Horton...My Brother in Law...

My brother in law temporarily turned into Horton...Dr. Suess' Horton. Well, he did on stage at least! He was Horton in the musical, "Suessical the Musical!" We were so lucky to be able to go up north and watch him. I thought it was pretty cute, and the kids enjoyed watching it as well!

In this picture he is looking for the dust speck with Whoville on it!Now he is taking care of an egg!

It is a miracle in my mind that he survived! That costume looked so warm!!

Leonard Martin

Welcome to the world Leonard Martin Blau! This is my newest little nephew, John and Val's son! I am so lucky, I now have three nieces and four nephews!! What a blessing! He weighed 9 lbs. 14.5 oz. He was 21.5 inches long! He was born May 3rd. I stole these pictures of him from and email from John:

Ninety Five Years!!!!!!

My kid's Great Great Grandma Buchanan turned ninety five in April!! We are all so lucky to be able to go up for her birthday party! I think she looks pretty good for ninety five!

Here is my kid's Great Grandma Winger! We all love her so much!

Here is my kid's Grandma, my Mom! My kids love spending time with her! They are all putting dimes in the duck food dispenser!


Here is their Mom and Dad! It is neat to have pictures of five generations all in one day!

Julia

Cecilia

Benson

Pass a Mallow Please!

Two guys in my ward both turned thirty this week, and so their wives planned a joint surprise cook out! I found out toward the end of the evening that Benson had eaten twenty marshmallows!! I was seriously worried that I would be seeing them later on! He was somehow able to keep all of them down! Lucky me!! I thought this picture was funny because if you look closely, you will notice that there is a marshmallow flying past Benson's head! It was quite the shin dig!!
Julia did a great job cooking her own hot dog!

He had a great time playing Frisbee, roasting marshmallows and running around with a herd of other kids!

She was such a glorious mess by the end of the evening!!

The One That Did NOT Get Away!

Last Saturday, Ben took the kids fishing, and I stayed home to get caught up on yard and housework! It was a much needed break for all of us! Ben and the kids love fishing, and I love doing house/yard work all alone! It can be very relaxing to pull weeds in quiet.....especially when quiet can be such a hard thing to find! So, I planted peas, and Benson and Ben both caught fish.

Ben said Benson caught this one all by himself! They were both pretty proud!

Julia wanted her picture taken with Benson's fish!

Of course, Cecilia wanted to hold it too! I love the expression on her face!

Thank You!

Thank you Grandma Robyn for the cute Easter outfits!

We went up north for Conference and Easter. Here are a few of those pictures!

The kids always have a blast playing at the Richmond City Park:

Grandpa printed out a conference packet for the the kids to color during conference:

Everybody put on Grandpa's old work shirts to color Easter eggs together:

The kids and I went to the mall. They always love playing on the huge junk food items:

Emily, Erin, Johnny and Nathan!

We went to Ben's sister's house on the Thursday of Benson's spring break and spent the afternoon hanging out. The kids had a great time. Here are some fun pictures! I told Cecilia to smile for the picture! This is what I got!!
Nate was so cute!! He would let us all hold him! Benson was so happy about it!

Erin and Nate!

My buddy boy!

Cecilia, Emily, Julia and Johnny!

They had a great time playing with the toys!

Ben's sister Emily and Julia snuggling.

Home, Garden and Eggs....

Every year we go to the Trails End Easter Egg Hunt. Not only do you find eggs with candy in them, but you find eggs with tickets. Each ticket means that you have won a prize! The kids always have their picture taken with the bunny!
Another cute picture, but Julia's eyes were closed!

Cecilia won a bunny and a sand pail!

Julia was given two bunnies!

Benson was excited about his small basketball hoop thingy!

After the Easter Egg hunt we went to the Price Home and Garden show. They had a kids area with activities. Here are a few shots of the activities the kids could do:

They drew pictures for a contest about the County fair!

Cecilia loved to "color" too!

They had animals there for the kids to check out!

Benson with the baby chicks.

My kids all thought the puppies were cute, but I did not want to pay two hundred dollars to bring one home!