Nothing is safe!!

While helping the girls this morning get dressed and make their beds, Wyatt decides to scale the ladder on the bunk beds. He was able to do it in about 4 seconds and was quite proud of himself. I didn't realize what he was doing until he was at the top. Little monkey!! He has also learned to climb up on the bar stools, the chair to the computer, into the tub, and the list goes on and on. Thankfully he is still too short to reach the door knobs or I am sure he would have that figured out too.




"Is there a problem Mom?" Yes, Wyatt there is. You are too stinking smart and growing up too fast!!

{OREO}

Who can resist an OREO cookie? Not Wyatt!!! He loved every minute of it.

Date Night

I can't say that Ryan and I go on dates consistently. Our life schedule just doesn't allow for it. But when we do man, we have a lot of fun. When we went over to Idaho this last weekend for Ayden's baptism we got to go to my family's Elder's Quorum activity. Which was a BBQ and shotgun shooting. I know a great combo!! I have shot a .22 before but I had never shot a shotgun. It was FUN!! We waited until the majority of the people had already shot and were eating before we took our turn. I didn't want a ton of people watching me as I missed clay after clay. Plus you just feel like you are on stage or something with all those people watching you. Anywho, Ryan, Abby (my niece) and I took our turn. A nice guy from the ward named Bob helped us get set up with the right gun and gave Abby and I some pointers then we were ready to start!!

I missed my first shot and my Dad was behind me giving me grief about it. He then walks away and I hit my next two clays. I turn around and he is no where to be seen. When he does show up he says since he didn't see it, they don't count. Hence the pose in this picture. I was giving him the what for!!! I ended up shooting 3 out of 4 and thought I would quit while I was ahead. It was so much fun, especially when you actually hit the clay. Imagine that!!!
Up next was Abby!! She is so much fun. She was a little trigger happy with the gun at first and then once she settled down she hit a few clays herself!! It was beginners luck for the both of us!!

Ryan on the other hand was a pro, even though he had never shot a shotgun before. He has shot plenty of other rifles and such before and especially since he joined the Army. He was a a dead ringer!! I think he went 10 for 10.

It wasn't your usual date night but it was a lot of fun!! Thanks babe for a fun night!!

Wanted: Baby Wrangler

Our family must like things that come in FOURS. Since we were already in the photo mode with the older four kids we thought we might snap a few pictures of the newest four babies. This is the first time we have had them all together. These four babies aren't as close as the 8 year old group but still within five months of each other (July 30-Dec. 4). We had every intention of starting our picture endeavour at about 7:30-8:00 but it was drizzling rain so we had to wait for that to pass and by the time it was done the babies were all ready for a nap. So needless to say things didn't run as smoothly as we had hoped. Plus these kids wanted to MOVE. In different directions of course. It was crazy!! Even though we didn't really get a good group shot I think we did come out with some good individual ones or shots with just two of the kids.
Things were going downhill fast. All of them but Conner bailed seconds after this picture was snapped.
Wyatt had a thing for this trike, hence the fight that is ensuing with Teancum attempting to ride it.
Conner was so cute. He was happy the whole time and was the easiest of them all. He wanted a mid shoot snack though. Love that little tongue.






Success!! They are all looking at the camera at the same time. If we had thought about it we would have had the boys with the trike in the middle, flanked by the chairs but we will take what we can get!! Before you know it these FOUR will be getting baptized too. Time really needs to take a chill pill and SLOW down!!!

Baptism x 4

We call these kids the 4 Musketeers or June babies. In 2001 I was pregnant along with my two sister in laws and we were all due in June, actually within a few days of each other. Ayden, Jaci, and Preston have celebrated many a birthday with each other and then my sister Amber adopts Andrew and he happens to fit in perfectly with the other kids. We waited a few months for Ayden to be baptized because we thought it would be special if all four of these youngsters got baptized together. We are so glad we waited. It was so special to have them all together for this important night. Since our family will probably never have four kids again getting baptized together we wanted to really document the fact. So we went out behind my parents place and took some fun picutres in the wheat field. I can't believe how much they have grown and changed. Can I really have an 8 year old?!!