Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Bacon bread sandwich

If you're wondering what this heap of bacon, turkey and cheese is, like I was when I walked into the kitchen, according to Halle it's a bacon-bread sandwich 😂. Obviously, it's summer! She's always loved bacon 😆.




Monday, July 10, 2017

Ice cream!

A cold, windy summer day yesterday called for some McDonalds play place time, happy meals, and of course ice cream cones!








Monday, July 3, 2017

Riverton Days parade

Tonight we went to the Riverton Days parade! It was hot but luckily we got a shaded spot.
Luke and Halle had fun collecting candy and were nice to share the candy with the twins. I think they had a lot of fun running around and driving for taffy :).
Asher loved playing in the dirt on the corner we were standing by. He would play in the dirt and then if something came by he was interested in he would run over (motorcycles, firetruck, train, horses) watch with us for a minute, and then run right back to the dirt.
Avery was very interested in the horses that came by and the princesses (Riverton City royalty). She also loves the bus and the train.





I love nights like these where we get to spend time together! Although we were hot and sweaty and had dust and dirt all over us from Asher playing in it we had a great time! Love this sweet family of mine ❤️❤️❤️.

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Last Day of 1st Grade

We can't believe 1st grade is over! Halle had a great year and has learned and grown so much!






She drew this cute picture for her English teacher Miss Hare. On teacher appreciation week she drew one for Miss McGarry.



I came into the school to take a picture of Halle with her teachers and found them lining up out in the hall and Halle was a little emotional. It was so sweet. Her teachers said that her crying made them cry! I love that she cares so much about school and loves her teachers so much. They were great teachers and we will miss them, but I reminded Halle she can visit them lots next year!

Halle with Miss Hare, her English teacher. Halle is such a good student and does so well in school! She scored all 4s (As) on her report card!


Halle with Miss McGarry, her Chinese teacher. This was Halle's first year of the Chinese immersion program and she did so well! Miss McGarry would often comment what a quick learner she is and how good her Chinese pronunciation is.


Mom decided to have a little summer gift for Luke and Halle after school. They each got a new book they have been wanting to read over summer, a sticker book, and one more "fun" things. Halle's is a wooden birdhouse craft set she can work on over the summer.






Halle with her best friend Phoebe.








I'm excited to have Halle home with me all summer! It should be a fun one!

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Ice cream!

A cold, windy summer day yesterday called for some McDonalds play place time, happy meals, and of course ice cream cones!








Summer shenanigans!

Asher bonked his head and was sad so my kids came up with idea of drawing a face on the watermelon and making him a "watermelon guy" to cheer Asher up 😂. It worked! Asher wouldn't look at the camera but his tears were gone. Loving these lazy summer mornings and having my older two home. They play so cute with the twins! 😊








Monday, May 15, 2017

Mother's Day 2017

I love Mother's Day! It gives me a chance to reflect on the blessing of being a mom, how lucky I am to have my wonderful kids, and also to think about my amazing mom and all the wonderful women in my life. But I have to say my favorite part of Mother's Day is the sweet handmade gifts my kids make me!

Cory is actually out of town for two weeks on his MBA trip to the Middle East, so I wondered if the kids would remember it was Mother's Day. I was more than pleasantly surprised! Luke surprised me bright and early with this poster he worked so hard on all weekend and a necklace he made me (around his neck). Melt my heart 💗. All weekend be would get Halle and they would go to their rooms to work on something (i figured it might be something to do with Mother's Day but wasn't sure) so they both put a lot of time and effort into their gifts. The middle paper plate is a tracing of his hand he made at school, it's a little container to put things in. Then be made the heart designs, which he said represent the sunrise and sunset. And he made a necklace at the bottom that's hanging on a little pin. It was so sweet.


Here is Luke by the poster and wearing the necklace he made me. The notes on the necklace say "I love you" and "you are the best".


Then Halle gave me these darling pictures and Mother's Day projects she made, including the sheet about me that she filled out and colored so beautifully, the card behind where she filled out a paper and wrote a sweet note, and the little plant with her picture on it. She put so much effort into making all these things special and spent extra time on them over the weekend finishing them. I love how thoughtful she always is and how great of an artist she is.


Here she is after church, she made another card for me at church (pink with rainbow in the background).


Even though Cory was gone he had ordered this ring for me and it was delivered a couple days before Mother's Day, so that was sweet of him and I was able to get a gift from him even though he wasn't home. I saw this ring when we were at California a couple weeks ago and really liked it and he remembered and ordered it for me 😊.


We have 1:00 church so we hung out all morning making cards for grandma Lori, then I was going to attempt taking the twins to church alone and having them miss their nap but Asher woke up with a cold and they were really tired so I laid the twins down for their nap and went to sacrament meeting with the kids late so that I could see them sing their Mother's Day song. Luke was a little nervous and almost didn't go up but I convinced him to face his fears and he went up at the very end. I want proud of him. Halle, on the other hand, was one of the first kids up there and was front and center right in front of the podium, and she sang her little heart out, so cute.

Then after church we went to Grandma Lori and Grandpa Sheldon's house for pizza for dinner and crepes for dessert. We had a fun time hanging out and the kids played and had fun in their backyard with the weather being so nice.

When we got home I was getting the kids ready for bed, which was a little difficult. Asher has a cold and has had a bit of a rough day, and by the time we got home the kids were tired and cranky, the house was a disaster, and I was exhausted! The I got a text from Cory with this picture- he was at the Taj Mahal at that very moment!


I thought it was an awesome photo and also kind of funny he was there at one of the seven wonders of the world on Mothers Day while I was home wrestling kids, alone, to bed. Seeing the humor, I posted the picture to Instagram with this:
So while I was wrestling kids and sick toddler twins to bed (alone) on this lovely Mother's Day evening, my husband was here - The Taj Mahal! 🤣 #theirony But really, I'm glad he's having a great time. Maybe take me next time though, @corydferguson 😉

All joking aside, it was a great day and I'm so grateful for the blessing of being a mother, the greatest blessing of my life! I am the luckiest!