5 months old

Katie is 5 months old today. Her big accomplishment, as a 5 months old, is sleeping in her crib. She has been in our room in a play-n-pac since she was born. As much as I didn't want to, I knew it was time for her to start sleeping in her crib. I decided to let her start putting herself to sleep while Kierra was in Idaho so the crying wouldn't bug Kierra. We started with naps and she only cried the first nap. Every time after that I put her down and she went right to sleep. I haven't gotten to the nighttime routine yet. She still wakes up once at night to eat and I end up falling asleep feeding her so she stays in our bed. I'm going to get that one conquered this week. The bad thing that has come of this is that she doesn't want me to hold her when she's asleep anymore. When she's tired she just cries until I put her down in her bed. It makes me sad because I love to cuddle her! Katie continues to be the light in all of our lives! Her smile gets us through the day. She's kind of like a drug to everyone...we're addicted to her!

Baseball buddies!

Baseball started a couple of weeks ago but I haven't been able to take any good pictures until this week because of all the rain, snow and wind!!! This was the first night that all 3 boys had a game at the same time.

This week the weather has been beautiful and we have really enjoyed the games!

It's been quite a challenge to juggle our schedules. Jake joined the baseball lineup this year so we frequently have more than one game going on at the same time.

I absolutely love my boys in their baseball uniforms and I love watching them play!

Welcome Home Kierra!

Kierra got home today from spending a few days with her Grandma in Pocatello, Id. We dropped her off on Sunday and she stayed till today. She had the best time! They went to a potatoe museum, got pedicures, planted flowers, wrote stories and just had a great time hanging out (especially with Dale's cousin Mandy). We missed her a lot at home. You don't realize how much you depend on someone until they are gone. She helps me a lot more than I ever realized! We're glad that she's back!

"I like it like this!"

So we died Easter eggs on Sunday night and Kyson wanted to eat one right after we were done. I told him we were going to wait until the next day to have them. Monday morning he told me he wanted one for breakfast. I let him pick the one that he colored. Then I said to him "Do you want me to peel the shells off for you?" He said "No, I like it like this" as he proceeded to take a huge bite of the egg with the shell on. He did it so fast that I couldn't stop him so I watched him instead. He started chewing. Crunch, crunch, crunch! I said "Are you sure you like it like that?".
He came running to the garbage to spit it out. He then said "I thought it was chocolate!"

Happy Easter!

It was a really good Easter. The kids (especially Kyson) were excited to get up and find their Easter baskets. They were kind enough to let us sleep in until 9:00. This year I decided that Jadon was old enough to help with the whole Easter bunny thing. I think he really enjoyed helping me get the baskets ready and making the clues to hide the baskets. The kids had a great time finding their baskets. We only had one small problem. Jaxon messed up on where one of his clues was and found Kierra's basket before she did. Luckily, Dale was able to add one more clue and re-hid it. The kids weren't horrible in church and after church I was able to talk them into one family picture. We had a yummy dinner. Breakfast! Since it was our ward's fast sunday, we weren't able to have a yummy breakfast on Easter so we had if for dinner. After dinner, we had a Easter FHE and then died Easter eggs. I think the kids really enjoyed the day which makes all the preperation worth it!

Surprise!!!

Today is Kierra's "GOLDEN" Birthday. She is turning 10 on the 10th. She has been asking for a party for months and I always told her that we don't do parties every year. Since it meant so much to her, I decided that I would give her a surprise party. Since the Hannah Montana movie opened today, I decided that would be a good thing to do. I called all the moms of her best friends to tell them about it. None of the moms thought it would be good to tell their daughters until right before the party so that it wouldn't slip out to Kierra. I took Kierra shopping today to get her out of the house while her friends came over. When we got home, they were all in her room (along with all her brothers) and yelled "SURPRISE" when she walked in. It was so cute to see them all lined up on her bed. She didn't know how to act and was kind of embarassed. It was cute! We all went out to lunch at Mountain Mike's Pizza then went to the movie. I have never seen so many young girls in one place in my life! I wasn't super excited to see the movie since I don't care too much for the Hannah Montana show on the Disney Channel. I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised. It was a really cute show and all the girls loved it! One exciting thing that happened during the movie was 2 girls lost a tooth. I couldn't believe it when one came and told me that she lost her tooth and then was even more shocked when another came over and told me she lost her tooth. Fun times!

I am so thankful for Kierra! She is such a sweet little spirit. She is a fabulous sister and takes such good care of Jake and Kyson. She gets along with Jaxon really well and will frequently play with him. I give her all the credit for Kyson's coloring ability and that he knows all his letters and numbers. She is always teaching them. She is very creative and is a wonderful artist! She is a great friend and always wants everyone to be happy. She is doing well in school and has a teacher that really appreciates her creativity. I am so glad that she finally has a little sister to love! I know that Kierra will be the best mother someday and I'm very grateful that she is part of our family!

Best Buds!

I love the relationship between Jake and Kyson. Most of the time they are the best of friends. Only once in a while do they decide they aren't "buddies". If they ever have a fight over something it is devestating to both of them, especially Jake. Yesterday was such a beautiful day. They took all their stuffed animals outside and played on the tramp for 2 hours. I was watching them out the window. I loved seeing the smiles on their faces and how they were making each other laugh. I don't know what I'm going to do next year when Jake goes to first grade. Kyson already gets so sad when Jake goes to Kindergarten. Thank goodness for Brotherly love!