So I did it! I went up to my Dad's and uploaded all 2284 pictures from my camera onto his computer. Then I uploaded the 101 to my blog. Took me all afternoon, but I did it!!
I've already spent so much time on this, I'm not breaking it up into separate posts. So here they are, in all their long and drawn out glory :) the pictures from the last 2 months:
A FEW MORE OF THE MUSICAL: Not sure if I put these ones on or not.
This song was always one of my favorite parts of this show.
I wish I'd gotten more of Charity IN the play... they were so blurry and didn't turn out at all...
Jack is the cutest little Jack I've ever seen! I love this kid's face!
This was back when he started trying to crawl. Took him a while to really get the hang of it.
COLORING EASTER EGGS:
Nate was working, Noah was asleep, and Kelly had her friend Daphne over to participate, so a little different than normal, but we did it! And had a great time too :)
Erika did it all on her own this year!
Brad had a lot of fun double-dipping them. He made an Army one :).
Jack was not a happy camper. He'll enjoy it more next year, I'm sure :).
Charity and Kelly were pros...
EASTER BUNNY MORNING:
We did all the Easter basket things the day before Easter this year. If you have 9:00 church and know that there's no way you can do it all before church and won't have a Dad home after church, you can put in a special request with the Easter Bunny. He was very accomodating of our situation this year.
Consequently I found out that this is why he can reach all the kids in one day... it's really two!
Anyway.
The kids were frustrated all morning, looking for their masterfully hidden baskets! I couldn't believe how hard they were to find! Charity just about cried she had looked for so long.
This was not in his Easter basket :)... just for the record :)
The morning was slightly rushed in my opinion, since we had to get off to the Maynes Family Party that morning. But we still had our egg hunt the kids all got to search the backyard for their own color of eggs. Charity is blue, Kelly purple, Bradley green, Luke orange, Noah yellow, and Erika pink. This was a fun way to do the egg hunt this year. You can only pick up your color. Lots of fun.
The Maynes Family Party was a lot of fun. We played a fun "Capture the Egg" game where the other team totally cheated (yep, still bitter), and then we had egg hunts, little kids separate from the big kids...
I got some cute pictures of Jack Jack :)
MARCUS'S BIRTHDAY PARTY at DAYBREAK PARK
We were invited to Marcus's 10th birthday, up in Daybreak. We brought our Little Caesar's Pizzas and had a pretty good time! The kids all played like crazy! Nate too! They got their basketball on! It was a very fun, comfortable evening. Felt good. Marcus got a cute little chiuaua puppy for his birthday, so the girls all played with her like she was a stuffed animal. Way cute!!
This is why I love this man so much!
CHARITY'S FRIEND PARTY- A MONTH LATE!
It's been a whole month since Charity's birthday. We had to keep rescheduling and replanning this party, and on the 12th of April, it finally happened!!! She invited 5 friends, plus Kelly :), and they all just pretty much did what they wanted! They spent about an hour out on the trampoline, just talking and goofing off, came in for Molten Lava cake and ice cream bar. Then she opened her presents, that was a lot of fun, just watching the interaction of all the girls. They were a really fun, good group of girls. I'm going to miss them for her!! Then they went downstairs for their movie and popcorn. I felt bad that I didn't really get to be a part of the party, but I was so glad that Charity had it the way she wanted! She's growing up! Gotta get used to that I guess. I think they all had a good time. There were a lot of tears after everyone left. I think Charity realized how many friends she really does have. They'll miss her!
BRADLEY'S SHOW
Bradley's class worked long and hard on their little performance. It was so neat to find out that Mrs. Owen had rescheduled it to have it sooner so that Bradley would be able to be there for it. They did it on our last day at Holbrook. They sang some pretty fun songs about safety and health. Very cool. Bradley was a star!
Some of Bradley's closest friends.
Bradley and Mrs. Owen
That day had been a fairly busy one for us. With Bradley's show, then Luke's class going away party, then on to Birthday Tables, then Kelly's no-missing work party, and then making the rounds to Kelly's, Charity's, and Bradley's classes to pass out their treats and pencils and take pictures. It was so sad. I hate the last day of school anyway, but especially when it's the last time we'll be able to be with those friends.... anyway-
Luke's teacher let him pass out his treats to everyone and then had him call on each person to share what they will miss most about Lukey. I was seriously in tears. Such sweet little kids. They mostly said that they were going to miss him because he is a good friend. Not a surprise to us. He really is one of the best friends I know. Such a good kid. I think he enjoyed the attention.
