Sundays For Us!

As I was fulfilling my calling as a Relief Society sister my kids and Aaron were busy at home........

Aaron made the SWEETEST fort ever!! This fort is made out of blankets, comforters, bed frames and bed boards! I'm not going to lie.....my kids have a pretty creative/amazing dad!

Isn't this sweet?

My babies inside their fort.

Then Brayd wanted to take a picture of me!! Yep, that's my Raisin Bran:)

And Ossie Baby!

Thanks Brayd!

When the excitement of the fort being built was over they wanted to play "mail".

The kids and Aaron sent letters back and forth asking for different things....One of the things Aaron asked for was a picture of the boys "Posing".

Here you Go!

I'm so glad Aaron does creative things with my monkeys while I am away.

I love ALL my babies!!

IN OTHER NEWS......

Ossie Baby sleeps with Madi every night. This night I came to my room where the kids were all sleeping and Ossie was cuddled next to Madi.

Just like Taggy!

Ry and Brayd have been grocery shopping more these last 4 months than they have in their whole life it seems. Well, as we are driving from store to store, which is only about a one minute drive, sometimes they find the camera.

Ry got this of Brayd.

-The rest of the pictures were of random buildings-

Our time here in Burley is running low.

The people here are very nice and the shopping-for groceries-is great! So, I am a little sad to be leaving. However, Aaron's work here is coming to an end so we are on to the next

Adventure......

TAMPONS ANYONE?

When I moved to Idaho I was all about living on what I had. Well, that didn't quite work out with tampons.

There are WAY too good of deals on tampons to pass up. AND....I don't want to be without these things when the world goes down.

Just this week alone I bought 6 boxes of tampons for a total of $4.50!! I know I can't buy Wal-Mart brand for that!!

Ry was so excited about his deoderant that he had to put that out there too.

I'm really not so crazy that I get all my tampons out to stack them, I'm not putting them back on these shelves, they are going in a BIN, yep, I'm a packin' up to come home baby!

We are still about a month out but I'm feelin' some pressure to get down there:)

It Takes Me Back.....

There aren't too many ways that Aaron is like my dad. However, one thing they do have in common is the joy they get riding a street bike.

Aaron brought a nice Gold Wing home from work tonight and after dinner Aaron asked the kids if they wanted to go on a ride. OF COURSE they jumped at that suggestion!!

My rule at my house growing up was that the "baby" always got to ride the whole time. My excuse now is because they can fit on the front of the bike. Promise, that really is the reason:)

Brayd actually missed out on the first ride-yeah, the one they went 70 mph on. After Porter ratted Aaron out I made Aaron promise he wouldn't go faster than 20.

This picture really brings back memories!

Ry looks SO little.

I'm not going to lie.....Porter is a stud!

Nice holey pants too!

Isn't that the style anyway?

Ry is so excited for the ride.

I guess Brayd doesn't really like to smile.

Madi really likes the motorcycle. This is just fine as long as her daddy is the only one she is getting motorcycles rides from.

NOT PORTERS FRIENDS!!

Just some Good Times!

Brayd's Birthday

All I have to say about Brayd growing up is.....

THIS SUCKS!!

He's my BABY! I tell Brayden daily that he needs to stop growing and he usually replies "I have to get big." I love my Brayd!

The day was a great one. Pretty low-key but still excellent.

We started out with our usual routine, which is getting Madi and Porter off to school then feeding Ry, Brayd and Aaron breakfast. It is usually in the bath but this morning we were off to Twin so I had the boys dressed already.

Brayd wanted Hot Cereal with Toaster Strudels. That's what he got with a little message saying, "I love my boys!"

It's true.

We went up to Target to get some SWEET deals! Brayd and Ry were good for the most part:)

When we got to Aaron's store there was a big 'ol package from Aaron's mom for Brayd. Grandma Smith is always good at making birthdays fun and exciting. Brayd opened the package right away and was so excited to get home and play with all the "stuff".

1,2,3 SMILE!

Nope, I get a pose!

Brayd, Smile!

1,2,3......

NICE!!

My Baby Boy and I! Just 3 years ago at this time he was still in my tummy:(.

SO SAD!

Ry got the camera.....

Cute Chubby hands.

My little man growing SO BIG!

