{2.25.19 - 3.3.19}

This kid is just the greatest! He loved his grilled cheese and soup! // He makes this face a lot! He thinks it's funny! It's not a sour face...sometimes I think it's his "yummy" face, or he just likes to do it cause he  gets a reaction out of us. I don't know why he does it exactly, but I think it's so darn cute!  

We met Jeni at the museum of art at BYU this week and looked at some of the new exhibits.  

We loved getting out of the house! The girls got to go to Jeni's house for a sleepover when we were done too, so they were pretty excited! // Eli under the rainbow exhibit!  

Axel enjoying the rainbow exhibit. They had so much fun running around and enjoying the live violin music. 

Love you Lyla! // Jeni took the girls to the dinosaur museum, she told them to look scared in front of the shark and this is what she got! Haha!!  

While the girls were gone Dad and Axel got to go fishing together! Axel fell in a fishing hole first thing and spent most of the trip in his diaper! Haha! He had a lot of fun though and clearly wore himself out! // On our way home from the art exhibits we stopped and Axel got to pick out some material for his new sheets! I'm hoping it will help him stay in his own bed all night! Fingers crossed! 

It's hard to get this pup to hold still for a picture! // I got a new hutch this week!!!! Matthew bought me a light to put in it and I'm so happy with it! These dishes have been waiting almost 9 years to be put on display!

Eli is getting too big! I can't believe he is crawling up the stairs! 

"I love fishing" and I love him!

{2.18.19 - 2.24.18}

Family nap time! I'm sure Matthew would have enjoyed it more had the two little ones actually slept! 

Eli is getting so big! // Look at those adorable little top teeth! He's wearing Axel's old 18 month old jammies. I can't believe they actually fit him! I'm glad he's still got some room to grow, though! Haha! 

Look at these cute little cuddlers! It's rare that they sit happily in each other's bubbles!  

Lyla and Daddy! I love them! // Eli is cruising!!! 

Again...they are sharing a bubble! It's a miracle!! 

Oh he is just so cute!! 

And here's another one of this cute kid! // And this kid is just hilarious!!!

{2.11.19 - 2.17.19}

Eli was so funny when I got him all bundled up so I could go shovel the driveway. He did not like the idea of having so many layers on until we got outside. I put him on the ground and he just sat in one spot watching everything that was going on with a smile on his face almost the whole time! 

My little blue eyed boy is too cute! // Alya was so cute helping me shovel! She helped me with my driveway, the sidewalk in front of my house and then she helped Matthew with our neighbor's driveway and sidewalk (and he has a lot of sidewalk!)  

We made a couple of snow dinos! This is the girls' triceratops.  

They added all the little "frills" behind his horns and after this picture was taken they gave him chocolate chip eyes. He was pretty cute!  

Bullet is starting to want to explore more than just our yard so he doesn't like that he has to be on his leash and confined to one area while the rest of us get to play. He is getting so big, though and I think he's pretty. // I love snow days when it's nice outside. When it's just bitter cold it's no fun for me. I'm glad we've had some nice weather that let's us all get out and play!  

This is Axel's Euoplocephalus. (You-pho-caf-alus)  He built this little dinsosaur's tail and did such a good job! It was so cute! // I didn't have the energy to make valentine sugar cookies so we settled for valentine no bake cookies instead. This might be our new tradition! It was pretty fun and so easy!   

Axel thinks that he needs to come up in the middle of the night every night to snuggle mom and dad. I wish I enjoyed it more because he is so sweet, but it's so hard to get a good night's sleep with a little boy pushing his bum and feet in my back all night. I woke up one morning to Matthew having left for work and Axel on my side of the bed with his favorite show turned on my phone. He's a little Mr. Independent!  

This cutest little baby LOVES the bath! Everytime I turn the tub on for him or any of his siblings he goes crawling straight to the bathroom and pulls himself up on the tub, jabbering with excitement the entire time! // Our neighbor's pine tree is so pretty flocked with snow!  

Eli loves the guitar. He crawls into the corner we keep the guitars in to strum on it all the time and when Dad pulls it out to play it's even better!  

I love these kiddos and I'm so glad they are mine! (I loved the way the boys were looking at each other in this one!)

