{March 2016: Tractor Rides, Horses, Read, St. Patty's, Easter, Dr. Seuss}

Sisters R & K feeding the neighbor's horses.  Big Brother E, snuggling a thumb sucking Baby D, while playing on the computer.  Baby D showing off his awesome walking skills.

Mark & Elizabeth going on a hot date.  It takes a special big brother, like big brother E, to read a "Fancy Nancy" book to his little sister H.  Sisters H & R creating art paintings.

Big Brother E taking his younger siblings on rides in the tractor trailer around the neighborhood and to see the horses.  Big Sister R reading "Fancy Nancy" to her younger sisters.

I will post links to other events that happened this month, after I post them on 

my photography blog:

{Dr. Seuss' Birthday}

{St. Patrick's Day Party}

{Easter Celebration}

   

{June 2015: Ice Cream, Summer Fun, Family, Kindy Grad, Camping, Father's Day}

It was Awesome to have the Ice Cream Truck, stop at our house.

 The kids enjoyed eating their delicious ice cream.

 It was so fun for me to have my kids experience; the neighborhood ice cream truck.  #childhoodnostalgia 

 Fun at the Water Park in Oregon.  Happy Baby D.

 Sweet Kittens with a new Tile Floor & platforms in their Cat Habitat.

 We created a playground in the yard for the kiddos: picnic tables, swing, slide, pool, sand box, and fun summer toys.  They have such a blast outside.

 Our Sweet Angel: Sleepy Baby D.

We love our adorable, Baby D.

We adore these Darling Kiddos.

 Little Miss K doing the Chinese Splits.  #justlikemama  Baby H on the slide and playing the piano with her beloved pacifier.

 Baby D tasting his yummy toes.  Little Man C riding a tricycle.  Baby Girl H talking to her imaginary friend "Mayvis" on the phone.  I went on a hot date with my honey.  Lovely night.

 K & R: Sisters Forever.  H & C: Sweet Kisses.

 Lovely visits with Family.  Baby H taking photos.

 K & C: Walking home from School. #soadorable  K: Field Day at School

 Little Miss K's Kindergarten Graduation.  #soproudofthisgirl

Sweet Kiddos: Fun Outside.  Playing Piano.  Sleepy. Being Cute.  Cat Habitat.

 Family Fun at the Ward Camp out.

 Our Kids: Fun with Frogs.  Sleepy Babies.  A blast at the New Park.  #somuchfun

 Celebration on Father's Day.  Kitty Snuggled Up.

 

{Family Visits, 12th Anniversary, 1st Day of School, Owies: August 2014}

We began the month of August continuing our trip up to Washington and went to see my sister Angela and her daughter {our niece} A in the play "The Sound of Music".  They both did a fabulous job on their parts.  We loved watching them perform.  It was an amazing show.  Angela played one of the lead Nuns {Sister Sophia} and A was Gretel. 

 Our son E received his Bear Badge at his Scout Pack Meeting.  My brother Danny, his wife Jolie and their two kids came to visit us and we had a lovely time with them.  We went blueberry picking with them while we were still up in Washington.  We had two visits to the Emergency Room, to get our daughter K's head super glued and also because our son C had swallowed a penny.  I think we need to put some of our kids in a bubble!  It's so hard to not be able to protect them from everything.  But that's a difficult part about being a parent, I guess.

 Mark and I celebrated our 12th Anniversary in August.  Mark's parents {in Oregon} watched our 5 kids {I was 3 months pregnant with our #6 at the time}.  We went to the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center and saw and learned some amazing things about the history of the Oregon Trail.  It was a lot of fun!

 We tried new restaurants, viewed sites around the area, and had some much needed alone time together.  It is always nice and very important to spend some time alone, away from the kids.  And your relationship and the kids are all the better because of it.

 We also rode the train in Sumpter, Oregon.  It was really fun.  We enjoyed looking at the beautiful views from the historical train's windows.  We had a wonderful time on our anniversary together.  I'm so grateful to have had this incredible man in my life for the last 12 years.  I'm Lucky, I'm in Love with my Best Friend.  Here's to Eternity. 

   Here are our Kiddos playing at Grandpa and Grandma's {in Oregon} and the Park together.  

