Austin's Field Day

Austin has 18 boys in his class and only 9 girls in his class. He came in 2nd in his class for the 50 yard dash. What a great job!


Nick, Austin, Curtis and Jimi.

Getting ready for the tug of war.

Pulling with all his might, love his face in this picture.

I love being able to volunteer at the school and that I have great neighbors who will watch my kids for me so I can go. It's been a busy week, but I'm loving spending this fun time with my kids. It brings back so many memories from my last weeks of school.

Greta's Field Day!

We were not very prepared for field day, it was colder than it should've been and we couldn't find Greta's tennis shoes anywhere. But she had a lot of fun, and I had a lot of fun being there to help her class.

These are Greta's best friends. Payton, Maddie, Greta and Alyssa.

Getting ready for tug of war. The girls beat the boys.

They played water games and had more fun getting each other wet instead of filling up the bucket.

Greta even won 2nd place in the 50 yard dash with her slip on shoes. She would've won by a mile if she had her tennis shoes. I'm so glad Greta got to have such a fun day and that I got to spend it with her.

Pinewood Derby

I had no idea what was involved in a pinewood derby car. The wheels have to be balanced just right, you have put graphite on the wheels and the weights in the right place. For Austin's first car he did great!

Jeremy, Austin and Braden watching the race.

Austin's car taking off!

Grandpa, Grandma and Uncle Ryan came to watch the race. My dad is the pinewood derby making king. All of my brothers are first place winners more than once. He gave us some great tips.

Austin came in 7th place out of about 30 cars. Good job Austin!

Murray Park

We decided to spend some Saturday's visiting all our favorite parks. We spent today at Murray Park. This park has a lot of memories for me, I used to come here all the time in high school with friends. My bridal portraits were also taken at this park.

We packed a cooler full of food and the kids were so excited. Olivia loves playgrounds and couldn't get enough of the slide.

The kids found this huge dirt pile and had to climb it and get messy.

Then they had to clean their feet in the river.

There was an old military gun for them to climb on.

It was a great day spent at the park. It ended with Olivia having a major diaper blowout all over the place and Austin getting a tummy ache. We arrived at home with 4 sleepy happy kids.

Greta's Bug Program

Greta has been waiting for weeks for her Bug Program for Kindergarten. She has been saving all the songs for us to only hear on the night of her performance. She chose to be a ladybug for the big night. So now her nickname "Gretabug" really fits.

Here is Greta with her some of her classmates. She is sitting next to Alyssa, Chelsea, Maddie, & Payton.

This is her teacher Mrs. Spaulding and one of her closest friends Alyssa. Mrs. Spaulding just had a baby in March and was gone for 6 weeks and Greta is happy to have her back.

Greta sang every song and did all the actions. Olivia was really proud of her big sister. The second Greta came down from the stage Olivia started clapping and yelling and instantly threw her arms around Greta and started patting her back. She really loved the show. Gretabug we are so proud of you!

Olivia is ONE!

Our Livvy Lou, Princess Squishy, Livvy, Squish Tot is One! We have had such a great year with our little girl. She is so much fun in every way. Here is why we love Olivia.

Every morning when she sees me she reaches for me to get her out of her crib.

We love when she wakes up with her crazy hair and boogers everywhere. All she wants to do is eat right away. She'll give everyone a hug and then she wants foooood! She loves pancakes. She always wants to stand in her highchair no matter how many times we tell her not to.

Olivia loves animals. She loves to snuggle all the kittens.

Every morning and night for prayers Olivia will fold her arms. It's so sweet. She will even mumble like she is praying. She is just so cute.

And sometimes she'll even bow her head.

Olivia loves to play peek-a-boo. She'll do it with her hands, food, toys, or blankets. She just loves to play.

Olivia loves to take a bath. Her two favorite words are "bath" and "food."




Olivia loves to be outside. She wants to explore everything, but mostly she just wants to be with her brother and sisters. I'll take her in the stroller to meet Austin and Greta from school and she gets so excited to see them.


She loves to swim. She loves to try and drink all the water and gets mad when we won't let her.


She loves babies. This is her cousin Madison and Olivia always wants to hug her until she starts crying. Then she thinks she needs to hug her more so she'll stop crying. She has no idea that she is the reason why Madison is crying.

This is her little best friend Faith. They are 8 months apart. They love being together and luckily Olivia's hugs are well received with Faith.

Olivia has so many funny faces. This is her fish face. She will do it on command. When she was younger she would stick her tongue out and say "Ahhhhh" to us each morning. It was her own special hello.

This is her cheesy smile that she does all the time. I hope she never stops giving us this smile.

Olivia loves her brother and sisters. She has a really hard time when Austin and Greta go to school and Alina goes to play. She will follow me around the house crying because she wants them home. When they do get home it's lots of hugs and smiling.

Most of all we love how Olivia loves her whole family. Already at a young age she recognizes how important family time is. I'm so glad she loves being with us because we sure love being with her. Happy Birthday Olivia!

Spring Break April 5-9th

We had a great spring break with the kids. It was Cams last week to be unemployed so we played hard with the kids.

We took them to a hotel in Lehi for two nights because it was cheap and just got all of us out of the house. We swam, pigged out on junk food, and played nintendo. The kids thought it was the greatest vacation ever.

All they wanted to do the whole time was swim. Even Olivia loved the pool and was so cute in her little baby float. And she discovered her new favorite treat, chicken in a biscuit crackers.





Thursday night we put the tent up in the living room because it was still really cold outside, and had a little sleepover with the girls in it. Austin decided to spend the night with Carter at his home. We watched Nanny McPhee and did some dutch oven dinner. We had a great spring break just being together as a family.