Lil Swimmer Jens

We spent almost an

We spent almost a week and a half at Grandpa and Amooh's and did not get hardly any pictures.  I hope my mom did.  We had so much fun swimming multiple times a day.  I was really proud of how well Jens started to swim.

MJ and all her hair

Maissie has a TON of hair.  Which is funny because I was worried if she would have any at all the first couple of years.  But I think she decided she had enough of it.

Last day of school

new PJs from Ahmooh

grape mouth

New Hair Cut

I love her new hair.  And I love how it was all her idea.  When she was getting it cut she asked for it short.  I motioned to maybe just cut it shoulder length.  When she got to shoulder length she MJ said, no-I want shorter.  I thought maybe the next morning she might have regrets, but nope.  She loves it.  And I may be bias, but I think it is adorable.

Sandy carni

Our stake had a carnival.  I my expectaions were not high, but I was very impressed.  They had rides, and  food, and popcorn, cotton candy, AND face painting. Or in Mark's case head painting.  It was really fun.

The Tramp

With the help of our neighbor Rob, and David, Mark built the frame up for our tramp

I like this picture because we couldn't believe Phish could get in and out of the hole so easily.   However, Angus could not get out on his own.

The kids helped hook all the springs

 Eric was the winner because he managed to get all the springs hooked up.  He took the first bounce.

Jens, do you need a nap?

 I looked everywhere for Jens.  I even went to the neighbors and had them looking too.  Where was she? Asleep in the car in the garage.

This is at Amooh and Grandpa's house

And Mark needed a nap too

Award for MJ

Maissie got an award for achieving all her goals for first grade.  I love this picture because it shows how tall she is.  But also it shows how short her teacher (Miss Brooks, who we loved) is.  She is standing behind the second kid if you didn't notice.

Mac's big boy bed

Mac started climbing out of his crib, so we converted it to a toddler bed.  All and all he has been great about staying there,  but he has a few times where he has ended up in funny places.

Jens end of preschool

Jens had a great year in preschool with Mrs. Wixom.  She loved it! The last day they did this great program where they sang songs.  Of course she had to have her fancy dress, and her hair the way she wanted it:).  We were proud she did so well.

we let Maissie  miss some school to come see the program

Color me mine

I tried to get the kids out of the house as much as possible while Mark was working on the landscape.  So one day we went to color me mine.

Baby Alpaca

I have met a great amazing person-Elaine.  I call her my garden angel because she is helping me with our garden, and she knows everything!!! AND she has alpacas.  AND one of her alpacas had a baby! This picture is of the 2 hour old alpaca.