 Here are our Kids getting the mail with Grandma {Mark's mom} and having fun playing with their cousins in Oregon.

 We had a wonderful time visiting with our Friends and Family, in Oregon together.

 We sure do Love these Kids!

We love going to the Library for Story time.  Before we moved into our house, we lived in an apartment across the street from a library {pictured above} in a smaller town {outside of the bigger town that we now live in}.  My parents came to visit us and helped us pack our apartment up to move into our new house, that we were moving into at the beginning of September.  It was especially helpful with being pregnant with our #6, to have their help.  We loved having them in Idaho to visit us!  It was a joy visiting and spending time with them.

 One of the special things of being married to a teacher, is having them home during the same vacations that the kids get.  School started for the kids and Mark at the end of August this year.  Our son E, started 4th grade, our daughter R began 3rd grade, and our little K, started Kindergarten this year.  Mark also started teaching his 2nd grade class again.  They are all at the same school.  Which is so much fun for us!

{Soccer, Sleepovers and Anniversary: August 2013}

Little Man E and Princess R enjoyed playing soccer this summer, did very well and learned some new skills.  They both liked dribbling, passing, scoring and even playing goalie.

 Grandpa and Grandma Chandler {Mark's folks} came to watch their game.  It was wonderful to have them there.  The kids really enjoyed that.

 We took them out to McDonalds after their last game to celebrate their great season, and scoring.  We had a lot of fun eating and playing together.

Our children {Little Man E, Princess R and Princess K} loved having their first friend sleepovers at their friends houses and having their friends spend the night at our house, this summer.

 Mark and Elizabeth celebrated their {11th anniversary}, by putting the kids to bed early, ordering in Mexican food, watching a movie and spending some quality time together at home, this year.

 We sure love our little Baby H {and all of our kiddos}.  She is such a sweet little baby.

10th Anniversary Leavenworth, Beach Resort, Cousins, Swimming, Fun

Mark and I {Elizabeth} celebrated our TENTH Wedding Anniversary this last August.  My mom came over and watched our kiddos for a few days while we went to Leavenworth, Washington {a little German tourist town} to celebrate.  We stayed at a Lovely Bed and Breakfast, ate Delicious German Food, Shopped in the Lovely shops, were serenaded by Accordion Musicians {playing German music}, ate yummy snacks and treats, hiked and walked around a lot, and had an Amazing time.  I am so Blessed to have been married for 10 years to this Amazing, Handsome, Wonderful Man.  I Love Him So much!  W have had the most Fun together for the last decade.  Love. xoxoxo

  After our Anniversary trip, we traveled up to visit my side of the family in Western Washington.  We stayed in a Hotel on the way up there.  It was my kiddos' first time staying in a hotel.  They Loved it and had such a blast!  They really liked the yummy breakfast, sleeping and staying in the room and swimming in the pool.

Lots of Kiddo Sleepovers and Swimming with Cousins.  Lots of Fun! :)  The kiddos love hanging out with their cousins.  They have a lot of cousins on both sides of our family.  We always have fun spending time with them, visiting and playing.  It was very hot, so we went swimming a lot.  The kiddos really love to swim and are learning so much.

We went to a Resort at the Beach with my parents and had fun going to the Beach, Swimming at the Pool, Playing in the Game Room, Camping in their RV, going to the Museum, Collecting Shells, going to the Souvenir Shop, making Smores, playing on the Playground, going on Walks, having a Blast.

 Icecream Truck fun for the Kiddos {I was SO Excited, as were the kiddos, that the Icecream Truck came to the swimming pool that we were at, {with our cousins} because I grew up having the fun experience of the Icecream man coming in my neighborhood and getting treats, and I had told my kids about it, but they had never experienced it before.  So it was a lot of fun for all of us that they had this fun new adventure!}, Going to the Beach with Cousins, Playing in the Water and the Sand, Camping in my Parents' RV.  So much fun.

Sand in the City Fun.  Playing in the Sand, Watching Cousins Dance, Looking at Awesome Sand Sculptures, Face Painting, Making Crafts, Eating Snow Cones, Playing in the Water at the new Children's Museum, Touching Sea Creatures, and Visiting and Playing with Cousins.  Afterwards, we ate dinner and treats at Dairy Queen with family.  Yum.