April In a Nutshell

Kayson had a fun field trip to the Treehouse museum that I couldn't make it to but his friend Cache's mom was sweet enough to text me some pics!

 Word on the street is that his teacher is always trying to separate them. Quite the little team they are!

Thank goodness for an early Spring! Me and the girls have had MANY lunches out on our picnic table.

 The outdoor eating doesn't stop there...daddy's been playing on the grill plenty! Mmm...

 Miss Saydee Jaye is pretty obsessed with Toy Story these days. Showin her love for Woody and Buzz. And the way she says Buzz with her little lisp...priceless.

 We've lived here a YEAR and I'm still not done decorating! I finally have a holiday shelf up. This is what it looks like in between holidays.

And yes, that is yet another frame I haven't filled. Meet our "dog"

These ladies can't get enough of coloring around here. Both good and bad. I'm sure you can guess why. I spend way too much time discovering beautiful artwork in my home made my mysterious markers, pens and crayons that apparently are delivered by Coloring Fairies.  

Hallie and mommy spent some time pretty sick just after their birthday. Colds, thrush, pink eye...loverly times. At least we were in it together.

 I love watching the girls play with the dollhouse they got for their birthday. I've honestly dreamed about this my whole life. Having little girls to play together with dolls. I could sit and watch them for hours.

 Again with the coloring...I found some soap crayons online and it was a hit. Unfortunately a One Hit Wonder though...after the first 2 uses the crayons got nasty and crumbled. Rip off. Still fun for the girls though!

 We love spending family time together at Kayson's soccer games again this year. He's so good! Up next...TBall! Should be interesting hauling the lot off to that twice a week!

 Saydee Bug is my tv addict. For real. This girl will sit and watch movies without moving all day if I let her. They're old enough now that they ask me to put certain movies in. Which usually consists of

"Buzz"= Toy Story
"Aria"= Ariel
"Princess & Ribbit"= Princess & The Frog
"Rella"= Cinderella
"Monsters"=ok they've got that one down
 Here, a perfect example of her just letting me love on her without taking her eye off the tv. I pretty much do this all day...lay around kissing people. It's my job and I love it!!!

 Payten loves to camp out in the front window watching Kayson play...waiting for dad to come home or watching him work on the lawn or fulfill all my carpentry projects ;). She's precious. She will even line her snacks up on the window sill. I oughtta get her a chair and a bag of popcorn.

And look how old she looks!!! GRRRR!! Since when did she go from a baby to a toddler? This isn't happening...this isn't happening...

 Erik and I have been making pretty good on our Monthly Date night, we've only missed one month (whoops)...but we can thank our ward for this one. I'm on the activities committee (again) and we put together an 80's themed Progressive Dinner. Serious fun people!

 Payte wins the award in our family for Worst Hair Days! She has 2 looks. Mullet and a Barbie that just experienced a scissor massacre (below). I pretty much have to style her hair every day to avoid stares...

 

 My word, who's still that beautiful with insanely fugly hair?? I don't know how I made such beautiful children...I'll never understand that. Such a beauty!

And here's one of those tender moments I get to have as a mother that remind me that God lives. He loves us and finds ways to bless and warm our hearts everyday...especially through our children...especially when we need it...

 Holding hands...

 Monkey See, Monkey Do...

 Hi, I'm Payten Leigh. I'm 2 but don't be fooled, I'll be 16 next year so hide your phones, hide your keys and for crying out loud HIDE YOUR MAKEUP cuz I'll find it...even if I have to grab a stool I'll find it!!!!

Something I've been waiting to happen since last Fall finally arrived. The bulbs I planted were so worth the long wait. Ask anyone in my family, I am like a kid in a candy store watching for my flowers to grow and bloom. DAILY!!!! I have taken so much pride in my gardening this year. It's nothing fancy like I dream of, but it's all I can do while we're still renting. I miss my tulips already!!

I've planted my summer garden and some was planted last fall and I am still out there every day waiting for Dahlias, Zinnias and Wave Petunias to bloom! It's gonna be a colorful summer...