Where did my baby go?

I feel like I am always taking pictures of Marlie, but she is just changing and growing so fast, I don't want to miss a thing! I just have to ask. "Where did my baby go?" I have many more pictures and Tim and Kim just took some really cute pictures of Marlie yesterday that I will post soon, but here are some others that I need to post .

Marlie is really funny and happy! She can be a drama queen and throw herself on the floor and have a fit,too! She loves babies, all kinds, dolls and real babies! She also loves her binkie and her blanket that her Great Grandma Morris made her.

Marlie loves to climb on everything especially the kitchen table. She makes messes quite often, but then likes to help clean up. She doesn't like baby food, but she loves to feed herself yogurt and always has to eat most of Grandpa's breakfast! I wish I could freeze time and have her stay like this longer. You think that you will never forget how little they are, but having 3 older kids I can tell you that you just do! I love all of my children and feel very blessed to have them in my life!

World's Pickiest Eater!

If anyone knows Mason they know that he is the worlds pickiest eater! I suppose that I am a big part of the problem because I have catered to Mason and his eating habits for the last 5 years! Mason is so picky that you have to make his p.b. and honey sandwiches a certain way! You have to put the p.b. on the piece of bread on the right, then put the honey on top of the p.b. then he wants the crust off of the top, but not the sides and the bottom. ( You see what I mean about picky!) I am trying to figure out how to get him to eat more than sandwiches, chicky nuggets, eggs, mac. and cheese and spaghetti!) I told him that every night at dinner he needs to eat at least one bite of dinner, this is how it is working!

Poor Mason was almost making himself throw-up! (I felt bad , but at the same time I was trying not to laugh!)
Remember this is just one bite!

5 minutes later he still has the chewed food in his mouth, but he would not swallow it!

Trying to wash it down with some water!

Finally, he got it down!

I would like to say that things are going better, but not really! We go through this every night!

If anyone has any ideas on how to solve this problem, I would love some input!

I really hope we can get this worked out before he gets married or his wife might hate me! Or maybe she will love making p.b. and honey or mac. and cheese every night!

Look a like friends!!!!

Do these two girls look a like or what?
This is Madison and one of her best freinds Teran. They have been friends since kindergarten. Teachers and the secertary at the school get them confused all of the time. Last year people kept asking me how Maddi was doing after getting her tonsils out. I was confused becasuse she didn't have her tonsils out. Come to find out it ws Teran that had gotten her tonsils out! A few other things like that have happend, I think it is so funny! How does Maddi look more like Teran than her own sister? HMMMMMM? Anyway it sis fun for them and they like it! I hope they will continue to be friends for a long time!

Fun with family

We have been able to spend time with a lot of our different family members lately. Here a a few pictures of all the fun we have had.

These all have Marlie in them, but I just loved hew in this cute little outfit. When Marlon was here the two of them really hit it off. Marlie also loves spending time with her cousins Easton and Brooke. She LOVES babies, kind of scary for them, but she really tries to be soft! Here she is checking out cousin Olivia.

A couple of weekends ago we had a Spring get together with the Gorings. It was a beautiful day and we all enjoyed the great weather. The kids loved the playing on all of the fun toys!

This last weekend we went to Dave's sister Steph.'s to visit with her and her family. She has a new baby girl Jacqueline. She is so cute! The cousins all had a great time playing and dressing up. The kids took most of these pictures. I love the one with all the kids in the doll house!


We also went for a visit at Dave's Dad's house. Marlie didn't know what to think about the horse. Mason liked Grandpa's lawn mower. The big girls spent the night and had a great time as usual. They love hanging out with thier Aunt Kenzie!

Alice in Wonderland

McKayla and Maddison were in the school play Alice in Wonderland last week. They both did such a great job! McKayla was a mouse and had a solo part! She has a beautiful voice and didn't even seem nervous! Maddi was a flower (a violet) She had on her great big grin and looked so cute! It was fun to watch, but another thing that is good to have over with!

Just Dance!!!!

The last few weeks have been full of dance competitions for the girls! The first week was in Logan and it was on Kayla's 11th Birthday. We had to be there at 6:45 in the morning! (Ya, I Know!)Poor Madison was sick that day (she had had a 103 fever for 3 days) but was a trooper and danced anyway.

The second dance competition was at the Energy Solution Arena. The girls were excited to dance on the same floor that the Jazz play on.

The last competition was in good old Malad ,Id. (it is an okay place to visit, but I am glad I don't live there! Tremonton is soooooo much cooler!) The girls did awesome at all the competitions! They all worked so hard and it showed! They got a lot of high rankings (5 1st places) and even a Judges Choice Award!

It was fun watching them, but I am glad that we are done until next year!

Eggcited for Easter

Easter was such a fun day. There was a lot of activites and a lot of pictures. I had a tough time picking just a few, so sorry about all the photos. I hope you enjoy them all.

The kids Easter Baskets

Here are the kids finding what the Easter Bunny left them. We were so excited that Marlon, Daniella, and Dalene were able to come spend the week with us!

I tried to get a nice picture of all of us and the kids in their new Easter clothes after church, that is about as good as it gets with a 15 month old. Marlie and Addie had a good time playing together. Look at Marlie's face squished up on the glass!!!!

The kids went on an Easter Egg hunt. Dave was helping Marlie find eggs. ( I see Dave with eggs and candy, anyone see Marlie?) The big kids were a little angry when Dave stole the Grand Prize!! (Who is really a kid?) Can you tell by the above picture that Maddi is still a little angry about the whole thing! Ryann came and brought a pinata, the kids and Grandpa had a great time breaking it open.

Tim, Kim, Addie, and Drew also came up for the day! Mom made a great dinner,Tim even helped mash the potatoes! Marlon decided to get a workout after all of the eating! I cherish the times I get to spend with my family, especially the ones I don't see that often.