Paige's BIRTHDAY!

Paige turned 7!

This is how her day went.

She wore her birthday outfit to school.  Which

she picked out at the mall and was very

excited about it.  I must say it's a bit girly for

her normal attire.  I'm happy about that! 

She looked so cute! 

I came to her lunch to be with her.  It happened to be

"break the rules day" and she got to eat outside.

Which was a little chilly. 

 After school her good friends Riley and Sydnee Tidwell

brought her over a present.  That was so nice of them!

 Later her Aunt Katie and her cousins came over

to give her a present because Aunt Katie had plans

that night and did not know if she'd make it to her

party. 

 For dinner Paige picked Shepherds Pie and Broccoli

some of her favorite things to eat. 

 After dinner family and friends came over to

celebrate her birthday and have cake and ice cream.

Paige wanted a soccer party so I hung a few soccer

decorations.  Paige wanted a chocolate cake with

chocolate frosting.  Most of the families favorite.

I also made white cake cup cakes.  Which most of the

kids liked.  Paige did not have a friend birthday this

year so I told her she could invite a few friends over.

Here are all the guests at Paige's party:

Paige and Sierra

Paige and Riley and baby Chase

Paige and Great Grandpa LeCheminant and Brenda 

Paige and Grandma and Grandpa Gardner

Paige and the Gardner Family

Paige really wanted an American Doll but after getting

great advice from my sister in law I saved 75% and bought 

a look a like and yes she calls it her, "American Doll"!  

Score!  Plus the look a likes are so cute! 

Paige said she wanted a red head doll with freckles.

Compliment to Paige's beautiful Aunt Katie!

Paige and her Mom and Dad

Paige and Grandma and Grandpa Avery

Paige and Grandpa Corrigan

Paige and her friend Bri Hamblin

Paige and Aunt Karissa

Paige and our friends the Sandbergs

Paige and her friend Cameron Moffat

Paige and Great Grandpa Gardner and Lois

Paige and the Hale Family

Paige had a hard time blowing out her soccer

candles and needed a few tries! 

Paige and the Wicker family

Paige and Owen

Uncle Michael and Aunt Skyla were
not able to make it for Paige's birthday
but came down from Idaho the next
day to see her. 

Happy Birthday to our sweet Paige.

WE LOVE YOU!!!

Our Brown eyed sweet baby look 

how much you've grown!

2 months

7 Years

My GIRLS

My girls are so cute and I had

to add this to my blog for me.

This day was picture day

at School and you never know 

how they'll turn out and I wanted

them all together.  

I did their hair all the same.  And

they did not seem to mind.  I finally

got Paige to wear her skinny jeans

again.  And Paige let Riley

wear her shirt.  

Bird Feeder

Okay so I must say this just so some moms can relate

or just realize that they are better then me

because this might not be a big deal for them!

  

Brandon had to take off after Paige's soccer

game this Saturday to help his Brother and so

I thought it would be no big deal taking the

kids to the Home Depot activity they do

once a month.  My kids love it and look forward

to it.  So we went.  The HD employes handed

my kids their bird house kit and we headed

to the tables to build them. I think under different

circumstances I could have figured it out but between

the crowded tables, a toddler I did not dare take my 

eyes off for a sec and my other 3 girls wanting my

attention to help them build their bird house right

at the same moment got me a little overwhelmed. 

So after a few minutes of trying to help them all

at once I gave up.  We packed up the kits and 

headed home to build them at home.  Which

for me worked out better.  The kids really could

not have done it on their own because they needed

 me with each step.  The kids still had fun making

and painting them.  And then we bought some

bird feed and hung them in our back yard.

The kids love watching the birds. 

But I'll be the first to admit that a mother of 4 is

tough and I'm not sure how other mothers do

it with any more little ones than I have. 

Soccer

I really enjoy watching Paige play soccer.  She loves

playing which makes it more fun to watch.  

She stays with the ball and is talented enough to use

both feet to kick the ball with.  I don't even think I

can! 

Easter Sunday

Easter Morning was fun watching the kids

look for easter eggs that the Easter Bunny hid 

everywhere.  Even after church we found more.

I think Owen is getting the hang of it with the 

holiday traditions. 

Church was wonderful and the sun was shining

making it a beautiful day.  The girls dresses from

last year fit this year so I did not have to buy

 new ones!  Yeah! 

There were no flowers blooming this year with 

Easter being so early in the year in March. 

