Silly String!

The last week of my pregnancy with this baby, I was so tired and SO HUGE and couldn't...well didn't really want to move around too much.

However, the kids filled up their sticker charts and I couldn't tell them, "sorry kids, I know you've worked really hard to fill these up but too bad, mommy is tired and doesn't want to do anything."

So we ventured out, contractions and all and headed to the dollar store so they could get their reward.

They all wanted to get silly string for their award this time - silly kids and so that is what they got!

We walked over to an area near our place and sprayed and sprayed the string!

Rio and Jax opening up their spray

If you can guess, who do you think sprayed Austin in the face?

Well if you guessed Jax, you'd be right!

Austin was not a fan of that but he survived :)

Rio and Jax together and happy as could be

Woo-hoo!  Go Aust!

Rio's spray was a little more circular and crazy than straight - she was on cloud 9

Jax's close up!  And well, he was out of spray in about 60 seconds!  He is so funny - just absolutely loves things and loves them fast!

I love Jax's face - he was worried it was coming to get him

I tried my best to get them to run around with their string and get a picture but it was rather challenging to capture the string floating in the air...

They were so cute and so happy to have their string!

On a side note...

we've all been a little ungrateful lately so I decided to make a "Gratitude Tree" and each day we all put a blossom on the tree and said what we were grateful for that day.

It has been so much fun and the kids LOVE it!  Every day while eating breakfast one of them will remind me about our tree.  It has been really great for our family to remember how blessed we are and how much we have to be grateful for.  The one thing I have been so impressed with, is how the kids aren't just saying things like,"my toys, my family..." (not that those aren't important) but they've been remembering things like, "Jesus. That we can live with Heavenly Father again. That Jesus died for us...." It's been so sweet to know that their testimonies are growing.  I'm so grateful for the gospel and the growing testimonies of my kids!

St. Patrick's Day - tryin' to catch him again!

This year of course I wanted to do some fun things for the kids to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.  I'm kind of nerdy like that I guess but I love all the holidays and the fun, magical things they bring.  It's such a short time that "Magic" exists in their world so I want to take advantage when I can :)

We went over to my friend Roxy's again this year to make traps to try and get that pesky Leprechaun.

They had such a great time decorating and Logan was super involved as well which was so cute!

All decked out in their St. Patty's shirts :)

Roxy and her kiddies and nephew decorating their trap

"Cheese!"

I loved Logan's shirt - it said "Little Shamrocker" - so cute and so fitting for this little cutie

The finished product - they did such a great job!

The kids made these cute hats and beards at preschool!  I just loved them so much

The night before St. Patrick's Day, the kids got their trap all set up and put the green Lucky Charms out to tempt him...

You can't really tell but they are pointing to a little green coin they set out to tempt him as well toward the trap in case he came in from upstairs

Getting it all tilted and ready for the completed spot

WHOA!  My belly looks huge!

After the kiddies were in bed, the real fun began for Spence and I.

We got their rainbows ready and the decorations out to appear as though our little, sneaky friend had visited us.

What a nice Leprechaun!  He left all the kids their own rainbow, marshmallow clouds and chocolate, gold coins

St. Patrick's Day arrived!

The kids were thrilled coming down the stairs to find that he had left them their rainbows

Oh man...he escaped again!

What cute little footprints he left behind however and he ate all their Lucky Charms!

Once again, he peed in the toilet and left his "green pee" behind which the kids thought was hilarious!  They also loved that he used the step stool to wash his hands - Hee-hee

Oh and yes...he left them a shamrock note as well...

what a tricky, sneaky little Leprechaun!

Better luck next year cute kids!

First Zoo day of 2014

I was so glad when my friend Ang called and asked if we wanted to go to the zoo.  It was so much fun and another beautiful day in early March.  We are so lucky to have had such great days already this year!

 These kids had so much fun together and we had an awesome day at the zoo

*Karson, Austin, Lia, (Jada - a friend of theirs), Rio, Jax, Hunter, Logan & Kaden*

 These guys are so funny - because I often take pics in the same places, they think we HAVE to every time we go.  Sadly :( these 3 are getting too big for this elephant trunk.  Boo-hoo...they're getting too big!

 Who is that cute bird sitting in that nest?

Oh wait, that is my Jax.  He was so excited to sit in the nest all by himself - usually we're packing the kids in so he enjoyed his spacious nest

 Austin was more interested in his map of the zoo and being our tour guide than getting his picture taken - can you tell?

 Carousel time!!

Logan was so brave and rode all by himself!  Rio was so excited to ride on the ladybug

 Oh!  There you are!

 Austin knew what he wanted to ride on before we got to the zoo this time - he was all about the snakes that day!

 There is Jax!  Blue frog this time - he was also pretty positive about his choice, even though it was far away from where I was with Logan.  He was super independent and was fine being alone on his frog

Angie with her gang

*Kaden, Hunter, Lia, Angie and her little Karson*

Two "cool" boys and another fun TFT

At the end of February, we met some of our "besties" at the park on a beautiful February afternoon.  I could not believe the weather and how gorgeous it was!

As we were playing, we wondered where Lucas and Austin had gone and my friend looked over and well..this is what we saw.

Two way to cool boys sporting their sweet rides.  Who knew that little boys were really into vans right?  They were so cute!  They were just leaning against the vans like they were 16 years old.  We couldn't stop laughing.  Love these two!

Afterwards, we went and got them all a Frazil - delish!

*Avery, Reese, Rio,Jax, Lucas & Austin*

Okay so I know this is not a great pic of Jax but it shows off his hard work at a Tales for Tots we went to near Valentines Day.  So cute!

Here is sweet Rio working very diligently on her chocolate dino scales

Austin's finished product

We love Tales for Tots and it was such a great way to spend the end of my pregnancy.  Not a ton of walking around but a great, fun place to keep the kids entertained and happy.

After TFT, we went and played in the sand at the museum and had a blast!  I thought Logan was bad last summer in the sand, well, I think this summer may be a bit worse....

Looking forward to beach and sand days!

Cute pics and a very first manicure for Rio

I just love that Logan is getting bigger and thinks he is just one of the gang.  He really does and it's adorable!  He says, "Pu" instead of "Up" to sit up on the couch with the big kids for snacks and a show in the afternoon. 

 Love this pic too - the kids love playing "burrito" with daddy and they have since the triplets were tiny, tiny and now Logan joins in...He wasn't all that impressed however and didn't really love it. Ha-ha.  His shirt was off because we'd just eaten and he was a mess! 

What a cute group of yummy burritos though right?

 I probably should have added these to our Valentine Fun post I forgot so I'm adding them now.

One day we went to Roxy's with another triplet friend of ours Julie and her girls to make cupcakes for Valentines Day.

The big boys all sat together at the same table of course - so cute!  They love being together.

 Starting with Logan and going clockwise:

Logan, Rio, Hannah, Reese, Avery, Eden and Bella

 Cute boys!

Austin, Lucas and Jax

 My friend Roxy does nails and she is honestly so amazingly talented and does such a great job.  So she offered to do all the girls nails for fun while we were there which was so nice and Rio was in HEAVEN!

 She could not believe how much fun it was and just loved it!

 Love that smile!  Nothing beats it

 She was really concentrating on everything Roxy was doing and just loved learning all she could

The gang of girls and Logan.

Thanks Roxy, you melted little Rio's heart that day and she'll never forget it!