Time Well Spent

Well, the first Sunday we moved into our ward, I was asked to serve in the Young Women's organization at church. I've stayed with them for the last 4+ years. Andy has worked with the Young Men for the last 3 years, in some capacity or another. Yes, it takes a lot of time...but the rewards are so great! We love when they come back to visit us...after college, before missions, on the way home from work...doesn't matter! Tonight we got to do a little fire with 3 of our favs. :) We set up the little picnic table for the kids (notice Emily's new haircut - courtesy of Annie who wanted to see her eyes.

Our smiley JJ, Sarah, and Karyn (sidenote...I babysat for Sarah a time or two when she was a toddler)

Emily LOVED sitting in her chair next to JJ and munching on her s'more!

Ben chose Karyn to read him stories before bedtime. What a sweetheart!!!

Sarah and JJ played frisbee and cleaned up the chairs while we did baths and bedtime. Thanks guys for playing with us! We love you all!!!

COME ON!!!! With all this fun, wouldn't you want to buy our house???? We are now over 45 showings and 0 offers...patience is a virtue!!!

Annie said the funniest thing in the car this afternoon. In a Little Bear video we got from the library, he says he has a sweet tooth. I explained what that meant. A day later, Annie says she has a mouth full of sweet teeth...

SOMETHING WE LEARNED: Sarah brought two packs of starbursts to roast on the fire - like marshmallows. They were SOOOOO YUMMY!!! Definitely have to do that again! They get kind of crunchy on the outside and gooey on the inside!

A Whilrwind Weekend

I think I mentioned before going to Utah. My 3 nieces and one nephew were in the play 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' and my mom, sister and I were able to flew up for a quick weekend to see it. Wow! Just typing the title brings some of the songs back to my mind!!! The play was just incredible. Amazing!!! I really hope next year I can come again! Besides being wowwed by these incredibly talented kiddos, we had a great time just playing together. My b-i-l took care of meal planning, cooking, and most of the cleaning, so we just got to PLAY!!!

This is my sweet Cosette who is coming next week to stay with us - until she is ready to go home! These are my sweet kiddos...with two of their friends. Oh...I miss Utah...

We are family...

Playing outside in between shows. This is where I learned that snowboarding is probably NOT my sport...

We were trying to decide what to do to stay busy. Since everyone wanted to do different things, we each wrote our ideas on a piece of paper. Each activity drawn would be enjoyed by ALL of us - for 30 minutes! First was Anderson Park! Below is Peppermint Patty (aka - Addy) with her fierce Duncan!

Then we watched Bronwyn's movie - Sleeping Beauty? I can't remember!!! (I quite enjoyed my weekend doing four things - eating, reading, playing games, or sleeping.)

My pick was next - playing games, but we only got to enjoy that for 10 minutes because it was time for the star performers to get ready again! We finished off the night at the Purple Turtle - care of Grandpa who wasn't able to make the trip with us...

Sorry, Nan. I had to post this..too many memories! We played a super fun game called Curses. "Get your hands off me lucky charms!" I have not laughed that hard in a LONG time!!!

Thanks sweet kiddos; I loved coming to visit you!!!

Massively Overwhelmed...

Enjoy these pictures (and the posts to come) because this is most of our lives for the last few weeks! Dad was home tonight to help with bedtime (which makes the evening go SOOO much smoother!) and he got to snuggle Emily! This cute little girl things the pack and play is for her AND the blue baby...

These are my little towel monsters. I've found it's easier to just get them all out of the tub as the same time, then worry about getting pajamas on everyone.