Baby Problems

I always know my babies are growing up when they start to get stuck under the dining room table. Gwen did this all the time around 9 or 10 months old. Caleb just turned 9 months old, so I guess it is his turn. He was really looking for me to help him out, so I'm sure all the pictures kind of annoyed him. But how can I not document these moments? I am sad that he is growing so quickly, but I love watching him discover new places and things!

Visiting the Payson Temple

Last Tuesday, we had the special opportunity to go to the Payson Temple Open House. We have been so excited for our temple to be finished. The kids have been especially excited to go inside of it. We had a lovely evening together walking through the beautiful temple. The girls loved all the sparkly lights and Adam loved the Celestial Room. We got to take a minute in the Celestial Room, and I looked over at Adam and saw that he had tears rolling down his cheeks. I asked him if he was ok and he said that he felt really happy because he could feel the Holy Ghost so strongly. 

Eric and I have been talking lately about what things in our life our truly important. It is easy for us to get frustrated that we don't have a lot of money. By the worlds standards, we live a very meager lifestyle. We don't own anything, we don't travel or buy anything expensive...when we buy anything at all. But, on the flip side, the things we value the most don't cost money. We have a beautiful, healthy family, our kids are receiving an amazing education and most of all, we have the gospel and our testimonies. We wouldn't trade any of those things for money or fancy things. It can be easy to lose this perspective, but as we walked though the temple with our children, I was filled with such gratitude for our Savior and the gospel. Knowing that my family can be together forever is the greatest gift I have been given. 

Meeting Gia

Last week, we were so excited to welcome sweet baby Gia to our family! Matt and Gillian are so glad to finally have her here and so are we! Mommy got to go see her in the hospital and the kids got to go meet her once she got home. We are so thankful that Gia made it here safely and that Gillian was watched over and was ok during labor and delivery. 

Everyone was amazed at how tiny she is and how much hair she has!

 Gwen has been so excited about Gia being born. Mainly because Gwen is convinced that she has a baby in her tummy named, Gia.

 It's hard getting 5 kids in a picture.

 Caleb wasn't really sure what to think. We all think he looks huge next to a 6 pound baby!

Adam's Track Meet

Last week Adam got to participate in the Hershey Track Meet. It was fun for him and a long day for the rest of us! Thankfully, Gwen and Caleb did really well for the first 4 hours. We had to keep ourselves entertained in between races, so we took lots of selfies. 

Adam ran the 100 meter race and came in 3rd place. 

 He also participated in the soft ball throw.

These little ones were so good while we had long waits between races and not a whole lot to do.

Adam didn't make it into any more races, but he loved being out on the track and hanging out with his friends. They kept themselves entertained by throwing empty water bottles under the bleachers. Boys....

Star Wars Day-May the 4th Be With You

We didn't go crazy for Star Wars Day this year, but we did have a bit of fun with it. We had Leia Rolls for breakfast. 

We had a fun Star Wars dinner and then for FHE watched The Empire Strikes Back. 

For dinner we had, Han-bugers, Yoda soda, Boba fruit, Thermal detonators, Vader veggies, Leia Lays, Vader Taders, Edible Ewoks and Padowan Popcorn. It was a fun dinner!

Speech Festival

 At the end of April, Adam and Tessa both participated in their class Speech Contests, and they both won! Mommy didn't even know about it and they both recited poems for their classes. I guess their classes voted on who was best and both of them won. We were so proud of them for doing so well and for having the confidence to recite a poem in front of their classmates. 

All the winners from each class then went on to compete against each other at a school wide Speech Festival. Mommy got to go hear both of them recite their poems in front of the whole school and all the parents. They each did a great job and got ribbons for being finalists.