We had a great trip to Utah. It was a really long drive, but the kids were actually pretty good. It was wonderful to see Aunts and Uncles, and cousins. I'm so happy that the kids got to spend lots of time with family, and really made some good friendships.


We went to Aunt Shirley's house to play, and then the park, and then Carl's Jr. The kids were nice and worn out that day.

We hiked up to Timpanogos cave. It is really beautiful. The hike was pretty, but rather arduous. It is only a mile and a half, but it is at a steep incline the whole way. The cave is worth it, though.

Enjoy your hike, HA!

A 4th of the way there, and still smiling.

Me, Clint, Amy, Ashton, Sophie, and Abby in Timpanogos cave.

We went up and had dinner at a beautiful park in the canyon. The weather was great, and we all had a blast. Eva thinks Gilbert should be a conehead.

Gilbert and Eva. They were good buddies. Gilbert says, "Eba."

Me and Ashley and Lily

Coby and Clint chillin'

Nick entertaining Lily.

Grandma and Granddad and all the Grandkids. That's as close to everybody looking as we could get.

Grandma and Granddad's 60th birthday party at Carrabba's

We went to a really cool pool in Lindon. They had a water slide, and a lazy river. Uncle Coby and Ashton were pool buddies.

Doesn't Lily look cute in her swimsuit?

Aunt Shirley took us to Thanksgiving point, and we got to go and see lots of animals, and Ashton rode a pony, and there was also a pony cart ride. It was a pretty cool little place.

Aunt Shirley and Gilbert by the little Chicken cages.

They had a horsecart ride that Ashton, Gilbert and Clint rode.

We went bowling at BYU. It was fun, but kind of exhausting with all those little kids. I had to bowl with Lily on my back. It's a good thing, 'cause then I could blame being no good on her!

They had cool thingies that the kids used to cheat and roll their ball down.

She is so cute. I can't resist putting random pictures of her up.

We got to have dinner with Jenny and Rik, and it was fun.

Ashton and Henry were great buddies. I couldn't get them to hold still or stand together for a picture, though.

Gilbert and Granddaddy. Granddaddy was making scary noises that the boys loved.

Lily and Grandmother.

We had dinner with some friends who have a girl Ashton's age. The kids had fun, as you can see.

Lily at the parade.

A firetruck from the parade. They have a great parade every year in Provo, but I didn't go, because I was busy packing.


We had homemade chocolate hazelnut gelato on the 4th, and it was soooooooooo good! Gilbert looked like a chocolate monster when he finished.


It's so funny to put babies together and see what they do. That is, until they maul eachother and cry. Which generally happens fairly quickly.

Clint and Cannon

Gilbert and Eliza in the pool. I was glad to see Gilbert swimming. It's on the list of things that scare him. It's a long list.

Cousin Nick pushing Ashton on the swing.

Nick and Gilbert climbing the monkey bars. They were really cute together.

Clint and Lily on the swing on the 4th.

Ashton holding a sparkler on the 4th of July. He was very brave. I wasn't when I held one. It made a lot of noise and it was long and it was going to get me!!!!!

Ashton riding a Llama.

Gilbert riding a Llama. I was really surprised that he actually did it! He tends to be frightened of large animals. And small ones, actually.



We got to go to the Krishna temple in Spanish Fork. They had lots of cool animals, and best of all, the kids got to ride Llamas!!! They really enjoyed it.

Oh no!! The hippo is going to eat Lily!
The boys and the elephant at the Monte Bean museum. They had a lot of really cool stuffed dead animals there. It was hard to get the boys to stop looking at the elephant, and look at me.

Our Graduate! (or Alumnist, as he puts it)

We are so proud of Clint!!! He worked so hard to graduate. For six years, he worked full time, came home, took care of the kids while I went to work, and finally after they went to bed, he could finally work on his school work. And he managed to get As and Bs. I have never seen anybody work harder and longer. He is a wonderful Father and Husband, and we are lucky to have him!!!! When Clint takes the kids to the grocery store (Ashton walking, Gilbert in the cart, and Lily in the front pack), all the ladies who see him call him super Dad, and he really really is!!!

