May 2017

Cuddling with Daddy on the couch, so cute!

 They were "making mud", nothing better than digging in the dirt!

  Gabrie wanted to try mowing the lawn and Luke was more than willing to let her have a turn!

Grandpa Williams invited us to go birding and then for a pinic and all the kids were excited! Liam and Dash packed their backpacks and were ready go!

Gabrie, Daddy, and Liam looking through their binoculars, haha!

Dash losing his pants and he tries to climb the hill!

Livvy

  Dash

The Birding Bunch

Rosie, Mamie, Livvy, Grandpa, Dash, Gabrie, and Liam

 Mamie and Me

Liam dressed himself, not sure why he was sad but I had to get a picture especially of his sock and flip flops.

  Dash wanted a picture too! haha (:

This is what happens when Mom is getting ready for the day most days. Luckily we have a giant tub they boys can play in as I do my hair and make up.

Afternoon at the Aquarium

Dash's latest drawings that he felt needed to be displayed above our bed.

Dash and Liam helping Grandma Williams pick out glasses, I think glasses only make them cuter!

Gabriella's 10th Birthday

Gabrie had a very special birthday party this year at the Lion House, Brigham Young's house in downtown Salt Lake City. She has a love for all things poineer so when I found out they did pioneer themed birthday parties we had to take advantage of it because you have to be 8,9,or 10 so this would have been the last year she could do it. Her party was actually a week or so before her actual birthday but it turned out great.

They made her a special cake, it was delicious.

Her friends, cousins (Evan and Ben) and Livvy.

 Pulling taffy

Birthday Girl

In front of the Lion House

Her actual birthday-Hooray!

 (I love Luke in the backgroud)

She chose an ice cream sandwich cake we saw online. We made it and topped it with chocolate, caramel, and mint oreos. YUM!

Presents

She got a cool wand that she loved

Roller skates from Grandma and Grandpa Williams, science kits from Grandma and Grandpa Talley and a bunch more Harry Potter stuff from Mom and Dad.

Gabrie is enthusastic about all of her interests and we love it. She is a huge Harry Potter fan and has read all 7 books! sShe loves to learn especially science, history, art, crafts and reading. When we go to the library it is not uncommon for her to get 10 nonfiction books on her chosen topic! She is great at math and is still learning Spanish at school. She always tries to do what is right and helps our family stay on track with scripture reading and family prayer. She still loves Ninjago and Legos, Harry Potter, Project Mc2 and a new love Nancy Drew- she watched the movie and is now getting into the books.Her favorite color is blue, favorite food is potstickers. When she grows up she wants to be an archeologist/zoologist (?). Her favorite friends are Aiden T, Ethan N. Aedan D, and Ben, yep all boys! And her and Olivia from her class have started a new and great friendship which is awesome! 

We love this girl of ours!

Easter 2017

Even though Easter was in the middle of April this year I thought it needed it's own post since I had so many pictures.

Dying Eggs

Dash did enjoy it despite this picture but it was the only I took of him, haha.

Rosie, Miriam, and Mamie came to color eggs with us!

 Liam dying of his eggs.

The girls and some of their eggs.

On the Saturday before Easter we usually do the Herriman City egg hunt but this year they changed the date and it rain so we didn't go the week prior. Luke and Gabrie were at the state Science Olympiad competition so I took Livvy and the boys to what I thought would be a fun Helicopter Egg Drop at Traverse Mountain.

Before the Egg Drop- all smiles.

Egg Drop was pretty cool seeing the helicopter so close.

After the egg drop when after waiting 45 minutes in the freezing cold wind and they got absolutely nothing. This is what I posted on Facebook that day:

My kids faces after we attempted the Egg Drop at Traverse Mountain today, notice all the empty baskets in the background. It was so sad they didn't get a single egg! There were a lot of crying children, including my boys. It was utter chaos, i don't know who got all the eggs, I couldn't see a thing because all the adults stormed the field with kids. So lame! Afterward Liam said "let's never do that again", I totally agree! Luckily slurpees cheered them up (:

 Within 3 secs of the ribbon being dropped (signally the kids could go on the field where the eggs where) the kids were absorbed into this sea of people and I couldn't see them at all! Parents were not supposed to go on the grass so I stayed behind but I guess I was one of the few. I had told them were I would be in case they got seperated so I stayed there and just prayed they would be able to get of the crowd and find me. Luckily Livvy was watching out for her brothers and held their hands and kept them together in all the craziness when I couldn't even see them, I was so grateful for her!

Easter Morning

Dash

Liam

Livvy

Gabrie

Ready to find their eggs!

We were surprised to see eggs in the front yard, usually the Easter Bunny hides them inside so we opened the door and found a basket and note!

Someone had hid plastic eggs with candy inside for the kids and 1 empty one to remind us the Jesus' tomb was empty because He had RISEN! It was a very cool thing for someone to do for us!

In our Easter Best! Once again trying to get a good picture of these 4 where they are all looking at the camera can be almost impossible but these are still pretty cute!

Happy Easter!