Ayzha is 11!

Dang!  Awesome Ayzha turned 11and this was the only picture I got.  Even though she's not smiling or looking at the camera she's still gorgeous.  I think she looks a lot like her handsome dad.  Anyways, this past year Ayzha has been busy playing soccer, volleyball, being a great student, learning to play the piano, and hanging out with all of her friends.  She's growing up fast and is actually really fun to talk to and hang out with.  For her birthday we took her to dinner at Texas Roadhouse again, and gave her lots of presents.  Happy Birthday Ayzha!

Completely Wrapped Around His Little Finger...

Look at Qyntn's sweet face...it's no wonder he's got me wrapped around his little finger.  He's a fun, sweet, happy baby who needs to learn to sleep better.  He can feed himself, crawl, pull himself up to standing, but rarely takes a decent nap, and still wakes up every 3-4 hours at night....but I wouldn't trade him for the world. 


 

 

Holly turned 7!

Our sweet Holly turned seven yesterday.  She's so dang cute...

Her Hobbit cake

We always break a piñata

Birthday Breakfast...yum yum!

Her dad spent the day with her in class as the "Watch Dog"
I brought in treats for the class.

After school we visited the Dinosaur Museum at
Thanksgiving Point and she chose Golden Corral for
her birthday dinner.

Lord of the Rings Birthday Party

This year Holly chose to have a Lord of the Rings/Hobbit birthday party.  She really wanted to dress up as Gollum and wanted the rest of us to dress up too.  I'm not big on costumes, but wanted to make her happy, this is what we came up with...


Gollum and Smeagol



Galadriel and Arwen



Legolas and Gandalf
Always the life of the party, Ben did some wizardry for the kids.

 

Eowyn

Qyntn was supposed to be Gimli... but he just wanted to eat his mask

Where in the World is Ben Now???

Last month Ben made a quick pit stop in Hawaii, and now he's off to Hamburg, Germany.  It's super quiet around here without him.

Honolulu, Hawaii

Ben at his booth in Germany

Spring "BREAK"?

Spring break might be a break for the kids, but not for me.  With all six kids together I get a little wound up, actually, I feel like a ticking time bomb.  I try to make these occasions as fun as possible, but it's a lot of work and highly stressful.  Luckily I was able to keep it together most of the week, and when I did go off, my blast radius didn't go very far.  Here is a rundown of our spring 'break"...

Night one:  Movie night:  "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
Day two:  2 Easter Egg Hunts, Easter Bunny Bottle craft, egg coloring and movie night: "The Hobbit"
Day three:  Easter morning baskets and egg hunt, Cinnabon breakfast, church, dinner with Grandma and Grandpa, Uga Buga club, more easter egg hunts, and a "Sacred Celebration".
Day Four:  Roller Skating and a Real Salt Lake soccer game
Day Five:  Movie night:  "The Croods"
Day Six:  Swimming at the Lehi Aquatic Center, origami, and Chuck-a-Rama
Day Seven:  This is the Place Heritage Park, Lion House, Temple Square, sleepover at the Tate's
Day Eight:  Lava Hot Springs, square ice cream, and Maddox

 

 

 

 

 





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Sometimes I try to wax poetic on my birthdays, and maybe I'll do that again next year, but today I just want to say that I had a great birthday.  I feel very loved, and won't be taking back any of my gifts... thanks guys!