BBQ

The family that cooks together, stays together ;) you can't see her, but Libbie is right behind Emma. These people are my favorite!

Our big back yard!!!

We were a little sad about the size of our back yard when we moved here, but were happy to have it open up to "the desert" as our kids call it. Now that Matt got us our ATV our back yard got A LOT bigger :o)

We go out ever day on it. A few days ago while I was making dinner Matt was out exploring and found this little creek. This morning I loaded up all 5 kids and snacks and off we went.

We had so much fun out there! I feel so blessed to live in a place like this!

How cute are these girls!!!

Noah kept telling me how he would be fine to drive across the creek. After lots of please mom, and dad would let me do it, I gave in. He did fine (no surprise) but I have a hard time realizing he is growing up and can do things like this!

Ya, we all fit on there! I didn't like taking all the kids at once, but with Levi in the sling it's really not as bad as I thought! Levi just loves to ride. If you say 4 wheeler he runs to the door yelling to get on! It is SO cute. Next time we will be taking both 4 wheelers and Dad! We missed him :o(

Let's read!

Matt and I really wanted the kids to read more this summer, and so far so good! This morning on Facebook I saw the cutest idea for a book mark.

Instead of drawing and cutting out lots of little monsters for my little monsters I used my silhouette and "designed"our own. Now I just sit back and it cuts it out for me!!

The kids had lots of fun helping put the book marks together. They take only a few minutes to put together once they're cut out, but picking your paper takes about an hour!!

The kids are a lot more excited about these than I thought they would be! I think we'll be making lots more!

Here's a close up of Libbie's book mark :o)

Hair cut!

Libbie loves her hair short. It is hard to take care of curly hair and she cries almost every time we have to brush it. This is going to make life easier!!!

So sweet :)

Emma was really upset with Libbie the other day for wearing a pair of her earrings. This is not like Emma at all. We had a talk and Libbie gave them back. Then a few hours later Emma wrote this note to Libbie and gave her the earrings! So sweet. ( I also think it's awesome that she used the word fuss :)

End of school!

The kids had a field day for their last day of school. They had so much fun and I am so thankful for all the work that was put into it. They had been collecting money for Relay For Life, so they were able to release balloons in memory of those who have and have had cancer.

It was really sweet :o)

Then the PTA was nice enough to make all the kids and parents lunch. I had fun taking pictures of the kids as they ate, they did not have as much fun as I did ;o)

Levi pretty much walked from kid to kid looking for hand outs. He got lots and fell asleep on the way home

I am thankful for the teachers that my kids had this year. They were wonderful. I am also thankful for the staff at the school who make my kids feel at home. We are very lucky :o)

Treats for our teachers

We made some little treats for our teachers. Today is the last day of school. I can't believe it. We are really excited for summer!!! I cut out the tags on my "toy" as my awesome friend Lyndsey calls it :o)

Yummy!!

The kids wrote little notes on the back of the tags. I should have taken pictures of what they wrote. So cute.

On to 1st grade!!!

How cute is this!!! Libbie you are just so grown up!!! And how awesome is it that her school has these little cap and gowns??? It's awesome. I will be so sad if they close it down! Here's to hoping they don't and to another year as a tiger :)