Fun stuff

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Last monday for a combined birthday party for my nephews Hinkley (3) and Liam (1) we went to Kangaroo Zoo.

Giving the Turtle Loves

Then we went to Maddy's first Soccer game, Axel had SOO much fun. I thought he was into the JAZZ game but not compared to how he reacted to watching Maddy play soccer. He kept yelling "GO GO GO GO MABBY (OR BABBY) GO!" He was soo excited. All the other kids thought he was pretty great too, and Mad's asked her mom if Axel could come to all her games to cheer GO GO GO for her because "it was just so darn cute!" We will have to go again...

For the first half of the game she was here defending her goal, she was WAY bored, and didn't really get the defending part. .

Then the coach wised up (probably after hearing my sister complain about not letting her play more) And let her play another position for the 2nd half, and she kept the ball by the other teams net the whole time! She just would book it down there, I can tell she will be a great soccer player. (and this was her first time playing too)

In her cute soccer get up after the game!

Remember when we had really nice weather for like 3 days? We didn't waste a minute of that beautiful sunshine. One of the days we took the dogs to the park for some Family/Date/picnic time.

How cute is Axel walking Zoe next to Kory? I've had a lot of kids attempt to walk our dogs before, none of them had as much success as Axel did, he did a great job, and the weird thing is Zoe lets him, she usually resists other kids. I bet she was just excited to out with us. I took a bunch of pictures of them walking but these are the only two where the dogs weren't marking their territory, kid you not they peed like every two feet.

Thanks to Kangaroo Zoo, Axel's slide courage has greatly improved. He chose to ride the biggest slide aka "wee" the entire time, all by himself.

But this kid is seriously afraid of the netted playground stuff, he has to crawl across it if he doesn't have my hand, or the side. (I still feel that way about bridges) but this also improved as he kept climbing up to go down the slide.

For family night we went to the Karl Bloch exibit at BYU (we went on a tuesday to avoid the FHE rush). The paintings were amazing but the crowd made me very very anxious. I was panicked the whole time. It was chaos, I was glad to leave. Axel did say "Jesus" when he saw the pictures of the Savior. That was cute. Kory was pretty proud.

We then headed down stairs and they had another great exhibit of war posters, which we found humerous, sad and very interesting politically.

Axel thought this one was FANTASTIC, he kept pointing and shaking his finger at him saying "NO NO NO" then laughing...

Then today was a big day for my side of the family, my brother in law Brian, (Hilary's husband) went though the temple for the first time! I offered to watch all the kids for my sister's so they could go. I just knew I wouldn't be up for a session being this big and uncomfortable, it's really hard for me, but why I thought watching 7 kids would be any easier I still don't know. :) But I think I had a lot of help from Angels or Heavenly Father, and I know my sisters who never get to go to the temple, appreciated it and understood.

Luckily for me I had ordered some Play dough Cookie Dough from a neighbor school cookie order and it arrived at our door the night before, so it kept all the older kids pretty busy, and then everyone enjoyed the cookie creations.

The artists at work. The two older girls convinced me to let them get started before anyone else, but soon the boys found out and had to join them.

Hinkley joined us for a total of 5 minutes but ended up just clumping all his colors together and then just eating the dough. I know ...sick...

These two boys just busily played together, I am glad they are getting to that point where they can play together. They are both pretty shy so they just kinda do their own thing, but I think they both appreciate the other respecting their personal bubble.

Oh and Axel got a hair cut this week, it's a lot shorter than we were wanting it to be, and it took me a little bit to get used to it, I think it aged him quite a bit, but he still looks cute. :) But I am sure he appreciates being able to see.

Even with all those kids this was the messiest Axel's room got, and they even all helped clean up when we were done (I had to of course use the cookies as a bribe for some, but a few of them knew the rules and did a great job cleaning up)

I was surprised by some of the creations, it was really fun. I suggest you get yourself some for a rainy day or for a day when you need to entertain oodles of children.

Before

After

Before

After

I of course had to make Axel a Basketball cookie :)

YUM! nothing like cookies for breakfast!

I only wish I would have taken a picture of all the kids mouths after eating these! It looked like they each swallowed a bottle of food coloring! It was bad. Your welcome moms!

A picture of words

The sound of the organ booms through our home, as the choir members sing.

