April-Easter and Spring break

Easter was a blast as always.  We had an Easter egg, hunt dinner and fun with relatives at Grandpa and Grandma R's.  The kids and women chatted and played games while the young and old men went to the Priesthood meeting.
Paige and I were able to attend the  Women's meeting at the Conference Center the Saturday before.  The messages were great and the spirit was strong.  Paige had a few friends in the choir and it was fun looking for them.  Note to self...always check what floor you park before you get off the elevator.  Yes Paige and I had a blast going up and down the stairs at the parking garage until we found the level we we're parked on.  Good thing that we were both happy and not in a hurry.  We still had to wait in a long line to get out of the parking garage.

The Easter bunny hides the baskets at our house and the kids have to find them in the morning.  It is fun hearing the kids yell, I found one but it isn't mine.  The rest of the kids then go running to see if it belongs to them.

It was great to listen to conference and enjoy feel the sweet spirit it always brings.  The kids played conference bingo and color the ties.

For spring break we went to a big cabin in Kamas.  It slept up to 21 people.  Their were many th
ings to keep us entertained.

Ethan went sledding right into the mud and fell off the sled.  Yes, he got muddy and says he is never going sledding again.

Hope turned 7 months old while we were there.

She is getting so big and heavy.  She is our rolly polly baby. She weighs 21.3 lbs.

She loves 3rd foods, cheerio's, fries, crackers, bread and anything we give her.

She rolls over both directions but doesn't do it a lot.She reaches for people when she wants them. Her favorite toy is a cell phone. We have switched her to the next car seat.  She loves being able to see out the window.

Hope's 6 month's

Loren took Hope in for her 6 month check up last friday.  I had the stomach flue so it was cancel or have Loren save the day.  Zach also went and got his imm's for 7th grade.  Wow, kids grow up to fast.

Thanks, Aunt Teri for the cute matching skirts!

Loren said Hope was very happy and talkative with the nurses and the doctor.  Of course all of that changed when she got her shots.  Hope now weighs 19 lbs (96% )and is 27 1/2 inches long (98%).

P.S. Loren has an appointment in mid April with a specialist to talk about surgery on his neck.

How time flies!!

February has gone by too fast.   We were all sick during the month.  I had a sinus infection.  Hope had an ear infection.  Everyone (except Braden) had a cold and Paige and Zach ended up with bronchitis.

Loren has had a bad neck for a few years and it has really been bothering him lately.  He has been to therapy for it and to the chiropractor.  He went into the doctors again and they did an MRI on it.  They found that he has 3 herniated disc's and that the center of one is small and pinching his nerve. They had him go to the hospital to get a cordizone injection which is supposed to take away the pain for about 6 months or more....it didn't work.  So he know has an appointment to meet with specialist to talk about having surgery on his neck.

The 3 boys in elementary school had big valentine party's at school.  They each decorated a box to put their valentines in.

Parker made a cute heart to wear. It was a present to his parents...

Hope is growing like a weed.  She weighs 18 pounds now. And she is wearing 6 to 9 months cloths.  She wore a size 12 month dress and it was a little tight around.  She is such a cute chunk.
She learned to say dada and Loren is in heaven.  The other kids learned to say dada before learned mama. But Hope has been saying mama fore a few months.  She loves to scratch things and see what kind of sounds they make and then she squeals.  She was doing it at church last week so Loren had to take her out.  She has learned to reach for things and for people.  Loren waved to her this morning and she waved back.  I wonder if she'll do it again.  She sits up pretty well but still tips over.  She giggles when we wash her hands with a wash cloth.  And loves to play in the running water in the sink. she also loves buttons and music. She will be 6 months old in 2 days.  How time flies.

                                                   Playing the piano with Braden

and Paige

                                                                       and Zach

                                           Learning all about the computer with Dad

Hope is 5 months old

Hope is 5 months old today. 
She is growing to fast and learning new things every day.  She can sit up by herself for a while.  But she gets excited and throws herself backwards or falls over to the side. 

She has learned a new game...throw your toys on the floor so someone will come and give them back.  She has learned to make things work on her activity center and turn herself around in it.

 She loves to talk and make sounds.  She makes noises with her mouth closed, Parker calls this hum talking.  She has learned to blow rasberries and pucker her lips.  We all think that she is so darn cute when she does it.  She tries to sit up in her bouncer chair and her car seat.  She gets mad when she can't.  If you hear her screaming it is because she has a temper and is just a little spoiled.

I love that it is getting warmer outside.  Tulips and daffadils are poping up in my garden.  Spring fever is here.

We enjoyed the Super Bowl yesterday.  Okay, only a few watched it but we all enjoyed the food.  Loren found some yummy recipes to makeand he made a few Saturday and a few Sunday.  We all ate way to much...yummy food.  It was interesting at our house to say the least,
 Loren was voting for the Saints and Zach was for the Colt's.  There was a lot of cheers and boo's at the same time.  The rest of us didn't care who won.  We watched bits and pieces of it.  It was nice when it was over...quieter.