We went to a delicious little restaurant here in Heyburn for dinner. Kids eat free and the food is very yummy. Russ and Nicole joined in on the party.

I wish I could say this is how the kids sat all through dinner.

No such luck.

See....

Beautiful Madi.

I guess Brayd wanted to climb the stairs.

SO CUTE!

About the time we were done chasing the kids around we went home for some presents and cupcakes.

"The Party"

We sang a little.

Our Family.

Checking out the presents with Brayd.

Brayd called this his "TV"

Brayd was pretty excited about this Sit and Spin. He was so cute on it!

Brayd got some movies, Curious George stuff a Spiderman dinner set, and a hammer toy that hated after about 2 seconds. Imagine That!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRAYD, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!

Sweet Times In Sunny St. George

This last week was Spring Break. So, we took off to the warm weather. We had a blast! However, I was not opposed to coming home. Probably the only thing I felt bad about was leaving Joanna with her new baby and a VERY active 1 1/2 year old.

I did not take nearly enough pictures but I did capture a few.....

The day after we got to St. George we went to get Madi's ears pierced. I think her cousin Lexi was more excited about the whole ordeal than Madi was. The whole way there Lexi kept saying, "Are you so excited Madison?"

It was so very cute.

Madi, Hailee Mae and Lex.

So Cute!!

Getting ready for the big moment.

Bud came to show support:)

Madi and Lex got Best Friends necklaces while we were at Claire's.

They were both so very proud!

Here is the beautiful princess with her cute earrings!

And her best friend!

While we were down we got to spend time with good friends also.

On Monday night we brought back the good 'ol days and had Family Home Evening Together at the West's home. The Martins and Cluffs were there also. We did miss the Garns.

When we put us all together we have lots of kids.

I'm not really sure what Porter is doing but I guess he thinks he is pretty cool. This picture is pretty impressive with all the kids looking huh?

We went swimming twice with these good friends and brought it up about ten times how lucky we are to just be able to hang out in the sun and talk. Really, it is the life!!

CUTE BOYS!!

Of course while we were down we did a little grocery shopping. I gotta get my "fix". I couldn't stand to go all week without shopping. I don't think my mom would appreciate me coming to town and not doing some shopping for her either.

The week we were in St. George was great! We had fun with family, friends and in the SUN!! I am pretty itchy now but it was worth it.

I got to meet little Bentley Boy and he is becoming a little man. Hailee Mae is growing so fast and is quite the entertainer.

Brenden is so fun to watch. He's a silent little terror:) He likes to bite and stuff. Such a cute man.

Heather's kids mostly stayed the same besides little Makayla. I want one of her. I tell Aaron that often. I'm not sure I will get one though because she kept puking on Aaron.

I quite miss my family but we'll be back soon!!!

School Lunch and Ossie Baby

Porter has been asking me to come to lunch with him since he started having school lunch at the first of the year. I have always had some kind of excuse, but I have finally realized there are no more excuses!! This is the second week we have gone and I have decided to make it a weekly thing. It works out perfectly because There lunch goes from about 11:20 to 12:00. We are done just in time to take Aaron lunch.

I take a lunch for the babies also. They feel so big and Madi and Porter both told me they like it when we come:)

After lunch we headed home to grab Ossie and take him to the "doctor". When I was little, the first time my mom ever took my little dog-Tag-A-Long-to get her haircut we didn't know it and it was very exciting to see her all shaved up. So, I thought I would do the same thing with my kids. After school we had to go pick Ossie up from his "check-up". As I was walking out with him Madi was SO excited she kept saying the whole way home how cute he was.

This is our Ossie Baby now. He got quite the chop job. Probably the worst hair-cut ever but he doesn't care. He seems like he has so much more life in him. I don't know if it is because he feels so much lighter or because he can see!!

We love our Ossie Baby. Even if he is a lot cuter with hair!

Whoops!

I realized I never posted the finished product of the tie-dyed shirts. They turned out O.K. I tried to go cheap and not buy some good shirts and that was a mistake. They didn't hold up very well. They are now pajama shirts. We did them all purple and turquoise so they are a little girly. I will try to get them all to put on their shirts and take a picture so I can remember.

It was a very fun project though.

Just the picture of Aaron in his apron made it worth it:)