Happy Birthday Annie!!!!!!!

Annie turned 7 years old on Monday! (So hard to believe!) She had a very nice day and a very happy birthday. Somehow I only took one picture of her, and it was at the end of the day. This is Anne wearing a new birthday outfit, and trying out her new stilts (with a little help) that James and Stephen made for her.

Mormon Channel

The Church now has its own official radio station and you can listen to it online. Just click on the button at the right or visit the Mormon Channel website where you can also find out what's playing.

Climbing Lessons

Yesterday James put one of his climbing ropes way up in one of our trees so that he can practice climbing and repelling. Stephen and Anne wanted to try climbing up the rope. So James showed them how and they did it! Anne tried first and went up a few feet.

Then Stephen tried and he quickly went all the way to the top!

Then Anne wanted to try again and this time she got almost all the way up! Look how high she is!

And look at the SMILE on her face!

They used a prusik knot to climb the rope. Here is a video of Stephen demonstrating.

Visitors!!!

We got to have Mom and Jane stay with us over Mother's Day weekend. We had a wonderful time and are so glad they could come visit.

Annie and Nana got really good at this. They practiced quite a bit and Anne enjoyed every second of it. There were many different versions to this one plus a few other fun songs they did.

What's a guy to do?

Naomi decided to dress Noah the other day. I've always known that with 3 older sisters Noah would eventually be dressed in girl clothing. It really wasn't as bad as it could have been. Even if he was wearing a sweater with flowers on it, he still wanted to play with the cars.

Olive Fingers

How Many Years?

Four years ago today we moved into our house. This is what our kids were like at the time. Aren't they so cute? And so totally little! Just look at their cheeks.