Another one already?!

My big boy turned eight last month and was baptized!

HOLY COW!

Doesn't he look so handsome in his new suit?

More Crew Pictures

I finally got a chance to go out and take Crew's birthday pictures today!

I had to order the large balloons online,

so they weren't here for his birthday.

Then the throw-ups started going around.

Then  it was windy!

So today was the day!

I love how they turned out.

What a cute little man I have!

Crew's Birthday

 My baby turned a year old yesterday!

How can that be?

They grow so slow inside my tummy, 

then they come out and time flies by!

 

Look how he's grown!

Picture Chaos!

Does anyone else have this hard a time trying to take pictures?

Maybe having eight kids under the age of nine has something to do with it!

Aren't they a good lookin' bunch of cousins?

And one smokin' hot proud Grandma!

Trying for a Christmas Card

After the last attempt and having to many of the pictures not turn out,

I borrowed a camera from a good friend to try to get a picture for the Christmas card.

These all didn't make the cut,

the kids are becoming less and less tolerant of my picture taking.

I did manage to get one for the card, so that is done!

Can you say Yay!?

Camera Testing

 I took the kids out on the mesa trying to test my camera.

It's been acting pretty funny lately, giving me blurry pictures or not wanting to shoot at all.

I was able to catch these though out of nearly 100 pictures shot.

I love my kiddos and can't believe how fast they're growing.

They are all so much fun at the stages they're at though.

I can't believe we have another one on the way!

In case you' re wondering

We had our ultrasound today for baby number 6!

Yes we are crazy!

But if your gonna do it, better getter done!

Baby BOY is due March 19th

(imagine baby is sitting on a glass table and your looking up from underneath)

Nasty!

This is an actual conversation I had with Bode only moments ago as I was clipping his fingernails after his bath...

Bode (as he's pulling his hand from mine) "Don't clip my fingernails! I like them long!"

Me (knowing how the boy likes to pick his nose) "I know why you want them long, so you can pick your nose."

Bode (with a little chuckle) "I like to pick my nose. And eat my buggers when I'm hungry."

Me (totally grossed out at this point, I knew he picked not ate) "Bode, just tell me when you get hungry. I'll feed you food, not buggers."

Bode "But when I don't like the food, then I like the buggers."

So obviously I need to make him eat dinner, even when he doesn't like the food.

Otherwise he's going to fill up on BUGGERS!

NASTY!!

I have the neatest friends!

My talented friend Nicole watched a few of my kiddos

for a few hours this morning while I ran errands.

This is how they looked when I returned!

(a peacock, chosen by Hayley)

(a butterfly of course)

(and a dragon)

I love it! 

And she did all this while watching eight kids!

Pretty amazing! Thanks Nicole!

A New Ride!

(for Crew, that is)

Look what I got for my birthday!

I have a bike trailer already but the four older kids all know how to ride

and Crew just doesn't sit well enough on his own to ride in that alone.

So I asked for a seat to go on my bike.

And Crew loves it!

He fell asleep on his first ride in it.

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!

HELLO SUMMER!

Yesterday was the kids last day of school!

I can't believe how fast this year went.

The kids did awesome in school and had a lot of fun.

I thought it would be fun to compare pictures from the first and last day.

I think Hannah has definately grown the most.

She looks so much older to me.

I'm going to miss my little kinder :)

Gone is the look of worry from this studly kid!

And look at my little poser!

It really went by too fast!

Riding Popcorn

Last Saturday the kids and I headed out to my Mom's while Brian was at the station.

After Silas got home we went down to Great Grandpa's barn to see the new baby,

and to ride old Popcorn.

Hayley was so excited to get to ride by herself.

They were in the round pen most of the time,

but she even got to ride in the wide open spaces for a bit.

She loved it!

Gage and Bode thought it was fun to get Popcorn going!

It wasn't even a trot, but the boys were sliding off and having fun!

Silas even showed the kids how to mount the horse!

Easter Pics

I took the kids out to try to get some pictures the other day.

Man is it difficult with FIVE!

I didn't get as good as pictures as I had envisioned, but they did OK.

I really love the location, maybe I'll try again.

Part of the problem was the darn sun.

Maybe we'll get an overcast day soon and I can try again.

This is the best I could get of them all.

Crew would hardly look up because the sun was too bright.

He's definitely not smiling like the Crew we're used to.

His Faux-Hawk fell!

And this is how he feels about it!

My baby needs to stop growing

He's four months old already?!

I really don't like how fast time flies when talking about my babies.

I have been eating him up and am in no hurry for him to hit those milestones.

I want him to stay a baby forever.

Crew has really discovered his voice this month.

He loves to hear himself talk, and scream, and growl!

He knows how to get our attention when he wants it, and I love it!

I really need to video the growl, cause its the cutest!

I just love him to pieces!

Bode's Four Year Pictures

So last week I finally got around to taking Bode's four year birthday pics.

The morning we went out it was raining, (which you can't tell in the pics, but it was)

Being overcast made for perfect lighting, but also hides the mountains which would have been in these shots.

I guess you can't have everything.

Bode did great and even smiled between making funny faces at me.

I can't believe my baby is getting so big.

He's showing me how old he is!