Easter 2015

Easter started out as a typical Easter morning. Kids looking for and finding the Easter Baskets and Easter Eggs, following General Conference, which we watched at home and enjoyed being together as a family. Later that day we were just about to head out the door for the Jensen Easter Egg Hunt and dinner, when our measuring board fell on Clark. All the kids started screaming and crying as blood ran down Clark's face. We cleaned him up, went to dinner and as soon as Clark finished his Easter Egg Hunt we were off to get him stitched up. Thankfully, Danny's best friend is a Plastic Sergent and met us at his office, stitched him up and we were off. Clark was tough and did great! I think this is one Easter my kids will never forget!

 Easter Dress (two weeks later).

Contest Entry

A hospital near me is having a contest for mothers who need a break. They wanted us to share our funniest moments. The funny thing is most of my "funny" moments happened with the twins when they were toddlers. Here was my entry... 
    Ever since I was a young girl all I ever wanted to grow up and be was a mother. If anyone ever asked the question, what do you want to be when you grow up? The answer was always an easy one, “A mother.” I feel so blessed to say I have SIX children and baby number SEVEN will be joining our family this July.
     My oldest will be 12 in May, I have a 10 year old, 8 year old, twin 6 year olds and a 3 year old. Life has slowed down a bit since 5 are now in school, but every morning before they leave and after they get home you just might say my life is a little busy!
     As I read through my blog to find the funniest story to share, I found quite a few!
There was the Vaseline incident, the lotion made with oil and butter, the baby powder, the broken glass table top, the dumped bucket of raw rice, the toilet papered bedroom, the dumped laundry soap, the mascara, the permanent marker on the cabinets, walls, carpets (you name it), the mud “fight”, the toddler that crashed the car, the ramen food “fight”, the indoor water “fight” using the water from the toilet bowl... It seems as though the list could go on and on. I’m so glad I documented all these not so funny events when they happened, because now I smile and even laugh about this list!
    I love my children and feel so blessed to have each of them in my life, but sometimes I need a break!     

Grandma's Birthday

We took my mom out for her birthday to one of my favorite restaurants India Palace!

My Brother Micheal came too.

26 Weeks and It's a GIRL

So we were going to be surprised and not find out what we were having this time. On Wed. I had all my kids with me at my doctors appointment and the ultrasound tech slipped. So we are excited to know that another baby GIRL will be joining our family this July! We plan to name her Jane.
Most of the kids were wanting a girl especially Daisy, she ran around screaming when she heard. Clark on the other hand keeps saying, "No, a boy!" I think he wants to stay the baby, he also says, "I want Max to hold me!"

Spring Break 2015

Day 2: We got up early and had a quick play at the beach with the cousins.

We went to see Baxter play Jukes in the play Peter Pan.

We swam at Aunt Rebecca's and stayed their (all 17 of us) for the weekend.

Day 3: We went to church in my old Chino ward with my dad.

 We let the kids swim at grandpa and grandma's house.

Day 4: Danny took the big kids to LEGOLAND and I took the littles to the beach house with the cousins. I had gotten such a great deal for LEGOLAND, but I was only able to get 4 tickets. Hanna has been begging to go for 2 years now. I had heard it would be more fun for the younger kids, but the older ones had never been so we took a chance and yes, they were bored, but now they've been. Now I need to get the younger 3 there before they get too old. 

 

Day 5: We are back in Vegas and we took the kids to see the movie HOME.

Day 6: Dyed Easter Eggs and went swimming at Danny's house he is flipping.

 We are so BLESSED!

 It was April Fool's and I waited all day to do this trick on the kids. JELLO not juice! Heeheehee!

Day 7: At the Children's Museum

Spring Break 2015

Day 1: At Knott's Berry Farm with our friends the Neilson's!

Bottom two pics on this collage are of Clark on this up and down ride. On the right you can see he's happy about going up. On the left you can see his face change to terror as it drops. Poor guy! The girl next to him felt the same way. They stopped the ride for the two of them. Maybe next year he'll like it.

I hung with Clark on the little kid rides since I couldn't go on any of the big kid rides this year.

The kids were much more daring this year. The older 5 all went on Ghost Rider. Max and Hanna went on Silver Bullet and Hanna and DAISY went on Montezuma Revenge!



We always have so much fun with our friends the Neilson's!

It was a great day with this wonderful family of mine!

Happy 10th Birthday Hanna

I love the tradition my mom did with me as a child, bringing me to lunch on my birthday. 

Now I do the same thing with my kids.

Hanna chose to go to Chili's.

We had a small party, with a few friends staying late and a couple slept over.

"Happy Birthday to you..."

Make a wish! Mom made her favorite, ice cream cake!

Gifts! This one is blurry, but it was a surprise from mom...tickets to Lego-land!

Her friends that stayed the night.

(2 BFF's from Pahrump Briley and Savanna, Rylee and Cousin Ruby, who had to leave early).

I'd say she had a Happy Birthday!