Whew!! Everything has been so crazy lately. My blog has been greatly neglected (along with everything else...like cleaning and hygiene and etc. jk) Our new baby is such a cutie! We all love him and he is just so smiley. It makes me laugh every time I see him smile so big that his chub folds over his eyes and they disappear. Here's some pictures of Elias with big sister Emme.

I have to brag about my flower I've had since Mother's Day that refuses to die. It has sprouted 2 new flowers and continues to live despite it being under my care. I'm impressed because I kill everything. There's a reason why I have no plants in my house...except one.

Callahan's Baptism

So, Callahan was baptised Sat. the 19th.  It felt like it just snuck up on us. I can't believe he's eight already. He told me on his birthday that he was a big kid now, cause he was gonna be baptised and that I couldn't treat him like a little kid anymore.  I have to let him to big kid stuff now.  What a little man! He is such a big help to me and his brothers and sister. He is always willing to help me do whatever I need. He never asks "why" or "do I have to." Such a sweet boy and always good for a hug. We Love you Callahan! 

Missed Activities

So I'm a slacker cause I have no pictures of the boys and their "end of the school year" activities or for Callahan's birthday. What can I say, except I always forget something. At  least it's not my pants. Callahan wanted to go to this themed pizza restaurant-Pirate Island.  The inside is fully equipped with a pirate ship that "shoots" cannons and lots of other pirate stuff.  I think he was more excited for the arcade than anything else. It was a lot of fun for him though.

My Cuties

PURPLE FIELDS

Living in a semi-rural area we have lots of alfalfa fields, which are quite pretty when they're all in bloom. This was after church, one Sunday. My Mom wanted to get some pictures with the kids.

SATURDAY WITH SHELLEY

We were so lucky to have Shelley come over and hang out with us on Sat. She brought pizza, treats, and lots of fun. All the kids pitched in and helped make cupcakes.

She even let them lick the spoons

Emme waited so patiently for a taste

At last a little help from big brother

FUN IN THE SUN...I MEAN SNOW

She's so happy to be outside

These are the greatest things my kids have! I love these rubber boots.

It was abnormally warm that day and Emme hates pants so I figured she would be ok with three inches of knee showing.

Liam and I started to build a snowman before all the snow melted. Wet snow packs really well but really wet snow is very heavy. Luckily we (I) were able to heft them up. We had a snowman set that the boys had been wanting to use with a pipe and carrot and button eyes, hat, and a scarf that was too little to fit around our beefy snowman. Abram came home just in time to help decorate Frosty. It was a fun day.

WRESTLING

This is Abram and Callahan's wrestling match back in January.

I only got a few pictures of Callahan recieving his medal. Brian had taken the camera to the car already, so I missed Abram getting his medal. I got tons of video though! I think I was more nervous than the boys. They had a lot of fun.

They both did so well. Callahan took third in his division and Abram took second in his.

ABRAM'S BIRTHDAY!!

Brian made Abram's cake. He said "half brown and half white, just like Abram"

You'd think it was Emme's birthday or something

Happy SIXTH Birthday, Abram!!!

"I wanna be a cowgirl!"

Emme makes me laugh all the time. She is constantly taking off her clothes and putting random shoes and clothes on. She had fun with this hat for a while.

...Then it was on to the Hulk Hands

....And then Obi(one kanobi)

Here, I caught her in the act of taking off her shorts

...Then, she thought she'd try some of Liam's shoes on

She finally picked a boot and a church shoe

She keeps me running...and laughing