Bulldozer VS 2 yr old

This is a common sight these days. The lovely field behind our house has been sold and a large apartment complex is going in. There have been lots of different tractors busy tearing up the grass and making large piles of dirt. The kids love to stand at the window and watch them work. Funny thing happened today. Kendall said he was out watering the plants in the green house out back and Jacob was with him. Well Jacob had gotten his hands on the hose and managed to turn the setting to "jet stream". Kendall said he heard someone laughing really hard in the field and came out to see the man up on the hill laughing and another guy in a bulldozer (who was not laughing). Turns out Jacob was spraying at the back fence and over the fence when the guy in the bulldozer drove by just in time to get a direct hit with the hose. The guy in the other tractor was up high enough to see that it was a little 2yr old doing the spraying and thought it was funny. The other guy took it well once he climbed out of his bulldozer and could see who was doing the spraying. Kendall lifted Jacob up to wave to the man and it all ended well. I think they will be a little more careful when passing our yard.

A Fish Tale

Kendall took the kids fishing at Twin Lakes this afternoon. The kids weren't super excited about fishing at these lakes cause they've never had much luck fishing there. Well today Noah came running into the house super excited. It was a group effort to catch this big boy! It was caught using Emma's fishing pole. Noah reeled it in, but it was so big it broke the line but Kendall saved the day by wading into the water with the net and scooped it up just in time! It was 23 inches long and over 6 1/2 pounds! Biggest fish caught so far! Noah gutted it and it's on the grill right now being cooked up for dinner. Kids think they should be allowed to fish everyday so we can have a free meal at least once a day.

Emma's Baptism

 This last Saturday Emma was baptized! She was super excited about this day.

 Her good friend Ivan was also baptized that same morning.

Here is Emma in her dress my mom made for her. She looked so cute. Everything went so well. We had a lunch after the baptism with all our friends. After the lunch Jacob decided to jump off the stage in the gym and land on his head. That was sure scary! We headed off to the doctor and thank heavens there were no broken bones, but he has a big bump on the back of his head and a concussion. Have to keep an eye on him for a little while and make sure he doesn't hit his head again before it heals. That boy is an accident waiting to happen. Just today he burned his leg on the lawn mower and cut his finger with a knife! Oh, and he just jumped in front of Daniel's bike and now has a purple goose egg on the front of his head. I think we are going to put him in a padded room!