birthday month

April is crazy.

Isaiah turned 6 on April 11
Elias turned 5 on April 16
Raelynn turns 2 on April 25

We celebrated with family in Washington earlier this month, today we celebrated with family in Idaho, and at the end of the month, we'll celebrate with their friends!

We had a sundae bar for their dessert.

Then they were spoiled by family

crazy woman

Raelynn wakes up from her naps with the craziest hair. It brings flash backs of Elias when he was younger.

idaho aquarium

Isaiah turned 6 today, and we also had a little field trip to the Idaho Aquarium. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that I have a 6 year old. I thought the minivan is what aged me, but saying out loud, "I have a 6 year old" - that just aged me more.

have no fear...

Isaiah and Elias are here.

I had this conversation with my boys while I made lunch today:

Elias: Mom, aren't we pretty awesome?

Me: Why yes you are, Mr. Wolverine.

Elias: Is that the guy with the long nails? Cuz that's who I am. And Isaiah is Iron Man.

Me: Yes, Wolverine is the yellow guy with the nails.

Isaiah: Mom, if bad guys ever come to our house, you don't have to call the police because Elias and I are here. 

It's so good to know my little men have my back!

north for a visit

We went to Portland/Ridgefield for a visit. All of these photos are courtesy of my sister-in-law, Jami. I'm so happy she had her camera out and capturing the whole week! 

We had some good quality time with Bryan's family over the week, and we had a lot of fun. We went to the zoo, we played some games, we got to love on our nephew and cousin, Seth, we went to a kids indoor playspace, and we had a birthday party for the kids. It was a good, busy week. 

We also got to get together with the Hartensten/Koch clan which is always one of the best parts of our visits. We love and miss those friends so very much! I even got to break away for dinner with one of my dearest friends, Angela. It was so nice to be able to meet up with her and hear all about her life adventures. 

As always, we came home exhausted from our fun times!

                            

good-bye march

March totally flew by. I look back at pictures, and think, "what did we even do?".  Seriously, I have no idea, and I kind of feel like March didn't exist. 

This kid and his boots.

He wears them EVERYWHERE

They are 2 left foot boots, and 2 different sizes

I used to be the girl that thought her kids would always be dressed perfect....then I had kids 

I do remember we got a new bike trailer

The kids spent a good portion of the month swinging

The swing set has been a total lifesaver for ALL of us

Wrestling

My little girl wrestles with the boys all the time

My little girl is not so girly sometimes

We made a fort in the living room because it was too cold outside
It lasted all day

This kid gets her style tips from Elias
I'm not sure where her jean skirt went
Every time she sees the boys underwear (clean or dirty), they go immediately on her head
Why? I have no idea.

They had a Berenstain Bear read-a-thon.
All of their Berenstain books went outside and they read in the sun