Idaho -- Part 4.

I think this will be our last Idaho post, but we saved the best for last. (And there are a huge amount of pictures to go along with it!)

We all ended up at Ethan's house to just hang out and talk. We pulled out the camera to snap a few pictures of the family.

Philip, Kaylee and Baby Kayden.

Ethan, Linda, Andrew Max and Mikaela Rose.

And, as usual, we wanted to get pictures of the four kids. Yeah, that worked out real well. . .



We were trying to be serious in this one. . .everyone but Ethan pulled it off. He tried really hard, but failed.


And then we were making progress. Each of these pictures would have been great except for one person. I think we can all guess who that person is. Yes. The one in the grey shirt -- second from the left. Yes, I'm talking about YOU Philip! (You can click on the pictures to make them bigger -- so you can clearly see what I'm talking about.)

Great picture, except for Philip. Seriously. It's always Philip. He's been this way his entire life. Could he just be serious for one second?

And then I climbed on top of my brothers and sister. They obviously liked it a lot. He he.

Then, Andrew and Mikaela felt they needed to climb on. It was a family affair!

We just love our family. We would go to Idaho every month if we could afford it!

WalMart -- Idaho -- Part 3.

We not so regretfully have to interrupt our blogging of really cute children and not so cute brothers to send you this story. . .

Isn't it sad that the cool place to be in Idaho Falls is WalMart? We sure made the best of it, though! As we were checking out, Kaylee noticed one of those carts with an additional seating place for children. The cart read "For children and adults -- Weight limit: 200 lbs." Okay, children AND adults? No way! We hopped right on and headed for the door. Several workers were watching us, but who would stop two adults and say, "Um, excuse me. It looks as though together you weigh more than the 200 pound limit." We went right on outside; Emily pushing with all her might. Our family kind of ditched us, so Emily started running. Once they were in the parking lot they heard the sound of a giant shopping cart on asphalt. . .going full speed. They all turned around and started cracking up. I probably would have peed my pants from laughing if I saw it. . .oh wait. . .I did pee my pants from laughing with Kaylee on the cart! (Just kidding.) (But I almost did.) :)

Kaylee, these are SO going on Facebook once I'm done with the blog!

Idaho -- Part 2.

The next morning, we went over to Ethan's for breakfast. Andrew, yet again, had many poses he wanted to try for the camera. . .I don't think there is a funnier kid on the face of this planet! (Or a kid who wants their picture taken as much as Andrew!)

Then there was the baby girl sitting on Grandma's lap.

We decided to head out to the store, but Andrew had other plans, so naturally, he started pouting. I love getting pictures of him pouting. . .he totally knows we're taking pictures, and he just plays it to the camera. . .we just love this little guy!

Then I thought the baby girl was pouting. . .

There's a smile!

A little while later, we went over to Philip's so we could get ready to get together with the entire family again. Philip was playing with Kayden and swinging him so his feet would kick a little bouncy ball. Kayden's laughter and screams could be heard from a mile away. It was so adorable!

Here are a few more cute pictures of baby Kayden.

And then there was Wal-Mart. . .

Stay tuned. . .

Heh heh heh.

Idaho -- Part 1.

WARNING: The next few posts will be picture overload!

We went to Idaho/Utah for the first part of Spring Break. We weren't going to be able to go because our car broke down and we had to replace the entire ignition. But, our very good friends from church offered to trade cars with us. They are too nice! So, we ended up making the trip and we're grateful we did, because we got to spend time with Ethan, Linda, Andrew, Mikaela, Philip, Kaylee and baby Kayden.

We went to Johnny Carino's the night we got there. It was so much fun!

Here we have cute baby Kayden waiting to be seated.

And then we have cool dude Andrew and sweet girl Mikaela.

One of Andrew's favorite things to do is make funny faces and cool hand gestures for the camera. We finally had to tell him to be serious so we could get a nice picture. . .and this is what we got. :)

Poor baby Kayden couldn't see over the table in the high chair!

And then we have the two crazy boys. They still haven't grown up. . .

Mikaela kept trying to hug her baby cousin. . .I don't think it could have been any cuter!

But I think she really just wanted Kayden off her daddy's lap so she could give him some big kisses!

School checklist.

Dishes -- check.


Towels and wash cloths -- check.

Bedding -- check.

Crying, because you realize you're leaving your mom and sister -- check.

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There are still WAY too many things on my checklist for school items, but at least we have a start. We went to Macy's last week to get my bedding and when we got home, the realization that I'm actually leaving set in. Mom was in the kitchen when I tapped her shoulder and she turned around and saw me crying. . ."I don't want to go!!!!" I told her. I am so excited to get to Utah and start school, but I will deeply miss my home and my momma. Thank heavens for cell phones! I have a bad feeling that I'll break down crying every time we go to the store to get me something for school. I keep telling mom that I'm okay with the planning and getting things for school, but I can't think about leaving for school and being at school and not being in my favorite place. :)

Beautiful weather.

We've been having some real beautiful weather this last week. The buds are starting to pop and the kitty LOVES being outside.