10 Full Days

I found these flower shoes for Molly.

 She obviously needs them.

 Andy, Meg and Maisie have track meets every week.

 Here are my patient spectators.

 They are all fast.

 Nick's pinewood derby car won!  "All my dreams have finally come true!" boasted Austin.

 Meg's meet was at Mingus.  Austin helped with times. He's helping her prepare as well.

 Bounce-house love.  He's so dreamy.

 So is he -- just not while eating.  OK.  That night we ate at a dumpy Chinese buffet.  We saw people that we recognized from all over.  He's pointing to the little boy that lives by the church that Meg waves to every morning.  We also saw the hill walker that walks up our hill daily.

 We matched on nicely.

 I kiss her all.  The.  Time.

 She's the best at playing games.

 I made jam. And bread.  But not tea with jam and bread.

 My kitchen was trashed afterwards.

 I always think I look so much better than I actually do.  I need more filters.

 Eddie and I made cookies.  He made ten baby cookies to share with all his peeps.

 These tracksters medal every meet.

 Someone captured me in my clean kitchen with Ryan following me around saying, "Hold you me."  I love it.  I did stop and hold him.  Why do I want a clean kitchen?  Why don't stop and just hold him?

 We went on a family hike to Sycamore Canyon.  The whole event was a disaster, but the surroundings were beautiful.

Ryan is 3!

Ryan is a very big boy-- he is 3!  Eddie helped him open his gifts and was very excited to see his new treasures.

 Breakfast was a Monday morning rush, but Ryan loves mush, so he was not disappointed one bit.

 Our nice friends invited us over to ride their quad and play in their yard.

 So we spent the morning outside jumping, running and playing.

 Which resulted in a birthday nap.

 Then, off we headed to hike and play in the river.  Both activites proved to be just right for our little boy who loves mud and sticks.

 Finally, a bundt and some singing helped our little boy, that is now so big, complete his special day.

 He now knows how to hold up three fingers and has mastered  the trick with both hands.

We love Ryan because he sings happy songs, plays ring-around-the-rosies after FHE every week, loves to sit and listen to books, follow Eddie's lead in all games and exploration, kiss his baby and make her smile, wash dishes with mother, and eat every thing good for his body.  We are so glad he's ours.

Eddie is Very Big!

Eddie is five today!  He opened five presents, just right for the occasion.

 We spent the morning reading scriptures and playing with Maddie -- she stayed home to celebrate with us.

 We went to the theater to see "Beauty and the Beast."

 Our birthday boy chose a monster cake.

 Dinner was an unusual uneventful evening.  We slowed down to taste our food and sing to him many times.

 Eddie's favorites this year include a daily game of "Hiss", navigating Netflix, reading all sorts of new sight words, begging to hold Molly, manipulating Ryan to play games with him all day, jumping on the trampoline, riding his bike at the park, and spending all day at home with me.  I sure love my big boy.

One Spring Day

 Ergo 360 here I come.  I made bread and dessert just like this.  We were both very pleased.  All three of my bigs are track athletes, which leaves me to about a decade ago when I had five very young children -- all capable of help and chaos most moments.

 Andy has braces!  He is constantly opening his mouth and allowing those braces to rub on his cheeks.  He refuses wax because he wants those calluses to form.

 Same day and all these kids were reppin' the Y (including Andy).

 Austin and his buddies love a good lawn mowning ride.  I think our green spring grass is lovely.