Friday, March 16, 2018

Callie is 7

I can’t believe this little firecracker is 7. She’s strong (physically and mentally), kind, smart, determined, sensitive and feisty. I pity the fool who crosses her or attempts to hurt her, this girl can hold her own! Her love for music is contagious. Callie loves all things girlie but also enjoys catching bugs/lizards and climbing trees with her brothers. She has lots of friends both boys and girls (the attention she gets from boys makes me a little nervous) 


This year her birthday party was held it at Precision Gymnastics. I think she enjoyed it, all her friends seemed to have a lot of fun.











Monday, January 29, 2018

Mason "In the Tree"

I was helping set up for the Pinewood Derby with all my kids at the church except Mason. He needed to catch up on Battle of Books reading. I came home to pick him up for the Derby and found this in my front room:
This kid cracks me up. He was reading in the tree in the backyard. I didn't get a pic but my kids all love this tree. Ron is always threatening to cut it down (poor guy is always racking up leaves and trimming) but I will NEVER allow that. We love this tree too much.

Noah's Pinewood Derby

Noah did great and had lots of fun at his pinewood derby this year. I didn't get a picture of Ron and Noah! Dang it! Poor Ron's been working so much I'm amazed he was able to finish Noah's car.
#15 the Black bandit! took 3rd place out of 27 cars! The race winners were all within .001 of a second! He probably would have done better but in the finals one of the race "helpers" accidentally put his car on backwards. I'm not telling Noah that though! LOL








Saturday, January 27, 2018

Callie pierced her ears!

Callie has been begging me for months if she could get her ears pierced. I decided a while ago that I would let her if she memorized all 13 Articles of Faith first. She worked really hard and did! (Thanks to her amazing primary teacher!) 
So proud of all my kids for memorizing the article of faith.





 And of course her best friend Sydney had to go too! And since Callie got her best friend there I thought mine should come too! Nessa's baby Arlee got her ears pierced too!

Saturday, January 6, 2018

Family Doctor visits

My kids are rock stars at the Doctor. I'm so impressed with how they handle getting shots and visiting the doctor. I sit in the doctor's office listening to all the screams and terrified kids and think to myself how lucky I am to have kids that aren't scared of the doctor. Everyone got their flu shots today at Mason and Noah's well checks! awesome awesome! On another note I've got to make Mason a bunch of doctor appointments for his toe walking. Please insert face slap here. I'm so sick of specialist appointments with this kid. I know I don't have it bad and I'm grateful for my healthy kids but... Oh well. It needs to be done. I'm just hoping he stops ruining his feet.
no tears from any kids! April wasn't exactly happy about it but she didn't cry. I could watch this video of her all day. cute tough girl.




Friday, December 29, 2017

Merry Christmas!

Christmas break just flew by. I have enjoyed every second of family time, late nights, game nights, play time, hiking, too much eating, family bike rides and so much more! I didn't take nearly enough pictures.





Mason's spoils:
Bike (a REALLY nice bike. I'm a little nervous it's going to get trashed.)
Bug Robot I helped the boys assemble these bad boys and I'm really proud of myself. This is usually Ron's department so I'm patting myself on the back because they were a little complicated.
"Kingdom Keepers" Book series

Noah:
Bug Robot
A bunch of Pikachu things (stuffed animal, water bottle, wrist watch)
Pogostick
a nice set of Dodgeballs
"Captains Underpants" book series



Callie:
Scooter (she always wants to borrow Mason's scooter so we got her one similar to his)
Tumbling outfits
Hatchimal (a little bird that hatches out of an egg)
A doll that poops (this was all Ron's doing. She really wanted it so he ordered it. Can you see me rolling my eyes right now?) lol
A Build-a bear gift card


April:
Moana doll
Poppy doll
Trolls purse
Puzzles

One of my favorite gifts this year was my baby bike seat for my bicycle. I've already taken April out for a test run and she loved it!!! As a kid I remember going on a lot of family bike rides to freestone park for picnics and play time. I want my kids to have similar memories. Now all we need to do is get Ron a bike.



Mason totally surprised me with a necklace for Christmas. He asked me a while ago if he could make some jewelry and I knew he was making a necklace for April but I had no clue he put one together for me. My necklace is mostly black and has a tooth charm on it! It's perfect. He's such a cute kid.

Ron and I stayed up until 2:30am Christmas Eve assembling a ping pong table. I say "we" but really I mean Ron. I just supervised and provided emotional support while he did all the work. I LOVE ping pong and have wanted a table for years. So excited!!!