Undie Dancing

We have all been so excited to be in our new house!  We love the space and the kids have fun just being kids.  Today I got the kids out of the shower and they wanted to dance in just their undies.  So I said ok and then snapped a couple cute pics of them!  Love these kids!

Final house stuff

We can't hardly believe how fast the house has been built - and how fun the whole process has been for us.  We have loved going out every day to see the progress that has been made and what the new changes are.  It has been great these past 2 weeks cause it's the really fun stuff that's happening - flooring, cupboards, carpet, countertops and all the finish stuff!  

These pictures are the last ones we took before we closed.  I wish we would have taken one with the landscaping done before we moved in, but didn't.  But the front yard was all finished - sprinklers, grass, rock wall and all before we closed.  

We closed on May 13, 2013.  What a fun day for us!  When we got to the office to sign all our papers, this is the treatment we got - VIP parking!  I thought this was so awesome and fun to have our names right out front for everyone to see!  

We feel truly blessed to be where we are and be moving into a house that we are so excited about!  6 months ago I would have never guessed that we'd still be in Utah and building/buying a new house close to our families.  What a dream come true for us!

9 months

Hey, just wanted to keep you updated on my 9 month stats.  Oh and show you how cute I am taking a bath in the sink!

9 month stats from Dr. Erickson

Weight: 22.22 lbs - 76%

Height: 29.84 inches - 92%

Head: 18.6 inches - 94%

Mother's Day notes

Rease wrote me these cute Mother's Day notes in school.  They are priceless!

The Sleeping Arrangement

So I had to get a few pictures of the sleeping arrangement the kids have had the past few months at Grammie and Papa's house.  They are sleeping in the storage room - amongst storage bins, halloween costumes, clothes, holiday decorations and much much more that has been squeezed into this room.  But...we have made it work.  We put up one of mom's blow-up mattresses for the girls to sleep on and also put a portable crib for Liev to sleep in.  It has been a fun...adventure for the kids!  

Keen occasionally takes a nap in here and I found him squawking one day.  I went in to find that he had slid between two of the slats of the bed (there was a broken one that came out between these two causing a space just large enough for him to wiggle into.)  What a crazy kid.

And what a crazy sleeping arrangement this has been!  But the kids have had fun and we made it through sleeping in the storage room!

Cousins and Popsicles

These cousins have had such a fun time living under the same room for the past few months.  This is one of our last days living with Grammie and Papa before we move into the new house!  And what better thing to do to pass the time than eat popsicles together! 

To the Park

It was a beautiful day so I took the kids to the park after the gym.  They played and played and were so glad to be outside for the day!  We had a couple hours before we had to pick Rease up from school, and we spent those hours just having a good time!

Summer here we come!

Playing Naked

Lately Liev has been going out - without clothes.  Just playing along like everything is normal.  Good thing he has those cute little buns!

Mama's helper

Rease has been so great to help me out especially with Baby Keen.  She lately has been wanting to feed him every time he has a bottle.  So I let her do it and I know she loves being with her baby brother.  He doesn't look too much like a baby now - he's half her size!  What a good sister!

Into the mouth

Keen is so much a baby that puts everything in his mouth.  He'll put anything in and then leave it there and crawl around with it sticking out of his mouth.  He's such a funny kid!

Hitler?

Canyon and Liev love hanging out together.  Especially now that they live in the same house, it seems like they just love being buds.  Liev fell a couple of days ago and got a scrape underneath his nose that, we think, makes him look like Hitler.  Josh thinks it's hilarious!

Exploring

Now that we are living with mom and dad, we are able to use the Ranger whenever we want.  The kids love taking rides and want to go out as often as possible.  Lately Josh has been taking them "exploring" around the gravel pits and in the open areas around Daybreak.  They LOVE it!  Tonight they came back and told me all about their trip and how they had chased a herd of antelope through the gravel pit.  The night usually ends with a trip to 7-Eleven for a Slurpee.  Dads are the best aren't they?

The new house

Josh and I decided that it was finally time to move from our townhome in Draper.  With 4 kids in a 2 bedroom house, we were running out of space.  We put our house on the market and started looking.  We ended up walking through a model home in Herriman that we loved and decided to build instead of buy.  It was not what we were expecting but we were really excited about it!  Our house sold quickly and we moved in with  my parents for a few short months while the house is being built.  Of course we've taken a zillion pictures so I tried to organize them and put them in order and much as I could.  Enjoy!

When we bought this house, the foundation had already been poured.  The previous owners backed out so we jumped in and bought the one they started.  It made everything go so quickly to do it that way.  This is the way it looked the day we put our offer in.

 They accepted our offer and started framing the same day!  It's been all fun and craziness since then!

 We took these pictures yesterday.  They are almost done with paint on the inside and outside.  Cupboards and flooring next!

May 10 is our closing date.  We are super excited for a new adventure and for a little more space! 

Laundry helper

Keen wanted to help with the laundry today.  At least wanted to be right in the middle of it - I'm not sure how much help he really was!  But he sure thought it was fun to ride in the laundry basket and help mom put the socks and underwear away.

Cousins

Isn't it great to have cousins living in the same house?  Only then could you have bathtime all together.  What fun - even if it is a tub full!

Mr. T's Memorial

Grammie's turtle of many years died a few days ago.  The kids were very sad to see Mr. T go and told Papa that they wanted to bury him.  So he took them out to the garden and found the perfect spot to lay him to rest.  The kids each wrote on the gravestone and placed it neatly on top of Mr. T's grave.  They had a nice little memorial for Grammie's long-time pet.  

Little Professor

Keen is a little hard to handle at church these days.  So we snuck out into the hall to listen to the rest of the meeting.  Grammie put her glasses on him and he just sat there not knowing what was on his face.  Doesn't he look so smart in them?  Our little professor!

Bundled up

BYU soccer has begun and it is still pretty chilly most nights.  So we packed the kids and lots of warm clothes up for the game tonight.  I grabbed this extra large coat and it turned out to be perfect to fit baby Keen inside with me.  He was in his carrier but perfectly warm and able to watch the game without being cold - except maybe those cheeks.  They may have gotten slightly chilly!

Trapped inside!

The girls were outside riding bikes and I was sitting on the porch just enjoying the nice day.  I didn't realize that Canyon and Liev had gone back inside and shut the door, thus locking themselves in.  I heard them banging on the door to get out and couldn't resist a quick picture of the prisoners.  These 2 boys are the best!

Poop Stains

This is pretty nasty but is the state I found Liev in after his nap today.  His diaper has somehow come unstrapped and fallen down into his pants.  Thus the poop had room to go wherever it pleased.  Poor kid didn't know what happened to him.  A nice, warm, bubble bath took care of the problem though and mom was the hero!

Lincoln Logs

I just bought a used set of Lincoln Logs for the kids and Rease had a blast breaking into it and building her own cabin.  Josh helped but mostly this was Rease's masterpiece!

BYU vs RSL

My brother Garrett plays on the BYU soccer team.  One of their preseason games was against RSL this year.  We got to watch them play at the RSL field which was really fun.  It ended up being a really cold day so we were all bundled up.  It was a fun game to watch - though BYU ended up losing.  We were all so proud to have someone to cheer for!