Memorial Day 2012

Our Memorial weekend begun with a day at the park...well, we went for a short hike and played for maybe 30 minutes.  It was really hot and humid, and it hasn't even hit 90 yet.  There were all these stops on the hiking trail that were little exercising stops.  It was very nice out there.  We also went to the animal shelter just to look.  Bracken is terrified of dogs, especially when they bark.

On Memorial Day we started with some cleaning and Benjamin mowed the backyard.  Later, we filled water balloons and played in the sprinklers.  The kids had a blast!

After playing in the water for a while, it was nap time for the little ones.  After they woke up it was time for our BBQ.

We had a great day and weekend.  So much fun!  We ended our day with Family Home Evening, and the kids redeemed their tickets for prizes from the prize box (tickets from doing chores).  Hugs, Kisses, and Good night.  The kids fell asleep pretty quickly, I certainly felt drowsy from all that sun.  What a wonderful feeling.

Entegra's Ballet and Tap Recital 2012

Entegra recently performed in her Ballet and Tap recital.  We packed up everyone and went to watch her wonderful performances.  I think she did a great job.  Yes, she watched her leader but it seemed once she saw the beginning move, she remembered basically what to do next.

After her Tap performance, which was Friday night, it was late so we came home and put the kids to bed.  Entegra and Inara couldn't stop chatting.  (Some of her ballet video got cut off.)

After her Ballet performance on Saturday, she received a bouquet of flowers, which she loved.  Then we went out to eat at the local buffet.

 

We all had a great time.  Great Job ENTEGRA!

Daddy-Daughter Girl Scouts Dance, March 2012

Benjamin and Entegra went to a Daddy-Daughter dance that was held for the Girl Scouts.  

According to Benjamin, Entegra was shy to begin with but by the end was having a blast dancing around.  Daddy bought her a corsage and patch for her smock (which I haven't sewn on yet), and a soda.

She asked me to do her hair nicely and paint her finger nails.

Doesn't she look so much like her Daddy?

Entegra busting a move.

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For some reason, they needed a picture of her with her soda, but she still looks super cute.

Baby #4

That's right, folks!  We're having baby number 4 sometime in September of 2012.

We just found out today that we are lucky enough to have another baby BOY on the way!  Isn't that exciting!  We'll be even with 2 girls and 2 boys.  Wonderful!

This baby was a complete surprise for us.  We had told everyone that we were happy and done with 3 children, but apparently Heavenly Father wasn't listening :)  In fact, Benjamin was in a car accident in December which totaled our 5 seat crossover which, of course, meant we needed a new vehicle (since we only use one).  Well, after searching for a couple of weeks, we found the perfect crossover.  Almost everything we wanted.  It had to fit the 3 carseats easily and be below a certain mileage.  Well, this car had that AND one extra seat (so, 6 seats).  How foolish were we to think this seat would be for carting along one of the kids friends or an occasional visitor.  Not a month later, we were pregnant.  Coincidence?  I think not.

But again, we are very happy to be able to add one more to our home and family.  In fact, when we were first married, we had said 4 would be a nice amount of children to have.