A New Song and A Trophy

Kensie sang me a new song today.  It went a little something like this...

Mama Mama
You are so mean
I don't love you any more
Mama Mama

And then Todd walks in the door from school and Kensie runs down the hall.. "Daddy, you're home!  I made you a trophy!" and then hands him a pretty cool trophy made of legos. 

Oh the joys of stay at home parenting...

5 Years!

Despite the fact that some people said we wouldn't last a year (thanks Becca!)  Todd and I have now been married for 5 years.  I didn't really think I would get married and it wasn't something I was all that interested in doing but this cute boy from California caught my heart over the phone and I've never been the same.  The past 5 years have been crazy and nothing like I've anticipated but we've had fun!

 In the past 5 years we've...

- had 6 different jobs (Todd 2 and Eve 4)
-bought a home
-sold a home
-moved 4 times
-bought 1 brand new car
-been to 10 states (WA, OR, ID, MT, UT, AZ, NM, TX, TN, GA)
-lived in 3 different states
-had 3 kids
-welcomed 5 nephews, 3 nieces, 1 sis-in-law and 1 bro-in-law to the family
-earned as Associates degree (Todd)


Tonight we celebrated our anniversary the same way we have celebrated at least 4 of our other anniversaries... we went to dinner with my mom.  Crazy I know but thats how it always seems to work out.  Its been a crazy 5 years but there is no one I would rather have spent it with.  I look forward to many many more years, many more adventures and even a few more kiddos... eventually!

Bear World

For Easter this year we went to Bear World.  They had an Easter egg hunt, some small rides, a petting zoo and then the drive-thru to see the animals.  While we were there we saw a bear climb on top of someones car.  It was awesome!

Finger Paints

A few months ago I tried to do finger paints with the kids.  They had fun but lost interest a lot sooner than I thought they would.  Most of the paint ended up on their bodies but it was fun.  I have dreams of someday being able to do projects like this with my kids on a regular basis but I'm not sure it will happen any time soon.

Graduation!

Todd graduated from LDS Business College in April.  It was quite the whirlwind weekend.  Graduation was on Thursday, Todd spent Friday in Provo taking some tests and we moved on Saturday.  Busy and crazy but I am so proud of Todd for this accomplishment.  He worked really hard and learned a lot over the past 2 years. 

Family Pictures

We went and had family pictures made. We've never had professional ones done and the last family picture we have is from my sister's wedding last May. It was certainly an interesting experience. Eden screamed the whole time. Kensie wouldn't listen and was just being silly. Xander was scared of the photographer. It was a pretty crazy hour but we got some good shots. I can't believe how grown up my babies look.

Frozen Tundra

Todd is finally graduating from LDS Business College and so the time has come for us to move. We had great hopes of going to BYU-Hawaii but life doesn't always work out the way you want so we are going to BYU-Idaho instead. 

Instead of sunshine and ocean waves we get snow.  We're a little bummed but in honor of our move to the frozen tundra we took a new family picture... Rexburg here we come!