May

For Memorial Day, we went to Rohnert Park to see Clarke's beautiful family. They were fantastic hosts. We went to Armstrong State Park and the coast. So awesome.
I put Taylor & McKay in T-ball this year. It's perfect for us. We aren't really baseball fans, or sport fans for that matter, so this 45 minute, don't- keep-score team is just right.
. He's the best. baby. ever. He's crawling and cruising around the furniture now. He has his first teeth coming in at eight months!
Taylor graduated first grade and did great this year. She received an award for reading the most books in her class. Go Taylor.

Other news: Maren is potty trained. It took a day with Dad. Spencer gets most of the credit. Thank you, husband.

McKay graduated from Preschool. He was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up and he said, "a bad guy". Oh dear!!! Why does he love to be bad?

McKay is swinging!

I'm so glad that he finally learned how!!!

scripture study

We started reading the Book of Mormon this year. It's amazing to me that even McKay and Maren enjoy it--they don't even read yet. There is a special spirit that comes with this book.

Oh, and it helps that we read at bedtime. So of course they would rather read the scriptures than go to bed.

Reading each night has brought some unexpected blessings. Taylor has leaped ahead of her class in her reading advancement. It's awesome to hear her reading words like "iniquities", "inheritance", "merciful" and "obedience"--with no help!

This has been great for our family.

i haven't blogged in a while

So recently I became a facebooker and consequently, I have been neglecting my blog!

Here's Benson at six months. Yes, his eyes are always just like that. Pop!
Here's the girls playing on a cold, wet, spring day in their princess dresses. There they go to check for eggs.

I've only given Benson plain oatmeal cereal and he's not the biggest fan. Maybe I need to add something to it.
We built these budget shelves in our garage. They were so inexpensive and easy, and they get the junk lying in my garage off the floor--yay!

Spencer put this bouncer-thingy in a hook in the wall and we love it just as much as Benson loves it.

I love my little bold boy!

spencer's b-day

I had a great time planning Spencer's birthday. I made him a homemade German Chocolate cake; and it turned out great. We went golfing for our first time. It was challenging, but a lot of fun. We can't wait to go again! We went out to dinner. The kids, unfortunately, didn't get to be with Dad much on his birthday; they did, however, get to play with grandparents.