Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Ethans 1st Birthday Cake

A pumpkin for a little pumpkin!

Notice the bib, the only one my mom had at her house. I love my daddy in pink!



He's cautious at first



Wow, this really is good! Let's have some cake!




I'm done, that was good.
Ethan turned 1 on OCtober 7th!!
So this is little late but here are some pictures from his short life so far.
Just a few things about Ethan-
he is the best baby anyone could ask for. He never fusses, except for maybe teething at night.
He loves to be cuddled and held
He always is smiling and happy
His brothers and sisters love him to death!
He loves music
He is a mommy's boy, but loves to see dad for a few minutes when he first comes home from work.

I love having Ethan in our family, and I couldn't have asked for a better baby. Sometimes you wouldn't even know he was in the stroller if you didn't actually look. He is crawling, almost walking getting teeth and trying to talk. Where did the time go!









Happy Halloween



Our 2009 Halloween Picture. Matthew is a karate kid, Lily is a princess, Nathan is Ironman, Samantha is a clown and Ethan is a monkey. It is hard to get 5 kids to look at the camera and have it turn out good. I took like 12 pictures and the best one was number 2!
Happy Halloween!

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Some past photos and stuff

On Saturday Bill and Matthew hiked Mount Olympus. They made it all the way to the top which is around 9000 feet! Way to go Matthew! All the other hikers were impressed that Matthew did so well. So am I, well not really. Matthew usually does well at anything he trys.




We went to Gardner Village to see the witches. They weren't to enthused about taking pictures so I only got a few. They did have fun seeing all the witches. Ethan slept through all of it! I went with my sisters and took the 2 girls I babysit. A total of 13 kids 8 and under! A little crazy, just picture them in the sweet shop trying to pick out a treat!













A couple weeks ago our family went to the Brazilian festival at the gateway. The kids had fun watching the parade and playing in the water. They all loved the Brazilian lemonade!









Ensign Elementary had a family party. It was so windy that all the inflatable slides had to be taken down. This was the only one left, but they had fun trying to push each other off the blocks! Poor Nathan and Lily didn't stand a chance against Matthew.









Some random pictures. Lily got a masquito bit by her eye. She always has reactions to bites and her eye swelled up so she couldn't even see!

Ethan is getting so big, it's hard to believe he will be 1 next week!





We went to Snowbird the last week in August. Octoberfest was in full swing and the kids thought it would be funny to take these pictures. The first one is Matthew and Kaijsa, the second one is Kaijsa and Lily.






First day of school! Matthew is in 3rd grade, Lily is in 2nd grade and Nathan is on 4 yr old pre-school. If you ask him that he will tell you otherwise. He is in the same classroom, with the same kids and the same teacher so he doesn't believe it is a different class!





Sunday, August 2, 2009

Sweet Lily


Do kids really change and mature right after they have a birthday? Lily has been so sweet lately. When I am fixing breakfast for everyone she makes breakfast for me. Tray, flower, card and everything!

Sand Fun

We filled our sandbox on Monday. The kids love it!!! They play in the sand all day. They decided to bury each other. I remember when I thought it would be fun to have gritty, wet sand all over me.


It'a about time!


On July 24 we got new couches. We had our old couches for 11 years and 5 kids worth of stains that wouldn't clean out!!!! We definately needed something new. They are darker and the cushions don't come off, something I love. I'm so happy and not embarrassed anymore when people come over.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009