Not a moment to spare

I finally decided to put Brooke through the effort of getting her blessing dress on again and take pictures. Good thing I did, since I don't know if it would have fit her tomorrow.

I made this dress for Young Women in Excellence when I was 15. And there it sat for 12 years until I was finally blessed with a beautiful baby girl to wear it. It was so fun to be able to use it.

If her feet had gotten any bigger I wouldn't of been able to snap this cute shot.

So she's a bit bigger than the day we blessed her, more than a month ago. She's almost sitting up on her own and is so smiley.

I had to put this one on. I LOVE it when she smiles so big her face squishes.

And...for more of a Brooke update...

she starts to roll...

she wants to roll...

can she finish it?...

She did it! I know in a few days she'll be rolling all over the house.

She's growing up too fast!

Happy Easter

Here are some highlights of our Easter weekend.

Gotta have an egg hunt.

Ty knew to look here cause he had just watched his dad find one here on home videos.
Here's Jordo!

Here's the whole egg finding crew. It's always fun to have the Garlocks around to play. (Ben's hiding behind Jordo) We sure missed Allie though.

This is the second generation to hunt this cul-de-sac. Kev and his siblings grew up doing this same traditional neighborhood egg hunt too.

Here's our Easter morning!

We got mostly springtime outside things, like bubbles and 'banana ball'. (The scoop ball toss between the baskets, Ty gets all the credit for calling it that) And like most of you, we couldn't play with any of it do to the awesome two inches of snow we got. UGH!

Here's little Brookie with her fun basket. Diapers and chocolates for mom!

And here's Brooke again and she is so close to rolling over! She sure gets around just by arching and wiggling. It's so fun to see her start to move and play.

(Still planning to post blessing pics, SOON. If I say it, it's gives me some accountability right?)

Our little catch-up

Oops. Was I supposed to be updating this? Sorry and here's a quick overview of what we've been up to.

First, we blessed our beautiful Brooke. Due to difficulty fitting her in her carseat with her dress, we are still lacking pictures. But they will come. I waited a long time to have her wear her dress, so I will be sure to get pictures to remember it.

Next, Jordo had a run in with the tile step at Grandma and Grandpa's. As soon as he let go of his throbbing ear, I watched it fill up with blood and turn black and blue. The next few days it only got worse. It looks a bit better now, but still pretty ugly.

We weren't surprised that it was him though. He's our accident prone kid.

Here are my three green kids celebrating another fun St. Patrick's Day.

We decorated cookies with green frosting and then delivered them to Dad at work.

We went on a hunt following green shamrocks looking for leprachaun gold which was hiding in the trunk!

And of course, we enjoyed a delicious green dinner. Green alfredo and noodles, green french bread, poppers (aka edemame), green jello, green koolaid and finished it off with some green chocolate chip mint ice cream.

More pictures to come of cousin Soph's 'fancy' birthday party and Brooke. I'll try not to wait a month this time :)!

Olympic Fever

At our house we have loved having the Olympics to watch and are big fans of this ultimate sporting event. Today I was watching the cross country skiing sprint and the boys sat down with me. The next thing I knew, they had their 'skis' (aka slippers) and 'poles' (aka golf clubs), and were skiing all over the kitchen.

Here's the action shot.

Here are my future olympians! I love the creativity of kids.

The Rising Dough Trampoline

Today I was trying to help my roll dough out by putting it in the sun. The boys were playing on the floor there too, and one thing led to another.


Sorry the lighting is terrible. Here is Jordo bouncing his animal off the plastic wrap. (The rhino has bounced up and is in the middle of his shirt)



Here's the compromise. In order to save my plastic wrap and roll dough, I made the boys miniature versions with cereal bowls.



And then, they noticed they could 'trap' their animals. Oh the possibilities of fun with plastic wrap and a bowl.

And here is my beautiful Brooke who was watching all the action from the couch. She is starting to smile in response to people now and it is so fun. I wish I could tell you all how much I adore this little girl.