Our Week

So I just had to post these two pictures, cause it reminds me that I still have little babes. :)


Sedona crawled onto my lap while I was at the computer and promptly fell asleep. Isn't she so sweet!!!


At the same time, Summit went upstairs and curled himself into a massive blanket (despite the fact it was already toasty up there) and went right to sleep.


Sierra has a friend who has been helping her to draw people better. I would say she is doing a great job.

Funny story about these next few photos.


We got these bags from the grocery store lady, who saw these adorable kids and just knew they needed them. When we got home we were unloading the groceries (okay, for real I was unloading the groceries) and Summit had his bag and said, "Mom, I am going to go catch the wind!" For those of you who don't know, the wind in the springtime here gets a little crazy.


So him and Sedona went out and caught the wind in their bags. Then they ran inside and opened the bag to let the wind in the house, and then ran back out to catch some more.




The funniest time was when Summit must have squeezed the bag a bit when he opened it and exclaimed, "Mom! I really did catch the wind!" He must have felt the air blow out at him. HA! Too cute!!!


Savannah did her country report on Wednesday. She chose to do it on Holland. I brought in some store-bought cheese, you know the kind already cubed. Some of the kids asked if we made the cheese ourselves. Guess they don't know me all that well.

On Friday, Blake & Summit went on Fathers & Sons with Blake's brothers and Dad. They had a great time! Among other things Summit had his first fishing experience. Now to fully appreciate this story you have to know that Summit has been BEGGING to go fishing since Christmas when we got fish cleaning gloves from Blake's parents (or was that two years ago?). Anyway, so they got to go fishing.


Blake just told me a funny story about a "death chant" Summit did once the fish were caught and in the bag to take back to camp. Something like "Die fish, Die!!!"


When they got these all the way home, Summit told me "Mom, I know what kind of fish those are." I said, "Oh, really!?!?! What kind are they?" He very confidently told me, "They are beauty fish!!!!" Now I don't know much about fish, but I am pretty sure there is no such thing as a beauty fish. Blake later told me that they are Rainbow Trout. Then I realized I bet someone told him the fish was a beauty! Blake told me that when Summit caught them Uncle Kjell said something like, "Oh, that fish is a beauty!!!" Ha! Too funny how kid's minds work!

While the boys were out camping and having fun, the girls and I had a party Friday night, with popcorn and ice cream and a movie.

On Saturday, I decided it was time for a clean house. With all the cleaning we did I have two questions:

One: Why can't kids hang up their coats/jackets and put away the stuff that comes out of their backpacks (like three day old sandwiches)?



Two: How do things get behind the piano? I mean nothing is supposed to be on the piano to begin with, and yet there are things behind it???

Fence & A Dance

Not a very eventful week. At least no pictures to show for it. We do have a fence on one side of our house now. The gates are in now, but I have been too preoccupied to take a picture. One would ask why I don't just go take a picture now, and I would answer.... cause I really don't want to. So here you are with what it looked like at the beginning of the week. You can imagine up gates anyway.



Saturday marked Savannah's Ballroom performance. She did a really great job!!! And she did not seem all that nervous!


A picture before we left the house for her first performance!


And because big sister is getting her photo taken, little sister must as well.


And little brother, with his name sign that I had to convince him not to bring to the performance. He was so sure he needed to bring it so people would know his name.


The best cheerers in the world just waiting for the best dancer to get on stage.




And here she is!

Goings on!

So this week started off being VERY cold, especially in the mornings. We woke up the first few mornings with this....



And I thought to myself, is it really MAY?!?!?!

Also, my hose froze and I could not help but be reminded of childbirth (probably because I talked with my walking buddies about it just beforehand) while I watered our little willow tree.


If you look close you can see the ice chunk!

On Monday night we had piano recitals. The girls did soooooo great!!!!!







Tuesday brought something new to our house.....




Yes, Savannah is now shaving her legs. If only she knew that by the time she was 35 she would not want to do it, maybe she would not be so eager to have started. However, there was only one small nick because of my expert explaining skills.

On Thursday we had our fence guys come out FINALLY!!!!!


These are not our fence guys, but I thought it was so cute how Summit was thrilled to help Blake with the measuring.

So on Friday, when I turned the corner of my house this is what I found....


Totally freaked me out, but I did not scream so I was very proud of myself.


Here it is slithering away!

While it is just a Bull Snake, we still did not want it hanging around our house so after we called all the kids out to see it, we caught the neighbor boy who was innocently walking home from school and this is what he did.


Yup! He picked it up and brought it home. I can only imagine the look of jubilation on his mother's face when she saw it.

Saturday morning I went and did Zumba for three hours at the park and totally forgot the sunblock.


At least I am not partial to who get sunburned around here. It was such a blast!!!!

Sunday was, or course, Mother's Day! So naturally I took the day off of being a mom, well sort of!!!!

Blake and the kids got up and made me a wonderful breakfast, complete with orange juice. I opened my gifts which included pictures and cards from my kids. A bag of M&M's from Sierra. Soap dispensers for the kitchen and laundry room, and a beautiful necklace.


Then we had to rush off to church, which for us included sitting on the stand and giving talks. The three oldest did so great! And I didn't even cry. My talk went well and then the Primary kids sang, which was amazing!!! Then Blake got up and cried! He is so wonderful!

I just have to say I am so thankful for all the women in my life who have molded me into who I am today. There is not a single woman I have ever met who has not influenced me in some way. And a special thanks to my Mom! You truly are fabulous! And to Blake's mom, who raised an incredible son!!!

Once we got home I was allowed to lay down and take a nap while Blake made all the preparations for dinner. Which turned out incredibly delicious!!!




And was complete with Dutch Oven Dessert!

Hello & Goodbye!

While I really don't have many pictures of this week, I still thought I would let you all know what is going on at our house. Monday started a new schedule for me. I am now getting up and going walking/jogging with two really good friends. Thanks Marcie and Amanda for getting my lazy bones out of my warm bed each morning.

On Wednesday Savannah & Sierra had there Qualifiying track meet. They had to place within the top four in order to go on to regionals. While they both ran well and bettered their times they did not place within the top four, so we bid farewell to the track season for another year. Well, not totally cause I believe their school does a track & field day. I am not sure if I made it very clear before, but they were running for the Jr. High Track Team.

On Thursday Savannah had her D.A.R.E. Graduation. She was so excited cause she won first place in her class with her D.A.R.E. essay, so she got to read hers for graduation. She did a really great job!




Plus, she got a medal and a BIG chocolate bar for winning.

After the reading of the essays the parents were dismissed and the kids got to have a pizza/ice cream/cake party. This was something Savannah had been looking forward to all year!

That about does it for us here. Not a really eventful week, even though I feel like we were running around like crazy! I guess some weeks are just like that!!!!