May 24th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0841, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/24/13

Trying to fill my shoes a little too early? She couldn't walk in them but Emilie helped her stand up in them.

May 23rd Picture-a-day

IMG_0840, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/23/13

Peek-a-boo!

May 22nd Picture-A-Day

IMG_0831, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/22/13

Juliana saying "Ooooooh". We see (and hear) this a lot lately.

May 21st Picture-A-Day

IMG_0830, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/21/13

Nathanael playing Wii on one of our new beanbag chair thingies... we have been meaning to buy some of these since forever, to expand the seating in our family room.

May 20th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0829, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/20/13

When she keeps me up til 3 am, I have to think of new things for her to play with in between holding her and rocking her. (and that's not easy on so little sleep!)

May 19th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0824, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/19/13

Even Juliana had to put up with a hairdo for church on Sunday.

May 18th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0821, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/18/13

Christopher doing dishes with Dad.

May 17th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0817, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/17/13

Trying new hairstyles on Liberty... poor Emilie's gone these 13 years without me doing much with her hair... I guess I figured with THREE girls I needed to get it together. Though Emilie looks worried when I say I'll do her hair.

May 16th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0811, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/16/13

Happy baby girl!

May 15th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0810, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/15/13

Samuel and his project for his Cub Scout talent show... which was next week, not this week. Oops!

May 14th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0809, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/14/13

Itty Bitty little braids for Liberty!

May 13th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0788, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/13/13

I took 11 kids to the zoo today. We borrowed two extra boys :) It was a great day!

May 12th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0772, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/12/13

Happy Mother's Day!

Here are 9 of the 10 people who call me Mom.

May 11th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0767, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/11/13

I managed to scratch and dent our 'new' car. The older kids should thank me for doing it before they did.... Tom will forgive me. Eventually. The funny thing is, I hit the mailbox... and the mailbox doesn't have a mark on it. I think the door may have popped open.

May 10th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0766, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/10/13

Emilie, our least confident speller (two younger brothers have tested higher...) won her 7th grade division at our homeschool spelling bee!  Go Emilie!!! 

May 9th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0756, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/9/13

Yellow tulips at the temple! (and pansies, too)

I love to see and visit the temple so often.

May 8th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0753, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/8/13

A chalk drawing Superman... after being run over by roller blades.

May 7th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0751, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/7/13

Emilie made stuffed crust pizza! :)

It was delicious.

May 6th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0738, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/6/13

"This is the night we've waited for..."

We love Family Home Evening.

May 5th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0723, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/5/13

Juliana is fascinated by the wedding pictures of her parents on the wall... 17 1/2 years ago...

May 4th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0720, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/4/13

Obviously we've all seen the same Phineas and Ferb episode... "Whose skull is he caressing?"

May 3rd Picture-A-Day

IMG_20130503_225142, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/3/13

Didn't get a picture of the snow accumulations... (it melted fast!)

Benjamin and I are shopping for fish tank stuff...

May 2nd Picture-A-Day

IMG_0710, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/2/13

Snow on the 2nd of May. Picture of the accumulations (is that a bad word in May?) coming tomorrow. "What a lovely winter we're having this spring..."

May 1st Picture-A-Day

IMG_0703, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

5/1/13

Samuel running with his Nerf gun... on a nearly 90 degree day. Love to be outside!

April 30th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0694, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

4/30/13

Timothy and Christopher reading together. We're using "Learning to Read Using the Book of Mormon" and I was only going to be working with Timothy but Christopher joined right in... I love this one of Timothy helping his little brother.

April 29th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0689, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

4/29/13

Yes, that is her new squishy AT-AT from Star Wars.

"I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy."

And yes, she's sticking out her tongue.

These are available from Amazon and Diapers.com, from my own searches after seeing them in a baby magazine and ALL her siblings deciding that Jules wanted to spend her birthday money on one.

April 28th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0684, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

4/28/13

Just me and my girls all ready for church. The headbands didn't stay on all through church, but we looked good.

April 27th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0682, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

4/27/13

Yay, I got a new phone! Now I have to be smart enough to figure out a smartphone vs. my perfectly good enough dumbphone I loved.

April 26th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0670, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

4/26/13

I attempted to make a space for most of our scriptures. It gets messed up quickly because we use them at least twice a day... but it was nice to see this shelf cleaned up.

April 25th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0669, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

4/25/13

Benjamin in his natural habitat?

April 24th Picture-A-Day

IMG_0608, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

4/24/13

My beautiful girls in their new headbands. The flowers come off and are interchangeable with other flowers that can be buttoned or clipped on.

My sister (inlaw) Gretchen made them, and she sells them on etsy. They are so cute! I will post the link in a bit.

April 23rd Picture-A-Day

IMG_0607, a photo by atvtnv on Flickr.

4/23/13

Liberty is SUPER GIRL!