March 2018

The biggest news to come out of March is that Stephen accepted a job at the University of Washington-Bothell, so we are moving to just north of Seattle this summer!

March 15, beautiful snow!

My favorite toothless boy

Trevor and Lincoln can really get on each other's nerves sometimes; it's always nice to see them doing things kindly together!

I love all my children so much, but I really, really love them when they are snuggled up, asleep in my arms

Our traditional awful picture of the birthday child with birthday donuts--Sammy is 12!

Camping! The boys are working with their Boy Scout troop on getting their camping merit badge (20 nights of camping) and a camping certificate, which is at least one overnight camping trip for 12 consecutive months. March was campout #5.

My beautiful Ezra

Braces on...

Braces off!! Elise has spent over half of her life with some sort of orthodontia. She is excited to be free!

I've been wearing Ezra often, because he always gets fussy right at dinner time (my mom always called it "the witching hour"). Here Ruthie is wearing her bison, Olivia.

No babies will fall off of the bed with big brothers on the scene!

Try as I might to provide Sable with a sanctuary from the chaos, Ezra still manages to slip in occasionally. Sable is an angel dog!

3 days after Sammy turned 12 he, Elise, Mason, and Stephen met up with Grandma & Grandpa Jones at the Fort Collins temple to do baptisms!

Sammy, learning the proper angle for selfies from a pro.

Sammy also turned 12 just in time to get to go to the Priesthood session of Conference with the big boys. Mason concentrates better when his hands are busy.

We had the house painted, and our painter left his ladder here when he wasn't working. Stephen took advantage of that ladder to get some jobs done...dusting the fan (30' up) & changing lightbulbs were at the top of the list. I'm just glad he wasn't using his other...more creative...ladder extenders.

Trevor, hard at work

My niece, Emmalee (who is camera shy) came for a quick weekend visit from BYU-Idaho

I absolutely love this picture--it captures a side of Ruthie that the camera doesn't often see, but the family does. :)

Twinners!

Elise has her besties over for homemade pizzas and movie night. Leaving these friends is going to be so, so hard.

As Ruthie gets older and is talking more (happy day!!) she and Trevor actually play together. I love seeing them love each other. 

Bath time in the sink!

As a surprise, Sammy cleaned the entire kitchen--it's so wonderful when the kids get old enough to actually be helpful!