Sunday, May 3, 2015

A Look Back At April

April was another busy month with lots of new things...especially for Caleb.
In one week, he learned to sit up, crawl and clap. He loves his new found freedom. But, that means nothing is safe.

 He also quickly discovered the stairs. He follows the noise from the other kids. You can tell he can't wait to run around with them! And the baby gates promptly came out after this.
 It was time to throw away the girls ruby slippers. I think Mommy was more upset about this than they were.

 He is everywhere and into everything! The babies always love to destroy my cookbooks.
 Tessa takes packing her lunches very seriously.
 We attempted some pictures in their Easter clothes. I don't think we got one good picture, but we tried and they all looked darling.



 Our beautiful girls!
 He still loves remotes and phones. It doesn't matter how many toy he has near him, if he sees a remote or phone, that's all he wants.
 2 weeks after he started crawling, he started standing. And he is so proud of himself!
 Tessa is our little artist! One of her pieces of artwork was selected to go to the District Art Show for school. She can't wait to go see it!
 Some cute pictures of the kids while we were at one of Adam's games. Tessa was too busy reading Calvin and Hobbs to get her picture taken.

 Gwen spent an hour playing in the dirt during one game. Whatever makes her happy...


I caught him sleeping with his blanket over his face one afternoon and every time I tried to move it, he pulled it right back over his face.


The warmer weather means bubble time in the backyard.
 
I found this note on Adam's desk one afternoon. Tessa is our note writer. We all get lots of notes from her and they always make me smile!
Mommy and Daddy got to sneak away one afternoon and see one of our favorite plays. It was a wonderful production of a beautiful story. 
See. Nothing is safe.
The middle of April brought the snowstorm we had waited all winter for. The kids were thrilled to see snow!
Sometimes he goes a mile a minute and then just crashes and falls dead asleep in the strangest positions. He's a funny boy!

We celebrated Earth Day with our favorite pancakes for breakfast and Dirt for dessert. 
The gummy worms are always the favorite thing to find in their dirt. 
We have had ear infections and coughs, which meant sleepless nights. Well, for Mommy anyways. 
We love to take our afternoon walks around the block. Gwen loves to ride her bike and wear her princess helmet (which really belongs to Tessa).
Those are some random things from our April. On to May...


Thursday, April 30, 2015

Spring Sports

Tessa started gymnastics again about a month ago. She is at a new gym that is actually teaching her gymnastics. She has improved so much over the last month and says that she is the best in her class when it comes to doing bridges. 



 Adam started soccer about a month ago and had his last game tonight. His team this season was the Typhoons. He has loved playing soccer and has had some really good kicks and assists. He loves running up and down the field. His sisters have been good little cheerleaders for him!









Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Mommy's Birthday

 Last Thursday, Mommy turned 35! That sounds so much older than 34.


 It was pretty much a normal, crazy day for us, with the exception of going out to lunch with Ma and Ben. Gwen was thrilled to have chips and salsa for lunch!
 Caleb's birthday present to me was learning how to pull himself up on to furniture. He is learning all these new tricks way to fast!
 A sweet neighbor brought me some yummy treats from BYU.
 The afternoon was spent doing homework, kids dentist appointments, and Adam's soccer game. 
After dinner Mommy got to open a couple of presents and we had cake and ice cream. 
 Daddy got me a cd and Tessa gave me a Teddy Bear (that was mine).


 Adam wrote me another fun poem. 

 35 is a lot of candles!
 Friday night, Eric and I got to go to dinner for my birthday and Saturday and I went out with Kristin for the evening. It was fun to get away for a few hours and relax. 
Sunday we went to Ma and Pa's house to celebrate the April birthdays. 


 Tessa had a plan for the birthday candles. Since it was Becky, Matt and Andrew's birthday's, she thought we should have the candles spell "BAM". Pa put her in charge of making her vision come to life. 


 Mattman was a little eager and blew out the candles before Andrew and I were ready. 

 I have so much to be grateful for. Hopefully 35 only means good things!