6 years old!

 Happy Birthday Madisen!! (April 21st)

For Madisen's B-day I took cupcakes to her class. Her teacher, Ms. Belcher and her class sang to her and it was really cute. My brother,  Randy came and stay with us for a few days and was able to come to her class party too. 

Emily sure enjoyed the frosting on the cupcake.

And later that day, Avery took Madisen's B-day stickers she got from Uncle Randy and put them all over her mouth. Madisen wasn't too happy about that, but at least it kept Avery quite for awhile... haha!

Madisen got spoiled. She was really excited about the gifts she got, a puzzle, a new dress, a dog, money from Grandma and Grandpa Newman, play dough set from Nate and Erin, a dinosaur egg and dinosaur poop( the poop was playdough, that had fish bones in it. Guess the dinosaur was a carnivore! haha! Madi was so excited to watch the dinosaur egg crack open and out came a Pterodactyl)  from Grandpa and Grandma Hodges. And a few other things. Yep, she and Emily got spoiled this year!  And she is really excited that she is now 6 like the other kids in her class. We love you Madisen! 

Happy Birthday Emily (and Ethan)!

Our Birthday Girl... (April 19th!)

She's got grooves.

She's totally hip.... "wazz up?"

She's got the moves.

She's got mommy's make-up.

She's very sweet.

She's got a cute bum.

She's a real treat.

 And if you add it all up, she comes to the right sum!

I don't rhyme very often as you can see.

 I am terrible at it. 

 You learn too much about me, 

and the sorry state of my wit.

Yet, I thought I would try.

And see what I could do,

But not before I asked myself why?

Why am I so askew?

(This post is not about poetry...but I wanted to write a poem for Emily as I have done in the past with my other kids. I was always terrible at poetry in High School. I always envied those that could rhyme really well, but I keep trying!)

I can't believe our baby is TWO!! It's hard to believe Emily and Ethan were born two years ago. Time has gone quickly. I sometimes wish I could turn back time and enjoy the moments with them again when they were born even though it was very difficult, it was such a joyful time as well.  Emily is doing great! She is not talking a whole lot yet, but understands so much and still loves figuring things out and loves playing with anything electronic. She has a sweet demeanor and can be very bashful. Yet, she also can be real independent and stubborn. She is a cuddle bug and loves to sit on my lap and be held. She loves when I read books to her and she LOVES playing outside. If she could have her way, she would be outside all day long. She's loves to eat chocolate, chicken, and salads.

She is about 22-23 pounds. Tiny and petite but that doesn't stop her.  She sure knows how to stand up for herself and get what she wants with her sisters. 

We Love you Emily!!! And we miss you Ethan!!!

General Conference

It's Conference Weekend!!!

I always look forward to Conference and the things I can learn from it.

Make sure to check it out here if you missed it!

Go Fly a Kite!

We went and flew kites a few weeks ago and had such a good time, that I suggest to everyone to do with your kids. It was really fun and I haven't flew a kite in years!! Since I was young-er. It was a great activity. The kids loved it. And it didn't cost much at all! And they were so worn out afterwards that they went to bed a little early and what parent doesn't enjoy a night to themselves?! haha!

One Eye- Beauty.

Avery and Madisen were watching "Sleeping Beauty" that I picked up from the library. This movie is one of my favorites but it has a few scary scenes from when the witch turns into a dark fire- breathing dragon and tries to kill the prince! I saw Avery from across the room and asked her if she was scared and if she wanted Mom to turn it off. She hesitantly said, "No. I'm not scared." While never looking away from the screen.

 But this is what she was doing....

Do you believe her?

As if seeing with only one eye will make it less scary. :)