No excuse, just a post...

We kicked off Memorial Day weekend with a Parade in Ephraim. They have a whole Scandinavian festival to follow. Funny thing is, the parade itself is only about 1 block long!

At least they throw candy!

Never turn your back on a Viking!

We BBQ'd at Nana & Papa's for the actual holiday. I don't think this turtle was made for three kids, but why would that stop them?

The poor children of a "couponer". They may or may not have had popcorn and lemonade for dinner that night. But I scored some sweet deals!

Brandon's work had it's annual company party at Boondocks. It was a blast!

My boys and their water fights!

My lefty. I think he'll need to work on his form.

She knows, you are so jealous of this look.

One night Brandon had to work late. He is ultimately Erin's favorite person. When she couldn't wait for daddy any longer, Ben became her next choice. She absolutely insisted on Ben holding her. I'm loving how cute they are to eachother!

Our friend, Korbyn, came to play with us. What goofballs we have!

This was a couple of weeks ago when the tomato plant was as tall as Ben. It is now taking over the whole garden!

Catch up

So here's some of what we've been doing the last 6 weeks...

The kids and I went with our friends to the Bean Museum at BYU. They had a blast.

We had quite the crew.

J-Bear loves Gazelles.

The handy-men

Out in the yard

It's garden time!!!
My studly farmer.

Mother's Day

We had lunch at my aunt's and she set up games for the kids.

One night it was too hard to convince the kids to come inside for dinner, so we just ate outside. Hopefully the birds enjoyed cleaning up instead of me!

And finally....we had family pictures taken. These are courtesy of CheapShots again. I know I've said it before, but they have fabulous prices for on location shoots and give you all the images with copyright. There's a button with their link on the right. (Tell them I referred you and we both get a free 8x10!)

After celebrating our 8th! anniversary this month, I'm happy to still catch him checking me out from time to time. :)

We had some taken with Brandon's parents before they gear up for a mission.

This last picture really sums up the entire event. Ben happy to smile at the camera while Erin was adorably grumpy about that big black thing in her face.

Here is my attempt to actually post things close to when they happen instead of at the end of the month. We'll see how it goes....

First are just some random pics of the kids being cute and playing together.

Erin has learned how to say "cheese" and likes to ham it up for the camera. Ben likes to stay in the competition for cheesiness. Ben got out his table and chairs and set them up all by himself. He was so excited to show me his surprise. I pretended to be excited, even though I had just put them away to get his room ready for his Grandma & Grandpa to stay. Oh well, cute is cute, even when it means more work.

And yes, I'm still having way too much fun with Erin's hair. The best part is that she is always asking me to do it. She grabs it and instructs: "pretty!"

Easter came in 3 parts for us. First, and egg hunt with Brandon's parents at our house on Saturday morning.

(It may look like I'm instructing Erin on proper candy eating methods, but really I'm just biting a piece in half for her.)

Part 2 was Easter morning at home, which we didn't get any good pictures of. Next was the egg hunt at Nana & Papa's house, where we completely forgot to take our camera. So, I'll just end with another cute picture of Erin loving the camera.

Hope you all had a great Easter as well!

Not only did I slack on my blogging in March, but also on my picture taking. Can we see a pattern here? Oh well, here's March at a glance.

Erin's favorite past time is eating. She's a tiny little thing, but she's an insatiable eating machine! On this particular occasion she climbed up onto the table, grabbed the box of cereal, sat in her booster, pulled out the bag, and began her snack. She's got speed on her side too. I was doing something across the room and saw her, but by the time I got to her it was too late. So, why not grab the camera?

We've had glimpses of warm weather, so of course we've been outside whenever possible.

At the park...

...or at home.

"She let us out! Run free!"

We've had some problems with our freezer that Brandon has been working on. But, when the tools come out, our helper is there!
While the boys are working, guess what Erin is doing...