Birthday Morning {5}

I wanted to do something cute & unusual that I hadn't ever done as big time for his birthday this year. So we bought some streamers & balloons & went to town on his room & the whole house! {This is his first birthday at our new house}

banner by front door!

balloons in room

bedroom doorway

snoozin :)

up the stairs

bike at top!

We even made a maze in the halls & up the stairs, Justin thought that would be fun for him :)...

  He came running up all excited & ready to get that new bike outside to ride!

Big Birthday boy!

I think Tenley even felt a little important since she can officially call Carters old bike hers now :)

His bike is a tad bit big but I didn't want to buy every size in between, so he will get use to it :)
Then we were off to {Tattle tales} for some yummy breakfast! He even got a chocolate chip pancake!
Happy Birthday big 5 year old!

Big 5! {Friend Party}

Friday June 14th: Carter gets so excited about his birthdays, I know all kids do. But I think Carter is a little extreme :) He thinks that how old you are , is how many birthday parties you should get. Dream on :). But this year I wanted to try & surprise him a little instead of him knowing about his friend birthday party. So I took the kiddos up to grandma & grandpas so I could make the cupcakes & get everything ready!

Cupcakes turned out way better than I had expected. He is obsessed with sports so that was an easy call for this years birthday {again}...Then I went down to Riverdale & had grandpa bring the kids down "to the church because I was in some meetings". Then he was surprised with all his friends being there & that we were actually having a party for HIM!

Party!

He was sure excited about a new basketball :)

opening presents!

Big 5!!

Blowing out his candle!

Swimming away!

He has so many cute & such good friends, I glad some of them were able to make it. He had such a fun time! Happy friend 5th Birthday party cute boy!!!

Out cold on the couch that night!

Boating!

Boating is one of my all time favorite things to do in the summer! Nothing better than hot sun & pizza on the boat! The boys got pretty crazy in the tube this year, it surprises me how brave Carter is in the tube, he is constantly doing thumbs up, half the time it makes me nervous because he is so worried about telling grandpa to go faster that I think he isn't even holding on!

Tenley was fearless & was all gung ho about trying the knee board with me for the first time :) right as we got on, she was trying no hands & dragging her hands thru the water!

 Fearless, definitely describes her!! She jumped right in & swam with Tay too!

 Thumbs up to grandpa & always being so willing to take us out on the boat!!!

Schumann Boys!

We sure love all of our neighbors & are so lucky that everyone is super nice out here! Our kids LOVE to play with the Schumann boys, we play with them usually at least once a week! In the winter we would ride into the Church & play basketball, red light green light, tag. They are just such great company :)

Tenley loves to "mother" Nate. she is such a great helper!

 These 3 boys are a whole nother story! Carter had been trying to shoot magpies with his bow out of one of our pine trees up top for a few weeks now, & was determined to shoot one! So off the boys went with the little bow, & I didn't think anything off it...

3 hunter men :)

They come running down the hill, "we shot a bird, we got one" All 3 of them were on cloud 9 & so excited. I didn't believe them til I actually went up there & sure enough there was a magpie up in the tree with the arrow stuck in it! I was shocked. :)

3 peas in a pod!

Car {bike/stroller} wash

The kids love to scrub & wash their "cars" while me & Justin wash the car & truck. They get out every little moving thing they have & as long as they have soap & a scrubber, they will scrub their toys spotless :)

Hey its cheap entertainment & they love doing it! :)

6 Years!

Justin & I have been married 6 years on June 9th! We have been blessed with so many great things these past 6 years. But we wouldn't be where we are today without our awesome family & a few great friends!! I love him more now than I thought was ever possible. We do everything together & I wouldn't have it any other way! Happy 6 years to us!!!

Poutin' Nap!

On June 7th I sent Carter to his room because he was being naughty & usually he will get on the intercom & ask if he can come back up... But I hadn't heard from him in a few minutes. So I went down there to find this....Tired sweetheart!

hiding under his bed :)

I sure love this kid!

Up Cottonwood w Gma Skippy!

On June 6th we went up Cottonwood with Grandma Skippy for a fun little outing. The kids LOVE to be out doing things, especially outdoorsy things. So we packed us a picnic & headed off in the Jeep with a few of the dogs. Right when we got there the kids headed for the water with their nets :)

Off they go!

