Man I feel old!

Well, most of you haven't seen pictures of me lately. I have really aged. Having 5 kids running around has taken a toll on me.

And apparently people in our ward thought I was looking old...I mean more mature and experienced, because I was called to be High Priest Group leader. Yeah...I thought the same things you are thinking right now too. Crazy.

Ainslee's Week

Hip Hip Hooray! Ainslee "graduated" from kindergarten this past week. Seriously, some people take it way too seriously. Bouquets of flowers, huge mylar balloons, and leis for the kids. It's just kindergarten for heaven's sake.

Okay, guy, it's just kindergarten. You'd think you were in some football sized stadium photographic the Super Bowl. What the heck?!

For her graduation "gift" I took her and Ashley (her incentive for getting 100% on every single spelling test this year) to a nail place and had their nails painted. They were so freaked out! The nail people didn't speak a word of English and Ashley and Ainslee just sat there with their eyes as big as saucers. When it was done- they loved it and wanted to know when we could do it again.

Ainslee also lost her very first tooth on Friday. Cory gave it a soft little tug and out it came. Luckily the tooth fairy had some cash that night because that's usually not the case. Whew on that one. I remember when Ashley lost her first tooth. I was sick to my stomach and couldn't sleep. It literally was a piece of my baby that was gone forever. It really upset me! I was better this time.

Blog Worthy- Finally!!!

So I haven't posted in a while. I guess I have just had nothing worthy to blog about. Sure, Avery is now crawling, has her 2 front teeth in, plays peek-a-book, and cruises furniture like nothin' else. And Spencer has decided to say "yessss" with an arm pump after anything exciting happens to him. And Andi finished her 1st year of preschool and can write her name complete with fancy little dots on all the letters. And Ainslee and Ashley are finishing up their school years, in the top of their classes and have both finished their first swim meets of the summer. But the other night it all came together. I asked myself,"why haven't I blogged about this before?" I am talkin' about this little treasure:

Truly something to blog about!!! This is my new favorite "I am actually spend some money on myself" treat. So worth it. The kids post will come later. . . when I'm done suckin' this "heaven on earth" down.

The kiddos

Congrats to Ainslee- she made the swim team this year!!!



Now we've got two swimming every day.



The other day- okay more than just 1 day- it poured! The kids were dying to get out there in their rain clothes. Geez, you'd think we lived in the Pacific Northwest or something! This was taken just seconds before Andi smooshed a snail with her boot and Spencer cried about it.



And this little one has decided she'll skip the traditional crawling methods. Commando crawling get her around so fast. She's a hoot to watch- elbow elbow drag elbow elbow drag. She pulls herself up to standing on anything she can find. Her favorite is the dishwasher.

Who doesn't like Disneyland?

So we took our annual Disneyland trip on Easter Sunday. We drove down after a good bacon and egg breaksfast and after our egg hunt in the backyard. Easter kinda took a backseat this year in lieu of Disneyland. I don't think the kids minded too much. We were there for 3 fun filled days. We spend day 1 at Disneyland, day 2 at Disneyland until the evening then we were off to CA Adventure, and Day 3 was split between the 2 parks as well. We saw a parade and the fireworks. The big girls did all the rides- with Space Mountain as their favorite. Poor little Andi was scared on every single ride. I kinda don't blame her. For being 3 and thinking EVERYTHING is real, it can be scary. Spencer went along pretty smoothly until he picked up on the "being scared" thing. They both did all the little kid rides, though. Avery was an angel- just cruisin'.







Mr. Growler going on the Small World ride. FYI- they added a few current Disney characters inside the ride. Look up to see Peter Pan flying as soon as you get into the singing part.






By day 2, Andi had had enough of all the rides. We forced her onto the Alice in Wonderland ride. She's not too happy to have to go on it. She was fine by the time it was done.





My fault- I told the big girls in dramatic fashion the story of Indiana Jones (they had no idea who he was). Neither of them opened their eyes the whole time on the ride. Ainslee cried when she got off. We'll see if they attempt it next year.




The first ride we went on was the Jungle Cruise. Just look at the fear on Ashley's face! I love it! I love how they totally believe it's real! Aahh- true innocence.





Little Missy just lovin' life.



Here are the girls in line for the Matterhorn. They really liked this one. Andi didn't go on it-too freaked out. Spencer did though. He was pretty impartial- no crying or laughing when it was done.





For one evening we were able to meet up with my Grandpa (mom's mom). He's 87 and is finally starting to act old- if you consider still working out in the garden and picking us lemons and grapefruits from his trees old.



We had just an absolutely great time. No complaints (except a little too windy one afternoon). Next time we go it will be as a family reunion with my folks, sister, brothers, sister in laws, and kids galore. I can't wait!!!!

Back from Vacay. . .

Went to The Happiest Place on Earth. Had a fabulous time. Will post pics later when kids are busy.

So nice outside!

Yesterday and today have been so nice-maybe a little too warm for before Easter (75)- but nice to feel the sunshine. After Conference today, we drove to one of the bike trails here in Roseville. We didn't bike- we just walked it. It was really nice! The kids went off running ahead of us and it was so nice to see them just go! I remember running fast and loving the way the wind felt as it rushed past. Now, of course, I'd rather die than run. But at least I have good memories. As we walked/ran I felt really blessed to have children that are all healthy and their little bodies working so perfectly. It was a great day.

Andi was determined to sit on this cable line fence. She was trying so hard to balance which is why she wasn't looking. About 3 seconds after I took this, she jumped up, sat on her bum and then swung all the way back and upside down. It was a hoot! Straight out of America's Funniest Video!

There were random orange poppies that were in the middle of purple fields. It was really pretty!