Thanks to Sarah, I got my ugly oak cabinets painted over the Memorial weekend. 

It was a lot of work, but definitely worth it!

4 year old Norah

Eli saw a pinata cake on Pinterest several months ago and decided that since Norah's birthday was next in the family, I needed to make it for her. He helped me decide on M&Ms for the center, since his first suggestion of suckers seemed a little impractical.

Angel Moroni

Someone from our ward posted on facebook that Moroni was going up, so Nolan, Marcus and I jumped in the car, Nolan without shoes, and watched it happen. It was really an awesome experience. Probably a once in a lifetime thing. When we went home, I went to the upstairs bedroom, squinted my eyes, and saw the gold statue through the trees. Caleb and Eli were disappointed that they had missed it, so we went down again that evening. It seemed appropriate that we watched this happen the day before Norah's birthday.

Pura Vida!

Ryan's long time dream has been fulfilled. We got a boat! This has been a different summer. The heat seems a little bit more bearable this year. Sarah watched the boys, while Ryan and I went on our first boating adventure overnight at Lake Pleasant. Despite a little rain, braying wild donkeys, and our "anchor" job coming undone, it was an awesome trip. The next evening we took the boys out for their first time. Caleb and Eli both got up wakeboarding. Eli really surprised us by getting up on his first try. I figured he would fall several times, so I was in the water with him to help out. When he got up, I was left behind in the middle of the lake for about 10 minutes. Luckily, there weren't a lot of boats around and I just swam over to a buoy to wait for them to come back and pick me up. It is so exciting to see your kids love doing  something that you love doing!

Tigers Baseball

Now that Marcus is 5, he got to participate in some organized sports! He chose baseball. He loved every minute. He's a great lefty.

The Mighty Hawks

Caleb and Eli were on the same team this season! That means 1/2 the practices and 1/2 the games for mom! The boys did great and worked hard. After one of the games, I took some action shots of them to decorate their new football themed room.

State Capitol Field Trip

I love going on field trips with my kids. Lots of awesome memorials 

and so much to learn at our State's Capitol.