Happy 3rd Birthday Clark!

Hanna made Clark a #3 pancake for breakfast.

I can't believe my baby is 3 years old! Seriously, where does the time go?!

He asked for balloons and brownies and his wish was granted.

Cards with money from Grandma Susan and Grandpa Ernie & Grandma Debi.

He also got a little t-ball set from his brothers and sisters.

Happy Birthday Clark! We are so grateful to have you in our lives! We love you!

Mother Daughter Activity

Had such a fun night with Hanna at her mother-daughter activity for Activity Days! The theme was "Spa Night" she painted my nails and then I painted hers.
She had filled out a question/answer form about me and one of the questions was, "What is your mom's favorite animal?" Her answer was, "Fish." I laughed out loud! I don't know if I have a favorite animal, but the reason why she said fish was because this is the only animal I have allowed the kids to have. (And they died within a week). Too FUNNY!

(I forgot to take a picture of us at her activity, but here's an old picture of us together).

Four Kids in Basketball

Max is developing his basketball skills more this year, it's been fun watching him play ball! Here is a video my friend got of him rebounding the ball and shooting up 2 baskets within a minute apart. 
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 Max with most of his team he's the tall one in the back next to his coach.

(Yes, Max is the same age as 2 of these boys).

Hanna is playing basketball for her school and a league as well. She played in 4 games on Saturday. She scored in our last game and is also developing her skills a lot this year. I've had fun coaching her school basketball team! 

Van scored his first basket last week!

Walt was able to score his second basket Friday night when Uncle Jeff was at his game. After he got a chance to score, anytime he got the ball he would pass it to Van. He really wanted Van to be able to score while Uncle Jeff was watching. I love when my kids are thoughtful of each other.

Way To Go Andrew

My nephew Andrew won The Bonanza High Bengal Pageant! He was hilarious!

Bath Time

Oops I filled his bath up a little too high! He's enjoying his "pool".

Bike Ride

Love the path behind my house for bike rides and walks! Went on a walk/bike ride with these 4 cuties the other day. The weather has been so nice!

Sedona

We had to pick up our van in Flagstaff, so we decided to stay

 in Sedona for a night since we heard it was beautiful.

There were a lot of cool places to hike, but all these kids wanted to do was swim!

We at least hiked Bell Rock and drove up to the Chapel of the Holy Cross 

and drove around the town, but then we let the kids swim!

It reminded me a lot like the Valley of Fire, which we love! What was way cool about it, was it was like the whole town was built inside the Valley of Fire. Beautiful!

Our New Van

This is our third passenger van in the past 6 years. This one is luxury compared to the others!
Our first one looked nice, but had no rear A/C which is a must in Las Vegas. I would have to spray the kids with a squirt bottle to cool them off. The last van we had at least had A/C so that was the up-grade, but the outside looked bad for the first year or two because it had stickers that slowly got scrubbed off. The inside seats got worse and worse over the past year or two. So this van is the first one we bought that was in great looking condition inside and out! Plus it drives quiet!

Now lets hope the captain seats cures all the fighting!

Got my license plate and family stickers put on!

Valentines Day 2015

I woke up early and made the kids there own "love" notes and candy bags. For breakfast I made them heart shaped pancakes.

We went out with our good friends the Leavits for our traditional Valentines Date Night. This was our 10th year going out for Valentine's Day together. This year we went to Gordon Ramsey BurGR inside the Planet Hollywood. It was good, but a little pricy.

Date With This Sassy Goose

We went to Stacks & Yolks for breakfast and Daisy was able to eat Gluten Free pancakes! 

She is such a Sassy Goose! Love my Daisy girl!

All About Daisy and Walt

My Buddy

Clark got his first black eye. While jumping on the trampoline he fell and hit his eye on the side bar.

Visiting Grandma and Cole. Sleeping in the van.

At the park. On a bike ride/walk with mom.

I love this buddy of mine!

Date Night With This Cutie!

When I told this boy we were going on a date he was so excited and he said to me, "Mom I've only been on a date with you one time before." I had to remind him of a few others, but I guess I need to step it up a bit! With six kids Danny and I decided he'll start with the oldest child and I'll start with the youngest child (I don't count Clark, since I feel we get a lot of one on one time) and we will rotate children each month to go on a date with. That will still only give me a chance to go on a one-on-one date with each of my kids twice a year. They will go with Danny twice a year as well, so hopefully that will give us all some special bonding time and the children will feel loved.

Walt was so cute on our date. He picked out where we would sit and when I came to sit down he was all the way at the edge of the bench so I could easily fit next to him. Well I didn't pick up on his sign and sat my purse on the other side of the table and went to get our drink. When I came back he was sitting near my purse again giving me plenty of room to sit. Thankfully, I got his signs the second time and sat right next to him. Walt is such a sweet little boy and we are so blessed to have him in our lives!

Uncle Kurt Visited

He only came for the day, but he was able to squeeze in a game of teatherball with Max.

Fun with Clark

When the big kids are in school this little guy gets to enjoy mom all to himself!

Clark building a tall tower.

Going poop in the toilet.

Taking Cole on a walk at grandma's house.

Hanna

Hanna participated in a debate in her class. She did a great job!

She got to go to Pahrump yesterday and play with her best friends, Briley and Savanna!

We sure miss these cute girls!

Basketball

Basketball season has begun and I have 4 kids playing!

Max and Hanna are on the school teams. Max on the 5th-6th grade team and 

Hanna on the 3rd-4th team, which I'm coaching.

Van and Walt are playing at the community center on the same team, which helps a ton! 

They also get to play on the same team as their friends Luke and Trever.

Max

Max has this crazy foot problem, one foot totally normal the other as dry as can be. 

We got him into the doctor, our Bishop and the cream is curing it. 

New Years Day 2015

We went to play in the snow at Mt. Charleston.

Clark cried the whole time, he had no interest in playing in the snow.

The rest of the kids did pretty good. Some better than others.

New Years Eve 2014

We went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner.

 

We played Kinect and watched a movie to pass time.

Only half of the kids made it to midnight...

Hanna, Max and Clark.

Happy New Year!