The Little Girls...

We now refer to Coraline and Cabella as 'the little girls' - I finally feel like I have figured out how to manage our house and homeschooling with four. I must say it keeps getting easier the bigger these two crazy ones get! 

PS My laptop quick working but I have a new one ordered so I will get back to blogging again!

Sunday Best

Our mini photographer is getting better!
PS I think we look pretty exhausted in this picture.
Did I mention we had three birthday parties on Saturday and then Levi and I both taught on Sunday for early church.
Oh and I am the Secretary of our Primary (children 18mths-12 years old Sunday School) so
 I randomly run around for three hours with Cabella attached to me.


That is why our Mondays have piano lessons and NOTHING ELSE.

Ukkk....Bummer

This past week was ROUGH. Our Suburban engine blew and we had to pay $8300 to get it fixed.....

SO we made walrus puppets before breakfast to celebrate our sadness......

Cattail Cove State Park

Family Home Evening trip to Cattail Cove to feed the ducks and enjoy the beautiful weather. 

Please notice Coraline and her chose of clothes to wear - cowboy boots and pajamas to hike in.....perfect.

What is your Favorite Place?

Clairana - Writing Lesson
That is our old house on North River Rd - Do you see the river or maybe it was an ocean.....

Basketball Life

We finished up basketball last Saturday and I must say they learned ALOT. They enjoyed it and both said they want to do the camp again. Now that we have our Saturdays back we are going to start swimming in March!

The last basketball practice they did five minute sessions of scrimmage. Clairana and Nephi got to play against each other which took some getting use to.

Clairana & Nephi with their buddy Teivan Barker

Best picture I could get as they were getting eye balled by the coach to get back!

Nephi and Cabella

Recently, Nephi has taken on the role of big brother pretty well. He LOVES holding and tending to Bella Lou and I have to say Bella is so sweet and easy. 

Its nice to be able to trust him to hold her while I run to the bathroom alone! 

Coraline - Eye Appt

Ms. Coraline has been a trooper the past few weeks - she had another visit to the eye doctor which ended with ....... getting glasses. 

She is not able to see close up but she can see very well far away like her eyes are over compensating for the difference....maybe she will be a great hunter. 

We will be waiting another six months to see if her eye sight gets worse before getting her fitted for glasses. 

Around the House

Because sometimes we act like fools on the church stairs.....

She got her own card holder - she was super pumped
(more so than any of her Christmas gifts this year) 

Take a picture of me with this horse PLEASE!!! HORSE SAY CHEESE!!

Aunt Ashli let us borrow this sitting up seat - it is awesome! And its hip healthy because it is soft and very wide.

Jumperoo but only for a few minutes (its against the ortho rules still)

"MOM our ORANGE had a BABY!!!"

I Spy With My Eye ... A Bella that likes to cover herself up in laundry...