We love April! For us it means getting outside more and more and enjoying the beauty that is all around us.
And being inspired to create more beauty.
The kids continue to love their cars which we bought for them a couple of Christmas' ago and I love that even Hazel is included in their fun now! Although she is only allowed to ride with Sadie as both of her brothers are a bit reckless. Cooper just plows through any and every thing in his way until we remove him from the drivers seat, and with Wyatt it's full power all of the time, which leaves Sissy's car as the safest place for Hazel.
Sometimes I think I might loose my mind because of the messes that these little ones create, but then you ask them what they're doing and they explain to you some made up game the 3 of them are playing and how this is their coral. So instead you sigh and walk away reminding them that they are going to have to clean up when they are finished, all the while knowing that when that time comes all of these items will suddenly be stuck and to heavy for them to carry back to wherever it is they got them from.
This one at least looks pretty innocent still ;)
Another big life event for us this month was trading in our very loved Pilot. I have to admit I was pretty attached to this car. It was our first big purchase as a married couple back when we were living in our little apartment in Glendora just dreaming of the family that we would one day have. We brought home all of our kids in it and it has parked in the driveway of all of the places that we have lived together. TEARS!!! However, with number 5 on the way and the Pilot at just over 100,000 miles we decided that the time had come to make the jump to a minivan.
Isn't she pretty!!! Needless to say I got over my sadness pretty quickly and even more so after loading and unloading the kids from it a few times. Lets just say the automatic doors are definitely a game changer with all these little ones.
Uncle Ryan and Auntie Katie are getting ready to sell their house in town to move a little closer to the dairy and to purchase a piece of land that Ryan has already been farming the past few years. Wyatt can be a really good helper when he feels like it. He spent the morning helping Ryan outside while Brandon helped with a few last minute fixes inside and then they all laid some new sod.
We continue to try to make it to the dairy most Sundays to feed calves with Uncle Ryan. I'm not sure how I feel about this operation which mainly just involves getting really really dirty by covering themselves in corn, but they have fun and I feel like it's probably one of those things they'll fondly remember when they're older. So we bring extra clothes and once again leave them to their shenanigans.
Uh Oh! Cows are loose!
AWANAS 2016
We participated in Awanas again this year and really loved the program. Although Mommy and Daddy are ready for it to be over, just because getting them fed and out the door in the evening is hard, as is getting them up the next morning, we are so proud of them for all the learning they did. They both completed their books and memorized a lot of scripture this year!
Wyatt was a Cubby this year!
Wyatt and Mr. O
Wyatt and Mrs. Lau
Sadie was in Sparks this year!
The morning after the kids' Awana assembly Brandon and I had a chance to go to San Diego for a couple of days with his company to attend a conference and accept awards for a number of the projects he has been working on the past year or two.
Proud of all this guys hard work and thankful for the chance to get away together for a couple of days!
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