Easter

We had a great Easter this year. As always the Eater bunny was good to the kids. They each got a toy for outside and the Easter bunny hid eggs throughout our house.

We had Easter dinner with the Borders side of the family at the care center Jeff's grandma is at right now.

Dressed up for church. I am so thankful for the real reason for this day. I am grateful to my Savior for his atoning sacrifice and resurrection and the promise that that brings that we will all rise again.

March happenings

 Mason lost his front tooth. The adult tooth is coming in behind it. He will soon loose the other front tooth too because that ones adult tooth is coming in too.

 Jeff made a cyclone with the kids. They played with it for several days until it started to leak. I threw it away. shhh don't tell them.

Video of the cyclone in action.

 Shiloh got a purse from her great grandma Long. She loves it. She stuffs as much into as she can and carries it around with her everywhere.

 Shiloh's other lover is books. We read book all the time. If we can get out of her room every night with reading less than 10 books we consider that a miracle.

Mason has been into writing us notes at night for us to find when we go to bed. They are usually left in the doorway to their room. The top one says, "Dear Mom and Dad, Wake mu up when you check on us. Your kid, Mason. Then it has a math problem to solve and it says "write back" in the top right corner. The bottom one says, "Dear Mom and Dad, Maybe for Easter or my Birthday I could get one small pack or a whole deck of pokemon cards. Your son, Mason. Do you agree with me or not? Yes or No Write back in the box."

 Mason and Cooper both got flight suits from their Grandpa and Grandma Borders.

 Shiloh is learning to take after her brothers.

Our kids really like veggie tales can you tell?

Oma

This is Jeff's grandma Borders. Our kids get confused when we say we are going to grandma Borders house. They always say, "Which one?" So to differentiate, we decided to start calling their great grandma Borders, "Oma" (grandma in German) because great grandma Borders was born in and grew up in Germany. Oma fell at the beginning of March and broke her ankle in 3 places. She had to have surgery on it and is not in a care facility for therapy. She has been there for almost a month now. We've made several visits. I can't tell who loves the visits more, her or the kids. 

I am grateful that our kids have great relationships with all of their grandparents. That is something I did not have growing up. So that is something I wanted to help provide for them.

Big Horn Show

7 Months

Kinley is now 7 months old. It's hard to believe! Time sure is flying by. I feel like I don't get to enjoy this baby as much as I enjoyed my first baby. It can't be due to all my time being dominated by three other demanding children. No, that can't be it....

Kinley's first tooth poked through on the 16th of this month. Mason was playing with Kinley when he said, "Mom, there is something sharp in Kinley's mouth." So I went over to investigate. Sure enough there was her first tooth. Her second tooth soon followed a few days later.

 She still really loves food. Here she was after eating TWO jars of food. Oink!

We finally got pictures of her rolling over. 

Almost there!

Video of Kinley rolling over

Video of Kinley trying to crawl

And another of her trying to crawl

 She started to sit up unassisted too.

Now she is getting herself into the crawling position. It'll be any day now.

 "Dad, I just woke up, why are you getting a picture of me. "

Sleepy girl

One day after getting Cooper on the bus for school, I took Kinley up to bed. I let Shiloh watch a show while I was busy with Kinley. When I came back downstairs this is what I found:

Protesting her big girl bed?

Reptiles

There is a reptile store in the mall. We have gone there a few times in the past month or so to feed the turtles. You can buy a head of lettuce from the store for $2. That's some pretty cheep entertainment for the kids!

LOVE them