From about three weeks ago :)

One of North's favorite faces.

Oh Violet, please stop sucking your fingers.

My good babysitter.


How we solve disputes around here. With a good game of Crossfire. Remember those commercials? Tyler bought the game a couple of years ago to bring into work.

Uh oh....

You know when your kids are babies, and you know people who have little boys, or girls, and you say, "Oh, they're going to get married," and then all the parents laugh. Well, when they turn 4 - or 5 - the kids take it into their own hands. These are Ava and Violet's little boyfriends. Ethan and Jaxson. Violet's still oblivious, but Ava and Jaxson run off together, whisper in each other's ears and chase each other around playgrounds. You know what THAT means. We're totally ok with it though :)

Here are some fun pictures their mom took of the kids.

Pioneer day parade - I'm in the yellow and Ava's right next to me.


Swimming at our Apartment pool.

Lunch date!

How cute is this?! Seriously. :)

Blueberry Picking

On Friday we went blueberry picking. We braved the mosquitoes, and got a whole bucket full of berries! We have now added blueberry bushes to our fruit tree list when we get a yard again.

Tyler was super excited when he came home from work after this day. You guessed it, he got to ride around on one of these lifts to examine network boxes.
I don't know when this picture was taken, but it looks like a good day.
Yes, we did get a van too! Off to Yellowstone we go!

We are on the verge of purchasing a minivan. Yup. Stay tuned. Maybe this will help the kids stop touching, hitting, biting and screaming at each other. Ahhh... Sounds too good to be true.

North's Blessing Day

Yesterday North was blessed by Tyler, and his name was recorded in our Church's records. It was a great day!


North wore the same outfit Tyler was blessed in, which made it extra special.


Violet was not happy.
Life is ever busy. I joined a new dinner group. We pick one recipe and cook it for each member of the group and freeze it. My six batches of tortellini soup and six batches of pork tenderloin and rice are ready to go! Thankfully before we moved out of our house and we swapped our huge fridge for a chest freezer. It will come in handy so our family is fed.

North wants to eat every 2 maybe 3 (if I'm lucky) hours 'round the clock. So I am really tired. Hopefully my family will forgive me if mom is grumpy by the end of the day. My one saving grace is that North likes to be wrapped up in his Moby wrap. So I rotate the Moby with the Bjorn - but my back still hurts. The pain is worth it though to not have a screaming baby! He still also sleeps a lot during the day. However, napping is really uncommon in this house among the kids, so in general it is weird to have a sleeping baby! That is what is new here. Life is still full.