Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

Holy Cow- my little baby boy is ONE! He is so much fun. He is also quite a handful. He is a  major explorer and loves to get into anything and everything. He is ALL BOY! I can't imagine life without this little bundle of joy and craziness. He makes me so happy!

He was really mad that he couldn't get a hold of his cake!

We set him right on the table to open present, and he actually opened them.

He just wanted to play with everything her opened. Thanks to my family, he got spoiled rotten with some amazing gifts.

I held him while everyone sang "Happy Birthday".

Then we gave him his cake. He checked it out for about 3 seconds then he dug right in.

He ate...

then drank...

then stuffed it into his mouth as fast as he could.
I even ended up giving him another piece.

We cleared out the kitchen sink and put him right in, clothes and all. 

He thought it was the coolest thing ever.

He ended up in just a diaper to play with his awesome toys for the rest of the night.  It was sure a fun birthday!

Anne's First Day of School

Anneliese is in kindergarten. I was really wishing that it was full-day but I think Paysli would go crazy without her home for that long. She is loving school but she doesn't say much about it. It is so fun to have two kids in school and it's so nice to be back to a schedule.

Aren't they such cuties!?!? Shaersti wanted to match Anne for her first day.

That big yellow bus has got to be pretty intimidating for such a little girl!

The Derby

We had the awesome opportunity of going to the fair and the derby with our  3 girls. We thought about leaving Paysli home but ended up so grateful that we didn't! I have never seen a little girl love a derby so much. She watched every second of it and still talks about it  like crazy.

This was the first 10 seconds of the whole derby. One car flipped another one all the way upside down. I'm not sure if I have ever seen that happen before but it was pretty cool.

Shaersti's First Day of School

My big "2nd Grader" was sure excited to go to school this year. She even got the teacher she wanted. She is growing up so fast, it's hard to believe that she will get baptized in a few months. 

Let the Boy Sleep!

I have yet to figure out this child's best sleep schedule!

Camp Mary with the Emett's

We had so much fun at Camp Mary with the Fuller's, we went right back with the Emett's! Brigham was in heaven.  Between the two trips he ruined a few pairs of pants. He pretty much just explored on the ground all day every day.

Look at that awesome pile of 4-wheelers! The kids had so much fun on them- thanks to my brothers for providing them. 

Oh ya... it was my birthday up there, too.

This is Scott riding a clutch 4-wheeler with one had only one week out of surgery.  The man is crazy!

Josh and Michelle just being, well... Josh and Michelle.

Callie and Paysli

Anne doing her favorite thing, coloring.

Michelle and Addi giving kisses

Lots of little girls

Brigham loved getting ran around in the stroller. It was pretty cold and rainy and he had on about 3 layers of clothes. What a puff-a-lump!

Scott and Brigham passed out on the swing.

Chelsea helping with Brigham.

Paysli showing off her stash after my dad hosted our awesome candy bar game.

You can't go camping without an accident, right? The kids were playing night games and apparently Becca didn't have a flashlight. She ran right into a barbed wire fence. We had to put her onto a table, take her torn clothes off and attempt to close her wounds. Although Jason did a great job, it just wan't quite good enough. My parents ended up taking her to the ER for stitches in two different places on one leg, not to mention her wounds everywhere else. It was pretty sad but she was a good sport... the next day anyway.

Scott's swollen hand

Anne was a maniac on the 4-wheeler! She spent the entire weekend going around the property  in circles. 

Scott's Post-Op Appointment

We went for Scott's post-op appointment and had no idea what to expect... but this wasn't it. We thought he would have a 1-inch cut, not one the length of his whole hand!