BINGO!

A few weeks ago we had family in town for Owen's baptism.  It was great to spend time together :).  Grandma bought BINGO for the kids to play.  She got to be the number caller and they all had fun using M&M's to mark their cards.  We went for blackout... called all of the numbers and everyone had a nice full card of M&M's to eat :).  

Owen and Grant waiting for a number

All of the kids

Lorna getting some help from Ella

Mhari, Bree, and Sandra

Clark, Talmage and Grant

The balls!

Cutie!

They all had a great time and learned a new game :)

Soccer and the Trees!

Jeff was invited to go play soccer golf with some of his soccer buddies.  There is a new course open in the area and they had fun testing it out.  Jeff really had a fun time and wants to take the boys to play sometime!

 

 

 

Birdie!

 

 
During the game Jeff and 2 of the other players got their balls stuck in the trees.  They were retrieved, but this isn't as common with golf balls I'm sure :).

 
Jeff's ball :)

 

The last tree story is about the kids.  They love to climb our trees!  One of their favorite trees is the willow that is between ours and our neighbor house.  One day as Jeff was heading out for work he took this picture.  Can you spot the child in the tree?  

Mhari is at the top of the tree along the trunk!  It is crazy to see how high up she is!  I have even had a neighbor send me a message about my kids up in the trees... just to be sure I knew they were up there! 
I'm glad they love trees ... I'm also really glad they haven't fallen (yet)! 

Our 3rd Beautiful Girl!

We finished our family with our 3rd daughter!  Lorna is a strong little thing who thinks she just belongs with everyone, which she does ;).  She has no idea she is only 2 ;).  She speaks as well as Clark (well, pretty close anyway) and has to be doing what everyone else is doing.  

True to tradition of being a baby she really loves her Mommy and Daddy :).  I don't mind since I plan on her being my baby forever!  She also loves all of her siblings and cousins and anyone else she gets to know.  Because she's so strong willed she wants to be in charge, but deals with it when she's not.  She's a little young to do the kid interview with so I will do that in the future, when she's older.  

We just love our Love Bug!

Here are her pictures:

Love!

Too funny!

Adorable!

Pretty girl 

Beautiful!  Probably going on the wall!

It seems like just last month she was tiny and learning how to walk and talk.  Now she's on fast forward just doing too much and being so big!  She is such a fun, silly, awesome girl!  
We love you BUG!!!

3rd Handsome!

Our first surprise after we thought we were "done" was our third boy, Clark!  He has been such a sweet addition to our family!  He is easy going and laid back.  He is also super tall for his age, which personally I love ;).  It's kind of cool to get a really tall kid (even though they are all tall).  

He is also such a good big brother.  He LOVES Lorna!  Now that Lorna is getting older and more strong willed they fight more than they used to, but seriously those two are great friends!  

Clark is just a little sweetheart!  He loves his siblings, parents, cousins, friends... well, he loves people!  With how awesome Clark is he has some trouble speaking.  He does well trying to express himself, but we have him being evaluated for some speech help.  I anticipate that we will be starting speech at the local elementary school in the fall.  It will be a good step to help figure out what is going on and help him as he continues to learn and grow!  

I helped him with his interview so here it is ;)

How old are you?  4

What makes you happy?  Trucks

What is your favorite animal?  Elephant

What is your favorite thing to eat?  Pickles

What is your favorite thing to do?  Play cars

What is your favorite TV show?  Wild Krats

What are you really good at?  Sleep with my pillow

What is your favorite movie?  Einstein’s – baby Einstein’s

What is your favorite color?  Pink

What is your favorite song?  Old McDonald

Who are your friends?  Roy, Annie

What do you like to do with Mommy?  Mommy a Princess.  Cook

What do you like to do with Daddy?  Hang on daddy

Where is your favorite place to go?   Camping

What is your favorite book?  Library book

What do you want to be when you grow up?  Big

What is your favorite scripture story?  Read

If you could change your name what would you change it to: cat cat

What is something mommy says: good morning 

What are you afraid of? Ghosts.  Ghosts they eat us.

Clark Photos :)

Love him!

He is so silly!  Seriously probably our funniest kid :).  He totally just did these silly eyes while posing and had to have a picture taken like this!

The one for the wall :)

Best friends!

Our little Clark is 4 and will be in Kindergarten next year.  Seriously where has the time gone?  He was my little tiny baby born a month early and now he's 4!  He is adorable and growing up so much!  

We love you Big Dog!

2nd Beautiful Girl!

Mhari was planned to be our last child... which would make her our baby.  Well, we didn't stop there, she's not the baby, and she's a very strong child.  She could have been the oldest for how strong willed and smart she can be.  The problem is that she's not the oldest child.  She tends to end up conflicting with the older kids because of this, but at the same time wants to be doing what they are doing.  She's learning some good life lessons and will be hanging out with the older kids at their level before she realizes it... even if it seems to not be soon enough.  

After taking photos of Mhari it was so evident how much she has grown up over the last year!  She is right at that age of turning from a little girl to a big girl and it actually makes me cry.  She has grown up so much over the last year!  

