Just a Little More of the Craziness!

These boys are so funny! You gotta love the way they changed the "ABC's" to "Funky Town." They love both those songs. He he he . . .

Absolute Craziness

It all started out with the boys wanting to dance to their new favorite CD, Enya. Halley was dancing all cute standing up at the couch so I ran to get the camera. Well, I took about 8 videos of her, but none of them worked. We did, however, get some crazy funny pictures.Here is Bradley with his blue bear. He wanted to pose with all his stuffed animals!
Here is Halley desperately trying to put her sock on!
It was a fun night with all sorts of laughing and silliness. We even put Connor's hair in a ponytail. I have to admit though, I was a little worried. He did not want me to take it out. He thought he looked so good. I am sure he was just enjoying all the attention though.

These two stuffed animals, "Rabby" and "Sheepy", respectively, are the boys' favorite stuffed animals to dance and play with. They got them for Easter a few years ago, and I think they are some of their best friends!Here is crazy Connor. I can't even remember what he was doing.
And this was a tender moment to end the craziness with. Bradley can pretty much read anything now. He sat down this night and wanted to follow along in the scriptures while Wes read for our family scripture study. He does that every once in awhile now, and I love it! We went to storytime at the library today, and a whole bunch of the moms were fascinated by the fact that he can read. It made me proud. :)
I am really proud of all three of our kids. They are so special and wonderful!

The Princess, the Monster and the Cat

My sister sent these cute bracelets to Halley a few weeks ago. She loves playing with them. Here are a couple pictures of the princess accessorizing! Her hair looks like this all the time because she is always pulling out all the cute ponytails I put in her hair. Grrrrr . . .
This little girl is really funny. She has figured out how to tell us she wants something on.
I can't really describe it, but she'll bring us a bracelet or clothes or socks and kind of say, "On, on, on," but in baby talk. It's more like, "Awwwn, awwwwn." It's dang cute!

And here are a few of the boys after a super fun bbq birthday party involving a fairy godmother who did face painting! Bradley didn't want us to take a picture of his monster face! This party was Bradley's first "school friend" birthday party, and they were super nice and let us all hang out and have fun. They had a bounce house and everything! Connor, the cat, didn't have a nap because of the party. We let the boys watch a movie while we got ready for our next bbq (yah, two in one day!), and Connor fell asleep.
Here he is trying to wake up.

Fish and Friends

Connor, Halley and I went to the aquarium with some of our good friends a few weeks ago and had a blast. The kids really enjoyed all the exhibits, and they had so much fun together. We are really going to miss all our friends out here. I got a lot of pictures of Halley. I think that's because she was the only one who would hold still long enough! :)

This is McKinnley. She is an adorable little girl that the boys just love to play with!
These pictures are from the wave room. The older kids loved this, but Halley was holding onto me pretty tight every time the wave washed over us!!
The end of our trip to the aquarium was a little tense. We pushed it a little too far. The kids were all tired and hungry. In fact, it was almost time for me to go get Bradley. So, I bought some lunch for the kids, we ate in the car, and then I went for a little drive to let them get at least some nap. Here they are in the car eating french fries!
Side note: Bradley is out of school now, and we are SOOOOO excited to have him home with us. I always feel bad when we go do stuff like this without him. Don't worry there will be a post of all Bradley's cute preschool "graduation" pictures. And, I am sure we'll be making another trip to the aquarium soon.

Yikes!

You gotta love this hair! Halley was being so funny this night. I took a couple videos, but none of them are worth posting. She was a mess after dinner so I had to wash her hair out and everything.This is how she looked! She was having so much fun just laughing and talking to herself. She saw herself in a big silver bowl we have and was just living it up! And then she enjoyed standing up holding onto the high chair and talking to herself for awhile. It was hilarious.
Anyway, here are a few pictures of her great hair! I wish I could have captured the great moments of this night, but oh well. Her hair really is great!

Little Princess Power

Most of our recent pictures are of Halley. I am not sure why . . . ha ha ha. Maybe it's because she's so dang cute!

This is a funny video of her trying to put some of the boys' shorts on. She was getting really frustrated! She is OBSESSED with clothes. Anytime she finds any item of clothing on the floor or couch or anywhere she tries to put them on. I am sure we have a fashion diva on our hands. She'll be one of those little girls who has to change her clothes eight times a day!

This is a cute picture I took of her in our storage/toy room. She crawled in there and sat right up on the shelf and just stared at me.And these are cute ones of her new little butterfly dress. My sister-in-law got her some way cute clothes from Gymboree - all butterfly themed! She is adorable in all of them, but we particularly love this dress. The setting isn't optimal, but we were on our way out the door for church, and I knew her hair wouldn't last through all the meetings. She usually pulls her hair out within minutes of me doing it!You gotta love this face! This is the look she gives us anytime we pull out the camera!

Male Bonding Time

Ok, now that I am officially done with pictures from UT and all of our pictures from April, I am going to move onto May and see if I can get them finished quickly!
Our stake had a fathers and sons camp out the first weekend in May. Wes and the boys went with a friend of ours and his son. Things were a little unsure at first because of the weather and some other things, but they ended up having a great time! (And my friend, Becca, and I got to enjoy some good girl bonding!)
I told Wes to take lots of pictures, and I think he did an ok job. The only thing is that he didn't get any of Russ and Vincente! They took Wes' little two-man tent and all slept in it together on our air mattress! It kept them all nice and warm.