Basketball players

We bought the kids a basketball hoop at Christmas time.  Well, with the move delayed and the weather being cold and then not much time to assemble the hoop it took us until just recently to get the basketball hoop put together.  Actually it was thanks to Grant and his persistence and asking his daddy to set it up.  Then Jeff got to teach them more about shooting and how to stay out of the way when retrieving the ball and such.  Jeff even taught them horse.  I really enjoyed seeing them play together!

Here are some shots of the boys shooting :)

Grant

Talmage

Clark and Daddy!  So cute!

Daddy teaching time.  

I'm sure that basketball hoop will be getting tons of use over the next several years ;)

Being a kid

One of my favorite things of being home with my kids is seeing them learn, explore, and just be a kid!  Little Lorna has really been exploring lately.  We have an empty cupboard that she discovered and she tried it out for a while too...

She fit right inside :)

Clark joined in on the fun too

Peek-a-boo!

They really love each other!  It is so fun to watch Clark and Lorna play together! 

I was upstairs hanging out and the kids came rolling in the big bin for under the bunk bed.  Mhari was pushing Clark and Lorna.  Then it turned into a boat for everyone!

Lorna thinks she is such a big girl, playing with the big kids ;)

I love them :)

Beautiful Bug!

Here is our sweet Lorna bug photos for her 1 year :).  

She wasn't too sure about the photos at first, but she was still too cute (even if there was a tear by her eye).

Close up!

She liked the chair

Profile - love the dimple!!

Happy silly girl!

Look up here :)

Cute poser

Standing, full body shot!

I did a mini photo shoot of bug and this is what I got.  She is a little cutie and really likes her picture taken, once she's in the mood ;).  I still need to get her official one year stats, but she is 22 lbs!  She is still not sure that she needs to walk all the time.  I guess, why bother when crawling is faster.  She just loves her siblings, and most people for that matter.  I can't believe it's been a year!  She's a great baby and so beautiful :)

Muffins with Mom

The school did Muffins with Mom.  The school really went all out - huge muffins, doughnuts, go-gurts, juice, etc.  They even had the school pep squad do some cheers.  It was a fun morning :)

Here are the kids enjoying their breakfast treats...

Talmage

Sandra

Grant

Clark

1 Year old Bug!

I can't believe our little Lorna bug is already 1!  She has been such a great baby and a true love of our family!  We celebrated her birthday a day early since grandparents were in town.  She really figured out the present thing pretty quickly too.  Here is the celebration:

Opening presents

cute girl

flower

pony tails

toy

blanket - peek-a-boo!

Her goodies!

The cake!

Daddy helped blow out the candle

Eating!

Happy girl

Present from Grandma Whitmer

Lorna has grown so much over this year!  She has started walking, but is still more comfortable crawling.  She waves "hi" and "bye" and loves to baby talk.  She loves people and all of the attention she gets in our family!  She is still a mama's baby and that's fine with me.  She has started smiling really well for pictures and loves to see the camera after the picture is taken.  She has her four top teeth and two bottom teeth.  She is still working on more teeth!  Lorna is a joy in our family!  
Happy birthday Love Bug!

Visitors

Oh, what do you do when the grandparents come to town??  Projects ;).  Grandma and Grandpa came for a visit and instead of touring the town we hang out at home and get some projects done.  This trip we got the yard cleaned up and Grandpa got some light switches fixed (so we have switches for the light and fan).  There was also some shopping to do and a birthday to celebrate :).

Here is Grandpa with our little Lorna bug :)

Mhari wasn't feeling well one morning.  She fell asleep during her breathing treatment... poor thing.  She recovered well by the time we went out to the store so that was good!

Yard time!  This is the first house we've had with landscaping and plants... time to figure out how to take care of it all!  
Clark really enjoyed the clippers!

Mhari helping

Sandra with her cute gloves

Grant helping clip down the timmings to fit in the trash bags

More Clark

Talmage helping.

Daddy 

Grandma with Bug... Feeding the baby :)

It was nice to have visitors :).  

Cute Kids

Life keeps moving along and it doesn't seem like we do that much.  I guess just the normal school schedule and house stuff is enough to keep life busy.  Jeff is part of a basketball team and I started a volleyball team through the city rec center.  That is fun, but still not too bad of a schedule.  I have kept the camera handy and so here are some of the cute little kids pictures from April :)

My three little ones!  They keep my days busy and they are so cute together!  Oh, I love that they love each other!

Mhari, Lorna, and Clark

Mhari still loves to dress up in her leopard costume.  She's getting bigger and I'm sure it will be Clark's turn to be the leopard (as long as she is willing to give up on it when it's too small :)).

Little Lorna keeps growing... she likes her new sippy cup!

Somehow Clark still thinks he's little :).  I guess no one has told him that he's not the baby anymore.  It's amazing to me how HUGE he looks in that baby chair!  Oh, and yes he loves his shark boots.

One Sunday Clark was playing and I was busy getting dinner prepped before church and I forgot to put Clark down for an early nap...  good thing he likes naps and decided to put himself to sleep!  Such a good boy!

Lorna has discovered shoes!  She is so cute to watch as she tries to put them on!

Adorable :)

I am going to miss when the kids are too big to be little, discovering the world and playing dress up!  They really do grow up so fast!