More crazy spring and Mother's day

This is Ashton's Teacher, Mrs. Hreha. We really loved her. I'm sad that Ashton is done with preschool. We really enjoy that little preschool. I'm excited that Gilbert, and later on Lily will get to go there.


Ashton's preschool performance. Their theme was "Goin' Green." It was cute, but I accidentally deleted the video. :-(

Grandma and Grandaddy came to visit last week. It was reall fun to see them. The kids especially loved spending time with their Grandparents.

Babies always love Grandma!!!

Cutie, although it looks like she has an alien foot.

She's letting us know how she feels.

Gilbert is helping Lily play

Daddy and Lily crying

Aunt Nina and Gilbert having a tongue party.


I had a wonderful Mother's Day. Clint let me sleep in and relax all day. He cooked me a delicious breakfast, and dinner, and he even cleaned up the entire mess. I'm lucky to have such a great Husband!!!

Busy spring

We had a really great spring!!! We had a visit from my friend Kirsten, and from My sister Alaina and her husband Morten. It was fun, but really crazy. We went shopping at the outlet mall, to the Zoo, Arboretum, watched movies, etc. It was so great.


Our latest family pic. not perfect, but you can't have everything.

Our sweet baby girl. Please keep her in your prayers, she is having trouble gaining weight. If she doesn't manage to stay in the 5th percentile (down from the 25!), she will have to go to the GI doctor, and endure the ensuing tests.

Tiny and adorable

Alaina and Morten with our little squawker.

Me and Kirsten at the Arboretum.

Ashton and his crazy hair at his Easter party.

Ashton and his friend Carson. We went to a really cool park for Ashton's Easter party. I tried to go back, but it was really crowded.

Classic Gilbert at the park.

Spinning

Spinning is one of Gilbert's favorite activities. Mostly I uploaded this video to see how video shot from my camera looks . Cute, huh?

Things I did before 9 this morning

Got up with Lily at 12:45, nursed her, put her back to bed. Got up with Lily at 4:00, nursed her, she wouldn't go back to bed, got Clint to rock her for half an hour (bless him), she still wouldn't sleep, nursed her, finally got her to sleep at 5:30. Got up with Lily at six to find that she had pooped. Changed her, rocked her, put her back to bed at 6:20. Gilbert came in at 6:21. Got him a drink. Got back in bed. Tolerated the face poking that was the result of not getting up. Changed Gilbert's foul diaper, got back in bed, more face poking, and a few (unfulfilled) requests for candy bars. Ashton came in around 7, cuddled a minute, and then played with Gilbert for 5 minutes. Gilbert got tired of waiting for me to get up, and took matters into his own hands by bursting into Lily's room and waking her up. Then he pooped again for good measure (that's three poopy diapers before 7:30 people!). Made muffins with the help of my boys (so helpful!!!), while Lily watched from her bumbo chair. Put some into Ashton's tiny muffin pan he got from his Grandparents for his birthday (they ate the tiny ones much better, I need to get a big muffin pan that has tiny holes). Killed a spider (nasty jumpy thing), and another got away (bigger, uglier, and not jumpy) Changed Lily's diaper (not poopy), and clothes, and earrings (the first time! Her six weeks of wearing the piercing ones was over today), tried to figure out if she wanted to eat or sleep. Cleaned up the "spider poison" the boys concocted (it consisted of baby formula and pepper, sounds poisonous to me!). Took the muffins out, gave some to the boys, stuffed a few (too many) into my mouth while I rocked Lily. Wish boys would understand that if they leave me alone for five minutes to rock her, she would actually go to sleep and I would be all theirs. Put Lily to bed, rocked her again five minutes later, and five minutes after that. She is finally sleeping, hopefully for at least 40 minutes. House is messy, I'm exhausted. Blah. At least the boys are playing outside.