Odds & Ends of May

May was such an eventful month! Here are a few of the random and fun pictures!

Sabrina's dance rehearsal was a fun. She finally got a really pretty ballerina outfit. She loved it so much. I actually bought a professional picture that we should get in a few weeks. She did a beautiful job at the final show.  

 Kate loved loved loved her outfit.

 Katherine and Jacob begged to move into the same room again. That is totally fine with me. I love it when my kids share a room. I really need to buy her a new bed...but...until then she has been moved to the futon. She is just growing too fast and that toddler bed is so small for her.

 I love that by the end of may it is finally warm enough to be outside!!! YAY for summer.

 Mother's day was a blast. My kids and Greg know how to make it special. They showered me with cards and gifts and love. For dessert we had chocolate covered strawberries. They LOVED helping me clean the remaining chocolate from the pans.

 Greg and Clara took a pottery pals class together this year. They made a cute little jelly fish that is adorable. I love hearing the chimes at night when I am sleeping and the wind is blowing.

That is it for May. I am so excited for June! We are going to have an AMAZING June!

Last Day of School 2016

I am so excited to have my children home for the summer. The last few weeks have felt like torture. Way to much homework for my busy schedule. Sabrina got an award for academic excellence. She has worked so hard this year!

 Here is a picture of the kids before they left. I just love them.

 Jacob got he homework award this year. Yay for him. If you know Jacob you know that he LOVES homework.

 The kids were upset with me...usually I have a nice party for them on the last day of school...this year...we had a dentist party. Jacob had two fillings fixed and Clara got 4 teeth pulled. She was miserable and sad and in a lot of pain on Friday.

 We made her feel a little better by going our for ice cream for dinner. I love this sweet girl. It broke my heart to have her in so much pain. Lucky for her by Saturday she had completely forgotten that she hurt.

The Funny Camping Trip

Our first fishing trip of the season was so hilarious. The lake was full of Northern Pike. The kids love reeling them in. They are fighters so they are fun...but as soon as they get close the kids do not like the way they look or feel. Katherine the first to catch a fish on her little barbie pole! She did not like it at all.

 This was as close as we could get her to the fish. Ha! I love Jacob trying to book it out of the picture. He is hilarious.

 After Kate's fish everyone wanted to catch one...and they all did except poor Sabrina.

 Clara was thrilled to pull her Northern to shore...but also terrified of the fish.

 This is my favorite picture of the year.

 Jacob discovered he could catch little tiny fish hiding under the rocks. They were great little nibblers.

Jacob's Spring Soccer Season

This year only Jacob took soccer. Clara had some issues with mean girls during indoor soccer this year and started to take art classes instead. She has found that she likes that better than the competitive nature of soccer. We will see what next year brings. She is a good soccer player but doesn't like to have people be mean to her.  Jacob was awesome this year. His team never one a game but he was their best defender. He was not afraid to get in the way of the ball and played good and hard this year.

Easter 2016

I love dying Easter Eggs with the kids. This year we made monster eggs and got out the paints and painted them. 

 Kate had so much fun she even painted her nose.

 Clara was methodical and meticulous with every egg she painted.

 Here are a few of Yixing's eggs.

 This year I organized an Easter Egg Hunt for our ward. It was a blast.

 A few of the men actually hid the Easter Eggs high up in the tree!

 For Easter this year we added a kinetic sand table to our home. I love kinetic sand!!!!!!!!