Four!

Samantha's fourth birthday was one of the best we've had. On her actual birthday we went to the Children's Museum and to see Toy Story 3. Everything we did that day she was thrilled for because she thought it was for her birthday, even if it was stuff we normally do. It was just so fun to see her that excited about everything. 

Adam bought her flowers for her, it was cute how grown up she felt

Getting ready to leave (she changed right after so she could wear this outfit to her party the next day)

Playing in the sand, it looks funny because it was inside a big inflatable yellow dome

The day of her party she woke up throwing up and sick. She was devastated to think that she wouldn't be able to have her party. She was laying on the couch crying and saying, "I'm not sick, I'm not sick, I'm not sick." Luckily she stated feeling better by about 10:30 and woke up feeling fine after her nap. I am so glad because the party turned out to be such a success. I am blogging more about the decorations/favors/etc here soon. The kids had a lot of activities, including decorating crowns, play dough, a pinata, and painting their nails. Samantha helped me with almost all of the prep work for all of those projects. I think that was what made the whole thing so fun. She had such a good time thinking of what she wanted for her guests and was excited to show them off. Here are some pictures to enjoy...

The "Beauty Salon"

The homemade pinata

The aftermath

Blowing out the candles

Oh Girls

If you were wondering what Lauren and Caity are up to this summer, here's a little peek...

No, I didn't get pictures of them sticking marshmallows up their nose or many of the other fun adventures we've had. Yes, I did tell them I was posting these.

She Stopped!

A couple of weeks ago Samantha stopped sucking her thumb. I was worried that she would be one of those kids who sucked her thumb until she was 15. We went to the dentist and he told her that she would have to get something put in her mouth (eventually) if she kept sucking her thumb to spread her teeth out. That did it. It took a couple of nights of saying it was hard and only sucking it once and then she was done. I was ready for this to be a long difficult process so I was ready to promise her the world if she'd stop. Well... she decided on getting a "skater dog" as she called it from Build-A-Bear. It's basically a stuffed dog that has roller skates. They had one on display and she was sold. She has named it Suzy and we have since not spent a moment without Suzy by our side. She is in love. Totally.

School

Adam starts school today! I am excited for him but also dreading all the additional time this is going to require. I know this career shift is going to be great for our family and I can't wait to see how it all turns out. I am SO proud of him and all he's accomplished. Good Luck Adam!

Summer Is Here!

We LOVE Colorado in the summer. Especially when we get to spend our days...

Playing at the park

Swimming

Talking to the wildlife

And fishing with friends

Craft Blog

I have started a blog to keep up with all the things I've been making. I want a record of things that I've created, but I'm not sure everyone on here really cares. So, if you have any desire to see what I'm making (and selling in the not to distant future) check it out. When I do start selling I'll let all of you (okay, the 3 of you that read this) know so you can pass along information to anyone that might be interested.

My Blueberry Baby

A Little Late

Okay, it's a lot late. I was looking at my blog today and realized how many pictures/events have happened that I haven't posted. So everything I'm writing about happened at least a month ago, but hey...at least I'm getting to them now.

Easter

It was difficult having Easter on the same weekend as Conference. We do Easter baskets/eggs/etc on Saturday so on Sunday we can focus on the Savior. It's been nice the past few years we've done it, but it wasn't the same since we were watching sessions both days. It was still nice and the kids still had a lot of fun, but it was just different. Sammi and Paul were excited by their baskets, but they were even more excited to find the eggs. In fact, we kept hiding the eggs over and over for days after. Paul lost interest after a couple days when he realized the plastic eggs were empty. No surprise there. (On a side note, the nursery teacher told me the only reason they have to lock the snacks is because of Paul...special uh?)

Dying Eggs 

The glasses were a big hit

Finding Eggs

Mother's Day

I wanted a nice picture of the kids for Mother's Day. I wanted to frame one for myself and give one to my Mom and Holly. It took A LOT of attempts on multiple days to get one that worked...or even get a decent one of the kids individually here are some of the failed tries...

We finally got one that we could use

Mother's Day itself was really nice. Adam was wonderful and played with the crazies while I had some time to sleep in and relax. After church we had Kevin and Holly and my parents over for dinner. It was a nice way to celebrate.

6 Year Anniversary

May 22 marked 6 years for Adam and I. We were lucky enough to spend the weekend in Denver while Stacy watched the kids. It was SO nice to have some time to just sit and talk. We didn't do too much, just hung out together, but it was still amazing to be on our own schedule. It was fun to look back at the last 6 years and talk about what we remember. It's always surprising to me that his memories, even of the same events, are often very different from mine. I'm lucky to have Adam in my life, he's amazing!

Well, those are the events that have happened over the last several weeks that I haven't been keeping up on. I have other activities/pictures from picnics and such that I need to post but at least I'm caught up on the biggies.