But the weather was great! 

More Easter Egg Fun

After the Easter Egg Dive we colored boiled eggs.

As a mom I feel like I have to let the kids color

eggs because they love it.  But Brandon and I don't.

And later that day learned that Brandon's mom,

Lisa always dreaded it when her kids were little.

Maybe I need to think of another tradition. 

Afterwards we went to Grandma Gardner's

to have an egg hunt and dinner with the

family.  

This year Grandma had the dad's

hide the eggs for the kids.

 All the cousin ran out of smiles. 

 Another fun thing for the kids was after their

egg hunt Grandma gave them more eggs to hide

for the parents.  We are always happy to score the 

big bucks from Grandma and Grandpa! 

Egg Dive

So I heard about this Easter Egg Drive at the Clearfield

Aquatic Center.  I told my sister and my two sister in laws.

It was fun for the cousins to be together. 

Four and under had to have an adult in the water with them. 

And of course that age group went last.  Owen and

Emery were trying to be patient waiting for their turn while 

holding the buckets they were given. While Owen was waiting

he fell in and Brandon had to scoop him out.

 It was our first year and I was not sure what was

going on so it made it hard to get around to take pictures

of all the kids. Sierra and Josh were in the same group.

In Riley's age group she got to actually dive for the 

sinking eggs. After collecting the eggs the kids got

to turn in their eggs for prices.  After all the age groups

were done they opened the pool to everyone to swim

for another hour and a half.  

Spencer and Bailee, Kami and Emery, 

Brandon and Owen and Jeff and Tate . 

 Brandon said the water was cold but Owen did not

notice.  He was laughing the whole time.

 Owen would not go within 10 feet of the

Easter bunny but my girls loved it!

 Owen is my little fish and loves the water. 

Kindergarten Egg Hunt

After donating filled Easter eggs I volunteered to help 

with Sierra's school egg hunt.  It really was not

so much as an egg hunt but a name hunt.  

All the eggs were scattered all over the field

and they could only put the eggs in their bag

that had their name on them.  Sierra's teacher,

Mrs. Poulsen is so sweet and had eggs for Owen

with his name on as well.  She also gave him a bag

to decorate to put his eggs in.  Sierra liked having 

her brother there and she took care of him wonderfully!

Owen got in line with the class to walk back to the

room like he was one of the Kindergarteners.  

Riley's Habitat

Riley had a habitat project for school.  She picked the Rain Forest

habitat.  All the kids got to make a miniature habitat in a shoe

box to display for all the school and parents to walk around and

see.  Riley was happy that Grandma and Grandpa Avery were

in town that day and got to come and see her at the habitat fair.

Brandon's Birthday

Brandon had his 33rd birthday on March 25th.  His parents,

 Sister and Brother and their families came over to 

eat cake with us.

Since Brandon's birthday was on a Monday night we waited until

Friday to go out for his birthday.  We spent the evening in Salt Lake.

We went to the movie,  G.I. Joe, which had my three favorite actors. 

 I couldn't have been more happy!  We then went to the 

Cheese Cake Factory at City Creek.

The wait was an hour and a half.  Which wasn't too bad because we

got to do some shopping while we waited.
We always have a good time out and even though we were gone
for six hours together it still went by so fast. 

Owen's New Bed

Owen finally realized he could climb out of his crib and 

so it was time to say good bye to it.  Exciting but sad

at the same time.  It's fun to introduce your children to 

something new but sad when you know it's the last time

you'll experience that with your child. 

I got three videos of Owen that show his mood change

through out the bed changing process.  At first he

was not real sure he wanted a new bed and then just

flat out mad and sad about the entire thing.  

Later he decided it was not so bad and was thrilled

to have a new bed. 

He fell out a few times at night but for the most part

stays in when we tuck him in at night. 

Grandpa's Birthday

I tried to make it some what of a fun day for the girls

being St. Patricks day and all.  But I was a little off my game.

I forgot to wear green and forgot to put out the green candles 

I brought for dinner with the green plates. But I made up for it 

with green food for dinner like green mashed potatoes, 

pistachio pudding  and cabbage with a roast.  Poor Sierra was

 so sick that day.  With a fever and all. 

  After dinner we went to my dads house

 for his birthday to  bring him a cake and sing to him.  

You can tell Sierra is trying real hard to look pleasant in the 

picture but is down right  miserable.  Poor thing.