April 2020

 April 2, 2020

When Emma goes in the backyard, she almost always goes straight for the Frozen jeep. She loves to sit in it and push the radio button (which plays a song from Frozen).

April 5, 2020

This weekend we watched General Conference on the TV. My family growing up always had Waffles conference weekend, and we try to as well!

 

It has been rainy a lot lately, and the kids are going stir crazy inside the house. So I moved our trampoline into the garage so they can work off some of their energy!

April 9, 2020

Conner has been asking me for a few days if we can get some Blue Bonnet pictures. They're a right-of-passage in Texas. So I dressed the kids ups, and found a place to snap a few pictures. This is proof as to why we like to pay a professional photographer to get our family pictures. I guess their cameras are more fun to look at, LOL!

April 11, 2020

We dyed Easter Eggs today. This is the only picture I got. The aftermath. I feel like a chicken with it's head cut off while we are doing the dying, so naturally I don't even think to take pictures!

Emma is a climber. Worse than any of the boys were. Probably worse than all three boys combined! This is a very MILD example. She wanted the candy that one of the boys left on the blanket box, so she went and got her toy so she would be tall enough to reach it. 

When Ammon was a kid, his mom would make home made chocolate covered marshmallow eggs each Easter. A few years back, he asked if I would make some, and since then, it's been a tradition that our family carries on. I typically make a bunch of small ones, and then each person in the family gets a large one with their name/initial on it. 

I think its safe to say he likes it!

Emma likes it too!

April 12, 2020

Easter morning!

I love these little videos because their little voices are so sweet!

We have had each of our kids paint a canvas when they turn one. Today Emma got to paint hers!

April 13, 2020

Isaac did something dumb so I told him to "use the brain I made for you." And he responded, "My brain is sleeping." It hought that was pretty funny and accurate!

 

As I was helping Caleb put his shorts back on after going potty I said, "Did you know you're my big boy?" He responded, "Conner big boy. You big boy. I-get (Isaac) big boy. I big boy!" He was proud! Love my big boy!

 

April 14, 2020

Just some cute pictures

April 15/16, 2020

Backyard fun

Look at the tree really close...do you see what I see? Conner is learning to climb the tree!

 

 Yes, Caleb is potty training! Wahoo!

April 18,2020

This adorable girl is 1 years old today! We typically throw a 1st birthday party (for Ammon and I to celebrate!) but because of Covid, we just did a cake and let family watch via zoom. Lame. But the best we could do.

April 25, 2020

We were suppose to go camping with some friends this weekend, but thanks Covid - the campgroud shut down. So we are backyard camping instead. Backyard camping means we roast marshmallows outside, and the boys sleep in a tent. Us girls stick to our beds inside the house.

 

Finally! The boys are old enough to put up the tent while Daddy plays!

 

Caleb stole Daddy's bed!

 

It doesn't matter what time of day it is, once the sleeping bags are in the tent, the kids want to go to bed! They are NEVER this eager to go to bed at home...

 

This is how Emma throws fits...sits down and bends over! LOL!

 

 

 Marshmallows! The best part!

 

 April 26, 2020

Conner teasing Daddy: Thanks for eating all my crackers.

Daddy: You're welcome.

Isaac: That thank you was a not-thank-you.

Daddy and I laugh.

Isaac: He was saying he didn't like that you ate all his crackers.

Me: When did you get so smart?

Conner: Dad, you have a dirty snout.

Isaac laughs

Dad: Isaac you don't even know what that means.

Isaac: It means your nose is dirty.

I guess Isaac is starting to learn sarcasm and humor!

April 27, 2020

Ammon has been building custom can rollers for our pantry, and he finished! They are amazing!

April Fun Pictures

These pictures were taking throughout the month. 

Throwing a tantrum. Why are tantrums so cute at this age?

Lately when Conner gives me something, he kneels down and bows his head, like he is Knight.

Yes, I would say Emma does like chocolate...

Water fun!

March 2020

 March 9, 2020

Today is Conner's first day of Spring Break. We had planned to go to Sea World as a family, but Ammon wasn't feeling his best, so he stayed home with Emma while I took the boys. We had a lot of fun! I also learned that rides aren't Caleb's favorite thing.

I was able to get Caleb to ride 3 rides. When we rode the kiddie roller coaster he cried. Then said he wanted to do it again. Then cried while we were on it the second time. 

Caleb also rode the carousal. He held onto my neck the whole time, meaning I was doing squats! LOL

 

Caleb tried the ferris wheel, but I had to ask for us to get off after the first time around.

The boys got to meet Elmo's crew

 

 

 We went to a sea lion show. Before it started, we bought some fish and we fed the sea lions. The boys loved it! Then I let Conner choose where we sat, and he chose to sit in the splash zone. We sat in the very back row, so that we wouldn't get very wet at all. SURPRISE! We got soaked before the show even started! Caleb wasn't too excited about getting so wet. We moved back a few rows so we wouldn't get sprayed again.

