In preparation for an upcoming addition/remodel, Seth and I bought this sectional, covered it in plastic it and stored it in the shop until we have a space for it.
When we had the Wilde cousins over for a couple of days, Miriam and Cooper made this expansive LEGO village.
Winnie with her Play-Doh ice cream cone. Well after Memorial Day, we packed up the kids to visit cemeteries and eat at Big Judd's.
Winnie reading a Magic Treehouse book in her bed. If I ever thought to myself, "Where is Winnie? I haven't seen her in a while," I'd have to remind myself to check her bed. More often than not, she was in there reading. As of last count, Winnie has read 58 of the 60 Magic Treehouse books.
Winnie buried in the sand in the side yard.
Seth, Miriam, Peach and Ana at the dog park in Idaho Falls. We thought it would be a fun family date to take Peach to the dog park. It was the first time any of us had been there. Peach really couldn't have cared less about the dogs, but she loved saying hi to all the people.
Ana and Bekah playing ukuleles together one Sunday morning.
Ana with her ice cream at Black Bear Diner. After a long, tiring softball tournament, we let Ana choose where all of us should eat afterward.
Bekah and some of the all-you-can-eat sushi we had for her birthday date. We've determined to take each girl out for her birthday throughout her teenage years.
Winnie and her swollen eyes one Sunday.
Miriam and her swollen eye the same Sunday. After church I took both girls in to the pediatrician to see what the heck was going on. Our Primary president didn't even recognize Winnie at church. The pediatrician was fairly stumped (why would one girl's upper eyes be swollen while the other one's lower eye was swollen?), but gave us some allergy medication samples. The swelling went down on both girls' eyes within a day or two.
Group selfie during a side yard hot dog roast while Seth was on a work trip.
Winnie eating a unicorn. Or sucking on a unicorn toothpick that came from Oakley's birthday cupcakes.
Miriam playing with Easton through the sliding glass door at Oakley's birthday party.
Miriam, Seth and Winnie during their annual sleepover on the trampoline.
Bidoof participating in the tea party Winnie set up for her and Seth in the family room.
The portrait Winnie drew of me while we were on our trip to Virginia.
Seth getting his portrait drawn by Winnie.
Right after our trip to Virginia, I took both girls to the orthodontist for a swap-a-roo. They went in with Bekah sporting braces and Ana being bare-toothed ...
... and came out just the opposite.
The egg smiley face I inadvertently made one morning for breakfast.
Ana, Miri and Winnie participating at the annual Snake River Roaring Youth Jam.
The lion sleeps tonight. Winnie dressed up as a lion at the Youth Jam.
The scrapes on Winnie's face sustained from falling out of a tree. One weekday this summer, Winnie came in from the backyard bawling. She said she had been climbing a tree and fell out. Remembering her broken wrist from two years ago, I asked her where it hurt. She indicated her upper arms and her head. I asked her to move her arms around to see if they hurt worse when she did. They seemed okay, so I comforted her and ran to town to do some shopping. When I got home, she came to me and said, "Mom, my head still hurts, but I don't remember why." Alarm bells went off in my head, so I asked her, "You don't remember what happened? You fell out of a tree." She looked at me skeptically and said, "I don't think so." I ran her to the pediatrician's office, and the doctor said she had definitely sustained a concussion. She gave me care instructions, and I told Winnie she wasn't allowed to do cartwheels, somersaults, play on the trampoline, climb trees or play on the swingset for a week. It was a long week, but her recovery went well, and she's back to normal.
Winnie and Miri sporting some cool pineapple-themed accessories after they were gifted to us.
Ana's picnic-basket-turned-book-basket-on-a-cart. Her library bag wasn't big enough, so she converted this to store her books, card and reading log.
Ana holding her baby cousin, Tayzlee, while on a quick there-and-back trip to see Tayzlee get blessed in sacrament meeting.
Grandma Scott dressing Tayzlee in her blessing dress while Winnie entertains her.
Winnie, Miri and Ana sleeping in the backyard on cots.
Winnie giving Grandpa Scott a hug after he was set apart to be in the bishopric of the singles' ward.