Latest Happenings

 Rob and I had our ninth wedding anniversary.  He took me to a nice restaurant for dinner that evening.  He gave me a really special gift.  He edited a photo of the Salt Lake temple and we went that night and bought a frame for it.  Then he took me shopping and ordered me to buy some cute clothes, which I gladly did. :) Time really flies when you're having fun.  I love this guy to pieces and am so grateful that Heavenly Father led us to each other.

 I love seeing the cute things this girl comes up with at play.

 Grandma Bell came to visit for a weekend.  Jane kept bringing her books.

We all went to Bandelier, which is about an hour and a half away from where we live.  It's basically a bunch of little "homes" that the natives carved into the rocky mountainsides long ago.  They have ladders that you climb up to see the houses.  This was the mother of all ladders.  140 vertical feet.  I was a little nervous letting the kids do it, but they were fearless and did great.  Jane rode on Rob's back and was very amused and unafraid.

 Blake asked me to play super heroes with him one Sunday afternoon, and wasn't satisfied until I got into my super hero attire.  We made a great duo in saving the world.  :)

 Mother's Day was amazing.  I am so blessed to be these kids' mom.  My heart is overflowing with love for them every day.

Rob was so good to me and took care of the kids during sacrament meeting so I could actually listen for once.  Then he made me dinner.  He was going to schedule a massage for me, but being the overly cheap and practical person that I am, I told him not to and ended up buying a new laser printer to replace our dying old printer instead.
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 They made me an adorable hand print gift.  "I love you this much."

 My adorable little Blake "graduated" from preschool.  He still technically has one more year before kindergarten, but I'm not going to put him in another year of preschool before then.

 This boy is a total ham.  He makes me laugh every day, and I just love his fun personality.   We were going to have a water party for graduation, but it decided to snow in the middle of May here, so we stayed in.

 I made over Jane's dresser.  Lots of work but I'm pleased with the outcome.

My cute and silly kiddos before Natalie's last day of first grade.

 Crazy hair day at Natalie's school for School Spirit Week.  She was a little embarrassed at her "do" at first, but got used to it. :)

From the back.  I can do crazy.  :)