"Well, that's how life is." -Sadie

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Photo Dump

I got a hold of Dave's phone that had some older (and fun) pictures on it so there are a bunch of random things from the past month or so. And some recent ones, too.

Ash had some friends over for a capture the flag game on the hill. They had a blast.

Ash and Sadie all made up for the "Kids on Broadway" performance (after the show once costumes were off).

Anna and Audrey in their Sunday dresses.

Nate and Dad on the Father/Son campout. Too bad it was a pretty stormy night with hail, rain and wind. Nate slept like a baby all night…Dave, not so much.

Anna and Audrey

We went on a family outing to celebrate completing another school year. Dave and the older kids were in playing laser tag while I waited outside with Anna and Audrey.

Dave giving me a "I'm sorry you lost" kiss after our air hockey match. It's one of my favorite games. At least it was a close game, but I will admit he beat me.

Dave and the kids are working on a fort at the top of our hill.

Anna and Audrey

Audrey

It's getting harder to hold both babies at once but Sadie can still do it!

Ash made Hawaiin haystacks and as usual, she makes everything beautiful. She made cute garnishes to go on all of the toppings.

Ash, Sadie and Nate (and Sadie's friend, Lucy) at our ward service project clearing trees.

I was cooking dinner. Everyone else was busy doing something else. Nate played with the babies and dressed them up in leaves. They are good sports. And I love how much Nate likes playing with them.

With so many June birthdays (and Father's Day) and going out of town in June, we are celebrating a few birthdays early. This day it was Christina's birthday celebration!

Nate practicing his guitar. I love his pose.

Mom and Audrey…and a very happy Mom.

Anna and Audrey. I think we always have Anna on the left without realizing it!

I loved that they were holding hands.

One thing I don't have a picture of is the girls smiling at each other. It melts me every time. It's just so adorable seeing them notice each other and then flash such big smiles. Anna was getting ready to tip over.

She was in Audrey's way so Audrey just started eating Anna's hair.

Audrey and Anna

Anna

Audrey

They included the babies in their game of Sorry.

Audrey is holding a Sorry card.

Our family trip to the Denver Temple. It was SO bright that morning. Nate was closing his eyes before the picture but we snapped before they were open!

#7 for an almost 7 year old

For a while, Nate had been telling us that he wanted to have 7 sets of stitches by the time he's 7. Well, he pulled that off in no time at all. We had some friends over and the kids were out jumping on the tramp. Nate jumped off (the tramp is dug in the ground) and his foot slipped between the tramp and the ground and he hit some metal under the tramp. It gave him a good slice. We headed straight over to the office and Nate was on cloud 9 (after getting numb).

He wanted to watch every stitch and ask every question about all the "stuff" inside his leg. It was pretty gross if you ask me. But I was pretty humored by how interested Nate was. He sat like this the whole time so he could watch up close.

26 stitches in all (10 underneath)

He was so excited to show the girls when he got home. Ash and Sadie were great babysitters and took care of the babies while we were gone.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Waiting for Dad

I can't even remember what Nate and Dave were going to do this day. But I do remember how excited Nate was to do it. Dave said he'd be home at a certain time and Nate was on the counter waiting 5 minutes til. And then when Dave wasn't there exactly on time, Nate called him to find out exactly how many minutes til he'd be there.