Our sweet Beth is 8 years old today!
Monday, May 7, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Spring Rain
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Springtime for Oliver and Yakima!
Just a few quick pictures of OliverBoy loving his first Springtime (that he can remember!). This is the boy enjoying a Sunday afternoon chasing chickens...
...or climbing to the top of his sandbox mountain!
The sun was shining in Walla Walla at Luke & Kade's baseball games! (Love how that baby's red hair shines in the sun!)
So love that these cousins have each other to care for! We're a lucky family!
Um, this isn't Oliver...just wanted to show how Tyler watched General Conference...it was pretty awesome.
Friday, February 24, 2012
A Cushy Life We Live...
I think our family might be getting spoiled, because...
...snacks are handed to us at random places by a tired mom who is just happy we took a seat.
...Sunday evenings are spent watching Backyardigans on Mom's kindle just so there is peace in the house.
...we regularly spend an entire hour in a tub/swimming pool pretending to get clean.
...another hour is spent playing with the bunnies on sister's bed and not realizing that we're learning anything, wink.
...our neat daddy builds the coolest rabbit hutch we've ever seen, and we actually take for granted that he does these wonderful things for us because they are sweetly commonplace.
...snacks are handed to us at random places by a tired mom who is just happy we took a seat.
...Sunday evenings are spent watching Backyardigans on Mom's kindle just so there is peace in the house.
...we regularly spend an entire hour in a tub/swimming pool pretending to get clean.
...another hour is spent playing with the bunnies on sister's bed and not realizing that we're learning anything, wink.
...our neat daddy builds the coolest rabbit hutch we've ever seen, and we actually take for granted that he does these wonderful things for us because they are sweetly commonplace.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Oliver's World
It must be nice to be the baby of the family. Oliver gets to hang out with older kiddos, destroy a much higher quanity of items that his older siblings never had the opportunity to destroy, but...it comes with a price. Time outs are officially part of his vocabulary.
Snuggled in Connor's bed to watch AFV on Mom's Kindle. These are some spoiled kids!
The reason I'm still in dirty PJ's at 1:00 in the afternoon - DestructoBaby.
Time Out for OliverBoy. He doesn't seem to like it. GOOD.
Dang cat.
Connor's Pinewood Derby! He designed it himself. CTR - Love it! Wasn't the fastest this year, but we're finding that sometimes you're not the fastest when others in the tournament DON'T follow the rules that you're supposed to follow...sigh, that's life, isn't it?
Snuggled in Connor's bed to watch AFV on Mom's Kindle. These are some spoiled kids!
The reason I'm still in dirty PJ's at 1:00 in the afternoon - DestructoBaby.
Time Out for OliverBoy. He doesn't seem to like it. GOOD.
Dang cat. 
Connor's Pinewood Derby! He designed it himself. CTR - Love it! Wasn't the fastest this year, but we're finding that sometimes you're not the fastest when others in the tournament DON'T follow the rules that you're supposed to follow...sigh, that's life, isn't it?
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Christmas 2011
Craziest Christmas ever! Won't give details here, just want to document a few pictures for family. Christmas morning at home, then drove down to Salt Lake for Hill family fun, then to Logan for our sweet Grandma Floy's funeral, then back to Salt Lake, then home. We needed a vacation from our vacation.
Christmas morning, 7:00 a.m. SO EXCITED!
Beth FINALLY got her robe! (Like the decorated-halfway-up tree?)
How Oliver spent Christmas - reorganizing our spice cupboard. Little boy heaven!
Grandma & Grandpa Hill's house - LOVE IT. (I think we're watching a cool documentary on a sea turtle? Maybe?)
Still a little boy, despite his pant size, wink.
Games at the Hill House! This is the best!
Putting on makeup with the girl cousins. Beth lives the year for this!
Dance Party at the cousin's house! Shake it.
COOLEST TRACK EVER. I need to find this for Oliver's birthday so that Connor can play with it, wink.
Salt Lake at Baby Jacob's grave, explaining to kiddos what each part of the gravestone means. Too personal for blog, but very very cool.
Beth & Aunt Hannah picked out the flowers. Gorgeous.
Temple Square with Hill cousins!
Our family picture for the trip, and so us! Dave & me - keeping it together; Connor - being a good sport after killing himself in the rosebush; Beth - working it; Tyler - the wilder the better; Oliver - "It's going to get better, Mom, right?!?!?"
Our temple, big big smile.
Logan - Special moment for me, watching my daughter walk up the same beloved hill behind Grandma's house that I grew up walking/running/rolling down/pretending/wrestling. Sigh, perfect moment.
Grandma's living room - how I'll always picture it. Those couches are so soft.
One of Grandma's dressers with pictures of Grandma Floy & Grandpa Walter. Love it.
So them.
Gorgeous, gorgeous day. The Bishop joked that Grandma had already become the angel in charge of weather - 55 degrees on December 30 in Logan, my word! I think it just reflected how happy she was.
Stu & Grandpa. (Did I mention the gorgeous flowers? Gorgeous!)
Oliver - Why am I wearing a hat when others aren't even wearing coats?
That's better!
