Garden Snake

 We found this snake in our garden as we were weeding on Saturday! Jonah was not afraid of it at all and he had a lot of fun holding that snake and showing it to our family and neighbors. :)

"Artist Boy"

Micah has decided that he is an "artist boy"! He colors and draws everyday and he has started using sidewalk chalk as the weather has gotten nicer. Micah is very talented and we are very proud of our artist boy! These are some of his "masterpieces".

Story Time

 Micah really loves story time at the library. We go to the Pleasant Grove library on Tuesdays and the American Fork Library on Thursdays. This has been his "pre-school" this year. Micah likes the stories and songs but he LOVES the craft they do afterward the best.

 Even Emma likes storytime!

Here's one of the crafts he made - a cute duck!

Yum!

This was my cute Emma after a nap so happy to be eating yams at lunch time. She is so cute, I could eat her up!

My sister-in-law Heidi gave us this German pancake recipe that they call "Monsters"because the bubble up and grow in the oven. They are so yummy! We've been making them a lot!

All the kids really enjoy eating this yummy breakfast!

8-month-old Emma

Sweet Emma Joy is 8 months old! It is hard to believe! She is such a cute girl and she makes everyone smile. Emma is by far our smallest baby (which for our family just means she is average sized). She is 17 lb. 3 oz. (44%), 28 inches tall (56%), with her head circumference at 17 inches (34%). Emma LOVES food. She still nurses, but mostly she eats food. She can't get enough of it and she thoroughly enjoys everything! There is nothing she doesn't like (except pure, unsweetened cranberry juice that we tried with her once to see her reaction). She pretty much eats whatever we are eating.She gets upset if I am eating something and I don't share. Emma loves playing with toys. She is so interested in everything her brothers and sister are playing with. She can sit up really well and she can scoot around. She walks very efficiently and fast in her walker and she is going to be crawling soon. Mommy's a little nervous about this. :)  Emma loves to give kisses to her family (Mommy, Lea, and Jonah especially). She loves cuddling mom and is usually so happy when she wakes up. She just melts our hearts all the time! She likes to babble and blow raspberries and she is just so much fun! She is so much fun to tickle too! We always get a good giggle out of her. We love our little Emma so much!

 She is almost crawling!

My bookworms :)

 My pretty daughters!

Happy Birthday Daniel

 For my husband's 34th birthday we went to a Jazz game! It was so much fun and we won!

 Yes, there are really 34 candles on this cake!

I love you so much! Happy Birthday!