Mothers Day

I was a very spoiled mother on Mothers day. It was a terrific day. Kevin got up early with the early risers and made me and Brayden (who's actual Birthday fell on Mothers day this year) a yummy breakfast. Then Kevin had no high council responsibilities so he took Emmitt all of church and even stayed to help in Primary. I was showered with fabulous gifts pictured below. And then the day was topped off with another yummy barbecue dinner. Thank you family- you are the best!

Here's a close up of Makenna's poem she wrote for me. I just love that M is for Momalicious!
I can think of no greater compliment :)

And here is a close up of some of the coupons Makenna gave me... I love how on the coupon for "One bedroom cleaning" she crossed out the room part so it just says "One room cleaning"
Hilarious!

And here's the close up of what Kevin got me- its a cover for my iphone with my name on it.
I LOVE IT!
(some anonymous lady sent him an email suggesting it... thank you anonymous lady!)

Happy Birthday Brayden

I can't believe he is 9! Holy Cow! That is so grown up!
He invited 7 friends over for "Brayden's Amazing Birthday Pizza Machine" Party. The kids collected tickets at various stations and then redeemed them for prizes at my prize table. It was chaos but I think the kids had a great time. Brayden is a great kid. We love him very much!

Better Late Than Never

We were a whole week late this year but in keeping with tradition we did roll our Easter Eggs. Kevin won the prize for the furthest roll without breaking and Brielle won the prize for best dressed :)

6 Months Old

I can hardly believe we have had precious Emmitt with us for 6 months- half a year! Not to be cheesey or anything but it really does seem like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital.... Kevin tells me that the pose and angle I use for this monthly picture makes Emmitt look like he has enormous legs and a small body and head. I really don't see it but just in case anyone out there was wondering- he's quite perfectly proportioned (at least for a baby).

And a new development for this photot shoot- no longer is he content to recline in the corner of the couch- no - now he sits himself up all on his own (and then falls over one direction or another but still...)

6 Month Check Up Stats
Weight: 17lbs 6oz 45th percentile
Height: 27 inches 68th percentile
Head Circumference: 17inches 31st percentile

Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts

Makenna's girl scout troop used their extra cookie money for a field trip to Doodle Cakes. I went along as a driver and we had a good time. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the conversations on the car ride. Here was one of my favorite ones:

Friend: Once I saw a bee that was dead and then it started to fly again.
Makenna: Do you know what its called when something is dead and then it comes alive again. Its called ressurected.
Friend: Yeah I once saw a bee be ressrected.

And here is all the girls at Doodlecakes (its a little place where they get to decorate their own cake:
And in other 'scout' news, Brayden attended his last week as a Wolf. With his upcoming birthday he is about to become a Bear. Very exciting.

Spring Break

This year the kids had Spring Break really late. It was the third week in April and now that its over it feels like summer is just around the corner. We had cold and rainy weather but the kids and I had a great time together. I loved not making lunches and having lazy mornings. We kept busy with visits to the library, the childrens museum, jumpin jax and lots of playdates. Here are some random pictures from our week off.

This is from our movie watching party. The kids made their own "trail mix" with random pantry selections and then we watched "Tangled." I love that movie!

I bought this bouncer for Emmitt off craigslist cause this little boy just loves to jump. Its a hit. I'll have to post a video soon.

This is Emmitt at the Children's Museum. It was crazy busy the day we went.

And here are the older two kids on the velcro wall at Jumpin Jax. They had a great time and I was grateful that there was a kind dad there who was willing to throw them up there for me since I couldn't do it.

Happy Easter

Sunday morning we discovered the Easter bunny had indeed come and delivered our Easter baskets. We had to rush to find them because of our 9 am church time but we made it!

The kids looked super cute for church in their matching outfits. Easter clothes are so fun.

I couldn't coax a smile out of Makenna because she had just had a little sister squabble that she couldn't shake ... and isn't Brielles pose quite hilarious in that last picture :) Every picture does indeed tell a story!


Other Easter festivities included an egg hunt with some ward friends, the city of Papillion Easter Egg hunt and an egg hunt with the Thomas' and Owens. We also dyed Easter eggs... but have yet to roll them.

Hope you all had a Happy Easter too!