First Day of School!!

The girls were so excited for school this morning. Everyone was up and ready to go early!

Everyone picked out their favorite new outfit. In case you are wondering you are looking at a 5th grader, a 1st grader, a 3rd grader and a 7th grader!!!

I drove all the kids this morning and I was able to take Carrie into her class. She let me take a picture of her at her desk!

The boys all slept in this morning. But were excited to put on their new clothes!! It is so strange to have only boys at home for most of the day. They are a challenge but so much fun too!!

Nelson wanted to do a silly pose. I think he is pretending to eat Roy!!

A day at the beach!

Our family (minus dad) has been having such a great time in NH.  I have taken lots of pictures but I haven't had a lot of internet access so blogging has been difficult! Here are a few pictures from a beach day we had last week. It was in the high nineties that day. It was so lovely to sit on my sister's In law's beach!!! The kids swam and played and kept cool. It was a great day!

A grand Adventure!

On June 8th I started a cross country trip with our children and a friend of mine and her two little boys. Here we are all packed up and ready to go!

On the way we stopped at parks and Mc Donald's play places so that the kids could let out some stored up energy. Here we are at a state park. Can you see all nine kiddos and one mom?!

The entire trip was beautiful. We made it 3100 miles in seven days with a two day break at Deric's sister's home in Indiana. Now we are having a great time in NH, more pictures to come (hopefully!!)...

It is great to be eight!!

Our beautiful Sarah turned eight on April 21st. She started the day with a special package from Meme.

A new dress to wear on her baptism day!! It cam with a cute dress for her American Doll too!

Later that day we had a cute birthday party. Eight friends were invited!

They played LOTS of balloon games!

It was a fun day! I hope you had a great birthday my beautiful girl. We are so lucky to have such a fun loving, sweet, sensitive girl in our home!

(Eight is a HUGE milestone in our house. Most importantly you get to be baptized. You also get to stay up later, go to activity days, and get your ears pierced. Sarah was very excited to be able to do all of these things!)

Roy is growing so fast. These pictures were taken on Sarah's birthday. He is just a few days shy of 4 months and he weighs 20 lbs!!

Cute?

What is so cute about this picture you may ask?
It's the cute cheeks you can't see that are so cute! Hope this made you smile!

How many licks does it take?...

We have all wondered how many licks does it take to get to the center of a lolly pop?! Well, I know I have never had the patience to actually lick until I got to the center, I ALWAYS end up biting it before I make it! Jessica is much more persistent than I am. The other day she decided to find out...and the answer 650 licks! She sat and licked and counted. Then just to make sure she turned the lolly pop around and did it again on the other side... 651. What do you think of her red tongue!

This is what I look like after only a few licks!!

Ta Da!