Beautiful May

May was a very full and fun month! We started it with a proper Cinco de Mayo celebration, planted an apple tree for Mother's Day, had my parents visit, finished up the soccer season, nearly finished school, built a raised garden, and ended with Renton's birthday party.

The Pinata at the Cinco de Mayo Party

Playing Hungry Hippos together

Making a man out of toys.

Playing in the tent.

Working on the Garden

Jory wanting to help on the garden, too.
And he got his chance.

Daddy and Uncle Jake going to the Lakers' game in SLC (if you asked anyone out here they would say it was a Jazz game)

Warming up.

Renton's Soccer Game

Go Yellow Hornets!

This next bunch of pictures were taken while my parents were here, many of the pictures were taken by them. We went to Hollywood Connections, played with bubble guns (a gift for the boys from my parents), and we showed them geocaching. We had a lot of fun with them! I especially appreciate my parents' pictures that catch life as it really is!

Playing at Hollywood Connection

Bumper Cars, me and Eli

Bumper cars, Ryan


Bumper cars, Renton


Renton and Mama on the twirl around and make you sick ride

Tuckered out (why are the kids still going?)


Bubble guns!


Who knew you could do that?


What happens if I sit in it?


Geocaching at the park


It really was a coincidence that we were all wearing blue, looks like we planned it!

Testing out how well the new Darth Vader socks from Grandmama slide down the hall!

Renton had a great birthday. He had a few friends over for a party in the backyard. It was crazy wind that day, we had to keep putting the birthday table back together, but at least it calmed down enough for a photo! He wanted a Transformer party, so we played pin the wheels on Optimus Prime, shoot Megatron (target game), who could find the most transformer shields, had an Optimus Prime pinata, and had a few races. Then the boys decorated their own cupcakes. Later we had a family party where I made him a Transformer cake. He had a great time, Happy 7 years!

Sweet April

In April we had beautiful flowers and fun snow, in that order too! Jory really enjoyed playing in the snow and discovering the changing world. Renton discovered the Charlie Bone series and got hooked. Eli enjoyed showing Jory all the fun things he could do outside now that it was warming up!

Eli's Snow Angel

Jory Playing in the Snow


Playing Piano


Learning to Eat with a Spoon


Lightsaber Duels

Easter was particularly fun this year with Jory old enough to join in on the egg hunt! He had fun sampling the treats, finding the eggs, and chasing his brothers around. After the egg hunt, Renton and Eli liked to rehide the eggs and hunt again, why bring a good thing to an end?

Easter Baskets

Egg Hunt

Happy Easter!

The boys got invited to a Superhero Birthday Party for their friends Carson and Isabella. They had fun dressing up and playing superhero all afternoon! Jory even tried to join a bit, although he did rather spend time with mom while Mindy and I made cards!

Bat Man

Bumble Bee and Supergirl


Bumble Bee, Batman, Superman, Supergirl, The Flash


Everyone got a cupcake with a candle!

Sweet Baby!

Unintended Absence

Oh how long since I have written! But its been a fun and full several months to fill you in on! Now that I have 2 children in school, my intention is to catch up. Now lets see if I can keep up with my goal!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We lit the candles in the ice cream because the pies were to hot. Then we separated the 2 ice creams to make them harder to blow out.
Opening Presents

Ryan had a great birthday. We had his brother, Jake, and sister Rose and her family over for dinner, presents, and pie. He had a great time visiting with everyone. He asked for apple pie crumble ala mode instead of cake. The boys got him a new wii controler so the 3 of them could play together. I got him a hot rock massage for a couple nights after his birthday. The great thing about that was when one of the guys at work was complaining about not being able to get in that night for the hot rock massage, Ryan was able to gloat that it was because he had it booked! Ryan's parents came into town latter that week for General Conference and took him out for dinner. He was very birthday-ed. Love you, Ryan!

March Fun

Saint Patrick's Day is one of my favorite holidays because of my Irish ancestry and my love of green, so of course we celebrated. Ryan thinks its just a drinking holiday and can't figure why I celebrate it, but he is Scottish, so I'll forgive him. I long ago stopped making corned beef and cabbage for the occasion because its not really an Irish dish and nobody besides me wants to eat it. So, I've tried other things, and this year it was a real miss. I made this green sauce recipe and put it over pasta and had Irish brown bread on the side. The only good part was the bread. I tore up the green sauce recipe and threw it away it was so bad. Luckily we got the picture before eating dinner so we are all smiling in it! Happy St Pat's!

We had some crazy weather... beautiful spring weather, snow, repeat. My crocuses and daffodils opened up, and survived the snow! Yeah! The best part was the snowman we were able to build with the really wet snow we had. We also had a lot of inside playtime. Here are my 2 little supermen, I love them!

Yummmm

Do I have to????