Graduations Galore!

My sweet baby James is a kindergarten graduate! Where did the time go?! He is such a sweet kid. He is always doing things to make everyone happy. He is my best helper and rarely complains. He has a tender heart and a big smile. I love this little angel, I can't believe he's getting so big. James has loved kindergarten, and did really well with the all day thing. I worried about the transition, but he handled it well. He is a super reader and writes like a pro. He earned a penmenship award at graduation, meaning he writes nicely. He is constantly finding labels and signs to read everywhere we go. He is still excited about learning even though the year is over. He can't wait to go to 1st grade. That being said, he is more than excited to have more play time for now! Summer should be a good break.

Ragan, oh this girl! She is quite the bundle of fun! She is so excited about being big and her preschool graduation made me realize just how big she really is. She won't be moving on to kindergarten just yet though. I have one more year for her to be home with me. She'll be going back to preschool again next year. Ragan is my happiest kid. She always has a smile on her face. She makes everyone around her happy. Don't get me wrong, she definitely has her moments, but they are short lived. Even when she's mad a smile to make things all better isn't far away! She's not quite the helper and pleaser that James is, but she eventually gets the job done, when asked a few times! :) No one can resist Ragan's sweet smile. She is tons of fun and I am so proud of her!

And last but not least my baby sister Hannah is graduating highschool this week! Our family of eight kids is officially grown! I can't believe we are all this old! Hannah is such a sweet girl and bound to break many hearts! Look at her! What a hottie. I love all these pics. Congrats on your graduation Nan, I can't believe you are all "growd up!"

Grandpas, and some catch up!

My dad has been awaiting this post! Sorry Dad, I wanted to scrap the pics before I posted. I didn't get them all done, but here are a few pages. My dad went on James' zoo fieldtrip with him since Pete and I couldn't go. They had a blast!

Pete built me a garden box for Mother's Day and then this weekend my father-in-law came to help fill and plant. The kids were more than excited to help plant the starts and seeds. I hope we get a good harvest this year. Last year was kind of a flop!

We went to Heber to visit both Grandmas for Mother's day. The kids and I made these fun cookie flowers. Ragan and James picked out the vases from Savers. I don't know if they were more excited to make the flowers or eat the extra cookies! The last pic, is one I took of Pete's mom. I thought it was too cute to pass up! I took it as we were leaving, she came out to wave us goodbye!

These next two are pages of my gifts from my kiddos for Mother's Day.

In the mood again

I suddenly have some time on my hands at night. Pete has taken on a second job for the Census during the next few months. So essentially he is never home :( So instead of hanging with him at night...I scrapbook. I have rejoined one of my creative teams that I was on before I got sick. A lot of these layout are done with her kits. You can find them at here at Dream Big Designs. Maybe someday I will actually catch my scrapping up with my picture taking!

Ragan had a super fun fieldtrip with her preschool a couple of weeks ago. Dallin and I tagged along and had lots of fun!

New pics

I forgot to get pics of my kids in their easter clothes. The boys didn't want to wear them again, but Ragan loves her dress! She's so sweet!

This pic come with a funny story! I made Ragan a smoothie yesterday and when she went to take her first "sip" she got a little surprise. She was upset, not because she got fruit up her nose, but because she got smoothie on her favorite jammies!!! Too funny...I love this girl!

Dal got his stitches out on Friday. He's healing up great, but he's gonna have quite the killer scar! Oh well!

These are just a couple of pages I've done lately that I love.

Trauma, Drama, Work & a whole lot of Fun!

TRAUMA AND DRAMA

Dallin paid a visit to the ER today. Sad story of course! We were at church just headed into sacrament meeting and Dallin got excited to see me. He took off running from his Daddy and tripped on his own feet and face planted right into the corner of the pew! Poor kid. I knew it would be stitch worthy just from the sound of it. I think the whole chapel heard it. Some of our friends took the other kids and we headed to the ER. As some of you know Dallin has had some drama before with Doctors and hospitals when he had his abcess last year. Believe you me he has not forgotten! He started throwing a fit every time the nurse and doctor entered the room let alone when they tried to touch him! Needless to say he had to be sedated. We've been through this with Ragan when she bit her tongue in half three years ago. So we knew what to expect with the cetamine. It doesn't mean it's any easier to see your baby like that though. I don't do well with this kind of stuff. But I had to buck up and "be a man" because right in the middle of it all Pete turned white and got queasy and had to sit down. He told me I had to clarify that it wasn't due to the blood or situation, he just happened to lock his knees while he was holding Dal down for the drugs to work. So I did my best to stay happy and calm (cetamine puts the patient in a highly suggestive state, so smiles and calm are best) but I just wanted to burst into tears. I hate seeing my babies in pain! Dallin is quite a fighter, it took him longer than normal to go under and he cried even fully sedated. I swear they didn't numb him well, because everytime the needle went in for a new stitch he would cry. It made me cry! Anyway, despite the fight, he was a trooper. He did great. And he came out of sedation very quickly. He was quite entertaining too! He was pretty loopy and saying some funny stuff! Interestingly he started reciting all the things he knows, like colors and parts of the face and body and shapes and animal names. It was pretty cute! When we got home, Dallin seemed to think everything was peachy! He tried to walk and realized that wasn't gonna happen, he looked like a drunkin sailor! Then he attempted a crawl and found himself face planting over and over. We tried to help him but he was determined and frustrated I'm sure! We had to keep him occupied for another hour or two until he got his "sea legs" back! He was still a little tipsy for awhile, but he soon recovered. He's doing okay and hopefully we can keep the wound moist so it won't scar too badly, but he wipes the antibiotic ointment off almost immediately every time we put it on! Oh well! Scars are cool for boys right!

The sedation couldn't keep away his "cheese" for the camera!

WORK

We did our spring cleanup this week. The city picks up yard waste on Tuesday and we're getting an appraisal for our refinance that day too, so we decided it was due time to tackle our daunting yard. When we moved in the yard was overwhelming and got put on the back burner to house projects. Sadly that made it become even more daunting this year! But after three days straight of back breaking yard work and some help from the missionaries, we managed to curb 62 bags of leaves, pinecones and branches, and 20+ bundles of braches from our trees, bushes, VINES and pines! Holy cow does my back hurt. But it feels good to accomplish so much and have a semi decent yard. It still needs a lot of love, but it looks better already!

A WHOLE LOT OF FUN!

We threw a baby shower at my house for Sadie, one of the YW leaders I work with in my ward. Brandy helped with the decor and food and all the other leaders pitched in with food and fun too! It was a blast. I hope Sadie enjoyed it as much as I did!

This game was gag inducing! We had to roll dice and if we got doubles, put on the "diaper duty gear" and open the diaper with a pair of tongs! SO FUNNY! Our very "proud" winner was Maria who got to eat the contents! (microwaved snickers, quite the unappetizing sight!)

STREAKER

And last but not least I captured the moment of my little streaker. This was mild, usually he's fully nude! This occured while Daddy and I were amid all our fun yardwork!