When one of your Grandpa's is a rocket scientist, they can't pass up buying a giant water pressure rocket at Costco, and setting it off on Sunday after dinner. :) Lucky grandkids!
Another Spring night, another kickball culdesac party :)
When we moved into the house, the backyard grass was quite lacking, due to the enormous amount of shade provided by the 6 huge trees out back. Over the years, 4 of the trees have died and every time we got a windstorm, we were terrified they'd fall on our house or the neighbor's. And after so many years of free-ranging the rabbits back there, the backyard was looking quite shabby. But it's crazy expensive to have trees chopped down, did you know that? We would have done it ourselves, but the trees are so close to homes, we were nervous our inexperience would cause a major accident. So this year, we finally got 4 huge trees chopped down, and we re-sodded the back yard. It is looking so great out there! We were so thankful to our family for helping us out with this huge project.
Grandma and Grandpa Crosby pop in for a quick visit while they were up here for a Hinckley siblings meeting! We'll take any chance we have to see them, so my Mom can snuggle Davy and my Dad can play the "drop the dollar" game with the kids. Always a highlight!
This kid...He gives me a run for my money every day. If my memory serves me correctly, he's my most challenging kid at this stage. It feels like it's been that way for a while now. :) He's plenty adorable..but I can't trust him alone for very long, unless I want a giant mess to clean up later.
Some yummy garden produce! The radishes have been amazing this year, and we have had so many greens growing that I had plenty of spinach to make lots and lots of pesto with! YUM!
Miles has been invited to a lot of birthday parties etc lately, much to his delight and the frustration of his little sisters. I'm so glad Miles has good friends in his life!
Lindy snapped this photo of me. I wasn't aware she was taking pictures and was surprised to find it on my phone later, along with about a billion other kid selfies and videos. I almost deleted it, but I'm glad I didn't. It's an accurate representation of me right now, imperfections and all. I'm tired, but I'm trying.
We finished our school year!!! We all breathed a sigh of relief when we finished all of our required math and language arts! Whew!
I turned 33! For one reason or another I was moody all morning. Even with so many kind friends and family reaching out to tell me Happy Birthday or bring a little treat! I'm so blessed with good people in my life! I was working on changing my attitude, when I went to pick up a rain water barrel we had ordered in SLC, and a lady there asked me if I was pregnant. Ugh. That will never get easier to take. Luckily, Grandma and Grandpa Garner offered to babysit that night so that Richie and I could go to the temple! It saved the day! When we came out there was a beautiful rainbow outside! I took a picture of it, and then Richie reluctantly said, "Ok, let's get this over with. I know you want to." And he agreed to take a selfie with me. :) haha!!
We got to have Paris here for the weekend before we dropped him off at EFY. My kids were in heaven!!! And he was such a good sport. We took advantage of a break in the raining to check out the fairies at Gardner Village. :) Always a hit.
Memorial Day! We always love going to the Bluffdale Cemetery and visiting Mathhew and Karl and Helen, and participating in their ceremony there.
To end our history study this year, Makenna and I decided to take the kids to the State Capitol building. They have a Vietnam memorial there we thought would be fitting to see. Too bad it was under construction! But we did happen upon an exhibit about the transcontinental railroad, which fit right in with what we studied this year. I don't think the kids made that connection though. The coolest part to them was riding the elevators with glass doors so you could see the floors as you went up or down! My favorite part, by far, was the fact that there were tons of Chinese tourists there. One lady mimed to me, asking to take a picture of us. I said yes, and pretty soon about 15 other Chinese people were swarming our kids and taking their pictures! We stood there for a solid 15 minutes while they held up Lindy's blonde braids, and picked Brendan up. It. was. hilarious. I was crying from laughter!
Just some random, fun kid moments; plus a poem Gwen wrote at activity days about spring. :)
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