April 2016

On Conference Saturday - Noah, Sophie, and Abby built a fort and hung out in it while eating snacks and listening to the talks!

While the dads were at Priesthood, the moms and kids went out to eat and had fun with Ellie's "Face swap" app. Some of the results were pretty scary - always funny - and it continued the next day with some of the dads that weren't with us the night before!

Noah & Shalae

Auburn & Shalae

Noah & Grandma

Suzanne & Noah

Auburn & Suzanne

Abby & Davis

Ellie & Grandma

Ellie & Noah

 Suzanne & Noah

Jax & Noah

Ellie & Noah (again)

Noah & Ellie (and again)

Suzanne & Grandma

Sophie & Lucy

Russ & Shalae

Grandma & Poppy

Noah & Russ

  This is how we found Noah and Abby one night when we got home from a date!

 

 Russ, Noah, Sophie, and Abby hanging out outside while the weather was nice!

I had to snap this pic of Russ and Noah holding hands hahaha! I think it might have been against Noah's will!

Noah got to go to a Diamondbacks game with Nathan Graff and Stephen Rapier - he had a great time!

March 2016

Noah getting ready to dress a goat with a missionary - at Lehi Days

We had fun watching Noah play after-school basketball during February and March. He is so good!

Field Day!

Noah did awesome at field day. Besides the participation ribbon, he received 2nd and 3rd place ribbons in the long jump, high jump, hurdles, and the baseball throw.

Celebrating Russ's birthday... Noah made him breakfast and the kids gave him some presents... including his favorite circus animal cookies!

Ellie and Russ share a birthday which fell during Spring Break, so Noah got to attend a "hang out" for her birthday while Abby and I took cake to Russ's work.

The night of Russ's birthday, we went shopping at Superstition Springs Mall, so Noah took Abby on the carousel while we were there. He's such a great brother :)

During Spring Break, Grandma Vicki took these kids to see Zootopia! Such a fun grandma.

Auburn and I took these kids to the zoo during one day of Spring Break. We of course had the most fun watching the Orangutans but I didn't get any pictures of Noah with them.

Noah went on his first scouting campout to camp Geronimo, as an 11-year old scout. Russ went with him and they had a lot of fun!

Abby was pouting in the car - I didn't even know why - but I had to snap some pictures because her face was so hilarious!

 

Russ and I went on a date and left Abby home with Noah as the babysitter - the first time we've ever done that for an extended period of time. It was extra risky since we went to the temple and can't be reached when we're in there. We came home after 4 hours and the house was clean, Abby was in her pajamas, and both kids were safely asleep. I was so happy and proud of Noah!

Easter morning

Before church on Easter

 

After church, we had a little Easter egg hunt at our house. Noah hid eggs in the backyard for Abby, and Russ and I hid eggs inside the house for Noah.