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Jake eating apples and trying to make us laugh. His latest joke is yelling "Hi". That's it.

He loves a hat and sunglasses

He's getting into everything



 Loves to say "cheese" when I take his picture

Grace started gymnastics preschool and loves it. I had her dressed in jeans and a shirt but she changed at the last minute into a dress. I had to talk her into the leggings so she wouldn't be on display.

Jake and Kate on their way to a water park. I love that they held hands.

Oral Surgery

Grace went to the oral surgeon to have an extra front tooth removed. She had a loose baby tooth, a new extra tooth coming in, then an adult tooth behind it. She was so excited about the surgery. Here's the outfit she picked out on her "oral surgery day".

Her Smile Before



The Extraction, bloody shot courtesy of Chad

Post Surgery Smile

They gave her an IV and put her to sleep and the recovery has been really easy. She gets the pink medicine (who doesn't like that - yum!)

The tooth fairy gave her two gold dollar coins which she used to buy slushies.



Best of Times, Worst of Times

Kate and Jake love/hate eachother right now. They were laughing so hard in the van the other day. I let them each have a little snack container and they would run away from me when I would try to get them out. Here they are in all their messy 18 month and 2 1/2 year glory. Jake has a big goose egg on his forehead and scratch from a fall; one of many lately!

Cheers!

It's the best of times and the worst of times right now. Kate and Jake are so cute/so whiny. I'm so thankful to be pregnant, but I'm so tired and big. I don't recognize myself anymore. Kate and I were eating lunch yesterday and she leaned over, gave me a hug and said "Thank you Mommy." She then did it over and over saying "Thank you Mommy, Love you." Today when I put her down for a nap she kept crying and saying "turn around, turn around!" I had no idea what she wanted. I then saw her CD player was turned sideways and put it back straight and she smiled and closed her eyes. Yikes!

Our Little Graduate

Grace is done with preschool and will start kindergarten in the fall. She loves being 5 and tells me how big she is all the time. She also has random thoughts she loves to share. The other day she asked if I knew that the color blue was actually "blue blonde". (we had been discussing hair color earlier) She then said, "See this chair. (it was teal) This is blue blonde Mom." She then explained how purple is really purple gold. The details of this color enlightenment lasted about 30 minutes as I pulled weeds outside. Once she knew I had really listened and could confirm her idea she moved on. I asked how she knew all this. She said "I'm 5. I just know."

Her Last Day of School

Kate's favorite "trick"

Jake's favorite pastime: cleaning up what others leave at the table

Grace wanted to nap outside so Jake asked for a blanket and joined her.



Kids on the tramp



It's Spring

Snow on the mountains, grass on the ground. All is right with the world.

Scooter rides again, who cares that the sun is blinding them? The sun is out!

One happy guy

A ponytail and summer clothes

A guitar to reminisce about our recent trip to see Matt and Kliss in Vegas. Unfortunately I didn't take pictures, but we all had so much fun. Grace found her new husband in Zack, I'm not sure he's ready to commit. We hiked, went to a show called Mystique (trippy circus), and ate lots of great food all cooked by our gracious hosts. We partied late and by the 3rd night I was hammered. It made for a long car ride home but well worth it.

St. George

Girl's getaway to St. George...

My one and only picture

We hiked snow canyon, shopped, ate, relaxed. It was fun to be with Melanie and Amy without our kids (as much as we love them :)) We missed Tami and hope to make it an annual event.

While we were away Clint came to our house and the kids and boys survived. Someone took these fabulous shots with my camera

Josh

Charlie could be a stuffed animal

Sophie

conference weekend



Easter in Idaho

Easter was warm in Idaho! I am documenting this so I have proof the next time I complain about weather. We went to an egg hunt at Melanie's kids school which was great.

Sarah

Michael will be 14 this month. I remember dating Chad when he was born. Yikes!

Kate enjoyed putting stickers on her face instead of the eggs.

6AM Easter morning

 Grace and Brooklyn with Rags