This Summer’s project is to get our yard fully fenced so that Gemma can roam it with us. Mike kicked the project off on Saturday as he set four fence posts on the North side of the house!
Madilynn sat with him for moral support and ended up getting invited to spray water into the concrete as Mike mixed! She has been quite the goober these past few days. :) Not sure what to make of all of this authentic, elementary school humor. Its actually pretty funny, not because its funny, but because she gets such a kick out of being goofy!
We’ve been telling the children that we’d have a picnic at the Temple for nearly a year now! In our defense, they started asking just as the weather turned. Yesterday was such a beautiful day. Prompted by receiving Mike’s cousin, Jacquie’s wedding announcement (and reminded that as her wedding photographer I need to start scouting out locations!) we decided it was time to pack up dinner and take to to the Temple.
It was just light fare- chicken salad sandwiches, chips and cucumber slices- but we finished up the evening with ice cream sundaes! The kids were wasted after wandering the grounds for 30 minutes or so, which probably had something to do with their still re cooperating from the flu!
Regardless of their exhaustion, I think that they made some wonderful memories in this sacred place. I only hope that when they think of the beautiful blossoms and water fountains they’ll also remember that the Temple is a gift and it is the place where eternal families are formed.
There isn’t much that can keep this little girl down, but the flu that hit us this week has sure given her a beating! We’ve all had it (and, sadly, we may have shared it with a few others before realizing what was going on!). There have been countless shows, books in bed, and small snacks had this week.
What we haven’t seem much of: personal access to the beautiful sunshine out our windows, actual meals (nobody has an appetite for a full meal) and friends.
Luckily! We’re on the mend, but I did want to share a little photo of Miss Lily reading in bed when she had energy for little else!
Family tradition dictates that we must have birthday photos with a bouquet of balloons, and even though the were not technically taken on Cash’s birthday (which didn’t have a spare moment), here are Cash’s birthday portraits.
I have to say, we see how handsome this kid is all the time. His silly, good natured and handsome ways are a part of life around here, yet, my camera rarely captures it because he is busy and completely disinterested that big black thing that is always in his face. Today, however, he was excited to go outside; in just the right mood, really. There were no sisters or dad to attract his attention either. With just momma, balloons, and a piece of candy, I finally coaxed that cute little dimpled grin out of this boy!
I hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed playing hide and seek around a bunch of balloons!
Our sweet Cash has officially hit the two year old benchmark! He’s terribly cute, and terribly opinionated (i swear, it hit a week before his birthday!) in this new two year old form. We’re having a joint birthday for all of the kids in a couple months, but still had family over for dinner and a small Cinco de Mayo celebration on Sunday. Nothing fancy. $5 worth of tissue paper decor and a bunch of delicious food, but Cash couldn’t have been more pleased. Our favorite neighbor, Joan, joined us with our traditional DQ cake (her husband’s been setting up their new Reno house for the past MONTH and I thought she could use some company).
While blowing out candles, Cash kept getting faked out by pauses in the song. He was so prepared when the time to blow finally came!
On his actual day, he and I spent the morning in the car aisle at Target while his sisters were at school. He loved it. We had lunch with Dad and after an insanely quick flank steak dinner (with broccoli and couscous) we went to help Mike with his scouts lesson. His partner was gone and he needed a companion. I can’t believe how busy and distracted 8 year old boys are! EEK! My girls couldn’t believe it either. We came home and quickly let him open his 7 new Cars 2 vehicles, which he is OBSESSED with still. Love that boy! He finished out his birthday hogging his presents, naturally, and racing cars down his mom’s leg, of course.
Microsoft hosted a fitness day on Saturday. We spent most of the morning on campus, attending Sea Gal cheerleading workshops, bounce houses, healthy cooking classes and more. They even provided delicious box lunches and Emerald City smoothies for all.Gotta love Microsoft!
Here are the girls meeting Blitz, the Seahawks mascot! Lily couldn’t take her eyes off of him.
