Summer has started!

Some of the joys of summer are getting wet and planting a garden! We love summer time! Our garden,(thanks to the hours of work by my sweet hubby), has already produced 9 big, beautiful, delicious broccoli heads! MMM! Bring on the freshness.



And don't mind the size of the pool, they still have fun!

The Last Day

I remember the last day of school. The excitement for summer, the close of another school year, and the opportunity to move on to another grade where you are older and a little smarter. The last day of school was always a celebration, but now that I am a mom the last day of school makes me a little sad. It is hard to see our kids grow up. It is hard for me to think that this child will never experience Kindergarten again, and before I know it, she will be graduating high school and I will wonder where all that time went. But for now I am going to remember to hug her tighter every day because she will be older tomorrow.

And I am going to try hard not to cry.



PS Brielle recieved the Good Citizenship award at school. They award it to kids that are helpful and nice to others. We are so proud of her!

Is it Genetic?

This is so funny that I had to post it. When Parker was about 3 months old he used to suck on his two middle fingers that were webbed together. We always thought it was so funny. Then the other day I went in to check on Adilynn and caught her sucking on the very same two fingers! Mind you these are the SAME two fingers Doug sucked on when he was a baby. Is that something you could consider genetic??

Parker about 3 months old (look at that hair!!!)

Adilynn almost 3 months old (I couldn't get the picture to rotate)

He is getting old!

By old I don't mean boring, my hubby is getting up there! On Tuesday we celebrated Doug's 32nd birthday. We had a few days of celebration. On Friday night we went out with some friends to PF Chang's! It was so fun and of course the food was fantastic. Our friends gave Doug some pretty great "gag" gifts, one of which were some really really really short shorts with the Jazz logo printed on them. If you know Doug he loves the Jazz basketball team and these shorts could have been their uniforms about 30 years ago! The other gift was a huge clock with a chain on it to wear around your neck. His basketball nickname is "Prime time", so the clock was perfect. We also had a really funny experience at dinner. There was this guy a few tables over that saw us taking pictures and came over to take a picture of all of us together. Now this guy must have been a little TIPSY because after the picture he yelled, and I mean really loud, to the whole restaurant that it was Doug's birthday! He then led the whole restaurant full of strangers in singing Happy Birthday to Doug! It was soooo funny! Doug hates that type of stuff and even said to me before we left for dinner that he was glad we were going to PF Chang's because they don't sing to you! HA HA HA HA HA!

The kids and I decided to give Doug a wheelbarrow for his birthday. I know it doesn't sound too exciting but he loved it! On his actual birthday I made him a yummy dinner with his favorite strawberry pie for dessert, and then he spent the night mowing the lawn. Not too exciting, but overall he said it was a great birthday.

I love Doug so much. There is no one in the world more perfect for me than he is. I am so grateful for him and for all the hard work he puts in for our family. he is the best husband and dad in the world. Thanks Doug for just being you! Happy Birthday!


This is like the wheelbarrow we bought for Doug, but of course his is Tennessee orange!

This is the picture the "TIPSY" guy took of us!

The guys: Doug, Pierce and Jarom

Happy BirthdayParker!!!

My sweet little Parker turned two on Sunday. I cannot believe that he is getting to be such a big boy. He is such a sweet, but mischievous little man. He can get into so much trouble, but he does it so sweet and quietly that it is hard to be mad at him. His vocabulary is absolutely amazing. He will talk you ear off and his favorite things to talk about are the garden, football, baseball, and daddy's lawnmower! For his birthday we gave him a baseball mitt, a tee, a ball and a bat. Needless to say, he was in heaven! We love our little Parker, he is such a blessing to our family.


He has been asking me for months to make him a football cake, so I decided that a BYU football cake would be perfect!

I used Teddy Grahams for the football players, and a chocolate Easter egg for the ball!

Blowing out the candles! Go PARKER!!
Isn't it the first birthday when they get cake all over there face?

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

Benson wanted a close up shot too
This is what baby Adilynn was doing during the festivities. (I always have to include her)

And the classic sibling rivalry over who gets the pipe cleaner goal posts :)

Baby Adilynn 2 months

It is hard to believe that 2 and a half months has already gone by! Adilynn is the sweetest baby in the world. She is so easy going, and she is the first of our four kids to be sleeping through the night at two months. She is so happy all day long and she doesn't mind just hanging out in her chair most of the day, which with three other busy kids comes in real handy! I love this little baby so much, she is such a blessing to our family. She is so fun she smiles every time you look at her. We took her to her check up and she already weighs over 10 lbs, and she is 23 in. long. We cant imagine our family without her. The other kids love on her all day long and fight over who gets to hold her first. Here are the most recent pictures!

It's Easter Time!

We celebrated Easter a little early this year because of General Conference. On Friday we had an Easter egg hunt with our next door neighbors and the kids had so fun! Thanks guys. We also dyed Easter eggs and ate tons of Easter candy! On Saturday we have a tradition that the kids go on a scavenger hunt to find their Easter baskets. (We don't have any pictures of that because the camera died.) Then on Sunday we had the traditional Easter ham dinner! It was a fabulous weekend to spend Easter and watch General Conference as a family.


This is what Adilynn was doing during the festivities. Don't you just want top squeeze her?

The Easter Egg hunt is on!

Dying Easter Eggs!

So Blessed

We were so lucky to have my in-laws come out for Adilynn's baby blessing. We absolutely love having them here. We had a great time together, we didn't do a whole lot, but it was so fun just to be with them. The kids were on cloud nine and they got spoiled the whole time. They flew in on Thursday night and we just went around town and played the whole weekend. Then on Sunday we blessed Adilynn in church. I was so glad that Doug's dad was here to help give the blessing. Doug did such a great job, everything about it was wonderful. Adilynn was so good the whole time too. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for coming, we miss you so much!
Here are the pictures!
The Beautiful Baby!

Sisters and friends forever!
Grandpa Larry and Grandma Lyda

Proud mama
Proud papa

The kids wore their Easter clothes the same day we blessed Adilynn so I had to post how cute they looked!
They are best buddies...most of the time!
My boys!
He is going to be a heartthrob when he is older right?