Hakon takes Vimy out into the country to run most evenings. The kids go along sometimes. He captured these beautiful pictures of them.
Kolby loves his work gloves and plays a lot with the neighbourhood boys-the Olsens and the Schmidts.
Hakon built a fence for our yard. He got some help from the kids, especially Spencer.
I love it when the tulips bloom in the spring. Natalee Takahashi was a helper teacher in Kolby's class but had to end the year early. She is my cousin's daughter and was great with the kids.
Kolby went on lots of field trips this month. One of them was to a greenhouse in Mountain View. He came home with a flower to give me for Mother's Day!
BYU Living Legends came to Cardston! They sang in our Sacrament Meeting, put on a fireside, and did a performance. It was truly incredible!
Playgrounds and lawn mowing are in full swing. We bought a ride on mower this year! Everyone is very excited about that. It will really help Rylan and Brooklyn with the work they do for clients!
I'm playing around with the idea of adding a post, redoing the steps, and adding a sidewalk up to the front door. Here is my rendition. Vimy is not allowed in the living room, but I caught her in there propped up on the basket. It was so cute, I had to get a picture before I sent her back to the hardwood.
I took the three youngest to Waterton. I was wondering about doing family pictures in Waterton so I took a few pictures of Maryn to test the lighting and backgrounds.
Claire played in a basketball tournament in Raymond. She's growing a lot and is benefiting from Coach Nay's teaching.
We had a Sunday evening gathering at my parents' house. I found these girls in some great game. The kids had their piano recital at Chinook Lodge this year. One of the residents, Sister Humphreys, was delighted to see my mom again. They sang together in a trio for very many years.
Kolby learned to ride his bike!
Hakon took Brooklyn and Auri out to the country and they gathered bouquets of wildflowers. After building our fence, it became clear that we needed to buy a more narrow trampoline. Hakon was the one who made it happen. We are really enjoying it.
I have been finding that my mouth truly is very small when I go to orthodontic appointments. The kids and I compared our widest mouth opening and found that they can open much wider than I can.
We planted our garden in Glenwood!
Brooklyn and Claire stayed up late chatting on the trampoline.
The day of family pictures I had Kolby practice some natural looking smiles because, lately when the camera comes out, he has a plastered one.
Hakon and Spencer changed got the van ready for Spencer's driver test.
Beaudon Simmons and Kolby loved playing some catch at the park.
I liked this quote. We got Jason Bevans to dig more holes for us to build the fence between the house and shop. It was a tight space for his machine but he did a good job.
We enjoyed the Youth Days softball tournament! Our ward had 3 teams and Spencer, Rylan, and Brooklyn were divided one on each team. Spencer and Brooklyn got to play in the Sr. and Jr. championship games but they both lost. It was a fun weekend!
Vimy likes to escape the front door and run over to the garbage pile at the Summers house. Kolby is always very determined to run after her and bring her back.
We drove to Lethbridge to visit Far-Far at St. Mike's on Sunday. We also brought Vimy with us.
It was a beautiful day!
Finals season is here and the three oldest are getting ready!
Kolby just loves anything to do with Vimy, whether it is teasing her or climbing in her crate.
Hakon, Claire, and Maryn biked down to Pop-Shop and it just so happened that me and Brooklyn were there too!
Rylan and Brooklyn are enjoying the track & field season. They both placed in at the school and division meets. Rylan placed second in the 1500m and Brooklyn placed second in Triple Jump!
Left to Right: Brooklyn, Taytum Payne, Ivy Salmon, Pippa Leavitt, Charlie Reeder, Brynlee Bevans
Lots of work in the backyard!
With the end of school year coming up, Brooklyn wanted to try on my grad dress.
We went to the temple grounds after grad to congratulate everyone we know. Spencer and the Michels are pictured here with Miles Murray. They have become good friends and helped Miles become active in the church again and go do baptisms at the temple for the first time. Hakon and Kolby rode home after the grad visit.
Claire had a basketball tournament on the weekend in Magrath. Their final game was against another team from Cardston and Claire guarded her cousin Morgan.
I found Kolby asleep like this. I had left him with his head at the top of the bed, under the covers, with the lights off, but everything changed between that and him falling asleep. He is so cute!
This is a quote that I liked.
