March

I showed the kids how to make tunnels with the couch pillows. 

We bought Fruit Loops to make rainbow necklaces and rainbow art for St. Patrick's Day. Big Sis thoroughly enjoyed eating them more than the crafts.

I had a birthday and felt very loved. 

Thank you family and friends for singing to me, texting me, and making my day fabulous!

This year's birthday creation: Brownies with 1/2 bag of Ande's Mint Chips mixed in, and the other half sprinkled on top as soon as it came out of the oven. 

And these are from today! Every year I make a book that includes a picture of each member of our extended family so my kids will know who their aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents are. It always includes our family too, and so we needed some pictures for our book! Now I just have to decide which one to pick for each kid....they all turned out pretty cute.

And can you believe this little boy will be 11 months old this week? 

Bean Bean has the squinty eye problem that I have...

July

11 weeks old (a few weeks ago)

Thanks for the outfit Grama T and Grampa A!

Curled hair for church...but it didn't make it till the end of church.

We had the wonderful experience of our AC going out on us. So during one of our no-AC days we went to a museum to hang out all day.

This kid can pull herself up!

This exhibit had some dress-ups for the kids. We pretended the girls were Little Red Riding Hood.

And then Big Sis whipped the dress-up closet into shape.

Thanks Grama R and Grampa M for this cute outfit! Bean Bean wore the skirt 2 days in a row.

On Pioneer Day Big Sis pretended they were all pioneers. She said "Mancub, we're going to Zion!" She made sure he had food and a blanket. They made a fire and had a wagon of stuff, plus some pets.