{2.4.19 - 2.10.19}

2.4.19     Eli has just been cruising around the house like a little pro, crawling everywhere! It's so fun for me that he can follow me out of one room and into another, or that when he is done nursing I can just put him on the floor and he crawls around entertaining himself! He loves to walk with us holding his hands and he tries to pull himself up onto everything! Sometimes he can't quite figure out how to get his feet under him but other times he does so good! He has even pulled himself up to standing and let go completely to sit himself down. He doesn't like to be left in a room by himself and he thinks Axel is hilarious! He bonks his head on everything but he's pretty tough and rarely cries about it. Axel is getting very impatient for Eli to get big enough for them to wrestle around with each other. He is 19 lbs 13.5 oz and is 2ft 5 inches. He has four teeth for now and he is kind of taking a bottle for one of his feedings. He only likes his purees for breakfast, otherwise he wants very little to do with them. He is so easily distracted while he eats so it's an adventure for sure! We love him dearly and I hope May isn't in any hurry to get here!

Matthew and I brought the kids back these little M&M blankets from Las Vegas! The kids were excited about them and I loved that they were all wrapped up in them watching Alya do school. // I love this boy! He has lots of Spiderman swag but he really doesn't even know who Spiderman is...he keeps telling me he's a "scary guy." Haha!  

Eli was trying to eat his snack one day but couldn't focus facing the kitchen, all the fun stuff was outside! // I keep finding pictures like this that Axel takes on my phone.  

He's just showing off some of his new skills! 

The girls are learning so much with their school and I'm grateful because I know they wouldn't learn this well from me. They are becoming beginning readers and it has been so fun! They are doing so good! (This is a video of Lyla)

{6.19.17 - 6.25.17}

The girls have been practicing their "I LOVE YOU" hands, and I love it, and I love them! (Left: Alya, Right: Lyla) 

These girls and their dress ups are pretty awesome! // Lyla looked pretty great, didn't she? 

He's walking!! 

We love fishing! 

Lyla // Alya 

Don't let these smiles fool you. They were being little stinkers! We had asked them not to get in the water, but they ended up soaking wet (surprise, surprise), so they ended up naked in this chair until it was time to leave. They are obviously not afraid of us.  

The girls used to wear these little rompers, so when I pulled them out for Axel to wear Lyla wanted to try hers on. It fit better than I thought it would.  

The girls started swimming lessons this week! They are doing awesome! 

 This favorite boy of mine is officially 10 months old.

Matthew bought water balloons with the girls and they have been so excited to play with them. I love this sequence of Lyla and Matthew! (Look closely at the middle picture...you can see the water from her balloon splashing at her dad's feet.) 

{6.12.17 - 6.18.17}

Cutting has been the girls' favorite activity lately. They are getting really good at it! They have found almost all of their pictures that they have painted or colored or stickered and cut out each shape or picture, and of course they want me to save each and every one of them! It's great! 

We set up a water slide in our backyard. Alya loved it! 

Lyla was a little less sure about it...as you can see by the look on her face! Haha! 

I think it's so funny that when I ask the girls to put their arms around each other, Alya basically chokes who she's next to!  

Oh this boy! He is getting SO good at walking...he walked from his car to me multiple times today! 

I am getting closer with the girls' quilts! I have enough squares finished for one quilt top! I am getting pretty excited to see how they turn out! 

The girls tried on my glasses! They look too grown up for my liking, but they sure are adorable! (Lyla, Alya) 

Father and son. Happy Father's Day, Matthew! I hope this man knows how much we love him! 

I love this picture!!! Daddy and Alya. // Lyla - my collector. She is such a trouble maker, but man is she cute!  

We were in Idaho the weekend of Father's Day and on our way home we stopped at my Grandpa's house. It was fun to visit with Grandpa and a bonus that my mom was there! // See...here is Alya, choking Lyla!

{6.5.17 - 6.11.17}

Lyla: "Mom, can you take a picture with me and Sassiness?" 

These two!! (Alya, Lyla) 

How Lyla sleeps. (I told you it could be a series!)  

She saw this and asked "why am I upside down!?"

Jeni and Crystal took me and the kids to Thanksgiving Point for a day and we loved it! 

Alya (above) climbed all over the canapies - granted Jeni carried her over all the rope bridges, but Lyla was not a fan of the rope bridges, so she hung out behind the volcano for 20 minutes!

Even Axel thought it was the greatest! 

Lyla 

Pirate Alya 

How cute is this picture of Lyla!? Also, she picked out her outfit for the day! It's pretty fun for me to watch them doing things like this!  

51 mile an hour winds and they still look adorable! 

After we went to Thanksgiving Point the girls got to have a sleepover with their aunts. Which is probably much more fun than being home!