Yeah, not here. Snow is what we woke up to. The house only 60 degrees because we turned off the heater long ago. Power out, trucks off the road because of the 7 inches of slushy snow that fell. (Ryan took the picture after the snow had mostly melted) Tree branches broken, and flooding everywhere. Us curled up next to the fireplace freezing our bahooky off.
I sure hope that one day the sun will shine again. I hope, I hope. I do not want to run our fireplace all summer long.
You can see that Emma didn't appreciate what we did do!
It was free fish day at Wadsworth Pond today. They were giving away free fishing poles to all the kids and teaching them how to fish. It seemed like a sunny day, so we thought we'd give it a whirl. We knew there would be a lot of people, so we got there early, and weren't too nervous about the amount of people that we saw, so we started off to our stations to learn to fish...
They taught the kids how to tie their hooks onto the fishing line, and how to cast the pole. No one could get their free fishing poles until they stood in line to do all the stations. There were four stations and four dots that you had to get on your paper indicating that you had completed all the stations. Pretty simple... Until we got to the last station, and the line was so long. It was so windy, not cold, just windy, and I was trying to keep Emma out of the wind. The kids were whiny, and so to pass the time we played the "I spy game" much to the annoyment of others waiting in line.
The pond was beautiful and we were glad that we found it, we will definately go fishing there when there aren't so many people.
Do you see the line? Yeah...people in Utah stand in line to ride rides at Lagoon. People in Montana stand in line, in the wind, with their six children, waiting to get a free fishing pole. Madness, but in a good way.
I finally gave up and took the girls to the car to wait. They were much happier, and Ryan stayed with the boys to get their fishing poles. They did go and cast them into the lake a few times, but the wind was so strong that they couldn't cast them past the moss, and eventually gave up and came back to the shelter of the car. All in all I am glad we went, they were really nice fishing poles, but it would have been nicer if we could have actually caught something.
Emma was much happier in the car... after all, she didn't get a fishing pole.
Well, here we are on the last day of school! The boys are so excited for summer to begin. Now schools out, so bring on the warm weather. We are sick of jackets. I took this picture on the very last day of school, and thought it would be fun to see how much they have changed in one school year.
This is all the boys outside of West Elementary School and the first day of school Sept 2007. Below is a picture of the "school boys" out in front of our house just before going to school. They were so nervous to start at a brand new school, and though there was some adjusting, they all did very well!
Caleb's Kindergarten Graduation was today. I can't believe it! I have three kids graduated from kindergarten now. He was so stinkin' cute. I told him he had to wear a shirt and tie, and he insisted that he wear shorts and flip-flops with it. He did look quite studly though. He loves his principal 
We are so proud of you Caleb. Good work this year. We think it is awesome what a good student you are and the good example that you are to the others in your class. 
On wednesday I helped deliver a baby at the birth center, and got home at about 8:00 pm. Then I spent last night helping to deliver a baby. I went at 10:00p.m. and got home at 3:30a.m. Emma woke up at 4:00a.m. and I finally got to sleep at about 4:30 a.m. I learned so much though, I am loving it. I have been very lucky, I haven't had to take the kids to the babysitter for any of the 5 deliveries, and Ryan hasn't had to miss work, it has all worked out so smoothly. I know it won't always be easy, but I will enjoy it when it happens. 5 down, 75 to go :)I got the kids up at 7:00a.m, but even though we were ready, we missed the bus. The first time ever. So I drove the kids to school. Then went back for Caleb's graduation. We are going to go the park today when the older boys are out. No one is more excited that school is out than me!
that Sophie's hair was curly. I wish it was like Sophie's and it naturally curled without me having to stand and do it. It turned out pretty curly this time, but often I am not so lucky, and of course as soon as she has a nap it doesn't look very good. When we were done she looked in the mirror and said "I look like Sophie." It is so fun when you realize that they are little people who are aware of the world surrounding them.
The kids were all playing so well, totally entertaining themselves when Ashlyn came to tell me that Max had pt mud on Jace's head. I went out to the back, and they were all muddy. I said "Ashlyn, your mom is going to kill me because you all got so muddy." She looked at me and in a very serious matter-of -fact voice said "My mom doesn't like it when I get my new clothes muddy, and these are new clothes. You should have been out here watching us closer." Boy was she right! I guess I failed as a baby-sitter. But I gave them popsicles, so maybe that made up for it.
The sky was gorgeous tonight, and the weather was perfect. Those are the windmills up on the hill, that white line, and that is our chicken coop, the tan building with the red trim.
Max is always wanting me to take a picture of him holding Emma, I lost my SD card, and it's been a while since I have been able to take pictures, so we got him with her today.
This is my favorite picture of Emma on her blessing day! March 30, 2008. She was adorable.
Sam always wants to take pictures with the camera, so every once in a while I will get the camera and there will be these random pictures on it. I always know that it was him. So today I had him take a picture of Emma and me.
There's too many kids in this tub!
