Fire station

Macy had yet another pre-school field trip.  This time we went to the fire station.  Ella was lucky enough to come along because she was off school for most of the week.
We went into the station and saw where they eat, sleep, study and exercise.  Then we got to go out to see the engines.  It was cute to see how my kids all stuck together.  Ella was so helpful and made sure they were all okay and together.  They got to go inside the truck together, too.

I'm pretty sure a couple of the firemen were some of the ones who got to make a visit to our home last year... (Brody gave us a scare but everything was just fine, no worries!)

Two-finger Brigg

We don't see this kid much without these two fingers in his mouth.  I've seen babies/kids suck on their other two fingers and of course thumbs (we have 2 thumb suckers), but not those two fingers.  He is definitely one of a kind!

Macy is 5

Macy turned 5 last week and she couldn't be more happy!  She is very excited to be going into kindergarten next year.  She will miss her pre-school class though.  She is already super sad that she only has a couple weeks left.
Macy is the biggest helper in the house and is always willing to do anything we ask her to do.  She can even put Brigg to sleep.  She is his "mini momma".  Or my "mini me".

She is putting letters and words together and will be reading well pretty soon without much help.

Happy Birthday Macy!  We sure love you!

Pizza!

We do a LOT of this lately.  Last year my dad built a brick oven in their back yard and we have been making pizza quite often.  I've got to say they are mighty tasty!!  They also make bread once in a while and my dad even made the turkey in it for Thanksgiving.  It was really really good!

9 months

Big Rigg turned 9 months last week. He weighed 21 pounds 6 oz at his checkup. He is saying lots of things like ewa (Ella), momma dadda, bababa, nana, etc. He's crawling, pulling himself up to stand and smiles the cutest smile you'll ever see. He has 8 teeth and is working on his 1 year molars (I think). He is angry when hungry and happy pretty much the rest of the time. Yesterday he got his blood drawn and didn't cry once. He even gave the people doing it a smile! He's a tough kid!

Nemo the butterfly

Macy got some caterpillars to take care of from pre school. We got to watch them make their transformations into butterflies. One of them ended up with a messed up wing and didn't make it so we named it Ramus and let it go. The other one we thought wasn't going to make it but apparently butterflies can do amazing things. It is orange, black and white with one wing smaller than the other so the name "Nemo" seemed perfectly fitting. We kept Nemo for a day or two and then let it go in some flowers.

Easter 2012

We had a nice Easter. The week was filled with fun activities and great messages. The week before was General Conference. Every conference for the Sunday morning session we go to Spencer and Lindsay's to watch and have breakfast. My mom brought some really fun things for the kids to do to keep them busy. They had so much fun making crafts and we enjoyed listening to messages from our General Authorities.

On Good Friday we had some friends come over to dye Easter eggs. The kids had so much fun and us moms did too!

The Saturday before Easter we went to Sheri and Greg's. We had a delicious dinner and the kids did an Easter egg hunt, decorated cookies and dyed eggs.

On Easter we went to church, rested and then went to my parents house for dinner. Everything was so good. We got to eat outside because it was so nice out.

Super brothers

Love finding them like this and having fun together. Usually Brody is bullying him lately so it's nice seeing him getting along with Brigg. Brody's face is priceless!

Baby brother

Can you tell this kid has big sisters? They dressed him up in a dress from my doll that I've had since I was three. It's a perfect fit, I think.

Zoo days

Another fun field trip for pre school. Macy's pre school got to go on a field trip to the zoo. We had lots of fun. Macy especially wanted to see the zebras to show them her cute dress.

Love it!

I loved looking out the window to see this.

Ella the Bike Rider

Ella learned how to ride a bike!