The easiest party....

I've ever put together was Mary's eighth birthday. It's so simple going somewhere else and i didn't go overboard on anything. My mom kept Cameron for me and I just around by the pool watching all the cute girls splash around. I may have to repeat this party for the other kids.

The Yolk's on Us

My dryer stopped working this morning. Aaron checked the vent to make sure everything was working properly. He learned that a bird had made it's way through the mesh cover to build a bird's nest inside the vent, warm spot I guess. Using a kitchen utensil he cleared it out and reinforced the mesh. Two eggs dropped out while removing the nest and the yolk spread out all along the exterior wall. The kids gathered the eggs to save for school tomorrow. All that, and my dryer still isn't working.

Be Still

Tonight we celebrated finishing the Book of Mormon as a family. We've read it several times together, but now that our kids are a little older it seems a little more meaningful. Most family home evenings we are desperately trying to get the children to stop talking and moving. Nicole chatted through most of the lesson tonight. She usually has a lot to say...except when I watch her do this...then she's quiet as a mouse. I can only imagine the prickles she'll feel when she moves the arm that's all twisted and smooshed. I'm sure she'll wake up and tell me all about it.

Brunch with J

Upon seeing J.P., Cameron tapped his knee and said, "You really big." Then he asked him to make a funny face. And he did. He's a very sweet young man. The kids loved trying on his size 16 shoe.

Emma's Prom

We sold almost everything at the garage sale today. Between soccer games, soccer pictures, baby showers, birthday parties, and the garage sale it was seriously busy. Emma was also busy entertaining her prom date who flew into town last night. I don't think I should put a picture of J.P., her date, on the internet. He's that famous in a basketball sort of way. Anyway, here's one of the girls. Isn't Emma's modesty so refreshing? I can't wait to hear all about it.

Marble Season

It's May and it's marble season at the Elementary school. This means that the kids are also playing marbles at home, non stop. Cameron joined in the fun and spent some time separating the the daddy marbles from the rest. It's nice this kept them busy so Aaron and I could gather and haul all our stuff to Justin's for the city-wide garage sale tomorrow. We have a lot of junk. A lot of it is baby paraphernalia, which would be so nice to get rid of!

The Crew

Today was my last day teaching joy school.  It's been a wonderful experience. My favorite part has been seeing Nicole so excited to participate. I created a joy school memory book this week to give out at the end of the year. Mixed in with all our friendship themed activities I had the joy schoolers fill out some information about themselves. I'm including a picture of the whole crew on one of the pages. What cuties!