Drink Up

Bennett got into the bathroom AGAIN!!! I went in and found this......



And this.........



And my favorite.....this............

Man I love this little guy!!!! Some of you might not know Bennett's personality very well, few people do, but the most famous saying from Matt is, "Bennett is a goof ball!" And he's oh so accurate. Think of Ady's exploration/into everything, Matt's goofy smile and constant hugs, Tanner's creativity and someone...might be mom's horrible temper, and I mean horrible, not mine, his!!!!! This little guy is a sweet and sour firecracker. He makes us laugh daily. He still doesn't talk, so I'm hoping when he figures that out, his temper might not be so bad....who knows. He loves to dance to the song "Hot Chocolate" which I am trying to get on video. He loves his sister more than anyone but Mom...they are the most alike...scary huh!!!!

Easter, Jello and Projects

I wasn't very good at documenting Easter this year. The weekend before Easter my nieces and nephew were at my parents so we had a "flashlight" Easter egg hunt at our empty rental. The kids loved it, okay my younger niece didn't like the dark, but everyone else LOVED it!!! My kids kept asking to do it again. We also used the rental again this year for a neighborhood hunt. It was much smaller this year and lots of fun again. We took the kids to Davis' parents annual neighborhood hunt. As always they came away with way too much.
Easter was a bit unique this year, since it was general conference. It worked out nice, but was different. We didn't watch as much as we'd liked, so we are happy for DVR. We had the regular baked potato bar at my in laws on Easter Sunday between the two sessions, then it was off to home to make something for dinner. We decided to use a ham that my sister in law gave us from the pig they recently butchered. I am not a big ham fan, but I have to say it was the BEST ham I have ever eaten....Thanks Kierst and Bryan, delish!!!!!

We have a tradition and make jello eggs and jello "beans" around Easter. Here are a few pictures of the "littles" helping out. They were so focused, it was messy but fun. I'm almost sad to put the forms away with the Easter stuff.....almost.

I have no pictures of this, but I made a double batch of marshmellows this Easter. I then coated them with milk chocolate.....let's just say I was in heaven and now I'm at least 5 lbs heavier. It's taken all the will power I don't have to not make them again....ugh!

As many of you know April is the "season" on travel for Davis. This last weekend he headed to Seattle for his first of many trips. This found me home alone with four kids....and a cold to boot, for me and Bennett and Ady. Tanner and Matt came down with it by Saturday too. So Mom was super cranky and super tired. A big shout out to a girl in the ward who came to play for HOURS on Thursday. MUCH NEEDED!!! But on a side note, I figured since I had so much time on my hands....LOL, I would do a few projects.

With me doing camp this year I have been collecting lots of stuff and my stuff usually ends up in this room by the kitchen. Well I couldn't fit in to find anything.

BEFORE:

I know it might not look different to anyone but me, but this is 6 hours later. It was a beast!!!

AFTER:

And my Mom has been bugging me about the broken cover for Bennett's high chair. I am one with NO sewng talent and no idea what to do. So I went to the store and bought some fabric and figured we'd just make do. It beats the electrical tape my Mom put on it.

BEFORE:

Okay so it's not completely finished, but here's where it is at.

I will finish it next weekend while the Hubby is away. Until then I am going to spend time with him and the kids and enjoy the small moment of a break I get while he is here.

Blackberries, Strawberries and Asparagus

The other thing I have been working on is the garden/backyard. There are way too many projects and not enough time or money. So I am doing what I can little by little. So, two weeks ago Davis spent many hours tilling a large area for the garden. He scheduled to have dirt/mulch delivered only to get 3-4 inches of snow.
Discouraged, we waited it out. FINALLY it was dry enough to get the dirt, it was delivered late in the day last Wednesday.....Davis was scheduled to fly out the next morning. So we shoveled and moved dirt until it was way past dark. It didn't all get done and hopefully we will get to it today almost a week later.

But on a side note. I had my brother come over on Saturday and till an area south of the garden for me. Over an hour, 5 wheelbarrows of dirt/mulch and many rocks later, we were done.

OH SO PRETTY

This is a monster rock got out, I should've put Bennett next to it.

So this morning I called my awesome neighbor Krista and headed to her house. She told me to come and get some blackberry bushes out of her back. Over an hour later we had 5 or 6 blackberry shoots and a TON of strawberries. While I was there she told me about a few things in her yard and I happened upon her asparagus...my kids LOVE the stuff, so we talked about it and she gave me suggestions. After putting Benno down for a nap I was off to Lowe's to get my stuff......grabbed all the kids from preschool and Tanner from a friends house, made lunch and then it was time to work on the "little patch of love"!!! Two and a half hours later we have this beauty.

This is the left side, notice the rocks in the back. That is putting the many rucks in our yard to good use.

FUN!!!!! I know for sure the asparagus won't come up this year and most likely we won't get much from the blackberries or strawberries this year. My only goal right now it to not have everything die!!!!! I want to go buy some pavers to contain it all, I hear the strawberries and blackberries go crazy if not contained....let's hope!!!!!! Maybe in a few years I'll have fabulous balckberries and strawberries to share.

More to come, we got a bid on buring the tramp...we'll see if that gets done this year and my parents are giving us their firepit, I now need to clear a spot for it. I want to install it by the end of April when we have the youth in our ward over for a fireside, how fun would that be?!?!?!? We'll see if it happens.