Half a year old!

How did six months of Carder's life pass so quickly?! How come he is growing way too fast?! It's amazing how much he learned in such a short time. Carder can officially roll over both ways!! He is quite the little mover! Just for fun one day I placed him on the floor on one side of the room, then wet to the edge of the carpet on the other side of the room. I encouraged and cheered him on to roll to me! Ten rolls later he successfully rolled from one side of the room to the other!

 Carder had a great six month check up! He now weighs 18 lbs 2 oz and is in the 61% for weight. He is 27 inches and is 68% for height. As for his head 18 inches making that a whopping 92% for head size!

 

This little Lady's man was not a big fan of the rice cereal, he prefers oatmeal!

Carder went in the big swimming pool for the first time! He loved it! 

 Caleb and Mara both had swimming lessons and while they swam I took Carder for a swim! He is going to be a little fish, just like the other three!

The first time we went the water was nice and warm. The second time we went it was quite chilly! He didn't seem to mind, he loved kicking and splashing. It wasn't much different than his bath, except bigger

 This sleeping little angel loves to be snuggled tight! He prefers his crib rather than being held, but I still like to get my snuggles in when I can! No matter how tight I have him wrapped he ends up finding a way to escape his little hand!

We just love this little guy! He is definitely a family favorite around here! We can't imagine life without Carder!

Yummy in the tummy!

It's rice cereal time!! Carder reached 6 months and he had his first taste of real food, if you can call rice cereal real food!! He did ok for the first feeding, not great but he seemed to like it!

Carder was pretty excited to eat solid food for the first time.

 However, his siblings were even more excited about his first food experience!

 Feeding my last baby for the first time...sad but true!

 Daddy giving it a try!

 Babies really are so much fun, especially this baby! 

 Caleb was so intrigued with feeding the baby! He thought it was so cool!

 He kept wanting to grab the spoon and feed himself!

Carder pretty much needs a bath after each bowl of cereal!

 I'm pretty sure more cereal is on his bib than in his tummy!

This is one happy and full baby!!

Second attempt to feeding Carder: This time he started blowing raspberries!

Birthday Buddy!!

Caleb turned 4!! Yay buddy! What a happy, funny, smart, kind, and chubby cheeked kid! He is the cutest little 4 year old I know! Caleb woke up on his 4th birthday at Mimi's house. I thought he would think it was so cool to have breakfast in bed. So I carefully carried a breakfast tray upstairs to surprise Caleb but he didn't want to eat in bed!! Silly kid! 

I found the birthday boy in his bed with a smile on his face! He was pretty happy to be a year older!

So instead of breakfast in bed Caleb ate his favorite cereal (cinnamon toast crunch) in the kitchen!!

Caleb had a really fun birthday playing with his cousins. We had a fun time playing minute to win it games, Lego Bingo, puzzles, art projects! We kept the kids busy-busy!!

Mimi made Caleb's favorite dinner: mashed potatoes with 'bavey' (gravy)! He also had a yummy 'hummingbird cake' it was so tasty! After a fun birthday party Mimi surprised Caleb with a new bike! He was so excited! (I'll have to post pictures of his bike later!)
Happy Birthday Caleb Buddy! Sure do love you! Glad you are our boy!

Birthday Bowling Bash!

Someone had a birthday shout Hooray!! Caleb turned 4! To celebrate his birthday we had a bowling birthday party with the Lewis family!

Here is the birthday boy!!

Almost twins! There is no doubt they are brothers!

Ty was sure a big helper! He is a great big brother and cousin! He helped all the kids get their ball ready for bowling!

 Aunt Chelsie with the boys and their sassy sister!

 Ty playing hide-and-seek with his cousins!

 Mara i quite a good little bowler, she is sweet and nice too!

 Here goe the birthday bowler!!

 Next is pizza party! Caleb loves pizza!  

Caleb asked for a chocolate cake...so I made a delicious chocolate cake and decorated it with bowling pins and a bowling ball.

Do you recognize him? Carder wanted to play dress-up too!

Life with the Lewies!!

 The Lewies you might ask? Well, Uncle Blake and Aunt Maren have nick-names for all the siblings...ours is the plural of Lewis--The Lewies! They crack me up! I learned about this name on our trip to California! Anyway, ever since we got back from California life has been BUSY! With what?! Everything! Ty is playing basketball, scouts, swim team, piano lessons, homework, multiplication tests. Mara is now doing tumbling, and swim lessons. Caleb too is doing swimming and preschool. And Carder is the greatest baby to just go with the flow as we race around Price to get where we need to be!
As for me...I've been participating in a sewing class at the church once a week. I am working on a queen size quilt! It's coming along but I can barely fine time to sew it! I have been reading a lot lately, or at least trying to read the books for book club. I am hosting book club this month so I want to be prepared and ready! I also try to find time to practice the organ, make freezer meals for my meal group, and try to keep a somewhat clean house!! Life is crazy! But I love it!

Nate's big news is he survived the Klondike! Now that is crazy! Sleeping in the cold with the boy scouts! Way to go Nate! He does so much for his scouts. Some day I hope they realize what a great leader they had!

A few cute random pictures that might just make you laugh!

Mara was recognized at school for Character Counts program for Appreciation! Way to go Mara! 

 This cute cowboy makes my day! I just love him! He dresses up on a daily basis!

Here is the full outfit boots and all! 

Ok this was one of those moments when you want to cry but end up laughing instead! We were just sitting down for our meal and I had made a smoothie. One of the kids wanted to poor their own cup and totally missed the cup and it went all over the table. Nate (being the smart daddy that he is) jumped up and grabbed the straws and they started drinking the smoothie off the table!

 Caleb jumped in for some of the fun! I did not even get mad in this situation! All I could do was laugh to see them slurping their smoothie from the table!

 And this little guy?! He's not too little! He is getting bigger and bigger every minute!

 Carder has officially learned how to roll over both ways (front to back and back to front!!) He is a moving little buddy! He can even scoot around on his tummy!

 I love story time! It's great to have such good readers! Mara loves being able to read the bed time story!

I don't know where he comes from sometimes! But cute Caleb always keeps me laughing!!

Calico Ghost Town

On our drive home from California we stopped along the way at a little place called Calico Ghost town. It was a fun place to explore, very commercialized however!

This place was an old mining town in the middle of no where!

 We liked seeing all the shops and stores, imagining how life would have been back then.

 Carder sporting his "Utah-Suit" as Aunt Maren calls it!!

Cute kids and best buddies!!

 

 We took a ride on the train that went around the town.

 

 The train ride was only a short ride but told a story about the town along the way.

 

Ty loves riding trains!

Side by side I can see a little resemblance!!

 It's true...we know where Caleb's good looks come from!!

Mara loved climbing to the top of the mountain! 

 

This was actually a home back in the days!

Ty and Mara on top of a mountain!

The foundation and remains of an old house.

The rest of the way was just driving. We stopped in Vegas for the night and stayed at the Excalibur. The next day was the longest drive of my life! Carder did not want to be in his car seat or the car any more! Every stop we made got colder and colder! Oh how we miss California warm weather!