Avrie's Blessing

These pictures are from Avrie's blessing.  Levi's sister Mandy took some more, but I don't have copies of them yet.  When I do, I will add them on here.

It's been a while...

I know it's been a while since I updated anything on here (sorry Jas).  I put several new posts up about what we have been doing.  I tried to keep them pretty short so it wouldn't take too long to get a feel for what we have been up to.  Scroll down and enjoy catching up with us.

Easter

We did a small Easter egg hunt at the park with some friends this year for our kids.  It was so fun to watch the kids running around looking for the eggs.  Levi and Clay had hidden some up high that Michael really had to work to get.

 Owen, Leslie, Rilee, Heidi, Liam, Clay, Michael

 Michael jumping for an egg in the tree.

 Liam showing off the egg he found.

Owen, Michael, Liam, Rilee

Small Zoo Trip

 One Saturday this spring we went with a bunch of our friends to a small zoo near town.  It was a lot more fun than we thought it was going to be.  We had buckets of food to take around and feed to the animals.  The kids loved that. It was a fun day and worth the small cost.

Below is a picture of Levi feeding the ostrich and below that is a picture of Levi feeding the camel.  Levi has a carrot in his mouth that he is feeding to him.

 Here are all of the kids with the camel.  He's about half grown by the way.

 Liam, Michael, Luxton, Rilee, Owen

Michael and Liam looking at baby goats.

 There is also a lot of interesting folk art at this little zoo and tourist stop.  They had a jeep who's body had been entirely covered with license plates.  All the wheels and seats had been made out of old tools that were welded together.  It was pretty cool looking.  Below is all the kids in the jeep.  They're more interested in playing than sitting still and looking cute for a picture.

 Here are all the boys sitting in a rock that was carved into a chair.  The seat had been polished and it was actually fairly comfortable.

Owen, Clay, Luxton, Levi, Brady, Michael, Liam

Jeeping

 Parker, Payton, Michael and Liam on the a jeep trail overlooking the river.

After I had Avrie Levi and his brother Jeremy decided to take advantage of the days Levi was taking off to go jeeping.  They took all the kids and ran a jeep trail.  They all had a great time.

 Levi heading into one of the hot tubs.

 Jeremy heading into one of the hot tubs.

 You know it's not a real jeeping trip unless someone breaks something.  Luckily this wasn't anything serious.

The kids taking advantage of the broken jeep to get dirty.

Michael's Birthday

Here are some pictures from Michael's birthday party.  We went to the swimming pool and then came to our house to open presents and have ice cream cake.

 Liam and Jenna watching the present opening.

 Michael and Papa Brad in the background.  We were glad that Brad and Stephanie made it over for the party, but we felt kind of bad because they had to come right back the next day.  I can't help it that I went into labor that night.

Michael blowing out the candles on his birthday cake.  He didn't want to get to close to the flames so he was blowing really hard from pretty far away.  It was pretty funny.