Megan's birthday

Megan turned 5 on Wednesday. She has been asking how close her birthday is for about two months, so she was so pleased that it finally arrived. She was upset that she had to wait to open her presents, but was very excited and appreciative once she was allowed. She feels like such a big girl. Now if we can just get her to stop sucking her thumb...

Busy Week

We've had a busy (and fun) week. Last Saturday we went to the carnival at Orem Summerfest. The kids had a great time. Most of the rides were just for kids, but we all went on the ferris wheel together. Jared and I there proved ourselves to be big ride wimps. We were both holding on for our lives. Although, in our defense, they were running it really fast to get more people through the line.

Laurel and Jacob on the pirate ride.


Megan and Ben on the same ride.

We have also been doing out summer "field trips" because we really, really need to get out of the house sometimes. This week was the aquarium.

Here's Jacob checking out some anemones.


And everyone in front of the jellyfish tank. It was dark, so I couldn't quite tell when they were ready for the picture, hence the weird faces. I also searched for a sign to see whether I could even take flash photos. I found it right after I took this picture. I was really worried that I had traumatized the jellyfish, but then I realized that jellyfish don't have eyes. So they're probably ok.

Favorite Things

Ok, this is for Leca. And whoever else is interested.

These are the most delicious tortillas in the world. They are worth the trouble of cooking. We get ours at Costco, but I've seen smaller packages at the regular grocery store.

Also very yummy. I like the raspberry filled ones best, but I couldn't find them last time I was at the store. So sad.

Same thing as magic eraser, but they have a blue sponge on the back so you can use every bit of that disintegrating eraser sponge. I don't know how any mom ever got along without these. It got permanent marker off our wood floor. Need I say more?

Gardening

Last Monday, the kids and I decided to get some stuff planted in the garden (finally). We were a lot late getting our stuff in the ground, so we bought some plants instead of doing seeds. The kids were excited to try out their new gardening gear.


Here they are with the plants they chose (two tomatoes, watermelon and eggplant). They were really good about pulling out weeds with me and are keeping things watered, too. Hopefully these plants won't mysteriously disappear like most of the seedlings last year (darn birds).

Phoebe's Big Day!

So, with Phoebe officially 8 years old and all of the grandparents in town, Phoebe was baptized on May 31st. Her cousin Ricky from Greg's side of the family was baptized the same day.
Yes, I did make her dress (Greg's mom did the silk flower embroidery). After a few late nights, I kept asking myself "Why am I doing this?" and the only answers I could come up with were "Because I wanted to" and "Phoebe will only fit into a size 6 for so long". But it turned out beautifully and Phoebe loved it. As she put it "I like it because it is so soft. (Unlike her Christmas dress that itched) You should make all my dresses out of this." Yes, every little girl should have an entire wardrobe of 100% silk dresses.
We loved having Dad and Mom and Uncle Thomas here for the baptism. It is always so fun to see them. We just wish we lived a little closer so it could happen more often!
Check out Phoebe and Cader's smiles--Phoebe is trying not to show us her missing front teeth. I'm not sure what Cader is doing.

Preschool Graduation

Megan graduated from preschool on Thursday. She was in a really small class (5 kids), so it was a nice, short program.

Each of the kids chose their favorite preschool song to sing.


I'm still amazed that she will be in Kindergarten in the fall, but I'm getting more used to the idea. She is excited that there will be girls in her class. She was the only one in preschool.


That diploma is good for so many things.