Where To Start?

Bensen had his first taste of baby oatmeal...he loved it!

 The kids love to stack stuff on top of Bensen.  They call it "taking care of him", I wouldn't call it that. :)

 On June 10th Jaycee got her ears pierced for an early birthday present.

 Jaycee had her birthday party at Debbie's pool.  We had a blast! Bensen liked this nice warm pool much better then the freezing pool in St. George.

 It is hard to believe that Jaycee is 7! When did that happen?

Jaycee is such a good helper.  She is always packing Bensen around.  If he starts to cry, she is right there talking to him, making him smile.  She is such a good big sister. She even helps Wesley occasionally.  She likes to tumble and play soccer.  She is the biggest tease in the world! She is goofy and she likes to make people laugh.  We love her so much and we are so blessed to have her in our family.

 We slept in our house for the first time on June 14! We had a camp out in the living room.

 A big mess that only got worse! Don't worry it looks much better now.

 To this day, Jaycee's room is the only one that is truly unpacked and finished. Don't worry though we are working hard at getting thing put away.  This is by far the hardest move we have ever made. We have so much stuff.  That's the hardest part is going through all the stuff we have collected over the years and throwing it out.  Some of the boxes are things we never unpacked in Hooper.  My guess is I probably don't need anything in those boxes.

We went to Star Valley.

 It is so beautiful.  I think this was at Cottonwood Lake.

 We love cousins!

 These pictures don't even do the beauty justice! But look at those cute kids.

 This water was freezing!

 We were able to ride the Snake River! It was a lot of fun.  Some got to do two runs, those with babies only got to do one.  Here we are waiting for the first group to come by.

 There they go.

 After Jaycee saw this she told me she didn't want me to go because she didn't want me to die! Side note, Amber told the kids to stay away from the river, that if they fell in they would die. I'm pretty sure that is where that came from.

We had a lot of fun and everyone stayed in the boat this year. :)

 

 Only the adults and Josh and Parson were able to ride the river, so after we took some of the kids to the Teton National Park and let the kids paddle around in String Lake.  The kids loved it.  We had to force them to get out. 

 It was a little windy and rainy but that didn't stop the kids from playing in the cold water!

 We eventually had to make the kids get out of the water.

 Colton only slipped into the water like twice!  This kid is crazy, he cracks me up!

 My sweet Bensen just loved being outside.  He didn't seem to mind the breeze or the rain.

 My handsome boys.

 Just look at that face! Bensen is seriously the best baby ever.

 Cousins on the 4th of July.

We took our kids to their first rodeo...I liked it.  The kids got a little bored. It was a cattle ranch rodeo, so they did events that happen at the ranch.  It was different.

 Here they are getting excited for the fireworks.

 Right before we went home some of us played kick ball. Here is our cheering squad. Jaycee did come out and play soon after I took this.

 This is how Wesley rolls!

We had such a good trip, it is so beautiful there.  I love it.  Next time I would like to try going to Yellowstone.

Since we have been home Bensen has been rolling all over the place.  He has been able to roll from his back to his belly for a while.  Then he would be stuck on his stomach.  In the last couple days he has mastered rolling from his belly to his back. 

I guess it is time to put up the baby gates!

Happy Easter!

I know I say this every time I post, but time is going by so fast! I'm having a hard time keeping up.  Jaycee is loving soccer, and she is doing so good! It's like night and day from last season.  Abbie, Ellie, Mae, and Paige are all on the team, and they are all doing so good. They only have one boy on their team and he has only played with them half the time.  So they like to do girl power cheers...it's pretty cute.  The other day they played a team of all boys, one of the boys said "Girls are so hard to play!" That made their day.

The house is moving right along. We have some exterior, the brick is finished and they have started the stucco.

We finished up the tile last week.

 There was so much tile! Luckily we have amazing families who were a huge help! We couldn't have done it without them.  Well, we could have, but it would have taken a lot longer and it wouldn't look half as good. :)

The finish guy has been there for about a week.  All the door upstairs have been hung, most of the moldings are up.  It's exciting seeing everything come together.

We had such a good Easter. For the week before Easter we found a fun thing in the Friend to try.  We read scriptures about Jesus, and listened to primary songs. Then the kids found the right picture to go along with the story. It was fun, and I think the kids got something out of it...hopefully.

I am so grateful for my Savior, for the atonement, and for the resurrection. There is a video going around called "Because of Him".  It is really good.  Because of Him I can have my family, my freedom, and everything...really.

 

 I'm so grateful for the gospel, and don't want to image my life without it, or without these three. I am so blessed.

 Look at that handsome boy!