Luke and Mrs. Buttars
After the party, we went up and got a picture of Kelly's class.
Some of her best friends
Kelly and Mrs. Davis
Charity's class had just gotten back from walking back from Viewmont where they saw the Dance Team's show. They were so tired and sweaty! I couldn't believe how quiet and calm they were when I walked in the room. Just sitting there. But they livened things up a little for a picture...
Charity and Mrs. Thompson
Kelly with her favorite teacher, Mrs. Ashliman
MOVING DAY:
This is what our family room looked like at the end of our second moving day. Can you believe we were able to turn the tv on and play the wii!
First things first, I guess....
GRANDPA HATCH'S BIRTHDAY PARTY:
Dawn was so nice to help us plan a party for my Dad. Then she pulled it all off, cooking and slaving in the kitchen for dinner. I made his cake, a banana cream pudding poke cake- SO yummy! I was very proud of it. Everyone had fun and then we left before everyone lost their minds from all the chaos.
WATER SNAKE IN THE BACKYARD:
Heidi and John so kindly watched the kids for us so that we could go out for a little overnight getaway. They did a lot of fun things with the kids while we were gone and then stayed most of the day Saturday to play as well. It was a lot of fun!
While we were out on the rope swing, Nate caught a little water snake and everyone passed it around and then watched it as it was let go. I can't say that I love the fact that there are snakes in our backyard, but actually, I do think it's kind of cool. (the rats are another story!)
Nobody was all that scared of it. Just me, Heidi and John really...
It's hard to believe that this is all in our own backyard. I LOVE it!!!
This will be a great spot to take a picture of ALL of our kids once everyone's dressed, awake, not being goofy, and present.
Erika's a little daredevil on the rope swing, it's cute to watch her brave it out!
MOTHER'S DAY:
I already made a whole big post on Mother's day, but here are the pictures.
I took pictures of all my crazies. Cute faces and then funny ones. And for some reason Jack's didn't get on here... not sure how that happened... But here's my cute LUkey!
I had asked Kelly to take pictures of the whole house, just go around and take pictures, and for some reason, every room in our brand new house was a disaster area... so I am not posting them :). They're not always messy, so I will get some when they're not... in the meantime, here's a good one of the rope swing/stream area :)
We have a fun little park just down the street from our house, so Nate and I and the three littles stopped there on our way to the school to pick up the kids, one day. Brought my camera :)
Does Buddy not look like he's smiling in this one?! He knows what cameras are for!
Then we stopped and fed the ducks a little... not as many ducks as there were pelicans, so we still had one hamburger bun left at the end, but lots of fun for these two.
HE'S USING HIS CAPE!!!
I made Noah this cape for his birthday, and he is finally using it again! Made me happy :)
AS PART OF OUR "BIG PARTY" WHILE THE BOYS WERE CAMPING, Erika and I played her Cupcake Game... we LOVE that game... look how many sprinkles we earned! Erika even shared some of hers with me...
go camera timer!
Jack Jack is truly one of a kind!
MISTY AND MIDNIGHT:
We have been telling Kelly for the past year or so, that she could get a kitten. We had been keeping our sights on the kittens at my Dad's in his windown well, and were going to wait a few more weeks to get them out and take one home, but when we found out about these ones at Nate's friend's house, we couldn't pass them up. They were old enough to leave their mom, box trained, very comfortable with kids, completely domesticated, living in a house... we just had to go with them instead.
We took Kelly and Luke in with us when we went to pick it up and while we were there, Nate decided that Luke could get one too! So we came home with TWO! They're seriously adorable. I'm amazed at how lower maintenance cats are than dogs. They're so much easier!!
The kids all love them, and play with them nonstop. Especially Noah and Erika who are their "kittysitters" while the big kids are at school. Erika calls Midnight "my kitty" when Luke's not around :). Noah holds Misty all day. It's so cute. They're pretty good at taking care of them too... it's impressive.
Obviously, Kelly's the one with the camera... she didn't get any pictures of Luke's kitten... I will have to get those later...
And that's that. Feels good to get them on here!
