Fathers Day, Chris' birthday.

On Sunday Fathers day we celebrated Chris' birthday and Fathers day. We had the Bairs over for a yummy dinner. I think Chris had a good time. :0) Usually when I point a camera at Chris he does a silly face. This time I was far enough away he didn't really notice or care. I'm pretty happy I got him smiling. He sure is handsome.

After the girls' dress rehearsal.

Mrs. Vietti

This year Audrey and Hailey had a super great teacher! I think they really got a lot out of their class this year. We'll miss you Mrs. Vietti.

Picnic at the park

Thursdays are dance day so we go back and forth a lot for taking our 4 girls to 3 different dance classes. So this Thursday we decided while Ruth was at dance we decided we'd run to the park and have a little picnic. Then after taking Audrey and Hailey and picking up Ruth we ran to a different park so she could play too. I love these days when we just do something simple and fun.

Epic Party

We decided to do a summer birthday party for our kids. We had two bounce houses, with water. It was so fun. Each of our kids invited 5-10 kids, we ate hot dogs, hamburgers and popsicles. I handed out squirt guns and bubbles. We played all day and man it was fun. Chris posted pictures to facebook so you'll need to look there.

Silly Sam

You can see in this picture Sam's top gums are swollen he fell and broke the little tendon in between his front two teeth. It made him so angry for almost 2 weeks. In this picture he was finally eating well again and feeling much better.




Hailey has recently decided she loves to take pictures. So with our permission she has taken lots of funny photos. Here are a few.

I made this vinyl for my kitchen, I love it! I'll have to take pictures of the other vinyl I have made. It is so fun. I love love love it!

Easter Guns

We started out with a clue in one of Audrey's egg. It lead all of the kids on a scavenger hunt. All around the house we ran and ran. Until they got to the dryer and inside was hiding these fun Nerf guns. We had a blast, literally, shooting each other. The rules, no shooting anyone without a gun and no shooting in the face.




We got the kids Nerf guns instead of new clothes for Easter this year. They have had lots of fun with them. I got to have my first Nerf battle. Max's gun beats everyone's. He loves it! Sam loves his too. He holds it up and says, "piew piew," in a tiny baby voice. I'll have to get it on video.

Easter

I see all my kids together and then I think that is a lot of kids. I love my lots of kids. :)
Eggtails


I get hairstyles from a few blogs. One had this hair do she called it eggtails. I thought it was hilarious, so we decided to give it a try. I did an egg for each of the girls too. Audrey's is suppose to look like a nest. We did a nice dinner at the church with the Bair's. The kids were able to run and play in the gym it was great! Sunday we did a yummy dinner with Printy's. After dinner we did an easter egg hunt for the kids in the front and for the adults in the back yard. Matt and Sarah were sneaky and put money in the adults eggs. Good times were had by all.

Dance

Our girls are really enjoying their dance classes. We take them to Wasatch Arts Studio. Here are the photos with their costumes. I was really impressed with the photographer, she accidentally didn't do one shoot of Audrey, because Hailey looks just like her. So she talked to me on the phone until we got it sorted out. She was really nice and did a great job with the photos and retouching. I was impressed. I guess after working with the Bairs, the best photographers in the world in my opinion, I thought I'd be disappointed with anyone else.

Bairs at the zoo.

We were able to get discount tickets to the zoo for a day. So we went. I was able to talk Chris into taking the day off and joining me. Sam has been before but not old enough to enjoy anything. This time he really enjoyed everything he saw. He pointed at everything. It was super cute! It is too bad we couldn't take Audrey, Hailey, and Kate, but they needed to be at school. Here are a few pictures.

Mini Mall finished

Audrey and Hailey's Mini Mall was a great success. I would have to say this was the most fun they have had on a school project. They loved it so much they worked on their projects every day after school with out being asked. I could not believe how many hair bows and bands they made. The Mall was on April 1st and it was spectacular. We invited Grammy Bair and Chris took some time off to come too. The teachers each gave us $50 to spend at the kids' stores. I think we went home with some good stuff too. I was so amazed with the kids' products. It had to be their idea and they had to be able to make it themselves. We saw home made chalk boards, lots of different treats, balloon animals, bracelets, bows, necklaces, and games to play. It was so much fun. Max and Ruth had lots of fun too. Kate was the only one not there (she was in class) so we made sure that we got her lots of fun things.
Hailey made hair bands with ribbons tied to them. Hers took considerable time to tie each of the ribbons to the bands. Audrey made flower hair clips. She stayed home 2 days sick from school so she worked on them all day those 2 days she made 99.

Audrey

Audrey is our social butterfly. She loves to be in the conversation. She can make friends easily and is fun to be around. Audrey has been trying her hardest to run with the boys at school. The class she is in run's laps every day and she has developed a love for running. Chris and I are trying to get in shape so we can run with them this summer. Audrey is a good worker. When she wants to, she really can be disciplined to get the job done, she wants to help help help. She also does a thorough job. I can say, "put your mom eyes on," and she (or I) won't be able to find very much left she hasn't already done. I love you Audrey Girl.

Hailey

Hailey is my most creative bug. We all love to create, but Hailey drops everything at an opportunity to make something pretty. Hailey is also great with little kids. She sees what they need and helps them. She will read to kids and play with them at a level they will understand. She can be very compassionate and kind. She is a good friend to her siblings. Love ya Hailey.

Audrey has made a break through.

Audrey realized this week that if she starts her chores in the morning before school and gets them mostly done she can play after school. I have been so impressed with her this week. She has loaded a wash load in the morning and folded one batch, then after school she just has one batch to fold, then sweep and she's done. Plus she has been putting all of the laundry away. Hopefully it will stick (at least for a while). Great job Audrey girl!

I'm blogging from my phone

I just found this on my phone and
Wanted to try it.

The Mini Mall projects are taking shape. The girls and I worked almost all day Saturday and Yesterday for 2 hours. We glued flowers tied ribbon and man it was fun. An assignment to do crafts. What could be better. I'll have pictures soon they are dying to show their teacher Mrs. Vietti. I told them we can email the pictures to her. :) Fun stuff.

Mini Mall

Audrey and Hailey are working on a project for school they are going to make a product and sell it at a Mini Mall. They just got this assignment yesterday and already have plans. I've been working on invoices of how much Mall Money I will charge them for product and consulting help. But they make the products by themselves. I can't tell you how excited I am to craft with my kids. I know they won't make things perfect but they always surprise me at how well they can take on complicated projects. Audrey has chosen to make flower clips. Hailey is tying ribbon onto elastics, they made those in Activity days. Simple and fun. We'll see how they turn out. I'm off to clean my scrapbook room so they will have a place to craft. They are so excited about this project I'll get some good chores done today when they get home in anticipation of crafting all day tomorrow. :) Fun fun fun.