Here is her interview:

How old are you?  6

What makes you happy?  Sleeping with my stuffed animal dolphins

What is your favorite animal?  Dolphin

What is your favorite thing to eat?  Pizza

What is your favorite thing to do?  Watch movies

What is your favorite TV show?  America’s Got Talent

What are you really good at?  I don’t know, I think it’s tennis

What is your favorite movie?  Lion King

What is your favorite color?  Purple!

What is your favorite song?  I love to see the temple

Who are your friends?  Reagan, Bree, Bria, Savannah

What do you like to do with Mommy?  Play

What do you like to do with Daddy?  Cuddle with him

Where is your favorite place to go?  To friends’ house

What is your favorite book?  Hello baby beluga

What do you want to be when you grow up?  I don’t know yet.  Swim with Dolphins, I guess

What is your favorite scripture story?  Jesus – when he heals people.

If you could change your name what would you change it to:  I don’t know yet

What is something mommy says:  clean

If I gave you $100 what would you do with it?  Save it

What are you afraid of?  Snakes when they bite us 

Here are her pictures ;)

I love this one!

So beautiful!

The one for the wall :)

Mhari will be in 1st grade.  She has been working on her reading this summer and really gotten so much better.  She loves to learn and should have a great time in 1st grade :).  I can't believe how much she's grown up.  She is such a cute girl and has such a strong will!  She will accomplish anything she sets her mind to!
We love you Punkin!

Beautiful Girl 1

One of my favorite things about my kids is that we started with 2 boys and then went to 2 girls.  It was fun to really do the boy thing and enjoy two cute boys and then add in some girls and get a good mix of gender going on.  By starting with the boys Sandra is not a typical girly girl.  She loves to hang out with the boys and do cool stuff like dinosaurs, exploring, camping, learning about rocks and minerals, and learning about cars.  She did Kung Fu and volleyball over the summer and liked Kung Fu the best.  She loves her daddy and watching sports with him!  She also loves long hair, long finger nails, sewing, cooking etc.... sometimes it gets confusing, but I love that she can do boy stuff and girly stuff :).  

She is also a very loving child.  She is sweet and kind and thoughtful and gets along so well in her classes and with her friends.

Here is her interview:

How old are you?  8

What makes you happy?  Penguins

What is your favorite animal?  Penguins

What is your favorite thing to eat?  enchiladas

What is your favorite thing to do?  Do Kung Fu

What is your favorite TV show?  Surviovor Man

What are you really good at?  drawing

What is your favorite movie?  Prince of Persia

What is your favorite color?  Green

What is your favorite song?  Demons by Imagine Dragons

Who are your friends?  Ella, Eliza, Natalie, Abby and Mara

What do you like to do with Mommy?  Play games

What do you like to do with Daddy?  Be tickled

Where is your favorite place to go?  Mnt Graham

What is your favorite book?  Spirit Animals

What do you want to be when you grow up?  Veternarian, a person who finds animals and helps them or a zoologist.  Something to do with animals

What is your favorite scripture story?  Moses

If you could change your name what would you change it to:  Tamina

What is something mommy says: Clean

If I gave you $100 what would you do with it?  Buy a pet penguin

What are you afraid of?  Dogs, huge dogs barking at me.

Her pictures ;)

Classic Chica face ;)

The one for the wall :)

Sandra will be starting 3rd Grade.  This is a tougher year so she will be learning a lot!  It seems like she should still be small, but she has been growing up so much.  She does still want to stay small forever and never grow up.  Too bad we can't all get what we want ;).  
We love you Chica Girl!!

Our 2nd Handsome!

Our second child is also growing up so fast!  Grant is so fun and silly!  He keeps life entertaining and tends to exhaust me at the same time.  He is a great big brother to Lorna and Clark too!  

Here is Grant's interview:

How old are you?  10

What makes you happy?  Books

What is your favorite animal?  fox

What is your favorite thing to eat?  pizza

What is your favorite thing to do?  explore

What is your favorite TV show?  Running Wild

What are you really good at?  Being funny

What is your favorite movie?  Guardians of G’Hoole

What is your favorite color?  Orange

What is your favorite song?  I like to look for Rainbows

Who are your friends?  Jeremiah, Talmage, Bowen, Josh Boyer, Max, Luke

What do you like to do with Mommy?  cook

What do you like to do with Daddy?  camp

Where is your favorite place to go?  Mnt. Graham

What is your favorite book?  Michael Vey

What do you want to be when you grow up?  Geologist, Paleontologist, Falconier

What is your favorite scripture story?  David and Goliath

If you could change your name what would you change it to:  Michael

What is something mommy says:  Do your math

If I gave you $100 what would you do with it?  Save it up and buy a few things.

What are you afraid of? monsters

Here are some photos ;)

The one for the wall :)

Growing up!

I love that he and Talmage are such friends.  During his interview he asked if a sibling could count as a friend and he included Talmage.  Even though Talmage and Grant are quite different they really do love each other.  Grant has gained a love of reading by watching Talmage's example.  They really enjoy sharing similar interests also, such as animals, rocks and minerals, dinosaurs, fossils, living in the wild, etc. :).  

I have gotten to work with Grant in Webelos and have loved seeing him enjoy cubs and how he interacts with his friends.  He will be in 5th grade this year :).  I keep waiting for him to hit a good growth spurt and pass up Talmage.  People still mistake them for twins.  It's hard to blame them when they look similar and are only 14 months apart :).  

We love our Grant!