Last Week of School!

Oh my goodness, this year has gone by so fast!

Wesley loved 1st grade and he rocked it! 

 His end of year program was so cute. 

 We love Mrs Toomey, and we hope she stays around for our other two.

Jaycee also loved 4th grade and her teacher Mrs Gus. They are both going to miss their teachers.

 At the same time they were both super excited for summer!

 The kids think they need to have a sleepover in the living room every night...I think I will let them for a couple days.

Alright summer, show us what you got!

Memorial Day

We had a great day! It started off with a visit to Great Grandma and Grandpa Allreds house.

 We are so blessed to be able to visit with them.

Me, Bensen and Viv have gone to visit them a few times since they have been in their new place. Every time we go Jaycee and Wesley are sad that they didn't get to come, so they were excited to come this time.

They even treated us to ice cream and cookies.

They sure know how to treat us right!

 After our visit we headed down to Sanpete County to visit some graves, but decided to stop off at the temple first.

 It was fun taking our kids to the place where we were sealed.

 My parents, and both of their parents were also sealed in the Manti Temple.

 On our wedding day me and Mike took a similar picture to this one, it is fun having our kids in this one.

 Our first grave stop was in Ephraim. Here we saw some of our Allred side. Including Ila May who Jaycee and Mae are named for.

 From there we went to Wales and saw some of our Bailey side, who Wesley and Vivian were named after. Next year we will have to go visit the Borgstrom side,  Bensen, Vivian and Wes were also named for people on their side.

 Before we headed home we went up a little canyon in Wales and went shooting.

It really was a great day. It was fun remembering those who have gone before us, I am so grateful for them and their stories. I know I am who I am today because them.

Jam Jam Jam

We were able to get some strawberries pretty cheap from the BDO, so I made jam. Nothing fancy, just followed the instructions from the sure jell packet. But it is yummy!

 I am the messiest cook.  Whenever I make anything my kitchen ends up in a disaster! One of the many reasons I hate cooking. Canning is the worst tho.

I just had to document how messy I am. :)

Happy Birthday Viv!

It is so hard to believe that she is already a year old! How did that happen. It is kind of sad that my baby isn't a little baby any more.

 It is crazy how much they grow and change in one year!

She weighs 20 lbs, 5 oz. for her height and weight it puts her right at about 50% BMI.

 She is such a good baby. She sleeps through the night. She can walk. She took her first couple of steps march 25. She also likes to climb on everything. She loves being outside, eating dirt, mulch and anything else she can find out there.

She pulls the funniest faces!

 She doesn't really say any words. She says mama and dada but not like they mean anything.

She had a temper, if you take something from her she screams. She will yell at the kids, it is pretty cute.

She has her two bottom teeth. The top ones have been trying to come through but haven't made it yet.

She shakes her head yes and no a lot.

She likes books especially the ones she can ripe up!

She loves her daddy.

She is shy. She doesn't love strangers, and even to those she sees all the time it takes her a good while to warm up to them. She can be pretty serious and sometimes she makes you work really hard for a smile.

She is adored by her sister and brothers and extended families. She always has someone to take care of her.

We celebrated her birthday on April 30th at the Bailey's along with Trevor and Branson.Then again on May 7th with Grandma and Grandpa Borgstrom. April is a crazy month for birthdays for us.

We sure love her and we are so glad Heavenly Father sent her to us.

Easter! And Picture Overload

The kids had there first hunt with South Weber City.

They got so much candy! This was our F.H.E for the night.

 On Friday the kids dyed Easter eggs. Bensen even attempted to eat one. It was so funny. He took a bite then said "It has a banana inside of it, that's funny!" We did not correct him, he also didn't finish it. But at least he tried something new.

 On Saturday we went to the Wendell's Easter Egg hunt. They did a BBQ then the hunt. It was a lot of fun!

 Oh my goodness, even more candy!

I woke up before everybody on Easter so I decided to hurry and jump in the shower. I guess I wasn't fast enough because when I got out everyone was waiting for me. 

 The Easter Bunny had the kids all stumped this year. He gets trickier and trickier every year.

 Vivian loved the twix in her basket.

 Since we were all up and ready pretty early I decided we needed to take some fun Easter pictures.

 Out by the peach tree was a great spot, but the kids were having a hard time keeping their eyes open with the bright sun.

 So we came on the other side of the pine trees in the shade...perfection!

 After church we headed over to the Baileys for ANOTHER HUNT! and BBQ.

 These kids have enough candy to last for years! I guess it's time to throw out the old Halloween, Christmas, and Valentines candy.

After we headed over to the Borgstroms and guess what??? More hunting!

I love that we get to get together so often.

I am grateful for my Savior and for the resurrection. I know that through Jesus Christ all things are possible, and that we can return to live with our Heavenly Father again, and be resurrected. I hope our kids will remember what we have taught them concerning Jesus and the resurrection.