May Highlights

My beautiful Tumblers finished their season with a great performance. I'm so proud of them for what they have learned and accomplished this year.  Keep it up!

A friend in our ward surprised Rem and offered to let him take this cool Blue electric guitar and practice on it for a while. He was pretty excited about it and especially loves the amplifier he brought with it. 

Another adventure the kids loved this month was going over to see the goats at Uncle's house.

Even Autumn had a close encounter with them :)

I don't think Goats are meant for riding though. LOL!

 Don't these cuties look COOL?

A few days ago, Brooklyn learned how to ride her bike without training wheels in just a matter of minutes. We were all impressed. First thing the next morning, she put on her helmet and pads and was out the door riding like she'd been doing it forever. I was completely amazed. You Go GIRL!!!

We had a great April. The weather even got up to 86 degrees. I'm starting to get a little

worried of what the summer will bring.  

Brooklyn had quite an eventful month. She has played and played and played with all the neighbor kids and loves being outdoors. We've had picnics and games but the most exciting was "THE WEDDING."  The kids were out of school a few weeks ago on a Wednesday and it's amazing what kids can think up when you get a few together. Of course, our yard is the neighborhood hang out more often than not and as I was going about doing the ordinary household duties, Ember and her friends came rushing in saying that they were planning a wedding. Lo and behold it was true. Before I knew it I was being rushed out the door to take part in the celebration.  

Brooklyn of course was the Bride and her friend Ryker was chosen to be the Groom.

 Here is the wedding party.  Remington happily preformed the ceremony and as you can see Brooklyn was beyond thrilled.  It was pretty cute.  They even had a Mexican wedding dance and Brooklyn threw a bouquet.  These kids were quite the wedding planners.  Everything was planned down to the smallest detail. 

 Next on our monthly adventures was.....the Pinewood Derby.   It's always a rush to get Rem's car ready for the annual scouting event. Eloy and Rem worked hard as they usually do since they were running out of time and Eloy had to head out of town.  Like always, they pulled through and the car was finished.

 It was a pretty nice looking car...unfortunately it didn't like the Derby track so well and kept getting stuck in the middle.  Rem was a little frustrated with the race but he still had fun. Oh well, he still has one more year to try out a different model!

He was happy to get the "Judges Favorite" award

Now...let's talk about some PIGS!

Yes, 4-H season has rolled around once again and we are back in the Pig raising business.

Ember is especially excited since she is finally old enough to participate and got voted Vice President of our club. Brooklyn is a proud owner herself. Her pig will be a spare in case the others don't make weight for the Fair. 

These little piggies are quite playful and curious. When the kids climb in the pig pen they squeal as much or more than the pigs do. They are pretty funny.

As you can see, Brooklyn likes to be right in the middle of it all!

Guess who's already

6 Months old

My little one is growing so fast. I want her to stay little but it's so fun watching her learn new things. She has quite the personality. She's kind of fiesty but sweet too. She loves to snuggle and is quite attached to her mommy these days. Her first word was "Ma" but now she prefers to say "Da Da" and she can really grunt and growl.  She likes to roll from her tummy to her back and is close to sitting up alone. She loves to splash in the tub and is quick to grab anything in sight....especially hair.  She loves sweet potatoes and rice cereal with pears but she'll eat anything I give to her so far.....except a pacifier. She is sooooooo offended when I try to get her to take one.  She will chew on both of her thumbs at the same time and just recently got her bottom 2 teeth. She likes to rub her tongue on them in a funny way. It makes me laugh! She is such a joy and her older siblings adore her.  I always say to Rem  "I knew you'd love another sister." He just rolls his eyes. He won't admit it but he's pretty glad she's ours.  I'm so grateful she is part of our family and is doing so much better these days as far as fussiness. Now, if we can just get her to sleep in her own bed through the night it would be wonderful. I think our vacation spoiled her. LOL!

Easter Weekend

We got to spend part of Easter with both our families. It was awesome and the weather cooperated quite nicely. We love our families so much and it's always so good to see them, but it's so sad when a good weekend has to come to an end!

Here goes.....the end of March was a busy one.

It all started with Brooklyn's 4th birthday.
P.S. You can click on the picture collages to enlarge if you'd like. They're kind of small!

