Swimming (#16)

I have fallen far behind so in this picture I resorted to taking it myself!! Not too bad and I love Sienna's face! Ever since I had Bridger I seem to have an unrealistic paranoia about my kids in the water. I was just sure one of them would drown. In an effort to relax and not let my fears control me I have taken my kids swimming almost every week since Bridger was a toddler. It has worked for all of us. The kids are amazing in the water. They are just like fish! I am still nervous, but I don't hyperventilate when the kids are in the pool.

Kennin's 5th b-day (#15)

Today was Kennin's 5th b-day. Miss Jamie invited me to make balloons for the kids in his pre-school class. It was so much fun!

Family Clock (#14)

This is the finished product and I absolutely love it!

making jam & bread (#13)

We LOVE strawberry jam at our house. So here is me mixing up a batch of jam. I haven't made bread since I had Bridger. For Mother's day I got an awesome set of bread pans and I really enjoyed making it again. It's very therapeutic!!

Sandbox (#12)

The first official thing we have done in the yard is build a sandbox. It turned out awesome (thanks to Jason's perfectionism) and the kids love it! I leveled the ground and got it ready for the box to go on top.

Tour de Kaysville (#11)

I love riding bikes as a family so when our Stake sponsored the "Tour de Kaysville" I knew we HAD to be a part of it. We lined up and the bull horn sent us off on our 4 mile ride around Kaysville. Brother Horne from our ward brought this bike. I think he told Jason about it one Sunday and Jason said he'd love to see it. It was interesting to ride because there were no breaks, shocks, or cushy seat. Kind of crazy!!

Reading with my kids (#10)

Reading to my children is one of my favorite things to do. It gives me an excuse to snuggle with them and I love how the words on the page are so much more lively when reading them to a child. I read to all of them at bedtime. Kennin & I read together for one-on-one time almost every day. When Bridger was little we used to read at least an hour every morning. He loved it. Sienna is getting to the point where she can "read" the books to me. I love it. Last time we went to the library Sienna picked out books that we had at home or that my mother had read to her. Now that Bridger is a more independent reader he reads to his siblings and they all love it.