The kids had fun with Easter egg hunts, they had three this year.  They are so lucky to have family so close together. I love how much they love each other.

This is the South Weber hunt, with some of the Borgstrom and Bailey cousins.

 The Borgstrom hunt.

 The Bailey hunt.

 

 



 

 I don't remember ever getting as much candy as these kids do!  I was telling Mike the other day that when I was a kid we hid boiled eggs, not candy filled eggs, and we loved it.  We would hide them over and over again...I don't remember ever eating the eggs though. :) Know I have to figure out what to do with all this candy, the kids have been bouncing off the walls since Sunday. And it's not doing me any good either!

Happy Easter!

 

 

Baby Blessing

Time is going by so fast! Bensen is already almost 7 weeks old! We blessed him last Sunday, March 2. I am so grateful for the priesthood, and the blessing he received that day, and that Mike was able to bless him. 

 Bensen with Grandma LouLou.

 He is such a good baby. Aunt Jaime is always saying how relaxed and chill he is. He is pretty smiley, the camera just doesn't do his little toothless grin justice.

 Grandma and Grandpa Borgstrom.

 Bensen has the best big sister and big brother. They love to hold him and take care of him. There was one day I was going to get in the shower and Wesley told me he would watch Bensen for me.  I told him I was going to put him in his car seat and take him into the bathroom with me. He decided he needed to come too, so he sat in the bathroom and watched him the whole time I was in the shower! Anytime he even moved Wesley was right there to make sure he was ok, or put his binky back in his mouth. It was pretty cute. Jaycee always wants to hold him, first thing when she gets home from school (which I hate! I just imagine her covered in all those elementary school germs!). I do let her hold him, but she has to wash up first.

They sure love him. 

 Here he is with Grandpa Max and Brody.

 Grandma and Grandpa Bailey.

 Grandma Carmae.

 Me and my Bens.

I loved his little outfit.  I bought his bowtie and suspenders on esty, I found his shirt at Toy r Us, and I made his pants! I found the pants tutorial here. That was actually pretty fun, and put me in the mood to try some other things.  Usually when I sew things they don't turn out like they are supposed to, this time they did! It gave me a little confidence, I'm thinking about making Jaycee a skirt and Wesley some pants. We will see how motivated I stay. 

 Bensen and Daddy.

 And another shot of his sweet outfit.

He really is a good baby. He sleeps ok for a newborn.  I get up ever 2-4 hours, he does so good, but it usually takes me a good 30 minutes to an hour to get him back to sleep. He's been pretty congested so that doesn't help.

Here is the latest updated picture of the house.  It has windows now, I just haven't taken a picture the last week or so.  We are all getting pretty excited. Mike has been paying the kids when they come and help us clean up. Clean up is one of our sweat equity items. The kids love to help.  It has been pretty fun. Jaycee is saving her money for a kendama. I'm not sure what Wesley is saving up for, but he need $40!

 

 One of the best things about our new house is the backyard! I am looking forward to spending a lot of time back there.

The kids already love playing back there. I can't wait till there is grass, so they aren't always a muddy mess.
For Valentines this year my mom invited all the kids over before school and had a nice Valentines breakfast.  Then around 4 we went to Chuck-a-Rama with Mikes family. After that Jaycee and Wesley went to Sarah's house to play, while me, Mike and Bensen watched TV.  Romantic huh? It was nice to just relax. With having a new baby we don't get out much.

The kids both fight over who gets to shower with Bensen, so this night they all got in their swim suits and went swimming in Grandma LouLou's bathtub.

Problem solved.



I know Bensen doesn't look thrilled, but I'm sure he liked it.



I know Jaycee and Wesley loved it. They have begged me every night to do it again.

 Jaycee lost another tooth. She had a loose tooth for a while.  I was teasing her that if she pulled her tooth out she would have more money for her kendama. About two minutes later she came out of the bathroom holding her tooth...I guess she really wants that kendama!
I signed Jaycee up for spring soccer.  She is pretty excited to start playing again. Wesley has been saying he wants to try tumbling again, so I think I'm going to let him try.  Last time he tried he liked it for about 2 weeks, then it was too hard.  He does not want to do soccer again.
I started to play soccer again four weeks after Bensen was born. I missed it a lot! I had a pretty rocky start, I felt like by body was betraying me...not doing what I wanted it to.   I've only fell on my butt once, so I guess it's not too bad. It will be nice when I get into better shape and my body will do what I tell it to. 
We are all so excited for warm weather.  It has been so nice out (when it's not raining) we have loved going on walks and riding bikes and just being able to send the kids out back to play.
Come on Spring. We are ready!