Oh, Hyrum

 

Father's Day '12

First photo with Daddy & all the kids

I love this man

Hunter asked me one day why Daddy wasn't part of our family on the shelf above the fireplace (I just had a woman holding a baby) so I finally added him.  What every man hopes for for a present, right guys? :)

We did our traditional bowling!  None of us broke 100 (as usual) but I actually got really close.  Hunter bowled a 73 & Hyrum bowled a 66-pretty darn good!  I love watching them throw the balls.

Dallen & I won the best glowing outfits award.  There was a family next to us with teenage boys & one brought a girlfriend.  Jeremy & I kept thinking it will be no time at all when we're in that stage.  Yikes!  Actually I'm excited, I think teenagers are going to be a blast.

 

 

 

The boys worked hard on their cards.  We went out to eat at Arris pizza for dinner which the local Springfielders claim is Brad Pitt's favorite pizza in the world so we had to see what all the hulabaloo was about.  Pretty good but the kids prefer Pizza Hut & I think I prefer their prices!

 

Some other photos of the last week or so

 

 

 

With all that running around in the humidity outside SOMEONE had to take a bath.  Thank goodness Dallen was willing!

Memorial Week

I love this picture of the older kids!  They are so cute.  On Memorial Day we had fun running through the new sprinkler.  After two years of enjoying brown grass we thought we'd try for a green shade-we'll see if it works.  I just don't want a 300 dollar water bill to get it.

In the morning we drug all our bikes to Hyrum's school & rode them around the track.

We ran into Mrs. Fisher in the school's garden & she invited us to help her water the plants & we even cut some lettuce to take home for a salad for dinner.  Yum!

Best of friends.  I love the picture on the right.

 

Some other things we've been up to this week.  A good book is good wherever you may be.

Jeremy says that Hunter's obsession with all things cars will die down but there's no sign of it yet.  I like his obsession.  It wouldn't quite be the same around here without it.

Hyrum drew this picture & then cut it up into 27 very un-puzzle-like puzzle pieces for me to put together.  That was one of the trickiest puzzles ever.

We made 30 containers of strawberry freezer jam one day.  I want to try raspberry & blackberry soon too. And someday we'll have our own strawberry plants hopefully.

There was never such a loved baby around here!  He makes the perfect 5th kid because he is so chill.  It takes a lot for Dallen to get tired of all the love & noise.

 

  

We have been waiting for that perfect Saturday morning in the 60's to go to the zoo & we got it last Saturday.  It was a beautiful day.

Justin is obsessed with bugs.  He was more interested in the fly's buzzing around the garbage than in the exotic African animals although he liked those as well.  So I had to get his picture with those giant, nasty cockroaches.  I'm so glad they were behind glass or he would've had them crawling all over his arms & loving every minute of it.

 

I have been loving the summertime so far.  We are in a great groove.  I am loving Hyrum being home.  He is such a great kid.  I am already getting sad at the thought of him going back to school in like 10 weeks.  I briefly thought about home school just so he could be home with us but then I quickly came to my senses :)