Kiley & James Preview

I'm not going to spoil too many pics, just the out takes I thought were cute. I had the opportunity to take Kiley and James engagement pictures and I think a lot turned out really well. I haven't had too much time to edit, but some don't really need much anyway. This picture it looked like James was really taking charge...Go James!

Waiting for me to be ready...


Love the shoes Ki

Egg Hunting

Had our ward Easter Egg Hunt this past weekend. It was fun to watch Ammon gather the eggs.

soccer game right before

For the older kids...there are only so many places to hind eggs around the church grounds...so you can see the youth had gotten pretty creative in the difficulty department. "How bad do you really want it?" BTW, Jarom was sneaky to manuver his way out of my path and I never caught any pics of him!

CSX

Yep, I mean the freight train CSX...my little buddy Ammon is just crazy for trains right now...so one day I decided to wait for one at an intersection that is normally busy with trains! Well, we waited a good 45 mins and nothing. So I decided to try my luck in actually writing the company to find out when the trains might pass by and we could be ready...Saturday I get a package that was from Florida...in my mind, 'ooo what did Trent secretly get me?' Really it was a note with a CSX souvenir hat. The letter went something like...for security reasons we can't give you train schedules...blah blah...but I was surprised they even responded. I couldn't stop laughing, so I decided to do a photoshoot with it...hahaha what's more exciting right?!

Mirror shots weren't working so...Trent became the photo boy

I'm not good at this, couldn't hold a serious face any longer...

Scouting Flight

Jarom had an exciting adventure a week ago when his scout leader had arranged with a friend to take them up on a small airplane. Thank you Bro and Sis Thorne for the experience and pictures.Had to keep the hat on some how...

Riding with a girl from the Thorne's neighborhood

Taking off...

Aw, airborne!

March 19th

What a fun 2 years this boy has given us! I can't believe how fast time flies past when you are trying to fulfill all the responsibilities parenthood throws at you. My little buddy is officially 2 years-old and ready to bring on the next 80+ years! I still remember the day he came into this world, he was such a cute FAT baby! My 8 pounder had to mark that day as a day never to forget. I love you little buddy! You keep me smiling and guessing all day, I love it!

The kids wanted to share their love through cards...here is one from Raegan.

The birthday boy!

Practicing his shot with Uncle Troy

Thanks Kristin for the ice cream cake.

Ammon practiced blowing out candles all week. He did a good job!

New bike

Assembling the Bike

Here is what life is like around the house lately. He won't get off the bike...it's been raining outside, so they haven't made it out there yet. Happy Birthday Big Boy, your family loves you!

Boy Boy, Oh Boy!

Yes, Ammon does have a few many sisters and does try on their shoes and wants to paint his fingernails at times...but when it comes down to it, he's all boy! His latest passion is...youtube...yep that's what I said...he loves to watch trains and their horns on youtube! Here is a clip of him doing just that!

Another thing Ammon loves to do is play basketball. Nothing exceptional, but he has a good arm and tries to do what his big brother Jarom does...he definitely makes life active!

St. Patrick's Day Maddness

This year my kids didn't get pinched. They had a shirt to bring the green. My girls also wore ponytails in their hair with a green bow. (didn't quite catch the hair job in this pic)So I get home in the evening and see the kids haven't gone to bed yet...this is what I see. My husband printed out 7 brackets for each of our children to fill out. He even wanted Ammon to fill one out...crazy. But what a funny guy. No he didn't influence them or tell them what to write, only what the little numbers next to the college means. Naturally they had all the number one seeds go far...maybe they will learn about upsets and that not everything goes the way you want even when your voted to go far...hard work and team work always pay off.

Who are your final two?

Doggie

So a member of our family has had yet another nose job! This little guy has had his nose replaced at least 5 times...I've lost count really. This dog has been my (almost) 9 year-old sons' companion his entire life. When Jarom started crawling the only way to bring the dog with him was to hold it in his mouth by its nose. So it became a chew toy for many years. Lately it's just been dragged around by baby brother and being abused. So I put my magic to work and did my best to bring life back into this beloved stuffed animal.

Talent All Around

Last week Thomas Crossroads Elementary had their annual talent show at the Performing Arts Center. Rian signed up to lip sing a Taylor Swift song. We encouraged her to actually sing with the CD, but she had a great time up on stage all by herself moving around for the big crowd below. She did awesome! She loved getting a medal too. (pics from a phone camera)

Jarom and Tarin both had artwork displayed at the Performing Arts Center. Jarom's is a clay portrait of a soccer player. Tarin and her bug-eye expression are showing off her 3 dimensional Space project. Not so 3-D in this picture

So proud of my kids for doing their best!

Missy's BBshower

Saturday afternoon, I was able to enjoy the fruits of our mad dash to decluttering and cleaning of our house...5 kids can sure build up corners of stuff! We had about 23 ladies over to celebrate my sis-in-laws soon to be 3rd little boy.

(Missy you can have any of these pictures.)

Andrea Bake did a fabulous job!

THE GAME

Yep, thought I'd remind her and others the lovely mess that comes with such a cute bundle of love. 9 diapers squished, melted and crumbled with candy bars for everyone to guess what kind it is. No one will forget this anytime soon...to think my husband suggested using my 2 year olds REAL diaper messes and play name that food...

breathe in deep

Bryn

Congrats and good luck to you Missy!