Charity's Bug Concert

The Kindergarteners put on a little concert dressed as bugs! Charity was a butterfly (as you can see) she spent all night the night before (hopefully my procrastinating problem can go away before my kids pick it up) painting her wings. She looked so cute and they did such a good job. They sang about 10 songs- 2 for each class and then 2 together as a grade, and then it was over. I love it when they can keep those things short and sweet :) But she did so awesome. I'm always almost crying at these things because I realize how old she is getting!

I took a whole bunch of pictures, but they all had someone either walking in front of the picture, or someone's wings were covering Charity's face, or something, but anyway- these two were okay. The place was completely packed- I don't think they planned to have so many people there. Grandpa Hatch and Nana actually came down for it too, and we all ended up having to stand on the sidelines. Which actually turned out to be kinda good- we were like 15 feet away from Charity and could get the perfect video of the whole show.
It was kind of funny- halfway through the concert they had to move this little trouble-maker away from where he was, so they put him by Charity, and I heard her say, "Oh not again!" (she said it in her funny, complaining with a smile face- not to be rude), and I just had to laugh.


We all went to Arctic Circle afterward to celebrate- It reminded me of when I was younger- my family would always go out for ice cream after all of the little school performances. Kind of a fun tradition- maybe we can carry it on.


Charity with her Daddy- isn't he a hottie!


If only I could get rid of the baby fat! Oh wait- I'm eating a huge ice cream cone- NO WONDER!
(I'm kidding :))


I love these pictures- it means another picture of Nana's face! (she's definitely not as quick at putting her hand up as she used to be.


And these pictures are fun just because Nana will want to hit me when she sees it, but I live so far away she won't be able to :) HA HA just kidding Nana!! (not that she can read this anyway- did I mention she sees double?!) She's probably reprimanding me in this picture.

Playing at the Park

I finally remembered my camera this time :) We got to go to the park this week, it was so nice out. The wind is kinda crazy out here, but it had slowed down a little. I totally had to beg Luke to let me take pictures of him for some reason. Normally he's following me around, but this was him hurring down the slide before I could click it- looks kinda cute this way I think.



Brad has a blast at the park. It's the time when his grumpies go away, and he is his sweet little angelic self. He kept running over and giving me hugs to tell me that I'm "da best mom to bwing me to da park!" Love that! (yes, his shirt is wet, and all I can say is- Raquel started it!)


SuperBrad in action!!! He really is our little Superhero.


Charity sure hasn't skipped a beat with missing out on the monkey bars and stuff at school- I thought she might have to relearn it all- but NOPE.


Luke's a goof.


Kinda dark- it's Brad in the tunnel.


He's such a big boy now! I look at this picture and I can barely tell that it's my little Lukey!! He's just growing up so fast!


Kelly too! She never dared to do this last summer!- well, not on her own at least!


Luke was totally roaring as he was chucking these huge pieces of.....whatever they are...rubber or something- it was funny.


She really has gotten so good on these! Here's a nice shot of her bumb.


Kelly the little doll.


Charity in action- she played on these pretty much the whole time we were there.


I just like this cuz you can see the mountains in the back- looks kinda cool, like our park is really in the middle of nowhere







So if you're wondering "why all the new pictures?" it's because my Nana is bored. I figured I could send her the link to my blog and this could keep her busy for a couple of minutes. Well, maybe even longer- she does see double now! It's also because I hate making decisions- I am a middle child.

Sweet Moments with Kelly and Noah

Noah was laying down on the floor (as he sometimes does when the boys are napping. Kelly came upstairs and the first place she goes is over by Noah. She's funny because she will go and gather things from all over the house to entertain him :) I think it's so sweet. She's such a cute little mommy to her little brother.


The great thing is that Noah is not opposed to letting her entertain him.





Don't ya just love it when your kids get along with each other!!! I sure do.

If you haven't seen enough of him :)

I was just sitting here playing on the computer, and out of the corner of my eye I could see Noah just sitting there looking up at me just smiling his head off. So of course I grabbed my camera and just went crazy- I couldn't decide which ones to put on here, and I couldn't get myself to delete any off, so scroll down really fast if you don't love his smile as much as I do.

I can't believe Noah is already 3 months old. I just love him. He totally melts my heart when I look down at him and he's looking at me and then grins. I love his smile, I love his cute little hands and feet, I just love his cute littleness. He's been so alert these days, and I actually got him to giggle a little today, which is just my FAVORITE milestone. So I'm just loving baby Noah. I can't wait to see what he does with his life.

Sweet Little Moments

In between sofa snacks Luke likes to take a little time out hanging with his little bro and daddy. I just think this is sweet when Luke slows down long enough to be soft with Noah.


And I just LOVE these kinds of letters from my Cherry! She's such a sweetheart. Who wouldn't want to be a mom after seeing this!