Nothing Too Exciting

Hi just wanted to post quick and say that not much has been going on too exciting around here. At least nothing that we took pictures of. Mothers Day was nice. Paul had given me 2 dozen very pretty red roses. Carly and Aaron made me coupon books, Kenzie said she needed someone to take her shopping to get me something, and Brianna was still working on a collage on photoshop that she is going to get printed on a large piece of canvas. She has since finished it - it's really cool. Last week, Paul and Aaron went to the Father/Sons campout and got super dirty! The girls and I had gone to see a musical of Little Women at a theatre in Everett on the 15th. It was a lot of fun and a great chick bonding experience. And that's about it! We have a lot of bark spreading in the yard this weekend, so if anyone's bored - come on over and give us a hand! Later...

Friends

I found the pics from yesterday... We had a great day! We went to Clayton and Mel's new baby, IRIS', blessing at their ward in West Seattle. Then we all gathered at their house for yummy food and hanging out all afternoon. It was a lot of fun seeing their new home remodelling completed. They did a lot to an old house from the 50's. Julianna's parents, sister and family also came from S.L.C. It was great to see them again and it's wonderful how they continue to love and support Clayton. Here's the star of the day - baby IRIS:

That hair is for real too! Just curls straight up like that. When we got to the church and Aaron looked back at her, he said, "She needs some major gel!" We tried not to laugh too hard during church. Don't you just wanna chew on her though!?!?!?

Clayton and daughter #1 - Hadley. She's a big sister now! Oh and she loves marshmallows!

~ Matt being Matt ~

Big kids playing some card game - man they've grown up! We met these friends back when Brianna was 9 months and Peter was 2 months. I firmly believe that ward, in Seattle, and the friends we gained and kept all these years was a gift from the big man upstairs!

Howard, Matt, Paul, Brianna, Amy, Mel holding Iris, Mary, Victoria, Clayton and Blythe

Thanks for a great time Clayton and Mel - you were great hosts. The house looked amazing - loved all the color and the food was yummy! Thanks to everyone for your love and friendship over these many years - here's to many, many more! We love you!

Kenzie turns 14! and Snow in April!

OK, so the every week thing isn't working all that well. I'll make a couple posts to highlight the past few weeks. First, Kenzie turned 14 on April 19th. We had a family celebration on that day:

I should also include this picture, out our back door, from that day. The day was April 19th I should remind you:
Yes, that's snow coming down like gang busters. It had been doing this for a couple days - got a total of 4 inches this time. Didn't stick around too long, just irritated us, cause - For Crying Out Loud - it's April! The next weekend was Kenzie's birthday slumber party (btw - next year is going to be a slumber party free year - I declare it now!) She invited some really cute and fun girls:
As soon as I get the pics up from this past weekend, I'll make another post. They're on Brianna's camera. Later...