Getting ready for baby and more springtime

Ty recently discovered he loves to take pictures

Jeff and I went out for our anniversary dinner at Brio, but we went in March before the baby came just in case it was too hard to go anywhere.

Mom with an extremely large belly, about to have this baby--this was just a couple of weeks before I had him.

We made a bunch of strawberry jam so we wouldn't have to worry about that, Ty loves working this food chopper.

Lots of jam!!

Got a couple of spots burned off my face, took this picture to remember how bad it looked at one time.

Kids enjoying some good dirt playing time.  This kept the kids entertained for hours! (Austin in blue)

Scott, Austin, Kate, Ty

Nightly brushing routine with Ty, what a workout!  Dad has been doing this most nights.

Late snowfall in late March (or early April)

Grandma Packer came and helped make a bunch of frozen lasagnas, yum!!

Ty loves playing basketball!

Austin

Kate really wanted a bike, so after saving her money since Christmas, we went and got this one, we paid half and Kate paid half.  Pretty cool!

Annual Easter Egg Hunt, the kids had to find lots of clues to find their treats!

Easter dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Lewis' with cousins

We sang Happy Birthday to Kate!

Monkey Man

Austin was about to take a shower when we heard a crash in the bathroom.  We heard Austin crying and ran in there to see what happened--the towel rack had come out of the wall.  Austin told us he had been swinging on it--just messing around and it came out.  Surprisingly, Dad and Mom didn't get too mad and told Austin to just take a shower and we would talk about it after.  Austin sobbed through the whole shower.  When he was done, he came out and said he was so so sorry and that he wanted to pay to fix it with his own money.  Dad and Austin went to the store, bought the stuff, and fixed it together.  We were pretty proud of Austin for telling the truth about what happened, then for stepping up to take care of it.  He is growing up!

Springtime

We got the family a basketball hoop for basketball, it was a beast to put together...

but we have all been enjoying it!

Kate at activity days relay races

She had to run down and put a bunch of clothes on, then run back

Austin, Scott, and Kate all got to go to a Jazz game after their Jr. Jazz season, they got these hat(?) things and LOVE to wear them around--especially to bed.

 Austin, Scott

These 2 are such buddies, they rarely fight and just love each other so much!

Ty stopped taking naps, but occasionally can be found crashed on the couch! (And then can almost always be found still awake at 11 pm!!)