Bundled up on the couch as a family, on one end, Axel lays across Kory's lap with his bottle, and I and baby girl on the other, my feet rest on Kory's lap next to Axel, and Kory's next to me. Baby girl moves in my belly to get comfortable and I feel her begin to hiccup as she adjusts. I pretend she is tapping her feet to the music.

Axel is in his adorable stretch pajamas that only toddlers can pull off perfectly, and Kory in his dark blue Bigwig band sweatshirt, both boys hair is tousled and unkempt, but matches their sleepy eyes perfectly. Axel rubs his fingers through his own hair and looks up from his bottle to his dad and mentions something about the organ being a pirate ship.

Our house is filled with laughter.

Little dog rests behind us on the back of the couch, basking in the sunlight coming in from the window.

Big dog sits at Kory's side resting her chin in Kory's hand pleading for him to scratch her ears or rub her tummy. We both tell her to sit and relax. Axel laughs behind his bottle and mimics the command, shaking his little finger at her over and over.

Kory and I both smile.

We bow our heads as a family and pray together with the millions watching worldwide, we listen to the words of the prayer and plead silently in our hearts to be enlightened by the spirit, and for the answers we have come searching for.

The spirit is felt in our home.

Kory and I join the congregation and say Amen, Axel follows our example and throws his arms in the air and praises AMEN!

It is a beautiful day.

To watch/listen to this session of General Conference, or to learn more about Eternal Families click Here.

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Today we went to the Animal Farm for our "Play group". This was our first official one where we ALL came and then some. A while back I mentioned that we had been trying but kids kept getting sick and such. But today everyone came, with a couple extra guests. (Kory took work off to come, I mean really folks its animals, so of course right? Also my dear friend Diana has been here from San Fransisco this week, so her and her mom came as well) It was really fun, I am glad everyone braved the early morning drive to be there.

Two Dudes Diggin the chicks! (Just FYI they are giving these chicks away for free to a good home)

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Goats say "BAHHH!"- Axel

Little lambs- The baby lambs were so cute and would come right up to the boys and follow them as they walked along the path, but both boys were pretty nervous about them if they got too close.
This one nibbled on Axel's fingers...

He was not a fanI am pretty sure this is going to be my next haircut....

Holy Cow! This cow was ultra friendly, and thought all the kids were very tasty. Her tongue wrapped all the way around Axel's leg!
And we were trying to get a picture of Felix with the cow since he wasn't as into the animals as the other kids just yet, but since this cow was right on his level we thought it would catch his attention, and it did not disappoint.
This picture is either before/after or during, but it totally licked his entire face!

And he went from ear to ear grin to this, he was NOT a fan.
And Story liked the cow, but she kept her distance when she saw it was giving out kisses, which you would be surprised since this girl hugs just about anyone and everyone.
Hay Ride

We got to go on a Hay Ride, it was lame scenery of nothing but chopped down trees and empty fields, but it was nice to come together and visit...except when Axel and Ashdon almost fell off the back, good thing Ashley grabbed them!

Grandma and Gauge

Kory and Axel
Ashley and Ashdon
Kelli and Felix
Ashley and Klaus (This is Blake's girl in case you are all wondering)
Diana, opal, Me and Dani :) Kass and Story, with the cutest glasses don't you agree?

(And Diana's mom was there, and I thought I took a picture of her but it was with Diana's camera. Dang it! )

Horses


Bunny owl, aka Kelli's Bunny: If anyone knows what kind of Bunny this is Kelli wants one. Jail house Rock:
You can't really tell by this picture but there was a tween behind the bars that story thought was so neat. She kept cornering him to give him a hug.
when Axel saw that she was handing out hugs, he booked it out of there, and decided to watch from here instead.
Ducks geese and the like

Goat?
I can't remember what this animal was, but we learned that they make Cashmere sweaters from her coat and lanolin (which is nipple creme for nursing mothers) We were surprised because her coat was sick...

Axel was really nervous about petting her, we were pretty surprised by that since he loves animals so much.
Maybe he sensed this girls fear, this is where she wanted to sit while we all gathered around it. And Felix just trying to figure it out, or being ready for a nap.AND she was pregnant, so of course I had to take a picture with her...Whose showing more?
1 day shy of 31 weeks
Just hangin out on the picnic table...