September 29, 2015

henry is eighteen months!

 the world's cutest little boy turned eighteen months yesterday
henry is such a bright spot in our lives
he is mostly easy going
a bit of a bruiser
pretty easy going
rarely cuddly
always cute



we could not love henry more
he has been the most amazing addition to our family
and i'm so grateful we had him
heavenly father knew just what we needed
he balances us perfectly and keeps us on our toes
and i wouldn't have it any other way

September 27, 2015

sunday best

it was a good sunday
last night and this morning olive has been trying out the BOB books
and she is totally reading them! it could not make us happier
or more relieved because i was really worried about her speech delay affecting her reading
we made a delicious crepe breakfast with homemade whipped cream
it was so good
 we got all five kids bathed and showered
took a few pictures in the backyard 
and made it to church nice and early




i was shocked eleanor fell asleep on me during sacrament
that hasn't happened...ever
and she stayed asleep on me through part of nursery
tonight she had a mild fever so hopefully it doesn't turn in to more
 henry is 18 months tomorrow so i stayed with him  the whole time
he was pretty cute and so young compared to the other kids
he didn't even like snack time
but he kind of liked singing and really liked toys
 we played cards after church
and olive kept throwing fits...
 and a little before bed wrestling


it was a pretty great day!
i love slow sunday mornings
and that we get to spend the whole day together

September 21, 2015

thankful

we had a family home evening lesson on being thankful tonight
and while (like most weeks) the only ones really paying attention were noah and hazel
it was a really good reminder for all of us to be thankful
then when we went upstairs to brush and floss teeth on mom and dad's bed
the kids took turns taking pictures of each other with our camera 
 this is my new favorite picture of eleanor
i'm pretty sure hazel took it
i love that big brown speck in her right eye
 just me flossing someone, i think olive
 they got some really good pictures

 noah was trying to look like he was stepping on the camera
 it looks like eleanor is sleeping standing up
 michael helped with an in the air picture
while hazel was taking it from the ground
 typical olive and our messy room
 of course some fighting
 angry noah
 hey dino!
 hey michael on your phone and snooping hazel
 way to go, eleanor! this is a pretty good picture she took
these pictures show that our life is messy, there is fighting, and a lot of personalities
but it's beautiful, fun and crazy and i'm thankful for it

September 20, 2015

ballet and soccer and doughnuts, oh my!

hazel and eleanor started ballet a couple weeks ago
this is hazel's fifth year of ballet!
i can't believe it
she was a little younger than eleanor when she started


 they are starting to use the barre and she loves it
she also has a friend from her class last year and she has a lot of fun with her
eleanor started her first ballet class the week after hazel
she loves it!
she is so cute doing it and trying her hardest
all the other girls in her class were super nervous
but not her! she's been watching and waiting for years


 then saturday before last noah and olive started soccer
olive likes it but got hit by the ball really hard her first game and that made her nervous

 we still aren't sure we've found her thing but she'll stick with soccer for now
 noah started soccer the same day and michael gets to coach him!
we're all pretty excited about it
 noah scored the most goals for his team at his first game
he seems to really be getting the hang of it!

 henry wants to know when he gets to start soccer
 so sweaty after his first game
 a few pictures from this last saturday
 olive doesn't like how sweaty she gets playing soccer but she's so cute running around
 we're at the soccer field for 2.5 hours each saturday between the two kids
so the little ones get bored
henry had fun feeding michael carrots
 noah practiced before his game
 i think henry was jealous of the sucker eleanor found in my purse
she eventually gave it to him and he trashed his sweater..
 michael is such a good coach
the kids love him

 after soccer this last saturday we went home and got dressed like pirates
for talk like a pirate day
we got lots of free doughnuts
 then went to the meridian block party with the hunts
 there were lots of bounce houses 
and michael had lots of fun rolling the kids around in these inflated balls
 life is good