We had a great Fourth of July. We sat on the golf course and took lots of pictures before the fireworks began.
First, my parents:
Glow sticks as earrings:
Dallas being extra patriotic with his blue shirt and red skin. Apparently he was outside all day at work and got a bit of a burn:
Eli watched the fireworks with only one eye:
Spencer cracked us up by saying “WOAH!” every time the fireworks went off:
The kids participated in an Easter egg hunt. Here we all are:
The girls were dying to find the eggs but had to wait until everyone arrived:
Caroline’s age group was first:
Then it was Brooke’s turn:
Spencer enjoyed popping bubbles:
After the hunt Brooke inspected her loot. Notice her outfit – her Easter hat, necklaces, a skirt, and a tutu. She insisted on the skirt, the hat, the necklaces, and the tutu because she was marrying Wyatt and needed to look “super beautiful.” Yes, apparently she still fancies Wyatt. I asked her why she is going to marry Wyatt and she said because he’s a boy. I pointed out that she has other friends who are boys and she never says she’s going to marry them. Her response was, “Oh, it’s because Wyatt has such a cute…”
In the split second after she said “cute” I nearly died thinking she was about to state how cute she thought Wyatt was. I mean, I do think he’s a really cute kid, but surely she’s too young to notice or care about that, right? RIGHT?
Thankfully she ended her sentence with “bunny.” Yes, that’s more like it. The way to Brooke’s heart is certainly through stuffed animals.
We had a great Christmas. On Christmas Eve we went up to my parents’ house. Ben and Brooke were anxiously awaiting the program:
My aunt organized a Minute to Win It game. Brooke wanted to try it out until she was told she’d need to dip her nose in Vaseline and use it to try to transport cotton balls from one plate to another. She bowed out after hearing that:
Maggie was a great baby holder:
Rachel was also a great baby tender:
And that brings us to Christmas morning! Spencer couldn’t wait to see what Santa brought him:
The girls were thrilled with their new kitchen:
Caroline showed off her flashlight:
The girls love flashlights. They always find our flashlights, hide them in their room under their beds, and then pull them out after we’ve turned out their lights. Sneaky, sneaky. After yelling at them countless times for taking our flashlights, we finally decided to just get them their own.
Spencer loved his new toy:
Lately the girls have enjoyed being superheroes. They will take Spencer’s bibs and wear them backwards and pretend they have capes on. That gave me the great idea to make superhero capes for them for Christmas. Didn’t they turn out cute? The girls hate them. Oh well. Can’t win them all.
All of our festivities made the kids exhausted. Any time we got in the car, this happened:
A cute picture of the kids with my parents:
Brooke and Caroline love the Play-Doh machine Grandpa Golden gave them:
