early to mid october

 what is happening? am i consistently blogging again for the first time in years?

crazy!!

michael and i tend to alternate who gets up early and helps kids and who gets to sleep in

and when he lets me sleep in he often takes pics of the kids for me

i love it

we surprised henry by showing up for his field trip at the salmon hatchery

he was so happy!

lunch with friends

look at our girl olive crushing the hurdles!!!!

michael helped henry add a working light to his car

jude might have forgotten to add water to his easy mac and made our microwave and house smell awful for days

finally taking the plunge and finishing the mantle

the way  to the bus

(henry walked with me)

the way home :)

been sewing pouches

crepes for dinner

the kids were stoked

we listened to french music and it felt really special

noah was like can i try? and will you take my picture?

i obliged of course

and then he told me how he was going to use this for french class 

haha

after dinner trip to the library as a fam

the sewing shed is really coming along

a dress for either me or hazel

henry wrote us a thank you letter

so sweet

no school on friday so we cuddled the morning away
forever my baby

i made this coat and a matching dress underneath

i hope they find it 

baby driver

making the kids christmas jams 

my favorite

dinner outside with half the kids while michael and the other kids were gone

making progress

easter egg champion

it's looking awesome!

one last wild waves trip

for fright fest

eleanor and her friends planned a hang out for tonight

she even handmade invitations

pretty cute having a bunch of 10 year old girls running around

the beginning of october (juju is six!)

it's getting chilly sometimes so i layer up in the shed

goodwill shenanigans

poor boy is already sad about the future when noah will leave home and that we won't let him move with him. have i mentioned how deeply depression runs in my family and starts eeeearly?

early birthday dinner to red robin for juju

serving up lewks all day erryday

general conference inside

while i sewed the weekend away

trying on the costumes from the Halloween bin

what i'm working on

cousins over for a visit

last pic of the baby as a five year old

six!

so fun to celebrate him

he planned his birthday months ago

bowling and ihop :)

ihop

minecraft theme

hazel made the cake

pinata 

very important

michael took the big kids to the temple with the ward

and dq of course

backyard smores

date night fabric shopping and dinner

another race

she PR'd

and another day of candy sales

jude told me he loves his scooter more than anything

except his mama

he loves me the most 💓

ooB

eleanor is keeping me humble with this picture

emphasizing my in between hair color (s)

noah took the kiddies to ice cream tonight 

sweet brother