April

Papi got them dresses from Singapore. Esther reluctantly let me put this skirt and shirt on her before church. But the next time I saw her, she was in a different dress. Little monkey. I had to bribe her with candy to get her to put it back on for a picture and to wear to church. She hasn't worn it since. 

Speaking of little monkeys, Tyson is our most aggressive climber. He's really just a full throttle kind of kid. I have to move things almost daily to keep him safer.

I love looking in a room and finding my kids reading. This little guy is doing it more and more often.

These two have a special bond. He won't let the other two kids hold him. But he loves to sit on Esther's lap and snuggle with her. This was during General Conference. 

Our new GC tradition, pudding dirt in a cup, with gummy worms and all. 

I bought a jogging stroller! I had serious guilt over buying this for my forth baby. But we hope we'll have another baby and we go on sooo many walks in our neighborhood. I've been pushing a city graco double stroller on our walks. This will be a wonderful upgrade! 

He pushed the cradle over to the chair so he could get the computer mouse. Oh boy.

Esther started riding a bike recently! She picked up on it quickly and is LOVING her new wheels. After a few days of riding around our house, she was able to start riding on our whole 1.5 mile walk! Also, I'm not sure she'll ever let those snow boots. They are her every day pick!

Benson's loving zooming around on his scooter.

Baby boy is figuring out the slide

Tyson is taking notes

touching the tree at the end of our horse shoe walk, a tradition Gram Pam started :)

is there a weight limit on these?

ready to roll on daddy's new zero turn lawn mower

new swim suit! She is such a babe!

Our entrepreneur Annika has started a bike washing business! We made some little fliers and she brought them to a few neighbors and friends at school. I love her confidence and drive. The two sweet neighbor girls brought their bikes over and paid her 50 cents. She washed them with a squirt bottle and rag. Then she let them decorate with foam letter stickers and ribbons. It was pretty adorable.

It's not warm enough for swimming! But they think it is. They went out for a water fight. I love each of their facial expressions!

Easter Egg hunt time!

not a morning person

Easter Sunday with my babies. The kids sang The Miracle at church. I was nervous about my first Sacrament Meeting song. They did great, of course. And it wasn't as big a deal for me once I realized I could just sit down on the front row and lead them.

Happy early birthday Papi!

"hey mom take a picture of me like this"

bookworm 

Keenan came to visit and of course he let the kids drive his truck several times :)

aerodynamic 

Luke's Blessing

Keenan gave Luke his baby blessing. It was very sweet and I'm glad I could be there. I had to get a babysitter since David was at Inland Empire and the kids had a cold. David actually found someone for me, which was very sweet. But this is a big reason why I don't like tennis coaching.

Keenan came inside and asked me if I had an old bed sheet. And then he made the kids a hammock. We all love it!