April, May, and June already???

 April

In April, we had lots of fun activities . . .

Grammie and Poppa came and visited during General Conference weekend.

Esther, like my other 2 girls, enjoyed using a diaper for a hat.

We went to the zoo during Lily's Spring break.

Scott and I went on a date to a basketball game.

Also, during Spring break, we visited Great-Grandma/pa M and Uncle Mark/Aunt Stacy.

The girls playing around as usual :-)

We went to our friends the Nobles for an Easter egg hunt . . . it was tons of fun, even Esther had a friend to play with.

 Easter morning!!!

MAY

Esther working on her tummy time and rolling . . .

  . . . while Maggie reads :-) She is able to read small words like CAT, DOG, and MOM already!

We finally pulled out the exersaucer for Esther and she LOVES it!

 

  And she ate her first solids . . . rice cereal!! She also had her 6 month appointment, and she's no preemie anymore at 15 lbs 10 oz!!!

When Maggie wants something done, she gets it done . . . here she is showing her skills at getting the remote down from the very top of the TV!!

The days have been so beautiful out that we have gone quite often to the lake and enjoyed hot dog roasts, kayaking and fishing.

Maggie loves to hold Esther!

Peas!!

Maggie enjoys eating Esther's leftovers :-)

Lily had a piano recital and did so great!! It's amazing how much she learned in such a short time.

 Here is Lily with her piano teacher.

Just Maggie and Esther hanging out together.

Esther loves playing with boxes (sorry about the sideways view!).

One morning Maggie came downstairs looking just like the puppy dog she's holding, it was so adorable. Even with the road rash she received from riding her bike.

On Memorial Day, we went with Scott's parents to hike Beacon Rock and then had a yummy picnic.

 The view was breathtaking!

 Watermelon smile!

 Fun, large trees to climb onto.

 Esther and Grandma :-)

This is what Maggie likes to do while I fold laundry :-)

June

Esther learning how to use a sippy cup. She loves eating butternut squash, peas, sweet potato, peaches, applesauce, and bananas.

 Lately, Maggie lives in dress up dresses and it's fun to see her play around in them.

 Happy girl!

Just this last Saturday, while daddy was a drill duty, we went to the Strawberry Festival parade with Grandma and Grandpa S. Then we went to Uncle Mark and Aunt Stacy's for some yummy food!!

Well, have a wonderful week!! We'll catch up again soon!

Out of Order

So, when I finally got the pictures to load, blogger loaded them so that the more recent pictures are first and the older ones are last . . . Enjoy looking from the present to the past:


We have dubbed Esther, Queen Esther :-) Lily still loves putting this toy on the heads of her younger siblings.

Lily had her Kindergarten choir concert. It was only 20 minutes long, but so worth hearing those little voices singing as loud as the could to the tune of their favorite song they learned during music class.

To celebrate St. Patrick's day, we headed over to Shorty's Garden Center and got to enjoy getting lots of free stuff :-)

After Shorty's, we went on a hike at the local fish hatchery where Scott did his Eagle Scout project.

 We celebrated my 29th birthday. Scott made me angel food cake and got me some needed gifts :-)

Esther takes 2 good naps and then cat naps the rest of the evening until bedtime . . . this was taken during one of those cat naps. She wore herself out while playing with her toys.

 HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!! Our little Leprechaun, Jack McClarney, made his self known this year . . . drew on the sliding glass door, picked out all the green M & M's to make a green rainbow on the counter, left a mess of plastic bags on the kitchen floor, and left his mark are the toilet :-)

In other news . . . make sure the flour on top of the fridge is always pushed away from the doors to the fridge or this will happen (Sorry, hunny!! My bad!!):

We have many photos of these two together. Maggie loves her little sister Esther.

Back in February, we had a cold spell, and our house doesn't hold heat very well. So, this is how we stayed warm :-)

It did finally snow. It was Maggie's first true snowfall and she loved it!!

Esther stayed inside on her throne, to keep warm.

I never knew how much fun a bag of wood sticks would be to a 2 year old. We especially like using them to make shapes and dancing circles. 

 Grandma S made our Valentine cookies!! Yummy!!! Thank you!! Happy Valentine's day!! We went up to my sister's house to celebrate and enjoy the President's weekend.

 We had a blast with my sister, parents, and cousins. My nephew Chris loved Esther and it was so fun seeing him hold her and being so gentle with her . . . definitely touched my heart.

 We went roller skating, too!!

 Love my big sister!!!

 Maggie still talks about going roller skating.

Sorry, it's not rotated . . . I rotated it before it loaded, but here it is . . . My sister with Esther, I loved this too :-)

More family getting to meet Esther for the first time:

My big brothers Ian, David Jr (not pictured) and Sis-in-Law Suzanne.

 More cute pictures:

 Lily and Maggie, built block buildings around Esther to "play" with her.

 Tummy time:

 In early January, we went bowling with Scott's parents and brother Brett.

And, went to Dizzy castle with our good friends the Lee's who we met in South Carolina. Lily and Andy are great friends and always play like they've never been apart when we get them together.

Well, that's it. Not much new . . . Scott recently got back from Hawaii for the Navy Reserve and this week we'll be prepping to hear from our living prophet and other leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints this Saturday/Sunday during General Conference (What is this? Click here or here to check it out!).