Zoo Day!

Josh had memorial Day off for school and work, so we took advantage of that and went to the zoo! The kids had a blast and wore themselves out completely.  There was a small area where the kids could play some bongos,tambourines, and maraccas, which Jo played at for a while. We then got to see an elephant show with their baby elephant. William loved it even though he is pretty scared of them. Before going home we had lunch and played on the playground, where Savannah had a blast.

Springtime!

Springtime is in the air! The flowers are blooming, the weather is A-Maz-Ing! The kids have been having SO much fun playing outside everyday, which gives me a chance to get the house clean and keep it almost there. (they do come in occasionally and when they do they are each a small tornado)  I have been able to get more done the past few months during the day then I have the past few years! However, I think my favorite thing this past month has been to watch everything come to life. Growing up in Houston most of the plants stay alive all year round, heck we've even had hibiscus grow in December! Going up to North Texas really taught me to appreciate the greenness while it lasted and I loved watching everything turn green again in the springtime. At least I thought I appreciated it, even there you still had some stuff still alive. Coming up here in the middle of winter from south east Tx it was shocking just how dead everything was-or looked. I really thought that most of the plants were far beyond saving, some even up to the past few days. It's so exciting to go out and see which plants are starting to come to life each week! Needless to say, me being the camera crazy take twenty bazzillion pictures of everything person that I am I have been going a little crazy with all the springtime growth. So here are a few of my favorite plant pictures. Thanks again Josh for my amazing camera! 

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry tree with berries

Our peas are sprouting!

This plant smells divine, and it has both white  AND yellow flowers! How cool is that!

Our neighbors rose bush comes into our yard a little bit. They are so beautiful ! ♥

Rose...bud.

Haw berry blooms.

My lovely daffodils....before William plucked them of their stems.

We haven't figured out what this one is yet. It currently has little green  balls all over it and Jo calls it  "Our pea tree" makes me think of The Land Before Time. "Mamma, Mamma, I a flyer!"

Lilacs ♥

Not sure

small spreading bushy thing.

*sigh*  :) 

Okay so I need to stop before I decide to live here permanently. Nothing like a super dead winter to help you appreciate all the lovely life in the springtime.

Primary Chorister

Jo decided a while ago that when she grows up she wants to be a school teacher, the other day she decided to add primary chorister to that. Here is an example of her favorite thing to do the past few day.

William is being a good little pupil…..for the most part.

Bikes

Jo has grown out of her tricycle that one of our neighbors in Vidor gave us, so we finally caved and got her a big girl bike! She is so excited about it. Her only problem is that she's learned it tips over more easily than a tricycle and gets a little nervous sometimes. With Jo having big girl bike William has kind of taken over her tricycle even though he's not quite big enough, but Jo is nice and helps him out.

Gardening

We're trying out a garden this year, since we actually have a yard to do one in. The kids have loved getting it ready to plant the seeds.

 While digging in the dirt William found a footlong earthworm, he was so insanely excited!

Long time coming

Alright, I really am going to try to do better about doing more blog posts. Here are a few pictures from the past few days. All I have to say is I love my kids, and I love springtime in Utah!

 First time making mud pies.

 Dandelions for mommy!

 Olives. Yum!

 Enjoying Rootbeer floats.

Ketchup

This past year has been very crazy, we had William last June and this June we had another little girl join our family! Needless to say, I have been very tired. Josh has been super busy too, this last year he was working two jobs, going to school full time (this included lots of time spent doing research for his Sr project) and doing everything he could to help out at home with me not feeling up to par. He is truly amazing, and I am so grateful to have such an amazing, patient, and loving husband! :D His work payed off however and he graduated in May with a perfect 4.0 GPA! He also managed to do it without going into debt at all. Doing both at the same time is just amazing in my mind. My work also payed off and we have a cute little baby! So..... that is why neither of us have posted anything for quite some time. I am hoping that things will return to some state of sanity now and can get more done both with blogging and in the real world. I'll go ahead and post some pics from graduation and Baby Savannah (since that is the real reason people look at the blog anyways) I might try to do some posts from this past eight or nine months, but no guarantees! Thanks to everyone for all your support and encouragement the past several years, each of you has made such a huge impact on our lives and we love you all so much!