyn put together a fence crown.  Sam and Anya built treasure chests... and Ada and Rachel built "bigger" treasure chests.  It was fun!

late Easter eggs

We didn't dye eggs until the week after Easter... Yeah, I didn't have energy to do it this time, but we made it happen eventually.  The kids loved it, and loved the egg salad sandwiches afterwards.

Saturday two weeks ago

Two weeks ago, we were invited to attend Jer's cousin's sealing in the temple.  Liz and Dave adopted their second baby and what a special day it was!  When they put baby Spencer at the alter with his parents, he smiled as big as he could and held on to his mom's thumb the whole time.  It was amazing, and I loved catching up with all the extended family afterwards. Thanks for including us!

Meet Muzzy

This is Evelyn's Muzzy. I named it Muzzy after the Muzzy alien that eats clocks and learns French... Evelyn has just started calling him Monkey... That works too...

Neighbors

I have the best neighbors... Our kids and the girls down the street asked our neighbor if they could have a picnic in their front yard. She said yes, she they were in heaven.

Best way of waking up

I came out of the bathroom this morning to be greeted by this face in my bed just patting the bed next to her and cuddling up in my blanket.

Yeah this just happened

My 6 year old thought it was a great.idea to put  my 2 year olds potty seat on her head... Yeah, not the best idea ever.