 

Conner and Isaac had a blast at Sea World. I think Caleb finds other things much more fun! But we still had a great day!

 

March, 10, 2020

Day  2 of Spring Break; We headed to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area (thankfully Ammon was feeling fine). We spent the afternoon at the Ft. Worth Stockyards. We did a maze, a petting zoo, rode a train, and explored! It was a lot of fun!

 

While we were in the maze, we came to this sign, and Conner read it for us! I was so impressed!

That dimple though...

Conner and Isaac had been asking for months to ride a train. So we had to ride it! We had the whole car to ourselves!

Funny story: Earlier in the day, both Conner and Isaac had found pennies on the ground, which they had put in their pockets. On the train, they were selling a bag of popcorn for $1. Ammon bought a bag for the 3 boys. He told Conner and Isaac that if they wanted a bag of popcorn, they would have to buy it with their penny. Isaac immediately handed over his penny and received his bag of popcorn. Conner wasn't as willing to give up his penny. He kept trying to sneakily ask Isaac for some of his popcorn, which we told him no. 5 minutes later, Ammon and I had to start eating some of the popcorn out of his bag to convince him to buy his bag of popcorn from us. It was so funny! Later, after the train ride, he gave them both their pennies back.

That night we drove up to the Denton area and met Ammon's sister's family at a park. The kids had tons of fun, and it was fun to catch up with Amber and Josh. For some reason we never took any pictures!

 

The next morning, we were suppose to go to the zoo and then head home, but when we drove to the zoo, there was a CRAZY amount of cars waiting to get into the zoo. We realized that we would be stuck in our car for atleast an hour before getting to park, and then the zoo would be ridiculously busy. So we changed our plans and started driving home. On our way we stopped at a kids play place and had a lot of fun there!

 

 March, 12, 2020

Back to Sea World! This time with the whole family!

It was fun for Conner and Isaac to show Daddy all the fun rides! Also, because we had 2 adults, one of us could take the bigger kids on a few of the bigger roller coasters that they were tall enough for. The Journey to Atlantes was a FAVORITE!

We went and saw the penguins!

March 16, 2020

It's hard to believe that Carter and Tanner would have turned 7 years old! Sometimes Ammon and I talk about how different our life would have been if they had lived. We can't guess what it would have been like, of course, but we know that when our other kids were born would have been greatly effected!

Other note-worthy news. Spring Break is over and Conner should have started back at school today. However, because of Covid-19, our spring break has been extended another week.

 

March 18, 2020

Today was suppose to be Conner's Hundred Days of School celebration. Over our original Spring Break, he decided that he wanted to take 100 pennies to school. Since we're not back at school yet, we're doing it at home. We counted, sorted and cleaned 100 pennies!

When we accidentally leave the baby gate at the bottom of the stairs open, this stinker likes to sneak up stairs. When she gets caught, she's pretty proud of herself for making it so far!

March 22, 2020

Caleb makes my heart smile. I don't know how else to describe it! I hope this isn't a phase. I hope he's always my fun loving, easy to laugh, goofy kid!

A TINY bit of mud goes a LONG way with this kid!

Today Emma looked like she was going to start walking. I pulled out my phone and somehow caught her first steps on video! I didn't catch any of the other kids first steps on video! Wow!

March 25, 2020

This is what school looks like for us now. It's not looking like Conner is going back to school any time soon.

Caleb will say "What dah 'eck?!" and I think it's the cutest "what the heck" you've ever heard!

March 28, 2020

I was trying to bribe Emma to sign 'more please', so I started giving her mini marshmallows. At first I would show her how to sign it, and then give her a marshmallow. Eventually, I was expecting her to sign it. I stood my ground really well for quite a while. But how do you say no to this face?

 

March 29, 2020

The kids didn't know I was baking banana bread when I pulled it out of the oven. As I'm setting it down Isaac comes into the kitchen sniffing the air and says, "Something is going in my nose and I want to eat some!"

At dinner Caleb was trying to be the class clown so he stood up on the bench and started making noises when all of a sudden he steps, misses the bench and falls off. Maybe I'm tired, but I couldn't stop laughing. He wasn't hurt.

 

March 30, 2020

Emma is a big laundry helper!

There is a picture of a bear in Isaac's workbook and he tells me, "I'm not scared of bears!"

Me: "I'm not scared of teddy bears."

Isaac: "I'm not scared of real bears! We can see a bear when we are hunting. We will take a bow and arrow and shoot the bear. Then we will all help pick it up and carry it home. Then you have to cut it in half and cook it. Then we will eat it! Can we do it for our next activity?"

Hmmmm.....what a good imagination...?