The famous Christmas cactus! My original one was trimmed off of this one Grandma got for her anniversary 50? 60? years ago (Gotta get the true story on that, anyone know?!), and now there are four of them in my home. This one bloom was gorgeous on Grandma's day.
Scrubbing feet in the bathroom in Logan!
My sweet cousin-in-law helping and being a good sport. Thank you! It was appropriate, Grandma had the softest skin of anyone we know - Why not soften ours in her bathroom? Perfect.
These boys would rather play chess than do their feet.
Back at Hill House for New Years. Oliver is working it with Aunt Andrea and not going to bed.
I don't know what story I'm telling here, but it is mesmerizing!
Thanks for all the family we got to see! It was crazy, wonderful!
Christmas morning, 7:00 a.m. SO EXCITED!
Beth FINALLY got her robe! (Like the decorated-halfway-up tree?)
How Oliver spent Christmas - reorganizing our spice cupboard. Little boy heaven!
Grandma & Grandpa Hill's house - LOVE IT. (I think we're watching a cool documentary on a sea turtle? Maybe?)
Still a little boy, despite his pant size, wink.
Games at the Hill House! This is the best!
Putting on makeup with the girl cousins. Beth lives the year for this!
Dance Party at the cousin's house! Shake it.
COOLEST TRACK EVER. I need to find this for Oliver's birthday so that Connor can play with it, wink.
Salt Lake at Baby Jacob's grave, explaining to kiddos what each part of the gravestone means. Too personal for blog, but very very cool.
Beth & Aunt Hannah picked out the flowers. Gorgeous.
Temple Square with Hill cousins!
Our family picture for the trip, and so us! Dave & me - keeping it together; Connor - being a good sport after killing himself in the rosebush; Beth - working it; Tyler - the wilder the better; Oliver - "It's going to get better, Mom, right?!?!?"
Our temple, big big smile.
Logan - Special moment for me, watching my daughter walk up the same beloved hill behind Grandma's house that I grew up walking/running/rolling down/pretending/wrestling. Sigh, perfect moment.
Grandma's living room - how I'll always picture it. Those couches are so soft.
One of Grandma's dressers with pictures of Grandma Floy & Grandpa Walter. Love it.
So them.
Gorgeous, gorgeous day. The Bishop joked that Grandma had already become the angel in charge of weather - 55 degrees on December 30 in Logan, my word! I think it just reflected how happy she was.
Stu & Grandpa. (Did I mention the gorgeous flowers? Gorgeous!)
Oliver - Why am I wearing a hat when others aren't even wearing coats?
That's better!
The famous Christmas cactus! My original one was trimmed off of this one Grandma got for her anniversary 50? 60? years ago (Gotta get the true story on that, anyone know?!), and now there are four of them in my home. This one bloom was gorgeous on Grandma's day.
Scrubbing feet in the bathroom in Logan!
My sweet cousin-in-law helping and being a good sport. Thank you! It was appropriate, Grandma had the softest skin of anyone we know - Why not soften ours in her bathroom? Perfect.
These boys would rather play chess than do their feet.
Back at Hill House for New Years. Oliver is working it with Aunt Andrea and not going to bed.
I don't know what story I'm telling here, but it is mesmerizing!Thanks for all the family we got to see! It was crazy, wonderful!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Gingerbread House 2011
Huge THANK YOU to Aunt Janee & Uncle Jim for the wonderful surprise in the mail! My kids could not have been more thrilled to make a real Gingerbread House! We might have to make the "store bought housing kit" a tradition. It was a much better experience than previous homemade versions we've tried...
OliverBoy thought the box itself was a fabulous toy. Fine with me, because he would have caused chaos at the table.
Connor was in charge of the sides. Awesomely, he even put on candy window flowerboxes.
Um, yes, a fair amount of sampling took place.
GollumTyler thought he could reach more candy if he actually sat on the table. Dave took the picture, then got after him, wink.
OliverBoy figured out that there was candy he couldn't reach on the table by this point. This is his "I am not amused." look.
Beth handled the front and back of the house. Love everything she did, putting a lot of thought/creativity in. Super great.
Final product! Kids are already asking when they can snitch candy off it...I told them after I took a picture, wink. So, by the time you read this, the Gingerbread House will be unrecognizable!
Merry Christmas! (Hey, Janee, can you see the gorgeous nativity you made me in the background? It is so lovely. Love it and you!)
OliverBoy thought the box itself was a fabulous toy. Fine with me, because he would have caused chaos at the table.
Connor was in charge of the sides. Awesomely, he even put on candy window flowerboxes.
Um, yes, a fair amount of sampling took place.
GollumTyler thought he could reach more candy if he actually sat on the table. Dave took the picture, then got after him, wink.
OliverBoy figured out that there was candy he couldn't reach on the table by this point. This is his "I am not amused." look.
Beth handled the front and back of the house. Love everything she did, putting a lot of thought/creativity in. Super great.
Final product! Kids are already asking when they can snitch candy off it...I told them after I took a picture, wink. So, by the time you read this, the Gingerbread House will be unrecognizable!Merry Christmas! (Hey, Janee, can you see the gorgeous nativity you made me in the background? It is so lovely. Love it and you!)
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