Lookin' for some fish!

Carter found these cool "rock bugs" I had never seen them before, but they were everywhere on the bottom of rocks!!

Gram & Tenley playing "rock" with Skip

Then we found the bridge, the kids loved throwing rocks off & thru it, even though there wasn't much water down at the bottom..

Love these 2 munchkins!

A usual Carter pose. 2 thumbs up :)

It was very pretty up there, everything was super green! Thanks for the fun day grandma Skippy, the kids love spending time with you!

Shadow's puppies!

Shadow ended up having her puppies on May 28th. It was quite the adventure. I came home from town one day & couldn't find Shadow, she was acting weird when I had left, so I had tried to keep an eye on her once I got home to see where she was going. Anyways, didn't think anything about her having her puppies, so when Justin got home from work we started looking for her. The last spot I had seen her was at the bottom of the road by the culvert, so I peeked my head in the culvert & sure enough she had had 6 puppies in the MIDDLE of the culvert & it was supposed to rain the next few days. So right before dark we decided we better hurry & get them out. Carter didn't want to crawl thru & get them {I can't blame him} so Justin dug the culvert out as best he could & in he went {I wish I would have taken some pictures of him crawling in & out of the culvert, because he literally barely fit} once we got the puppies rescued & into the garage, the kids were in heaven.

The next night Justin & the kids built Shadow this little box so she could keep her puppies all in!I made the mistake {I blame it on Justin, but he says it was me} by telling the kiddos they could each pick a puppy out, I didn't necessarily mean for them to KEEP the puppy, but in their eyes that's what they thought I meant :) *Tenley wanted the black & white one & named her Cowser & Carter wanted the fluffy black one & named him MJ*

Many of our next weeks were spent in the garage playing with the puppies. This box lasted about a month & then the puppies were all over the place. Trying to leave the garage or pull out to go anywhere was like a workout. puppy madness. So that's when we decided it was time to get rid of them :(  We had told the kids that we would maybe keep only 1 {but even Justin & I were debating on that} So I listed them on KSL for free, & within about 1 hour they were all called for & gone the next day. The first people that came wanted MJ & that was an emotional & sad night for Carter, at that time we had decided we weren't going to keep any puppies...Tenley wasn't even really sad when they took Cowser, so I was glad that wasn't a big fit. But in the end we kept 1. The people who were supposed to come get the last boy never came. So we kept the little guy & let Carter name him ......

welcome to the family BRON :)

 {the kids were both happy with keeping him & 2 dogs isn't bad, not when you live out in the country :) }

Pre-school Grad!

Carter graduated from Miss Mindy's Pre-K class on May 20th! He was so cute up there signing on the stage & doing all the actions. Miss Mindy does such a great job with making each kid feel important.

Singing away

Getting ready to sing

Big stud

Miss Mindy with Carter

Carter with his "diploma"

She had a "red carpet" for each kid to run down, to receive their "diploma" & plaque that said " bee a leader"  He had Jaxton, Rhett, & Dotty {his gf :)} in his class, but made lots of new friends! He loved Miss Mindy & couldn't wait to go to school everyday. We're sure proud of how smart you are & the sweetheart that you are!!

Mother's Day!

I'm just a tad bit behind on the blog, so your going to be getting posts from May it looks like :) After church we headed up Stockton with the rhino for a family picnic! The kids were so sweet all day , knowing it was Mother's Day!

The kids had such a blast running thru the water with {pregnant} Shadow. I love these guys so stinkin' much! It was a perfect day!

My mom gave Tenley & I these super cute matching aprons. So now whenever we are making dinner, its a must we have these on :)

Tenley's sleeping habits

Well since about April its official Tenley could get out of her crib. I know {2.75 year old in a crib is a little old} but she didn't ever try to climb out til now & was such a great sleeper. One morning she had been naughty so I put her in her crib for a minute (her little time outs) and all the sudden I hear her coming into the toy room, & I knew right then that those night long nights of sleep were over!!! She starting coming up into our room & would say "can I sleep with you mom, tons, tons tons" (cause she didn't want to go down to her bed). She's lucky she is the baby & spoiled  :)
-Carter is so good still about staying in his bed & sleeping by himself. sometimes it makes me feel bad, but he is such a good kid it makes it a little easier on bedtime & me-