Cooking with Jake!

Wyatt not liking the smell of garlic too well.
Ezra had to have his turn too!

As many of those who know us knows, that Jake loves

to cook. And it is a good thing too, because he is

great at it. He has always been great at getting

the kids involved. And now it is the little boys turn.

They made Sunday night dinner with Jake.

They had great fun together. And the thought

that pudding pie for dessert was the best thing ever.

And they are right. I forgot how much I love pudding

pie. We haven't had it for a long time.

Ofcourse the biggest hit since the

boys have gotten here is that they get to go

swimming everyday. The pool is at the perfect

temperature. Just cold enough to be refeshing

when it is 100 or more outside. But not warm where

it just feels like you are taking a bath. Don't worry,

give it another month and it will be that hot.

Sam and Liz will be dark brown before you know it!

It will be interesting to see how tan the little ones get

they have such fair skin. I slather them up with sunscreen.

And I also try and take them out to the pool later in the day.

It is funny because for every time I think, "oh, I hate having

a pool". There is a time I think, "oh, I love having a pool."

And it does make the summers more bareable.

House guests for the Summer!!

Wyatt and Ezra eating pudding for dessert.
Wyatt

Ezra

This summer we've got a whole lot of fun in store for us!

First of we get to have my nephew's Ezra and Wyatt stay

with us. Piper had a very bad accident and is layed up

for awhile. And I thought it would be fun to have the

boys for the summer so she wouldn't have to chase them

around. Piper was riding a horse and another horse came

up and tried to kick the first horse, and instead kicked Piper's

leg. It broke her tibia and fibia ?(the two bones in the lower leg)

She's now got rods and screws and staples holding everything together.

So during the week while Ben is at work we are having a good time.

Sam and Liz are great with the little ones. They are big helpers too.

This summer we have a fun time planned. The first two weeks are

going to be laid back, going to the library, swimming, I am sure a

trip to coldstone will be in there as well.

Then in the middle of June, Sam and Liz will be going to camp.

This year our stake planned that Girls Camp and Scout Camp will

be the same week. Which is great for Jake and I. The little boys aren't

even going to be around. They are going to Texas. Ben has a conference

down there, and then they will be visiting Grandma Clifford, Aunt Patti

and the whole Davis gang! I am very jealous. So with a whole week

of free time, what is a girl to do? Well I am hoping a painting project will

be in the works. Our living room, kitchen and hallways need a fresh

coat. And that would be the PERFECT time. I think I am going to

be a bit lonely too.

Then everyone will come back, we have time to do laundry, and start

packing everyone for a big trip to Washington. This will be the little boys

first airplane ride. We will be flying to Spokane and then hopefully

taking a ride over to the West side to visit the Farrar and Abston clan.

When we get home from that little excursion, we will be doing laundry,

resting up for a little bit, then, packing our bags and heading to Utah.

Sam and Liz are excited to get to see their cousins again.

I am excited to see old friends again and family too.

The little boys are going to come along with us. I know they

are going to have loads of fun meeting all the cousins. There will

be so many kids to play with, they won't know what to do!!

Then we will get home, and have a week before school starts to

do more laundry, shopping and figuring out High School and

Early Morning Seminary!!!!

Time flys when you're having fun!

How can that be?

Last week Sam graduated from middle school. I don't

really understand how that could have happened. Surely

I am not old enough to have a son going to High School in

the fall! He is such a good kid. And I love him so much.

The day after graduation we had a party with a few of

his friends, which included, X-box, pizza, cake, and swimming.

An all around great time!

2 posts in a month?

Yes, I know it is true. I am trying to get back in the

swing of things and keeping up on my blogging.

I was never very consistant in journaling, so I shouldn't

be all that surprised. I know my mom always says that since

I take so many pictures of "other people's children" that I should

take some of my own. So here are some pics that I did

a few weeks ago of the kids. I haven't touched them up in

photoshop yet. I actually used these for a final project

for a class I was taking at the community college. So I

really didn't want to edit them for that any ways. And I am

sooooo far behind on other editing, that these will have to

wait. But I am looking forward to playing with these pictures

and hanging them in my studio though. I just can't believe how

fast they grow up! They are such good kids. Ofcourse I am biased.

My surgery is done!!!

Now all I have to do is heal.

Below is my attempt at smiling. It doesn't work very well.

And it hurts like crazy. We watched a funny movie last

night, and I thought I was going to die. :)

Don't you love how the bruising brings out the lovely

color of my eyes?

I also have slight brusing around my mouth as well.

But looking at the bright side, I just have to wait 4-6 months for

this to heal and I will be anble to get everything crowned and

it will be done!!!