Odds and Ends

I'm a little behind on my blogging lately. Here are some of the things we have been up to.
The girls had a piano recital. They both did very well. They even played a duet together for one of their pieces. Here they are receiving a trophy after the recital from their teacher.

We went to a BYU baseball game last month and these three were lucky enough to run into Cosmo on the concourse. Tyler was the most excited. He loves Cosmo.

These little boys love being outside, especially Camden. Unfortunately, I don't love to have him outside until he can walk. I slipped out one day to do something and came back to the door to this. I'm not sure why neither of them is wearing pants. It must have been close to bed time.

 I worked for a week straight turning this garden plot into soil that I can plant in again.

 This is where we are at now. I still need to add topsoil and plant. It is almost there.

We took the girls to see Saturday's Warrior Live last week. I didn't get a picture of Danny and Ashley because she was suffering with a stomach bug that night and barely made it through the play without puking.
It brought me back to my childhood and I spent the next three days singing the songs in my head.

We are in the last two weeks of school before summer starts. It is always bitter/sweet for both mom and kids when the end of school comes. It will be nice to not be so scheduled for a little while.

Camden's First Birthday

 Our baby turned 1 a couple of weeks ago. We made him his very own chocolate cake to dig into. He didn't enjoy it nearly as much as Tyler. Our favorite part was watching him stick his mouth right onto the cake and start sucking up the frosting. We didn't get any pictures of it, but it was hilarious.

He didn't quite get the whole opening presents thing. I think Tyler and Ashley opened most of his presents. He was pretty tired by the time we got to his party and it was a little too much excitement.

It has been so fun watching Camden grow this year. He is very good at crawling and standing up to just about anything. He walks along furniture, as well, but has not figured out how to stand on his own or walk. That is just fine with us. He climbs up stairs, but doesn't know how to go down yet. He babbles a lot. His favorite words are "Dada, Mama. and Baba." He also knows how to wave and to clap. He imitates sounds really well. He has three teeth right now with more on the way. Here is a great shot of his single top tooth(none of my other kids have had just one grow in alone like that).

We sure love this little guy and look forward to the things he will learn to do in the upcoming year.
Here are his growth stats: weight: 19 lbs 10 oz. 22% (he hasn't even doubled his birth weight yet)
                                        height: 30.5 inches 75%

Tulip Festival

We went to The Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point as a family. The flowers were beautiful as usual. We thought this flower bed was funny because there was a single yellow flower in the middle of all of the purple ones.

The kids all love the fountains even more than the flowers.

They also love the waterfalls.

 In our opinion, these four are pretty dang cute.

It was a beautiful day and so much fun.