April

I don't know who was more excited when the snow FINALLY started to disappear - the adults, or the kids!  We took advantage of a warm afternoon and went to Mantua to do some shooting with Shelby, Malissa and MaKayla.  The kids found puddles, rocks, worms, rivers and even some snow.  It was a nice afternoon!

 

After shooting, Shelby's family came over for some dinner and games.  It was the longest Texas Hold Em' tournament in the history of EVER.  Before the night was over, Lexi and MaKayla were the best of friends.

Casey brought me home some tulips one day.  He knows that I love them, and for some reason I can't seem to make them grow at my house!

One afternoon I took my babies with me to get the oil changed in the van.  While we were waiting we walked to Shopko to look at books and then stopped at Wendy's for a little lunch.  They were being so cute.  I don't know who cracks me up more in this picture.

Taylor is the one of my kids who isn't afraid to pick up a bug or two.  I remember when she was just little, probably around 2, Caleb would make her pick up grasshoppers for him because he didn't want to touch them.

This particular afternoon, she had a whole collection of critters.  The night crawler totally grosses me out.

One night for dinner, we ordered pizza.  I asked Caleb to grab some paper plates out of the cupboard and he said, "I don't think that's a good idea.  We've been learning about how to reduce, reuse and recycle at school."  He still got out the paper plates for me, but a couple of days later we went to Alpine Gardens and he picked out some cute things to make himself a little garden.  So one cancels out the other, right?

Rylee & Lexi.  Or is it????

These two.  They have a love/hate relationship I've decided.  They can be the best of friends, but they sure do like to pick on each other as well.  I captured this adorable moment one night.

I do a face mask once a week and Rylee wanted in on it one day.  She loved it!

Mother's Day

I am one lucky lady to get to be the mom to these little people.  Heavenly Father has given me a lot to do, and I need to notice the blessings a little bit more!

Now that all 5 of them are in underwear (trumpets blaring)....it seems that the craziness of being 'needed' is changing.  Watching them get their independence is a fun and a scary thing to watch unfold.

One night when I was tucking Taylor in she said I was just like Miss Hannigan on Annie.

I had just finished explaining to them why it was important to keep their bedroom cleaned up.  I hope that their memories of me aren't all 'do this' 'do that' 'clean up' 'read for 20 minutes' 'turn off the tv'....I hope that they can remember how much I love them and how grateful I am to have the opportunity to be their mom.

Twinsies in the Tulips

My mom kept telling me and telling me and telling me that I had to get a picture of Taylor & Rylee in their Easter dresses with the tulips at the Brigham City Temple.  How come 9 times out of 10 mom's know what they are talking about?  I'm glad that I listened to her!  Mother knows best!

These girls look so cute.  Just to clarify - I did tell them to put their hands like that, but I wasn't even paying attention to their cute little legs.

 I love that I got to take a few pictures of some of my favorite things.  My twin girlies and my love for tulips!  They should bloom all summer long