Pictures of Hyrum

Hyrum is smiling! He's grown and changed so much since I saw him last and it's only been a few weeks.

I sure love them their grandchildren!

Poor Ethan had to have surgery and his mom and dad sent a picture of him right before being real cute in the hospital. His surgery went well. He sure hurt for a few days, poor little guy. Glad he's doing better now!



"Wicked" with my girls.

Misty, Rachel, April and I had a girls night out!!! The girls bought me a ticket to Wicked for my Christmathanks present and the time arrived for the play. The play was SOOOO good. Great acting, staging and music. I loved that we were able to go. Thank you, thank you, thank you girls! So off I drove and we treated ourselves to PF Changs before the play. Misty showed us an app for the iphone called Instagram and so we took a picture of each of us at the restaurant and played around with it.

April

Rachel

Misty

Me

We're at the play. No cameras allowed so we had to sneak one.

I wanted a picture of all of us by the wicked poster but since it was hanging up in the air I had to settle for a picture during intermission. Which I'm grateful to have. I have beautiful girls! Inside and out.

We decided that we must do this more often. Which I'll write that in stone...

Build a Bear fun with Clara

For Clara's 3rd birthday I took her to Build a Bear to get her her very own teddy bear. I had never gone to build a bear before neither had Clara so we were in for a fun treat. We arrived and Clara picked out the bear she wanted. A cute brown bear that we took to the stuffing station. Clara got to hold the petal down to stuff her bear, a girl bear.

Clara was given a heart to put inside her bear and she got to rub it with warmth and love.

She put the heart on her nose so the bear would always "(k)nose" she was loved.

Then she put the heart inside the bear. Clara was given 3 hearts total sense she turned 3.

Bath time!

We then picked out clothes and Clara named the bear and got her birth certificate.

Clara and Rainbow! How pretty!

Humming birds, garden and more...

It's that time of year again. Spring, the return of the humming birds, other creatures and the garden. I thought I'd share some pictures of spring time returning.  I love the feel of being able to go outdoors without wearing a jacket, the warmth of the sun on my skin, hearing the frogs, seeing the birds twittering around the property, the turkeys, deer and much more. 

Look what Larry found in our yard. A petrified lizard. Weird huh?

I know, I know I've blogged about humming birds before but I have to include a couple of pictures I took this year of course.

Jovie is trying to have a humming bird land on her hand. Her expressions are priceless.

The humming birds wings make quite a loud buzzing sound and it sounds like they are dive bombing you. She liked trying to get one to land on her. We stood there for a long time. We'll try again another time. Jovie wants to work in the zoo when she grows up. I can see that. She isn't fazed by touching a snake.

This double rainbow was so beautiful to see out the back door.

I've been rototilling and weeding the garden and haven't had a chance to plant the seeds yet but here are some pictures of what's growing already. I separated the strawberries and lengthened the rows and even planted another row. I know crazy. I did give some plants away but I hate just throwing the plants away and so I replanted them. I have to stop though I don't want any more rows of strawberries.

Asparagus. This is the third year for the asparagus so we can cut them off now as they grow, eat and enjoy.

Rhubarb. We may not eat all the rhubarb but it sure is a pretty plant.

Blueberries! The plants are still small but 5 survived the winter. We lost one to an animal I think that broke it off. I have no clue how it got into the garden though but it did leave evidence.

Raspberries. Lots and lots. For some reason I don't have any qualm about digging up the extra raspberry shoots that grow in the center of the rows and tossing them out.

 Pretty apple blossoms.

Larry had a tree crossed over the creek for a bridge and it got washed out. In consequence to that the creek rerouted and washed out some of our land on the right.  The tree has been sawed and so hopefully when the water get high again it will wash the tree down and straighten out the creek again.

We did get a little waterfall out of the deal.

Yes, I do believe spring is here.

Hyrum's special day

Hyrum sure looked cute in his white baby blessing outfit. We loved sharing this special day with Misty and David and their family. He received a wonderful priesthood blessing which was given by his daddy.

Papa J and Uncle Bud were able to stand in the circle.

Our family that was able to come.

Uncle Bud, Emma, April, Aisnley, Owen, Papa J, David, Hyrum, Misty, Aria, Nathan,  Rachel, Gabe,

Mae, me (Linda), Jovie and Clara.

Isn't he adorable!

Grand baby Hyrum is our 11th grandchild.

The proud parents.

We were grateful to have been able to be there. We love you Hyrum!



Clara's 3rd birthday party

Clara, the last of my 3 little granddaughters right in a row turned 3. She wanted her party at Chuck E. Cheese. We were in town for Hyrum's baby blessing so Papa J and I were able to go to the party. How lucky for us. We saw Chuck E. Cheese and so Clara wanted to have a picture taken by him. I told her to get closer and she said "I am.!"

April's and her girls got to come too. Ainsley having fun with Papa J.

Her mama made her a beautiful butterfly cake.

I got to watch Mae and Owen that day because Rachel was working. This was one of Owen's favorite places at Chuck E. Cheese.

Uncle Bed and "future" Aunt Emma came. While at April's house Jovie and Uncle bud were playing birds. Jovie was the mama bird and made her "baby" bird a nest.

A pretty flower in Ainsley's hair. Isn't she pretty?

We loved being with the family!



Jovie and Ainsley meet the chickens

The chickens are not cute little chicks any more but that didn't seem to deter Ainsley and Jovie from holding them and thinking that they are cute.

Larry has been busy trying to finish the chicken house. I don't think that we can call it a coop, it's more like a house. Progress is being made. Door is up and windows are in the chicken side. Still needing the door put in the garden shed side.

Nesting boxes and roosting rods are installed. The chickens are enjoying their house but they sure want to go outside. When I open the door they come investigating. I haven't let them out yet. Larry is going to be installing a fenced chicken run to the side.

See how curious they are. We are still a couple of months from getting any eggs. We are in anticipation for them. We will eat some and share with our kids then if we have extra I wonder if we should try and sell any? Make a little money for the feed.