Easter 2012

We got a fancy new camera this weekend and had some fun trying it out. Beautiful blossoms!

The best we could get in the pre-church rush.

The boys

The girls

Egg-hunting!




We hope all of YOU had a fantastic Easter too!

Misc. March

Matching girls

Emma loves to play with Max and make him laugh. It's adorable!

Wow, are all these kids mine??!! We took a trip to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point one Saturday and had a great time.

Love my sweet baby.

My new favorite picture! I love this one of all my kids. And Max sucking his lip? Priceless. He does that all the time and it just cracks me up.

There was a wedding: Belle married Woody. They are living happily ever after. :) Do you like the TP veil???

We had a big family dinner last week when some out-of-towners were in town. 7 out of the 9 kids in Ben's family were there. It was definitely a photo-op!

We've been putting Max in the bath with Luke (and sometimes Rachel) more often and they just love it. Cute boys.

Saturday was a glorious day. We listened to General Conference and spent the rest of the time outdoors. The blossoms are absolutely heavenly these days. I tried to get some good pictures of the kids with the blossoms, but it was almost bedtime and very windy and I wasn't too successful. However, even though they aren't perfect I still love these photos.



Look who's pulling up now! Yep, Max is at that stage. Which means lots of bumps and bruises. He is fascinated by the frig and cruises for it whenever I open it.

Luke caught his first fish! And several more after that first catch. Ben has been fishing numerous times this spring and has taken at least one of the kids with him each time. So cool!

Luke LOVES his daddy! One of "their" things is singing "Baa Baa Black Sheep" together. They have made up several additional verses. Ben plays it on the guitar and they both sing. It's these little moments!

I know I've posted Luke wearing this funny cake hat before and now the kids like to put it on Max!

The weather has been (mostly) fantastic this winter and spring and we have taken many walks and bike rides. Still love my double stroller--that is, if it's being good and not giving me a flat tire!

Rachel and Luke continue to make up funny little games. The latest one is "Help, help!" where one of them pretends to fall down a cushion mountain and is thrown a blankie to be pulled up to safety. Pretty funny.

Rachel's First Fishing Trip

Rachel caught her first trout today! She nearly out-fished me with her Barbie fishing pole, or "Trout Slayer" as I like to call it ;-) We caught our limit of four in about an hour and then released everything we caught after that. We had a delicious trout dinner!

Winter

Max is sitting! He looks adorable sitting and playing with toys. And I love this stage where they just sit and play, not yet crawling everywhere and getting into stuff. Wish it lasted longer!

Love the girls in these curlers. They look so darn cute in them! And they actually work in their thick hair. I've tried so many curling irons and rods and they don't work. But these do and I love the bouncy full curls they create.

Luke is FINALLY potty-trained. It happened in only 10 short days at the beginning of January. Hallelujah! He was truly ready this time. We took a family trip to the Lehi "bucket" pool to celebrate.

What little snow we got was quickly made into a snowman by the kids. They made this one all by themselves, no help from me! Isn't he cute?

Max has this most darling robe. I just love it on him!

Emma's 100th day of school! They made these crazy hats.

The library's annual Fancy Nancy party. So girly and fun!

Playing in the laundry basket

Ben and I got to go on a date for Valentine's Day and it was great. Love my Ben! Emma took a picture of us before we left on our "love date" (what she calls it).

Max is loving his solid food. He loves everything except for avocados and he's not a huge fan of bananas on their own.

Christmas

Yes, I realize it's now February and I am doing a Christmas post. Sorry! But here are pictures for my family to see of Christmas 2011. We had a fantastic one!!!

Seeing Santa at the mall.

Isn't this the most precious sight?

We enjoyed meeting my dad at the mall and seeing the gigantic Christmas tree!

New jammies!!! Luke was thrilled to match Max.

Rachel's big gift--the Ultimate Disney Princess Collection!!!!

Luke's big toys--a remote control helicopter and a Little People pirate ship.

Max didn't get too many gifts this year, but he is just a baby. And he is the FOURTH baby. Poor kid. :) But he did get a few new toys and books, and BIBS!

My mom wanted to see a picture of the girls with these bags that she got for them. A young teenager in my mom's ward crocheted these bags! They are beautiful and the girls put their scriptures in them.

My only picture of the kids all dressed up in their Christmas finest. Better luck next year.

Little Max with his grandparents.

Max does this cute little scrunchy face sometimes and I LOVE it.

6 months!

This sweet baby is six months old now and absolutely adorable! Isn't he cute?

Some six-month-old Max facts:

Loves his Exersaucer and jumps and bounces in it all the time.

Is finally liking solid foods.

Never cries when he wakes up in the morning or after naps. Crazy!

Is almost sitting up alone. Emma takes it upon herself to give him "sitting practice" every day. :)

Favorite game is peek-a-boo.

Loves it when his siblings jump and play around him. Luke can make him laugh the hardest.

Is rolling around everywhere. I can't put him on a blanket and expect him to stay on it anymore!

Pees every single time in the bathtub.

Loves to pull his feet up to his mouth and chew on his toes. So cute!

Scrunches up his nose when he's happy. This is absolutely adorable! I can't get enough of it.

Grabs at EVERYTHING.





We love our little guy!