It's a BOY

Sorry I posted so much, I just haven't had a chance this month with doing yard work, finishing up Joy School, losing the internet for a WEEK, and oh yes playing, playing, playing. What a life I have!! I absolutely love being with the kids and even though they think I am really old, they still like to play with me. Today we found out that baby #5 is a BOY. I am so happy, he looks great and Scott is thrilled. Tonight in his prayer he said thank you and then explained (in the prayer) because we like boys. I told the girls we would be outnumbered but then Newell piped in that the boys would protect the girls and that made us all happy. It is fun seeing my family grow even though I wish that everyone would slow down and not grow quite so fast. I just hope that I am doing the Best that I can. I guess that is why I really haven't blogged for so long, not having the internet for a week(we switched our ISP) taught me just how much time I was spending on the computer and I don't want to miss out on this valuable time with my kids. It was fun telling the ultrasound technician the ages of my kids because for the next two weeks my kids are 4, 3, 2, and 1. In two weeks Amelia turns 5 and we are having a GREEN Party for her. Green is her favorite color. Thanks everyone for your love and support.

Happy First Birthday, Nathan

We love Nathan so much and he just keeps us all smiling, that is until he eats the erasers off of the kids new pencils and sticks things in the toilet but that doesn't happen often. I am amazed that he is already one. We had mini cupcakes for his birthday and he didn't get messy at all. He likes to be clean and I can't blame him. We want him to walk but he won't. Whenever we try to practice with him he just falls to the ground and crawls quickly away. I guess he thinks that he can get where he wants to go a lot faster on his hands and knees. He has the cutest crawl, one foot is down and the other leg just drags along. But boy can he move.

I just love the pictures of the kids in the sink, one: it helps remind me of how small they used to be and two: they love it. The only problem is now Nathan wants to sit in the sink every time I go to wash him.

I just had to add this last one because it isn't that exciting but it was pretty gross. Amelia made me this treat the other day and was SO excited for me to eat it. I ate it, but in pieces. It is two Cheez-IT crackers with a Marshmallow and Caramel center. She made several and the kids were eating them as fast as she could make them. So yucky, my stomach still turns just thinking about it.

Green House

We decided to try a Green House again this year but last year our green house was only 4 feet high and the plants grew too big too fast and then we had no room for them all. This year we hope that we got it figured out. My goal is to try and keep my tomatoes and peppers going strong until Christmas. Fresh peppers and tomatoes at Christmas sounds Awesome.

Flying Kites and Building Forts

For Easter the kids all got a kite and it was too cold to fly them for quite a while after Easter. But finally one Sunday in May we were able to go out and fly their kites. Raquel loves to fly the kites but Amelia and Scott really have a hard time letting their kites go so high. In fact they both cried until we would let their kites down. I guess for now the kites are something to hold in the wind.


The kids love to play with dad. And I mean LOVE!! Newell came home from work and they all just started building a lego fort. The funny thing is that Newell gets as much enjoyment out of it as the kids do, you should see him watch cartoons with the kids. He knows more about most of the cartoons than I ever thought was possible. It is fun to be married to someone so young at heart and yet so responsible.

What do kids like to do....

After reading Raquel "HER" book for the 'I don't know how many times' time I just started to think how amazing it is that she loves her book more than any book I have ever bought. For Joy school this week we were talking about imagination and so I thought that it would be fun for the kids to make their own books. I have NEVER seen those kids do an activity for so long or with such determination as I saw them do on Thursday. Even Raquel was VERY into the book writing. Amelia has books that we made when she was two that to this day she still pulls out and asks me to read them to her. Scott and Raquel even love to listen to her books. These are by far the cheapest books ever and yet the joy that they bring is baffling. I admit that the story lines are silly and very unconnected but that is part of the fun, I really like to read the books that Newell writes with the kids. Amelia plays with her 'sisters' and carries all of the kids down the stairs. Here is a sample of some of the books we have made. Help your kids make some, it is fun and they love it!!!

Another thing that my kids love is blankets! It does not matter what we are playing as long as a blanket is involved, we are having fun. I don't know how long we were under the big quilt today playing, and yes my neck and arms were sore after a while, but they LOVED it. Even Nathan can't help but squill with delight when we are playing under the blankets. It also warms you up fast when you are cold, all those little mouths breathing under the blanket really heat things up.

Now I realize that this list of what kids like to do could go on and on. And I won't bore you with all the things but one of the favorites around here is pretending. We pretend everything and it is funny when Raquel comes up to me and tells me that she is a monster. Even Newell couldn't believe how fast our kids ate their vegetables when we pretended that they were a little people family and the kids were the monster eating them!!! (I know how gruesome is that?) But it worked!!
I have kool-aid that is (dare I admit this) 6 years old!!! So today I remembered it and decided to make some. I could not find an expiration date and it tasted fine. The kids loved it and kept asking me when I bought it!! When I told Amelia that I bought it before she was born her jaw just dropped and then she said, this summer we need to drink it at Bear Lake. Bear Lake is everything to my kids. When they pretend to go somewhere it is to Bear Lake. Someday I hope to take them other fun places but I loved Bear Lake as a kid and have yet to get bored of it. Besides with gas prices and little kids that is about as far as we ever go.

If your kids love doing something please share it. Hope you all have a great day!!