She had a great day and the weather was beautiful. We had a yummy breakfast together and then Brooklyn got to take a friend to Party Hardy where we spent the afternoon playing. Later that evening, we had family over for pizza, cake and ice-cream...and of course presents. Brooklyn was plum worn out from all the excitement. It was funny because the whole day she kept asking me if it was still her birthday. The next morning when we woke up she declared that it was still her birthday because there were still balloons all over the kitchen!
Our next adventure landed us in San Antonio, Texas where we flew together as a family and spent a week for Spring Break. The weather was perfectly beautiful and I couldn't get enough of the green lush surroundings and the flowering blue bonnets that were everywhere. Eloy and I had always wanted to go back and see the areas where he served his mission and we were able to make it to quite a few. We spent time in areas around San Antonio as well as traveling through Seguin, Gonzalez, and Austin, etc. In a few places, Eloy was able to drive right to the apartments where he had lived. It was pretty neat. Our only regret was not getting to see any of the families he taught. By the time our trip was over we had added about 600 miles to our rental van but we loved every mile of it....(I say WE because the kids of course were not as thrilled as we were to just drive around and view the countryside.) Their favorite time was spent swimming in the pool, catching lizards...and of course going to Sea World. We missed seeing any armadillos but we did spy a few turtles! All and all the trip was a success and Autumn and Brooklyn each passed their first airplane ride with flying colors. I was a little nervous about taking a baby on board but luckily our flight went fairly smooth all things considered! Brooklyn was pretty proud of her Delta Wings :) So, here are some pics of our time in TEXAS.

It's great what a day or two will do for some perspective.

Here's a picture of the damage.
Gratefully, Saturday dawned a little brighter and it turned out better than expected. Please don't think me too shallow. I know that there are truly worse things than your daughter cutting her own hair. That said... my hair dresser came over and trimmed Brooki's locks up another couple of inches. (Keep in mind I just barely trimmed a couple inches off 2 weeks ago.) If I had done it myself I probably would have thought I had to trim it all the way up to where she cut, so I was grateful for her help and expertise. We figured since she wears her hair in a ponytail most of the time and because I couldn't bring myself to cut it to the length of the shortest strand...we left it. Actually, her hair has enough wave that it blends in fairly well if you don't look toooooooooo close! We'll just keep trimming it often until it evens out.

Whew! Hair dilemma solved. Hopefully this will never happen again.

I think reality has finally sunk in!

Today Brooklyn brought me a picture she had drawn.

She handed it to me and said: "Look Mom, my hair is long again."

If only hair grew that fast :)

And just for the record...she has been watching the movie
TANGLED for the last couple of days!
Perhaps this girl has learned something.
However, I think the scissors will be staying hidden on top of the fridge for a long while!!!

Some Bunnies in.....Trouble!!!And I bet you can't guess which little Bunny it could be?.?.?

Certainly it could have nothing to do with this mischievious little face

or could it???

Ok, Ok, I'll cut to the chase. It has something to do with long hair and scissors. Not a good combination. I thought I had put the fear in this child when she chopped her bangs a few months back...but I should have known trouble was brewing when as of late she has kept saying..."I want my hair short." But, my eyes just didn't want to believe what they were seeing when I found the evidence stuffed in her bedroom garbage. My heart sunk. I couldn't bring myself to leave it there so I gathered it up and put it in this zip-lock bag.
I was so upset at the moment that I couldn't even bring myself to take a picture of her...only the hair, and that wasn't until this evening when I layed it on the table. I know I'm crazy. You'd think it was mine...and well, I must say I am pretty frustrated with the fact that my hair is falling out in handfuls and this little one is taking her beautiful locks for granted. I guess the final straw that made her do it was seeing me come home the other night with a new hair cut. I figured I needed to cut it short in order that it could thicken up quicker from all the lost hair. I guess she was jealous and decided she would take matters into her own hands and boy did she do it good.... about 6 inches worth to be exact. She claims "I didn't do it on purpose." It's her favorite saying these days but I have a hard time believing it.

My neighbor and awesome hair stylist is going to survey the damage tomorrow. Until then, I will live in denial that this incident ever happened. However, my gut tells me tomorrow's gonna be a sad day.
I called and told Papa bear what happened and I think he is as upset as this mama...maybe even more so!

Oh what do we do with this girl.

A Few updates from January that I forgot.

The girls both had their "Just for Fun" Tumbling meets.

Ember did an awesome job and even conquered
back handsprings all by herself. Go Ember!

Brooklyn the Brave was her usual self.

No fear in this girl. She is FULL of energy and LOVEs being in the spot light!
This was the only picture I could get of her holding still!

Now, I better finish some of our February updates before this month is over
and I'm behind again!

The Man of our house celebrated his birthday on the 8th and his awesome employees wanted to find out if he was "Man enough to wear Pink." I can honesty report that he is. I'm certain he will be delighted...LOL ...to see that I posted the evidence on our blog, but it just had to be to documented! :)

When I arrived at the office that day for a birthday lunch
they were having for him this is what I found.....

There was pink everywhere!
I think Brooklyn thought it was her party!

Here are the ladies who planned it all! They did an awesome job!
Thanks gals for such a great time. The food was delicious too!

And now you see why I just couldn't resist sharing this!

The Birthday boy was a pretty good sport...
and so was his brother :)

Valentine's Day

The 14th was made even more special because the

littlest lady of the house turned 4 months old!

This kids couldn't wait to give her the gift we bought....lol!
YUM!!!

Not sure she liked it very much, but she did swallow some!