Just me and my girl

4 Generations- ages 5- 85

I always talk about how I wish Sammy had a sister. I still do, but there are perks to just having one girl. We can do girly things and she doesn't have to share any of my attention with any other kids. This last weekend we took a trip to California with my mom. It was a fun girls trip. Sammy had so much fun hanging out with all girls. She is surrounded by boys, and I think it was really good for her to get a little break from all the things boys do. I think her favorite part was not having someone come up and tackle her out of the blue. My Grandma is 85 years old. She's awesome! I asked her this weekend if she felt like she was 85, she said she felt like she was 60. I hope I can feel like that at 85.

We stayed at my grandma's house. Sammy LOVED these bunnies. I found them creepy. I can say that because my grandma doesn't read my blog, and she is 85 years old so I will let it slide that she has these stuffed bunnies in her entry way. If any of my friends have some like this, please throw them out before I come over. They scare me.
Of course a mommy/daughter picture
My dad and Sammy. We pretty much had to force Sammy to do this picture, but I think it turned out adorable.

We had a blast this weekend and I told Sammy we might just have to make this a yearly thing.

If you see Noah with a ball....

RUN!!!! Seriously, run as fast as you can. This kid has an arm on him and he isn't afraid to use it. Many of us have been hit in the face or other body parts because of him. This kid loves any kid of balls. If we are at the park he will sit and stare at the boys playing basketball. He screams when I move to him the play equipment. The other day at church we were sitting in the overflow and he could see the basketball hoop. He started pretending like he was throwing a ball in the hoop and making swoosh noises. His newest thing is throwing a baseball and the way he does it is pretty comical. These pictures don't do it justice. It's so funny because he is so serious and dramatic about it.

I think this is the first picture I have of him with his bottom lip not showing. That's how serious he is when he throws it. He always puts his right hand out and spreads his legs far apart.

See his legs:

It's much funnier in person. He had my whole family laughing at him on Sunday.

I thought Nick was obsessed with sports. I think Noah might have him beat. But really people run if you see Noah with a ball. It will hurt, I promise!

Nick's Dream House

Nick brought this home from school on Friday. I was laughing for a long time. It made my day.

Click on it to enlarge it.
I asked him if he thought of this all by himself. He said "it all come from my mind , mom." If some of you can't read it, it says

I live in a trailer. It's cool. I drive around Nevada. My friends go in it. They say it's cool. I hope Kaiden will live with me. I hope Justin Bieber will go in my trailer. My trailer will be grey. It will be so fun.

Family Fun

Vegas is wonderful this time of year. February seemed unusually warm, which kind of makes me nervous for how hot this summer will be. We have been taking advantage of this weather. My kids have been loving it! This last Saturday we played a little family flag football. When I saw we I mean Luke, Sammy, and Nick actually played, Parker was in and out of the house, I took pictures, and Noah hung out in the middle of the street.

Here is Sammy telling Luke their next play. I love how Sammy can be a total girl but can also play with the boys.

Luke and Nick

Luke taught Nick how to throw the ball in a spiral. He was pretty excited.

And here is proof that Noah seriously sat in the middle of the street. No worries people, our street isn't super busy and I was right there with him. He was happy and content there. And Parker was everywhere, the reason why I have no picture of him.

What do you do?

When your 15 month old child climbs on your table at least 20 times a day and swings your light fixture back and forth? Here's what we did:

And it works wonders. It may look silly but at least it solves our problem.

Little Henry

This past weekend I was able to escape my crazy life and go to California to see this new little guy

And of course to spend some quality time with my sister and her husband. I had to so much fun holding a newborn again. I seriously love newborns. I love everything about them. How can you not love looking at this precious face

Henry is such a good little baby and his mom and dad are doing a great job. I love being able to go and help my sisters when they have new babies. It's a great bonding time for us. It would have been nice to have help from Pros when I was a new mom. I was nervous that I would leave the baby and want another one. I didn't have those feelings at all. Luke and I have been about 99% sure we are done and this feeling just made me 100% sure. It was nice helping out and seeing the baby but it was it was also nice knowing that I could leave and sleep through the night.:)

Proud To Be An American

Nicholas participated in a Star Spangled Spectacular this last week. All the 1st graders in his school performed in it. I loved it and loved listening to all the songs they sang. It was nice to see that they still allow kids to perform such patriotic songs that say the word "god" in it. Nick had a speaking part and did awesome at it. He has been practicing his part and songs for a month now. The very last song they sang Proud To Be An American and did sign language to it. It's one of my favorite songs and I admit I got a little emotional while they were performing it.

Nick saying his part

What a stud this kid is.