Asher's Ice Cream Birthday Party

Tammy hosted an ice cream picnic for Asher's birthday party. It was super fun and one of the few warm days we had at the beginning of summer. 

Pierce was rocking his outfit and nibbling off plates as he prowled around.

Jayden was rocking her shades and sipping on some pear juice.

Anna demolished her ice cream cone. I have never seen a child enjoy ice cream quite that much. 

Anna & Ethan

Melinda was lucky enough to be smeared with Anna's ice cream face. 

Ethan played in the mini pool until he tipped over and dove in face first.

Happy Birthday Asher!

Spencer had a blast building a sand castle. Super fun.

A Blessed Event

May 8th Jayden was dedicated at Nampa First. My family and Steen's parents came up to be there in support. It was an awesome time to be together and to continue a faith based tradition. 

The BBJs outside of Applebee's

The Pettersons outside of Applebee's

Pastor Carol asking for the blessing.

Tammy was there to support this milestone in Jayden's life. 

The little blessing herself. 

Our family.

House Sitting in Hidden Springs

We did some house sitting for the Truesdales again this summer. This time we split the time with the Gismondi's which made it a super fun time. 

Pierce & Anna at the beginning of our garage sale adventure.

After a couple hours of shopping.

Jayden had fun rocking her hat at the sale.

Ok, Anna is so darn adorable but she eats more than any toddler I have ever encountered. Seriously, if she sees you eating, she's like a cute little puppy begging for a bite. In this picture she's begging Steen for his burger after finishing her own dinner. 

My little monkey loves sweet potatoes.

Pierce is a sweet little guy that easily charms everyone he meets.

Spencer adores Tuffy. He thinks Jayden's pretty great too.

Jayden pulled herself into a stand. It was so awesome. She also started crawling, al-bight it's backward crawling, while we were house sitting. 

She didn't have a great grip on the rocking horse. Am I a bad mother because I snapped the photo before rushing to her aid? 

Asher and Bandit enjoying Singing Time.

After the Meridian Dairyman's Parade Spencer blew bubbles for Asher and Tammy with his new bubble kit.

He had a blast watching Asher giggle.

Meal time with all those little ones was a hectic experience but the fish tacos were yummy.

The dogs so wanted to come out and chow on the kiddos scraps. Unfortunately they had to wait. When the kiddos are eating it make the temptation to give the dogs their dinner too great. 

Meridian Dairyman's Parade

We joined Tammy and Asher at the Meridian Dairyman's Parade. It was a scorcher but we had a ton of fun together. The highlight may have been the bunny that bit the dog on the butt and chased it away but that is another story for another post. 

Tammy & Asher

My young man, Spencer.

We had to have a talk about parade etiquette when he plowed his way through a bunch of little girls to get some suckers. Yikes. Chivalry revival is coming soon.

Hehehe. This is fun.

Yes, I gave my baby a sucker to keep her contented at the parade. She loved it. I stand by my decision. :) 

Dance to the music Asher Man.

Days Go By

I'm busy and things don't seem to be slowing down so below is a quick look at what our Spring has been filled with. I hope you are all doing well. :) 

Jayden spent the day with me on one of our teacher work days this spring.

Pebbles is such a cute part of our family. 

Jayden's first time eating rice cereal. Woohoo for solid foods. 

Nap Time

Morning fun. The Johnny Jump Up is the best thing to use when Jayden is up before the boys in the morning.

The kiddos striking a pose with Granpa Mike and Grandma Carrie.

Spencer had a blast at Chris' birthday party. The party was at Jump Time in Meridian.

Jayden loves her baths.

Jayden and Autnie Devon

Big girl holds her own spoon. 

Oh no you didn't!

Happy Girl

We love the hat, we love the girl.

Spencer helped me make sugar cookie.

It was a messy event.

Jayden loves and hates this toy. She loves to chew it but becomes enraged when she can't control it. 

My beautiful children.

This was the costume of the week after we watched "Despicable Me".

Trying bananas in the rice cereal.

Not a big hit.

This is Jayden's spot while Spencer and I work on school stuff.

Spencer had an animal project at school that he did awesome with. We made a poster at home for his presentation.

The Annas are so gracious.

We celebrated Tammy's birthday in Hidden Springs. 

BBQ burgers and chocolate cake ala mode.

Our Beth Moore Bible Study crew.

Playing the Pride & Prejudice board game was a fun activity.

At Planet Kid in the ball bin.

We met up with the Cramers and had a lovely afternoon playing, talking and eating pizza.

Me and my girl.

Spence had a blast playing with all the kids there.

Trish and I chatted about baby stuff. She's holding little Mackenna.

The boys played chess and talked about work.

Boring!

After all of his hard work on reading this year, Spencer got Proficient on his Reading ISAT. 

We went to Starbucks to celebrate with warm drinks and cake pops.

I love my family and I love the life we have together.

Happy Spring!