what a beautiful mess

Joshua really enjoyed his hamburger today. It was just as big as his head!

Me and my mom! Candice and I dyed her hair for her and I had to have a picture of her looking so beautiful! Annabellys birthday in St. George. This is the fort that Grandpa Barwick built for all the grandkids. It was a big hit! Look at how curly Annas hair is getting. I love it. Although first thing in the morning it is pretty wild looking! PJ and his beautiful new bride, Mckenna. We just love her and are so glad to have her in our family. Plus, the kids have a new cousin, Talon. He is such a cute little boy. Look at how cute they are! PJ just left for his tour in Afghanistan yesterday. He is going to be so missed! We love you PJ and Mckenna and are praying for you guys. Congratulations on your new life together! There is nothing better than marriage. I would not trade a day of mine for anything in the world.....

My kids favorite new movie! Trevor remembered watching it a lot when he was younger so he of course wanted our kids to see it (just like i had to make the kids watch The Sandlot, The Never Ending Story, which is now very lame btw, and Feild of Dreams). They loved it! Didn't even move until it was over, when they wanted to recount every one of their most favorite parts! I have some pretty quircky/cute kids!

While reading a friends blog post about her daughter getting baptized, I remembered that I never posted about Emilys Baptism! Then I remembered that I never posted one about Candices wedding.... Candice got married on April 11th- Emilys birthday!! It was so awesome to get to be there to see the wedding. She and Quinn got married in the St. George temple. They had an open house the night before the wedding in my parents backyard... serving nothing else but cheesecake and hot dogs! It was so fun and casual... They had music playing the whole time and a fire in the fire pit. It was such a happy day! While they were at our house for the baptism , Candice found out that shes pregnant!!! It was soooooo great!!!! Emily got baptized in May. We had so many family travel so far to be able to be here for it. It helped to show Emily how special and important it is to be baptized. We were so grateful for everyone that came up. It was a little surreal to see our oldest child be baptized. It wa...

So young and so sure, they hold their dreams in their eyes. Free and happy, secure and content. Twirling and laughing, crying and dancing, not a worry in their life. Stepping out in the world, never alone. Father in Heaven and parents at home. Holding tight to each other, growing up in each others light. They share their dreams and their fears, And calm each others minds. Through the good, the bad, and all in between sisters forever, friends till the end. ~ author unknown

Here are some random pictures of what has been happening this month! Stephen had his 5th birthday. He is getting to be such a big kid... He starts kindergarten in the fall. Im going to miss him a lot! He is such a big helper! We went and visited a state park for memorial day and had a ton of fun! Trevor is using his sling shot to try to make rocks go all the way across a gorge we visited. (he was actually trying to hit birds). There are a couple of cute pictures of the girls just to show how BIG they are getting! Today is their last day of school and I am SOOOO excited!! We have so many fun things planned. Camping with friends, going to PJ and Mckennas wedding (so so excited for that!), going to water parks , swimming and the library just to name a few! The girls want to start doing yoga with me so that will be great! It will be nice to have some company- plus it will be fun to see them try to do some of the poses! We have a ton of hiking to do around Boise, so Im going to ...

I have to say that this is NOT typical, less someone actually thinks I let my kid go dirty all day..... But he was a busy, hungry boy and I didn't want to dirty another shirt. I hate laundry. And there he is right after his bath looking so clean and kissable!