Computer Crashed...way behind

Ty, Tag, Anson, and Bekah going on a little stroll in the tube...Tag did not want to go fast!

My nephews were loving the tube ride

Poor kid was trying so hard to keep his eyes open

Ty's pre-school class

Josh and I just love it when she wears this shirt...10 months

She loves to play in all the pillows and then hide from us

I just love this little girl to pieces!!

Happy Easter

So my computer crashed and so did my external hard drive, but my hard drive from old computer was still good, so I finally was able to get all my pictures onto our new computer! Man, did I learn an important lesson about keeping up on printing off my pictures! I am a reformed women now!!

Anyhow, I am really behind, so here it goes! BEWARE....this will be a CRAZY post! I make a blog book for our family each year, so that is why I add so many pictures to these post!

In April, we had family pictures with my husbands family! I think they just turned out so good and we really got some cute ones of each of the kids! I don't know what was going on, but something triggered all these funny little faces that Tenley is making! She is 9 months old here and I just noticed that I didn't do a post for her! I just love this little girl! It has been so much fun to have a little girl in our home. She is full of lots of energy and goes from one thing to the next! She is a happy little girl and we all are just so "in love" with her!

Ty really wanted to have his picture taken in this tree and it really freaks me out at how old he is getting! It is really fun to have little conversations with him and for him to be so curious about everything! However, somedays all the questions can be a little overwhelming! He loves to play the Wii and computer games! He has surprised his mom and dad with how fast he figures out all these games! I have realized we don't give our children enough credit for just how smart they really are! Ty misses kindergarten by 5 days, but we are so happy that he got into the mentor program for next year! He gets to go to school everyday and all day next year! This will be so good for him because he gets so bored being at home! He loves to go to school and loves to learn!

Tag is my sweetheart, but also my very stubborn and determined boy! He gives the best loves and then the next minute is determined to do exactly what we just told him not too! I don't know how many times I have found him in the front yard, when he knows playing in the front yard is off limits unless mom or dad is out there! He is good to tell me exactly how he got there, "Mom I just climb over the fence to get in the front yard!" He is such an honest little boy! He loves to be outside and that is where he generally wants to be! We have been trying to potty train him, but he has not been interested at all! One day in May he just decided he was ready! He does pretty good, but we still have accidents. We can't let him wear a pull-up because he will just to the bathroom in them, so we try and put underwear on first thing in the morning and after naptime! Hopefully he will be fully potty trained SOON!!

The puppies will be 8 weeks old this Saturday, so they will be going to their new homes next week. One family already picked up their dog and we have 3 left. We have decided to keep one and we still have one to find a family for. They have been lots of fun and we have all just loved them to pieces. I try and go out in the evenings to play with them and enjoy the beautiful evenings we have been having. They are now in the chewing on EVERYTHING stage, so I don't enjoy being out there as much. I usually have 2 chewing on my feet and one nipping my hand! Now do you see why I do not enjoy playing with them. I still do, but not for nearly as long! Sugar has been a great mom and I think she has enjoyed having other dogs around...even if they are puppies!

For Easter we went out to Valley of Fire with my brother Mike and all his extended family. The kids loved playing on all the "fire rocks", playing baseball, hunting for Easter eggs and baskets, going on a hike, and playing with all the kids. It is always fun to spend time with family and it was so fun to see Mike and Brita and all their family. Funny thing though, the kids picked up something and were all sick on Easter Sunday, so I went to church all by myself. Tenley didn't get to wear her pretty Easter dress, so we wore it the next Sunday!
In May, Josh had father and sons campout with the boys and they had a great time! However, I just realized he didn't take any pictures this year! Darn it! They had a great time and helped Grandpa build fence out at the Church Ranch. Ty had a 600lb. gate fall on him and we are just lucky that nothing happened to him, but a few bruises! Tag and Ty also destroyed the tent we were borrowing from Josh's boss, so we got to spend $85 on replacing a tent! My boys will be working the rest of their lives for all the things they have broken that we have had to replace! On that note, we do not replace the things they brake that belong to us...they will just have to do without! We don't know how else to handle this problem and just pray they will grow out of it!

Over Memorial Day Weekend, Josh's family came down and we swam Friday night and went to the lake on Saturday! The kids had a great time playing with their cousins and it was fun to see all the family! Josh and the boys went on the tube and wake board, but the water was way too cold for me to get in. I must be getting old if the water is too cold because I grew up going to the lake! Later that evening, we went to a friends house for a BBQ! We had a great time, but the kids were DONE, so we left and everyone crashed and burned as soon as we got home! On Sunday, we were all exhausted from the weekend events and it was nice to have a very LAZY Sunday! Monday night we invited some friends over to eat up the rest of the weekend food and we had a great time! It was fun to see all the kids play together and for us adults to be able to talk and laugh! I fell very lucky to have made such good friends...it definitely makes it easier to be so faraway from family!