Summer Hiking

We feel so blessed by where we live. We have moved to a new house minutes from many awesome hiking trails. We tried to hike quite a few times this summer. We had a really good time. As you can see Ruby had such a good time that she pooped herself out! It was hard work for her!

Mike and the Kids!

Our cute kids. (spencer will NEVER just smile for the camera anymore)

I took photo's of the first day of school. I still need to download them. So I will post soon!

RUBY...

Ruby is getting sooo big! I decided that we needed to dedicate a whole entry on her. Being child #4 she doesn't get a whole lot to herself!
I can't believe that in just over a month she will be one. Where did the time go? Ruby loves crawling and pulling herself up on everything. She is even starting to walk around furniture.

Ruby is almost always happy!!! She loves to laugh and her favorite thing to do is crawl into Spencer's room and get into all of his stuff. (this might be foreshadowing the future)

Ruby's hair is finally long enough for "ponies." Now I have one more head of hair to do. Getting everyone ready Sunday morning by 9 was a little rough.
We love our Ruby!!!

What a CRAZY month...

I know that I have been a terrible blogger! We have been crazy busy with our house up for sell. It has been quite a month. We figured that we have had somewhere around 40-45 showings... Finally we are under contract. But life is not going to get any better. The person who is buying our house needs it to be a quick sale... so we have less than 3 weeks to be out!!! So starting this weekend we will be packing, packing, packing. We are going to be moving into mom and dad's (I bet they are excited) until we find a place and school is out. We are going to move in 2 weeks.
Spencer had a great birthday... I can't believe that he is 3. WOW does time fly. He is so funny and ALL boy. I have decided that one boy is enough for me! Ruby gets more and more fun every day. She is trying to crawl, but can't get the hang of it yet. She is starting to get up on her hands and knees and rock. It is so cute to see that little bum in the air. McCall's birthday is on Sunday. She can't wait to be 8. We have her baptism the week that we close on the house. So it will be a little hectic... but she is sooo excited about being baptized. McKinley just dancing around the house singing. She is so funny.
Life is good. I will attached photo's later...

McKinley's 100th day of Kindergarten

McKinley had her 100th day of Kindergarten. Her teacher is AMAZING... She does so many fun things, I don't know how she does it. For the Hundredth day, the kids had to dress up like 100 year old people. They also had to bring a collection of any 100 things. They were suppose to be creative. McKinley made a collection of 100 different stamps. She had fun making it. Their class did a big 100 party with all sorts of activities. They also paraded around the school walking like an old person into many of the older classes. McCall said that she came into her class and it was hysterical...

McKinley in her 1oo glasses that she made. The kids had to pass off counting to 100. They had to do it by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's. If they did they got to join the hundreds club. They could become gold medal members by counting backwards from 100 down to 1.

A photo of all of the "old" people in her class.

Another picture of the feeble 100 year old's (you should have seen the kids walking around hunched over and shaking... It was sooo funny)

Baby Ruby...

Our little Ruby has not had much face time on the blog. I decided you can't miss out on this sweet thing! These pictures were taken yesterday after walking up to get the girls from school. Don't mind the red little nose... It is wintertime.

Ruby is now 6 months old and all smiles. She went from really grumpy to probably our happiest little baby. She loves to laugh and will smile at almost anything. She just had her 6 month check up and weighed in at 15 pounds (way to go Ruby!!!) Look at those fat little cheeks...

More Smiles!

Chillin in the stroller...

McCall

My McCall... what can I say about her. On Sunday we had baptism preview. She was sooo excited (and a little nervous too) It was so fun to go to the stake and learn about what is going to happen on her special day. Mike was working, so when she got home she had to call him up and tell him every little detail about the night. She even did a play by play of the talks given. It was quite impressive! The stake leaders wanted a picture of McCall for her baptism. I dug this one up of the first day of school. I love those dimples!
Another funny thing about McCall... For Christmas grandma midge gave her a children's encyclopedia. Last week McCall made it a goal to read the entire encyclopedia from cover to cover. As she told me "there are a lot of interesting facts mom." This morning she finished! She was so proud of herself for finishing her goal. And she feels like she is a whole lot smarter too. If anyone has any particular questions about telescopes, different insects, etc. she is your girl!

The Shirt!!!

This is what Spencer wears every other day... He LOVES his fire engine shirt! It is actually a hand-me-down from cousin Matthew (a blessing or a curse, I am not really sure right now). Every morning Spencer wakes up and says "how bout I wear... My fire engine shirt." But because we have to wash it he can only wear it about 3 times a week (sometimes it just happens to stay in the laundry a little longer so he can wear a few more outfits). Sorry Josh and Lauren... this is one shirt that may not be salvageable for baby Blake!

My silly Spencer!!!
This week Mike took Spencer up to Washington for a few days to pick up some things from my aunt and uncle. It is amazing how quiet my house is without this crazy little kid. I found myself wondering where he was all day long. It would make me panic. I miss him like mad, but boy am I getting a lot done!