boxes and boys

 

When I came outside and saw all of these boys in these tiny little boxes, I had to get a picture.  I love how creative little boys are.  Carson has so much fun playing with these guys.

Carson, Owen, Joseph, and Owen

popsicles

The other morning, I was really tired and lazy…so I slept in.  When I woke up, I found Carson had taken care of himself, and made some popsicles.

    

My floor and fridge were super sticky, but what fun he and the neighborhood kids had when they were finally done.

emery’s blessing

On Sunday morning we all packed up our motel rooms and headed to Twin Falls to bless baby Emery.   We were so glad we could be there to spend the day with them. 

Jessica, Adam, and Emery

Haylee and Emery

Morgan, Haylee, and Emery

Cooper headed for the freedom of the backyard.

This picture cracks me up.  That is a lot of little dresses playing on a swing set. 

 

 

  

As we were cleaning up lunch, this little cutie decided to smile and chat with us.  So Sweet.

 

This picture is for my sister Michelle.

 

 

    Emery was getting so many pictures, I thought this little lady would like to pose for a few.  She did not disappoint:)

Grandma Monica made the pretty dress.

      It was so fun to spend the day, and the weekend with this sweet girl.

Boise part 2

On Saturday all the ladies (me, Grandma Monica, Jessica, Seri, Camille, and Grandma Jackie) went to the matinee of Wicked.  We were so so excited, and it was so much fun.  A big thanks to all the dad’s and grandpa who hung out in motels and took care of kids for the entire afternoon.  Also, another big thanks to Seri for getting us GREAT tickets!  I wish I had a picture of us all sitting together, but I didn’t take my camera.  The show was great, and it was so fun to share it with my mom’s and sister’s!!  It was a fabulous way to spend Mother’s Day Weekend.

Boise part 1

A few weeks ago, we went to Boise for the weekend.  All weekend long I neglected to take many pictures, and now that we are home I am sad that I didn’t make a bigger effort:(

We went to see Aunt Seri and her family first.  We played inside and outside, watched a little TV, Uncle Adam cooked us up some pizza and chocolate milk for dinner, and then we headed to the motel for some swimming.  As we were waiting for everyone to get ready to swim, we played some hoops.

 

Cooper giving them a little cheer.

 

Lots of cousins watching a teeny tiny TV.  We kept laughing that they would choose this little one, instead of the actual TV across the room.

Thanks to The Copes for letting us come play, we had so much fun catching up:)

cleanup Carson style

I asked Carson to hang up his clothes when we got home from church the other day.  This isn’t exactly how I meant for him to do it.  Who really needs hangers anyway??

a belated Easter picture

On Easter Carson was sick, and the girls were at Grandma’s having a sleep over with cousins.  So, we had to try again the next week.

      

Love these little cuties!!

a little more celebration

After the friend party, we headed home for a party with the Grandma’s and Grandpa’s.  Carson was pretty excited for it to finally be present time.

              

He requested “a cake with cars that I can have.”

  

a little celebration

Carson decided that because he was turning 6, he needed to have an official birthday party with friends.   As this was my first party with little boys, and I was feeling a little puzzled about what do with them for a few hours, we decided to celebrate at Blast Off.

Carson had so much fun playing with his friends.  It amazes me how much energy these little boys have when they get together. 

 

This lady had plenty of fun.  We invited a friend for her to play with, so she wouldn’t be stuck with the boys.

 

Cooper wanted to look, but not get in.  He mostly loved running after all the balls and throwing them.

    

He looks like he is up to no good.

 

After a lot of stealing from other tables, Grandma broke down and got this boy his own bag of cheetos.

    

Pizza, cupcakes and presents

   

      

Happy Birthday Carson!!

little boys

These cute little boys have been harvesting my carrots (that I never got around to picking last year.)  It cracks me up how dirty they can get in such a short amount of time. 

Cooper has been loving the freedom of roaming all over the back yard.  You can’t see his mouth very well, but it is covered with mud, he must have been sampling some dirt.

What I can’t believe it that my baby boy is getting big enough to play with the big boys.  I am pretty sure the big boys are disliking that fact, just as much as I am.

Easter

The Easter Bunny came to our house in the evening this year.  Because we have church at 9 in the morning and the two sisters were having a girl cousin sleepover at grandma’s house, that was pretty much our best option. 

Cooper was just in it for the candy. 

   

It was even nice enough to look for some eggs outside this year.