The month of May is a good one, finally some warmth and outdoors is added to our lives. It lifts my spirits and recharges my batteries.
Poor Alice fell and hit her face on the wall and got a fat lip… it was so sad. But I couldn't get over the way she looked with her fat lip. She seriously looked like a stranger for three days straight and I couldn't stop giggling about it. ↓↓↓
↓↓↓ Back to the parks we go. Couldn't believe Ames was able to climb to the top of this web for the first time//Air got on the roof to clean out some of our eaves troughs (they have so much dirt in them weeds are growing up there) ↓↓↓
↓↓↓ I made cookies on the day before Mother's Day so everyone would notice how much they love me. Genius I know//Robin's nest under our deck ↓↓↓
↓↓↓ First splash park of the year and Alice was so pooped she slept like this for hours afterwards
↓↓↓ baking the perfect loaf of bread//Practice shot for our Young Women's photo shoot ↓↓↓
*News Flash* Air and I have a photography business. I don't think I've ever posted anything about it on here before and I definitely haven't shared any photos we've taken of other people (for their own privacy), but this shoot we did for my Young Women was special, and so I'm deciding to share the photos here for the first time. I love these girls so much! ↓↓↓
Here are our after-church-pics from the month ↓↓↓
And now enjoy a million 15-second long videos from my insta-stories ↓↓↓
General Conference is where we start the first weekend in April each year. In our house that usually means something yummy will be made. Air made donuts this year, and they were ….very very yummy.
↓↓↓Ames’s drawings are so adorable and getting better and better//Just a random meal that we loved↓↓↓
↓↓↓Leaving the kiddies at Grandma’s so we could go to a meeting together. They love it when we do this.//Alice and Mommy having a cuddle↓↓↓
↓↓↓We finally put up a broom rack in our pantry and things have been so awesome in there since then//Ames likes to swing on his belly, but isn’t quite ready to swing like a normal human boy on big swings yet↓↓↓
↓↓↓Batman and Spiderman (with a cape?)↓↓↓
↓↓↓playing at a favorite park//watching the kites in the sky while we swing↓↓↓
↓↓↓These are the Young Women in my ward, whom I love! (I’m Mia Maids advisor) I took this photo as part of our talent night… photography was my talent
↓↓↓Ever since Ames could talk he’s been talking about his imaginary friend “Tofeeover” (he pronounces it toe-fee-over)… We have learned from him that she is a girl and pretty much any time we ask him how he knew something he says, “Tofeeover told me”. It’s all very strange and cute//Here he in on his favorite perch↓↓↓
↓↓↓playing in Aunt Tamera’s yard is always fun//lounging pantsless on her favorite chair↓↓↓
↓↓↓hot day playing in our pool on the deck with cousin Jake
↓↓↓We don’t get to go to many weddings here in Canada because Air’s family is so small, so we were all really excited when Air’s cousin’s daughter Abby got married and asked us to take photos for them. We love Abby and Corey, especially since we taught them seminary back in the day… they are awesome people!
↓↓↓He fell asleep with his leg up like this… so cute//Mother’s Day we mother’s help each other out making our necks look thin↓↓↓
↓↓↓Alice loooooves to cuddle Ames. They have such a sweet relationship when they aren’t fighting over toys//I love to go to the temple. I was really excited this time because it was the first time I brought my own family name.↓↓↓
↓↓↓homemade oreos are killer//We all love old musicals… here’s Ames dancing right along with Singin’ in the Rain↓↓↓
↓↓↓Cousin Jake turned 2 and we all had so much fun at his little birthday party//Alice loves wandering around the property getting into mischief as we do lots of yard work↓↓↓
↓↓↓We fell for an infomercial for the last time! This spray on grass seed did not work. Nope nope nope//Tara came to Canada for a few days and we had so much fun playing with her! Ames dominated her in an arm wrestle.↓↓↓
↓↓↓Here is Aunty Tara playing with Alice… We miss you!//Um my husband is a chef? He made amazing chili in homemade bread bowls yum!↓↓↓
↓↓↓I love those fire on the horizon sunsets the best//I made my Grandma Ellis’s roll recipe… they weren’t as good as Grandma’s of course↓↓↓
↓↓↓We made it to the stake carnival again this year… boy we have such a fun time there!//This has become our new favorite park. With this big bouncy fire truck and tons of swings, it’s perfect for us.↓↓↓
And here are the videos!
↓↓↓In Canada the winter bedtime routine takes an extra 10 minutes just putting on layers of blankets
↓↓↓We don't really know how this hop scotch game works... but at least Ames is good at counting?
↓↓↓We sing a lot around here
↓↓↓disco night at the launch pad trampoline park
↓↓↓these two are hilarious working together. And please note: Alice's run
↓↓↓1-2-3 POPCORN! We love it when Daddy makes us carmel popcorn.
↓↓↓just some random park time with the kids
WHEW! Are you still here? Good! Cuz there are many more months to catch up on!
