Phone Pictures!

Today was a pretty eventful day. We had Ward Conference at church this morning, then came home to eat, take an afternoon nap, and relax. Well, yesterday at the St. Patrick's Day parade, Asher got red food dye. Brayden decided that he wanted his tooth out today so he wiggled it ferociously, and Everett decided to wake up after only a 45 minute nap. We tried to take it all in stride and after engaging the children and allowing them all to compile their own tin foil dinners, Brayden brought me pliers and said "K, Mom. I'm ready."  I grabbed a hold of his really loose tooth, and after 4 tries I finally got it out. Brayden was SO brave. I would NEVER have guessed that he would react the way he did. He didn't flinch. Or blink. Or cry. Or complain. Or say ow. He just sat there while I'm (gently) yanking this thing out. It finally came out, and after a couple seconds of disbelief, a smile crossed his face and he said "It's out? I can't wait to tell my friends!" He held the tissue in his mouth to catch the blood then went and stared in the mirror in awe that this loose tooth that has been taunting him for well over a month was finally free! I remember being TERRIFIED of the pliers. He was a champ. Nice work Brayden! He wanted to make sure that the Tooth Fairy knew that his tooth had fallen out so he wrote her a note.

I took pictures on my phone, so since I'm uploading those I might as well upload others as well, right?

One of Sean's professors raises sheep. Her kids show them at fair and 4-H. Sean and her had talked about it and arranged for our family to come out and check out her little farm, since he knew the kids would have a blast. He wasn't wrong! They had SO much fun feeding the sheep, chasing them around, petting them, and seeing how cute and soft the lambs were and how raggedy the older ewes were. It was a great experience. I'm grateful for a husband who isn't afraid to let his children experience new things.

Now that the weather has warmed up a little more, we have ventured outside a lot more. Every morning when Everett wakes up the first thing he says is "Chicken! Eggs! Outside!" He absolutely cannot get enough of being out by those chickens. He loves throwing food to them and just stares in awe. He is a great helper in collecting eggs, and has a blast being outside.

Yesterday we went to the St. Patrick's Day parade in Hillsboro and it was so much fun. It was a bit chilly, but the boys had a blast. We met the Blaisdell's and Everton's there, and I love seeing all of our kids together!

I figured I should probably post a picture of what I look like now that I'm 24 weeks pregnant. I got this new shirt and I LOVE it! It's from Milan Maternity and it did not disappoint. It helped that I had a gift card there, but now that I've bought from them, I'll definitely go there again (if I need more maternity clothes, that is.)

This morning, the sun was shining through our window and although it wasn't quite 7, we all woke up on the right side of the bed. We had a morning cuddle session with the 5 1/2 of us in our queen size bed. It's always an adventure, and we're lucky if we all escape without a bruise or two. But we sure do have fun!

Right before church, Asher had his scripture case and he was being very protective of it. I had just seen his Book of Mormon and I knew it wasn't in his case. I told him that and he said "I know, I just want the case though." Suspicious, I opened it up and he had stuffed 5 aebleskivers in there to snack on at church. He said "I put in 5 because that's how many my tummy needs during church." He was being so cute I almost let him bring them. Instead, I suggested he eat them then so he had room for his Book of Mormon. He obliged :)

On our way to church today, Asher was cold. We had extra clothes in the van from the parade and Sean in jest suggested that Asher should put underwear on his head as a hat to keep him warm. He did it! It was hilarious.

I LOVE my family! I love the joy that comes amidst the choas, and I'm so grateful for the tender mercies that the Lord blesses us with every day. I definitely need to be better at recognizing them, but it doesn't take longer than a second once I start pondering to find several! I am SO BLESSED!