We Had Visitors!

This last week Nathan and Bev and their four kids came to visit us. It was a lot of fun to have them stay with us. Audrey loved having her cousins to play with and it was great to hang out with Nathan and Bev, we've missed them! Troy and Nathan let me and Bev go to Redding and shop for a day (we let them have a day too) while they were brave warriors and took all eight kids to Burney Falls.

Working hard on their Easter project

Troy's mom Cheryl MADE each of these blankets for the girls and gave them to them on their birthdays. They loved movie time under their special blankets. Aren't they adorable? (the blankets AND the girls)

Troy and Nathan took the 5 older kids up the mountain above our house in Troy's car. I got a call from Troy telling me that they were stuck, the car was high-centered in the snow and wasn't budging. So Troy is giving me a list of things to bring up to them...axe, shovel, rope, boots (he was wearing slippers!) and a bunch of other stuff. So I hopped in the van and drove up the logging road ( I wasn't sure how far my van would go up the mtn!) As I was about a mile up I saw them walking down to meet me. So we took the kids back (they thought the whole thing was entertaining) and Troy and Nathan went back up and managed to get the car out just before it got dark. The adventures of Frick and Frack continue. (childhood nicknames courtesy of Glenn)

A-bomb and Uncle Nathan

my new bike and other news

so, my pictures are uploading weird, so i'm just going to write a summary of them all down here. so i got a new bike! i told dad i would post some pics. (it's the silver one, not the red one). I finally made it up boarding and it was awesome! And I also put up a pic of my cake i made for our cake walk. anyway, so those are a few recent happenings...

It has been done

Well, I did it. I cut his hair. I didn't go crazy or anything but the tendrils are gone. I did cut a lot off as you can tell by the pile of hair. Precious hair! I saved some of course. He still has curls and it wasn't as scary as I thought. I think curly hair is actually easier to cut. Much more room for error!

SHE'S 20!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTER!!! I love you and couldn't ask for a more wonderful baby sis :) You are beautiful, funny, caring and just GOOD! I really hope you have a super day-

Why do you love our Emily Jean Jumping Bean?

Another post...

I couldn't resist posting some of Abby...this child is as sweet as they come! She seems so content and at peace with the world. She is so happy just being talked to or read to. She's discovering her voice and the coos that she can make. We love this baby!

I love that this picture shows off her eyelashes a little, they really are long!

Caitlin is 5!!!

Caitlin wanted a "Duncan" cake...I guess he really made an impression on her. This was my version, from a book of children's cakes.

Kate, Caitlin really liked her fan, and Em, she was SO thrilled at getting 5 pieces of gum. And Mom, she's really excited to bust out that pavement paint tomorrow after school!

I tried explaining that this wasn't a "big" party- because we had a big one last year and, although we celebrate every year, the full-blown parties, complete with invitations and favor bags, are only every other year. Apparently that wasn't good enough, because Caitlin made her own favor bags. Yup, complete with rocks, leaves, pictures cut from magazines, and one piece of candy each. And she gave them to them, and her friends thought they were great!

For her party they made bracelets, had a picnic in our backyard, then I took them all out for ice cream.

A Busy Weekend

We had a busy Saturday! Devon did "Mini-Basketball" which is for kids 3rd grade through 6th. He had a tournament half the day on Sat. then we hopped in the car and drove almost 2 hrs to the Stake center for the Pinewood Derby. His car won a few races and he was pretty happy about that. It was a fun, but exhausting day!

His reaction after his car won the first race.

Troy got this for me for my bday, isn't it cute? It has herbs and some other plants in it, I love it.