Kates Kindergarten Graduation!

Today Kate became a first grader! Its summer break for her the boys have to wait a week! She loved her teacher and friends in her class! We are proud of her perfect report card and being a student of the month! She is right below the balloon bouquet...
Go Kate! The pictures we take at the school hardly ever turn out! it must be the lighting!
Kate had to officially say goodbye to her BEST FRIEND Maibel who moved 30 minutes away last week :(
Her "license" she calls it, such a cute job her teacher did on these diplomas!
Here is Kate in her Graduation present! Finally an Ariel wedding dress! She "dreamed" about it, she said!
Her dress and a cup Audrey chose for her at the Disney Store
As a side note, Derek completed the Costco swing set last Monday! He did this with the help from the kids, but mostly alone! I am so glad he is a Handy Man! i don't think he would do it again! just in time for baby! I am dialated 3 cm and anytime after this week I could have him! I had Evan 3 wks early and Audrey 2, so hopefully! I cried last night I was so tired and uncomfortable!

look who's on top of the swings! Bella's new favorite toy as well!
Our perfect cat!
Audrey does this when I try to take pictures of her!
This is her saying "Mommy stop, no no no!" she'll be 2 in 8 days!
now on to the garage....

A visit from Evie!

It was short, but Audrey was so happy to see her cousin Evie! She just turned one and stopped in twice this week! She looks just like my little brother, its so cute! My Mom was here all week it was a lot of fun! PS: We are trying to ditch Audrey's binkie, I don't know why its so hard with her!
My cute sister- in -law Natalie and Evie! Audrey got the car out yesterday and won't get out of it! She gets frustrated a lot though!
some of my Spring flowers...



yes she needs 3 times the sunscreen as the "normal" skin types! We can thank her Daddy for this gene! A couple more weeks until baby brother is here! Kates out of school on the 19th and the boys on the 26th! My sister gets here the 27th which is the same day as Audrey's second birthday and Derek's (a-hem) getting fixed surgery.... busy month!!

Springtime!

This May is super crazy! not to mention ending it all with a baby in a few weeks! Kate graduates from kindergarten next week! She is ready for 1st grade (all day) and so is Mom! She LOVES school! (PS we cut 4 inches off of her hair last week!)
My girls in some of the springtime flowers! I keep catching Audrey in a "mood" I think its just the terrible 2's!
Our last project before the baby, but its a big one! (for Derek) the Costco playground! he sure wishes his Dad were here and not in Laos for some help, he won't ask for it, so I guess that's what he gets! The kids and I pitched in our best! Even Audrey, I thought this was so cute!
I will post pics when done, it may be awhile...
a 3D picture of the baby! this was from March, they like them around 30 weeks, but he was measuring so much bigger (3 weeks..) he was shoved in there too tight for a better picture! plus he was face down and we could only get a profile shot! this was the best one, it was really cool I am glad I got to do it once!
Happy Spring!

Happy Easter!

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Easter! We have been busy this weekend, with Egg hunts etc.. Evan had the flu all day yesterday so we watched Lord of the Rings while Derek went to a family hunt w/ the other three...no pictures!! It was nice to go to Church today with 4 behaving kids! and sleeping in of course! I love Easter and Spring! We have dinner w/ Derek's sisters in an hour, so I may post more! This is Audrey' basket/pile!! The Easter bunny got the mower free when they on date night bought the basketball hoop! great deal!!
Evan's Easter stuff
Conner's Stuff
Kate' Pink stuff
Audrey 23 month's
The girls before Church
All 4 kids before Church
Kate before her School Easter party

Fun times! Happy Easter!

Hogle Zoo trip

Derek took the day off because the kids were having Spring Break and we thought it would be fun to do the Zoo! It was a lot of fun, especially with Audrey! Its always so much fun seeing the world through the little ones eyes! My boys are getting "too cool" for most of the Zoo we realized! it was still a nice 60 degree day! followed by a date night! Today everyone is helping clear out the 3rd car garage and then we will go to the movie Rio! Spring Cleaning here we come!

April is here! A party and a broken arm!

So at the closing of my last post, I asked "this makes me wonder, what is next?" well it was a broken arm... for Kate! At least her birthday was over with (by a week..) The weather was so nice on Saturday she was out on her scooter and hit a big bump, flipped and broke her left elbow!! She broke her right arm 2 1/2 years ago. She is my milk drinker too! I gonna go out on a limb and admit she is not the most "Coordinated!" This is Audrey telling me her arm is broken too...;) she is so cute!
We had 2 of Derek's sisters and their families over for Sunday Dinner, and celebrated some March and April Birthdays (there are a lot!) We even celebrated for a nephew in Texas and Grandma still in Laos! Yes Kate's arm was technically broken here, we waited a little to make sure, and it just kept swelling!
Kira's beautiful, and yummy cake! Now that I have Gestational Diabetes, it was a my last taste of sugar until baby is here!
Still trying to get a smile out of Audrey! She won't do it for the camera lately!
Here she is! A full arm cast! She cannot wait for school today to "show it off" of course! She is bringing a sharpie to school for signatures! What this really means is....1. no spring dance recital, money wasted :( 2. Staying off her bike and scooter while her friends play out in the beautiful spring weather 3. no hot tub! and 4. Mom having to help with potty, teeth getting dressed and baths! She gets it off in May.
Audrey and her cousin Jordan! She wasn't quite so sure what to think! **sidenote: This is the swing our baby boy will be using, I am not buying a new one again! We spent a lot on this for Audrey! Oh well!!
My new niece Jordan 3 1/2 months! Isn't she darling!?!? I have a newer one than her, Macy she is in San Diego! I will meet her in July...
Cutie pie!
My nieces Brenna almost six and Kylie just bearly 9. So cute!