2nd 5th Birthday!

Everyone needs a second 5th birthday party right?  On Z's birthday, Jordyn had the stomach flu and so his friends couldn't come over to play that day.. Well, we finally made it happen!  :)  And it was a blast!!  :)

 Jayden and Enoch are his play group buddies.  They have fun together.

 have you ever tried to get three 5 year olds and a 3 year old to smile at the same time!!  LOL

 Teaching his friends, 'heavy, heavy hang over'

EVERYONE needs a second 5th birthday party if you ask me!  :)

J's Art show

J's art project was picked by her art teacher to be a part of the art show.  This was a pretty cool art show with pieces from Kindergartners all the way through high school.  There were photo's, jewelry, pottery, paintings, drawings, etc. etc.  There were some REALLY cool stuff, but as you can see below, we found the BEST piece of art there!!  :)  Love you, J!

Spring pictures--good news, bad news

I took the kids' spring pictures yesterday.  Great news, right?  Well, the bad news is that I had my camera on Auto ISO which means a lot of the pictures were taken with an outrageously high ISO which then equals grainy pictures!  BUMMER!!  But I did use my new reflector and tripod and loved them--thank you Darin for being my light assistant! :)  LOL   ---LOVE my kids!

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Bubbles!

Today we decided to blow bubbles while listening to our Prophet and Apostles.   :)  I love the feeling of General conference weekend.  I love listening to the Prophet and leaders of God's church.  I love feeling the spirit and I hope my kids feel these same feelings--or at least have good memories when they grow up.  8 hrs. of talks is tricky for little kids, but we make it work the best we can.

Playin' at the Park--picture overload!!!!

Today was one of our first really nice days.  We all just wanted to be outside all day!!!  SO, we packed up and went to the park.  It was PACKED today.... but it was a BEAUTIFUL day!  :)  The ducks didn't want to eat any of our food--they had been fed all day.

This is also General conference weekend, so we loved listening to our prophet and apostles throughout the day with a quick trip to the park in between sessions.

 Meg LOVES to swing!!!  A LOT!

 D was helping people skate board! :)

 LO LOVES to climb trees!  Makes me slightly nervous!

 Kiss for the photographer on such a nice day!!!

 Log's a pro

Z-MAN is FIVE!!!

My Z-man is five years old.  It's crazy to think that it has been 5 years since this little guy came into our family.  Z is a man full of laughs.  He loves to laugh, and make others laugh.  He is a good boy and wants to do what is right.  He is so excited to go to kindergarten, he can hardly stand his little britches.  He is trying to be patient until August.  Z-man LOVES sweets, pancakes, and muffins.  He loves to ride his bike and jump on the trampoline with friends.  Z knows most of his upper and lower case alphabet as well as sounds.  He is starting to put sounds together to read.  He really likes math and can do simple problems with manipulatives.     

I'm so glad Z came into our family!  I feel so blessed to be apart of his life--and him a part of mine.