Monthly Update...

I really have no cleaver way of starting new posts these days. Because honestly I feel like we are in the countdown to our "new" "normal" life around here...Welcoming a new baby means most things get neglected for several months. I finally sat down to upload some pictures and I realized I hadn't blogged anything for over a MONTH. Wow. Talk about being behind schedule. I think a mix of school, four kids, and pregnancy has really taken it's toll on me. Either way, I'm enjoying the journey (for the most part) and surviving and still we are trying to have some fun.

FHE at Gardener Village to visit the Witches. It was 75+ degrees and we decided it was a must activity while the weather was still warm!

Cute posing children

Jake was missing, he had a friend birthday party to attend too...

We just so happened to run into some cousins thinking the very same idea...

Caleb loving the Baseball witches

Caleb really wanting to scream and wear a witch hat...he has this cackle scream that is hilarious.

We managed to find all the witches and get our .35 cent cookies...YUM.

Lego's...this is Caleb's life. Seriously, all he does is play non-stop with Lego's. Ben likes to call all the Lego people..."guys" It's pretty adorable how much these boys love their Lego's.

Ben has a new talent...you say, "Cheese" and he gives you this adorable smile! I can't keep my hands off of him. He's growing leaps and bounds every day. His vocabulary is accelerating and we are just loving it. Some of my favorite phrases is he tells me, "Just a minute!" and if I say, "Come on let's go..." he follows it up with "HUSTLE!" Obviously, these are key phrases said multiple times a day.

Enjoying some sunshine during the General Conference break....

One morning Jared was awesome to clean out my inside freezer. Well this nearly empty carton of sherbet was going to be tossed. Well, Ben was the only kid hanging out with us in the kitchen so we let him have at it. This boy LOVES "Ice Cream!" and don't you worry he will tell you about his love. "Ice Keam!"

 

Seriously, he couldn't have been happier. Funny enough the kids had the opposite reaction when they realized Ben was eating ice cream before breakfast...I think a few shed a few tears!

This is our morning each day...I just have to laugh at these cute kids eating up and getting ready for school. I just think...One, Two, Three, Four...then I look down and realize there will be Five...and where is he going to go??

He's a hungry hippo these days. I can't get enough food on his plate and keep it that way.

This one day I made some chicken dish with mashed potatoes and he was in HEAVEN! The boys were laughing and laughing at him because he'd polish off his plate and then push it towards me and say, "Mom Mom - MORE, Please!"

At one point he ended up getting some in his nose. We all laughed and laughed.

We had a great visit from Brian, Ashley and Mikey from Texas. It was sure fun to have the kids play with their cousin. Not to mention he's absolutely adorable!