Easter Activities 2013

Carlie wasn't quite sure what to do with the Easter egg.  She was more intrigued by the grass she was sitting in.

This was the best picture I got with everyone & Ethan wanted to make faces in all the pictures.  Silly boy

 Lexi & her colored eggs.

Kalin & her colored eggs.

Ethan getting ready to color Easter eggs.

We made tie dye eggs this year.

And iridescent colored eggs too.

*Pics taken 3/30/13

Our Little Valentine Baby

Our little Carlie turned one & we had a little family party for her.

It's crazy that an entire year has already gone by.  I tried to take pictures every month so we could see her growth difference, but I missed a few months.

We are so blessed to have Carlie in our lives!

She loved her cupcakes.

*pics taken 2/14/13

Merry Christmas

Pumpkin Carving Time

Tonight we carved our pumpkins for FHE & we had Jessie & Barry over.

 

 

This year we let the kids design their own pumpkins instead of using a design from the book and we love how they all turned out.

 

 

Kalin hammering nails into her pumpkin.

 

 

She even drew over the front with a green marker to make it look even more frankensteinish.

 

 

Ethan took about 2 seconds to come up with his design and draw it on his pumpkin.

I guess he knew what he wanted.

 

 

Lexi must like the asymmetrical look.

 

 

Jessie & Barry designed their's together.

Awww, how cute!

 

Our happy family of pumpkins.



*pics taken 10/22/2012

Yellowstone 2012

It was cold and windy the day we went to Yellowstone, but as you can see, that didn't stop our kids from smiling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old Faithful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As we were leaving the park we got to see some bison up close. 

 

When this one put it's head up and looked at us, we were all quite ready to move on.

 

 

These were a little less intimidating.

So cool, that we were able to see them up so close.

 

 

*pics taken 10/13/2012

 

Fishy Food

This is the fish that Matthew caught...

This is the fish that Matthew grilled.

These are the kids that suffered through eating it (except Carlie)...

This one in particular was at the table for a few hours,

and we found most of the fish on the floor.

P.S.  The fish was really yummy, we just have silly kids.

*pics taken July 22, 2012

Growing Garden

These are the raised garden boxes Matthew and I built last spring.

For more on these, click here.

This is some of what we have growing right now.

Beans

variety of lettuce

Lots and lots of spinach

Squash

Cantaloupe & watermelon

Lots of Roma tomatoes

Zucchini

Peas

Carrots

Jalapeno peppers

Sunflowers & pumpkins

Basil

We're so excited to have a growing garden this year.

Next spring, we're hoping to add another raised garden bed, just for strawberries.

*pics taken 7/15/12