Claire's Masterpiece!

Claire loves to draw! Her favorite thing to draw right now is her family. She cracks me up because she draws Mom, Dad, Claire, Owen, and then Grant who is always tiny and has a sad face, even though he laughs at her all the time. It is funny the way kids see things. She loves to cover the whole page, and my fridge with her masterpieces!

My Laundry Helper!

Grant is always awake, therefore I have to do things with him all the time. He has a special chair downstairs in the laundry room that he sits in while I sort clothes, or change a load. Then, he gets put right in with the clothes and comes upstairs. He thinks it is very funny, and laughs as I carry him upstairs. I guess all our kids help in their own ways.

I'm Addicted!!

OK, it's time to come clean - I'm addicted! My husband would actually call it an obsession, since all my free time is spent doing this one thing - my blog book. Have any of you done one? It is the best thing ever. I am seriously getting close to the page number limit because I keep adding pictures, and figure they might as well all be a pretty good size since I'm paying for the book. I can't wait for it to be done, but I'm also putting off finishing it because I wonder . . . what will I do next?? It's a long time until I can start the next one. I guess I will have to start cleaning my house again!

Swimming Already?

Apparently my kids think that 70 degree weather means bust out the pool and the swimsuits mom, because we are going swimming! They were very serious about the whole thing, and Owen even got his suit on all by himself. He really wanted to go. I had some water guns I had bought a few weeks ago, and was saving them for the perfect day, so they got those (by the way, don't buy the water guns at Wal-Mart that are a dollar - they are already broken!). The kids had a blast swimming, to bad the warm weather didn't last very long.
Our neighbor girl Stina has been here for the last two months while her mom worked through tax season. She wasn't very happy that she didn't have a suit, but she just jumped right in.

7 Months Old

I can hardly believe that Grant is 7 months old. Time sure flies by! He is so much fun to have around. He loves to eat, especially bananas. He loves his dad, and gets the biggest smile when he comes home. He still doesn't want to sit, or roll over, but he doesn't seem to care. I sure wish he would because it would make him much happier. He absolutelly hates the wind, but loves to be outside whenever he can. He is just a very mellow child, who enjoys playing in his saucer, and watching everyone else.

Easter Sunday

We had a wonderful Easter Sunday. We have been really trying to teach Claire and Owen the true reason we have Easter, so it was so much fun to hear them tell everyone that this was the day that Jesus was Resurrected. Claire was very excited after Primary because they talked about Jesus there too. It was nice to see that it wasn't all about the Easter Bunny and finding eggs.

After church we went to Chad's parents house for some dinner, and fun. The kids had a great time outside since it was such a nice day. Thank goodness for warm weather. The kids had a little egg hunt, and then they had a pinata that Kerry made. It was a great time for everyone!

Ward Easter Egg Hunt

Our ward holds an Easter Egg hunt every year the day before Easter. We missed it last year, so were looking forward to it this year. We got there at 11:01 (by our clock), and missed them blow the whistle at 11:00. They are prompt. I grabbed Claire and we ran to her area, while Chad got Owen and he gathered eggs. Owen still got a ton, but a lot of the kids just shared with Claire. The kids had a great time. They were all given a stuffed bunny, and lots of candy. As always it was fast, but fun for everyone.