Sunday night we had a get together with the Lindleys. We were telling Lindy Lou that Grandpa Brent's name was Brent Lindley and it was Karlene Lindley and Heather, Allison, Sara Lindley. My name used to be Kristy Lindley and Aunties was Amy Lindley and she just giggled and acted like we were crazy. It was a fun and relaxing night with good food and family.

We spent Memorial Day playing at the park.

Emily, Hayley, Stockton, Lindley and Abby. 

Stockton and Hayley climbing the rock.

Followed by some softball.

Grandpa caught a ladybug.

Feeding the ducks.

And some Fishing.

Abby caught something right away.

Then we went to celebrate Grandpa Doug's 64th birthday.

 He was very excited to get a season ticket to the Ogden Raptors.

It was fun to see almost all of my siblings this weekend.

I don't need a special day to remember my Little Buddy. I think of him and miss him everyday.



Abby in her new skirt from Grandma Rochelle.

Emily, Abby and I went to a special Stake Fireside

"We are Daughters in His Kingdom".

Abby's class had a Show Off day. They displayed their big projects and sang us some songs about Utah. I hadn't seen Abby's board until today. She did all the work on her own.

Her diorama.

Favorite art project Turkey Vader.

Hayley with her socks and flip flops. 

Lindley and Hayley built a bridge in the living room.

Lego Birthday Party

We survived another birthday party! I had so much fun coming up with the decorations! I found a free Lego man printable here. I made some Legos out of paper, tissue boxes and Emily made me some from bags.

I found instructions on how to build Lego letters to spell out ABBY. I love the way it turned out and it was so easy.

I made Abby a Lego Man shirt, Lego girl necklace, Lego bracelet and Lego hair clip. She looked adorable and was so happy with everything I made. We played Guess How Many Legos and Lego Toss (I didn't get any pictures but the kids seemed to like it.)

Then it was time for presents.

Abby got some really cute clothes, duct tape and some FRIENDS LEGOS.

I found this cute Lego candy mold on AMAZON and had fun making these fun cupcake toppers.

Make a Wish!

Here is Abby with her cousins.

I was not a very nice Mom most of the day trying to get ready for the birthday party. Hopefully my kids will only remember how fun it was at the party and not how mean their Mom was before the party. I'm wondering if I should just do cake and ice cream without all the hoopla but it would take all the fun out of it for me too.

6th Grade is almost over...

I can't believe this girl is almost in Jr. High. She is so smart, pretty and funny. She loves to talk your ear off and gets mad when I tell her to stop talking and get something done. I'm going to have to send her to follow Amy around so she can show her how to multitask.

Emily had to do a report on a country. She chose Ecuador and did a news report format. She invited a guest speaker who had spent 2 years in Ecuador to help her. He said she did a great job, her teacher said she did a great job and Emily told me she did really good. I'm really not surprised she did well. She is smart and she works really hard.

Yesterday I got to go see the 6th grade play "JOUST". Emily could have replaced anyone who had a speaking part (she had all the lines memorized) but didn't really want to. Grandma Rochelle and Grandma Shelley came to the night performance. I'm glad I went in the morning I could see better and get some pictures without too much chaos.

Mother's Day

I had to work so I missed out on the fun Saturday night with Steve's family.

Grandma Great Hofer.

Dustin, Steve, Grandma Shelley, Leslie and Cara.

Grandma Shelley and the Grandkids.

Family Favorite Salad. Craisins, cheese, broccoli and bacon with poppy seed dressing.

The weather was perfect. We sat outside on my Gramsies patio while the kids ran around.

Liz, Amy, Me, Gramsies and my Mom.

My Girls 

Taking Daddy To The Treehouse

Steve is changing jobs so he has some time off this week. We decided to let Daddy in on some of the fun we have while he is slaving away. I let the girls decide where to take him. The had fun learning letters in the schoolhouse.

Trying to hit the target with the parachute drop.

Lindy Lou and I put together the arch...

while Daddy went over the basics of chess with Hayley.

Then we headed to Pizzeria. YUM!

Softball

Softball season has started. Lindley found a new talent at Abby's practice. Little Monkey.

Emily decided she didn't want to play this year so it is just 2 nights a week. I love watching Abby play. Whenever she does something well she gets this huge grin on her face. She loves being cheered on.

Abby has had some good hits already this season and has made a few plays as well. I can see that the girls are starting to understand the game even if they can't execute it perfectly. It's fun to watch them grow.

Go Thunder!