Funny things kids do.

I didn't know where the kids were. I started for the hallway to find them and I found this little sign. I love that my kids will spend hours making up games and rules and playing with each other. Sometimes the rules are SO confusing it's pretty funny. I should go, I dont want to be late for the sign up ;)

Happy Birthday Owen!!!

Owen's 5 today!!! He wanted to start the day eating breakfast with dad. We stopped by the hospital to share a treat (or what Owen thinks is breakfast) with the awesome pharmacist who works there :) !!!

Hey, could you help me move a house?

As a home teacher Matt has helped LOTS of people move, but most of them leave the house :) it was pretty awesome to see!!!

My little salsa baby!!

I have never had a baby who likes salsa! It's pretty darn cute.

Where's the dog??

I couldn't find Hannah the other day. I gave up looking for her and went to go get ready for the day. When I went in my room I could hear the thumping if her little tail. That dog loves to sleep in!!

Thanks Mom!!!!

I love this!!! My mom put together this book for my family with the help of my Aunt Sid and heritage makers ( www.bookmyheritage.com )I cried when I read it the first time. I love the proclamation, and reading while looking at pictures of my family is amazing. I can't thank you enough for this mom!!!!!

I wish I could take a picture of every page to share with you.

I am going to read this book often. It helps me to remember why I am here, and why I am a mom. I am so thankful for all my many blessings!

OK I'm going to share one more. This is a picture of my mom and dad and brother and sisters when we went to the temple. I asked Owen who the two little girls in the picture were and he said I was Libbie and Regan was Emma. So cute :o)

Out for a ride.

Levi LOVES to ride with Noah!! Now when ever he gets near an ATV he starts laughing and tries to climb on. Funny kid.

The best Mothers Day card!

I love this card. It totally fits our humor. On the inside Emma signed it from Levi. She put great mom, best milk. I love these kids!!!

Cave lake

Matt has wanted to find some rock climbing for a year now. We set off on a mini adventure to find some. The boys hiked the "mountain" and found some! Sweet :o) There is more out there but the 40 mile an hour winds were a bit much for us!

I love watching Matt with our kids. I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband! Even more blessed that he is also an amazing Dad!!!

While the men were out doing their "dangerous" hike, the girls, Levi, and I played on the trails. I was amazed with our little Levi, he is quite the trail blazer.

We were all a little sad that it was so cold (in the middle of May!!!) Maybe come August we can get out more ;o)

Oh yummy!!!

I just went and picked up our first bountiful basket. What a blessing this is going to be for us. I haven't seen good produce in a long time!!! I am so excited.

Take a hint!!!!

Matt and I had put dating on the back burner. Maybe we were just lazy. Maybe we were in school, and had crazy busy callings, and lots of little kids and were never ever together for the past 7 years. We have been incredibly blessed with being madly in love with each other, and have done rather well without dating. We always said we would date when Matt was done with school, just to have some time together without craziness (well there's always craziness with us, just no kid crazy). So here we are a year out of school and nothing, maybe it was laziness ;) Anyway the dating divas website had a great idea for a hint box, I changed it to a jar, just cause I like jars more than boxes :) We thought we would give it a try.

The idea is you and your spouse write down date ideas, or things you like on little cards. Then if it's your turn to plan a date, you can pick an idea out of the jar. Who knows if we'll use it, but I had fun making it.

Here are some little cards I made for us to write our ideas on. It took me forever, but I was in my craft room so it was bliss!!!

Addiction!!

This is when you know you have a problem!! We may need an intervention :)

Thanks Ana White :)

Here is the bed that Matt and I made . It is the farm house bed from knock off wood . I posted it on facebook but forgot to do it here . It's a king size and we had to change the plans a bit to get it to work with the mattress we got on overstock.com ! $2.95 to ship a mattress to our house . AMAZING . ( I'm not done with the finish on the bed, someday when I remember when we go out of town, I will get the glaze I want)

So far it hasn't fallen apart . But I have to confess, I was a little worried the head board was going to crush me in my sleep :o) So there it is . And as a side note a king sized bed is AWESOME!!! Most nights we end up sleeping by eachother on one side, so it's almost a waste, but let me tell you, on nights when 4 or 5 kids join us in bed, it's worth it's weight in gold :o)

Sneak Peek :)

Here is our before of the laundry room. I painted the trim so it's no longer ugly unfinished wood. Love the grey power box?? Ya I hate it too, hmm what to do.

Here is a sneak peek at what we've done so far. Matt drove to Utah and got some bead board. I love it. We used the door off our old TV cabinet to cover the oh so lovely power box.. It's a start, lots more plans in my head. If I lived by a home depot we would be done :)

Way to go Emma!!!!!

We are so proud of Emma and her team for winning the district spelling bee for 2nd grade! They out spelled two other schools to win. It might be a few years before she will fit into the shirt :)

Love where I live!!!

This sign is about 30 miles from area 51. We didn't get any closer this trip due to the screaming 16 month old. Noah is so excited to see it. Hopefully we will make the trip soon. ( don't worry, I know there is not much to see, but can you really live that close to something like that and not go see it)

Craft time!!!

I have has this project sitting around for months. Yeah for my craft room and for getting it done! I have the perfect place in our bedroom for this :)

Yummy

Who doesn't eat Cheetos like corn on the cob??

Little Ivy

She is a lot of work, but look how cute she is. She is 14 weeks old, and only weighs 2.6 lbs. The kids love her lots, and I am thankful that Matt has joined the dark side and left his animal hating days behind!!!

It's Spring!!!

Time to make mud pies!!!