Craziness

I underestimated this little tire swing...it gets a lot of love



Just going on a walk on a rainy day...with a lightsaber in case its needed



love it

Forget the umbrella :)

Ethan took his turn to join us at preschool

Eliza loves Niki and especially Niki reading her stories.  After I witnessed it for myself I didn't blame her, she made the books come alive :)



I gave Eliza my phone to take pictures of Andrew's football game. This is what I got :). Andrew continues to love football and his coach and team continue to be awesome.  Their games are fun to watch.

Every day when we drive into our neighborhood Ethan asks if he can race me home.  I love watching him run.





I had to document the fact that they decided they liked broccoli.



Using the cook-um stick to cook rolls on the campfire and stuffing it with chocolate and marshmallow is a new fav.

The benefit of breaking down on the way to church right after visiting the temple is there is nothing else to do other than take pictures while we wait for our wonderful home teacher to come rescue us.







I have a lot of pics with Eliza sticking her tongue out...yikes







I forget which child took this but I love it and I'm so grateful for Daniel and all he does! It's been a crazy couple of weeks with everything breaking...the car (a few times- mostly with different things wrong each time), the air conditioner, the tree, the hard drive, Daniel's back, and probably more that I'm forgetting. Daniel saved us A LOT of money by fixing almost everything himself.  Thankfully most of it happened during his week off school and a light work week so he had the time to do it.  We're also grateful for family and friends who helped him out.  Although its been difficult we've been very blessed.







Craziness.  Our poor tree. It was the loudest boom and the brightest flash and Daniel was right in front of the window when it got hit by lightning.  Eliza, Ian, Niki and I were in the basement and it was still crazy. The other kids were at school.  We are grateful no-one got hurt. Pieces flew and stuck into the house and there were also pieces of it all over the cul-de-sac and neighbors yards. It cracked all the way down.

Eliza was very scared and Ethan was very sad because he "loved the tree".



Andrew did a family history easter egg hunt.

Ethan wanted last pictures taken by the tree before they left for school because it was the last time they'd see it.



Daniel and his brother in law chopped it down.



Sawing in preschool



And now...here is our stump :(

Eliza loved petting all the baby animals at purina farms Easter village

The logs did provide a lot of fun.  We used a bunch to make a "log walk" in the backyard.

The reason I don't have as many pics of Andrew is he's often out doing this. He made a nice shot in this pic.

Bubbles!

Preschool Easter egg hunt.



I love that they love Winnie the Pooh.