Birthday outing

We just kept in low-key this year. Chris and I took the kids to a new Mexican grill in Layton, Guadalajaras. I thought it was AWESOME! Really tasty food. Hannah had a lot of fun and enjoyed the clothes, swimsuit, and shoes she got.

Beautiful birthday girl!

Silly boys!

Look at that sweet little face. He smiles even though Daddy is squishing his head.

Grandma Kia sent the kids a playhouse/slide for Hannah's birthday/summer play. Richard was so excited to see it. He's been waiting for weeks. Once we got it together Hannah was really excited, too. They have been on it ever day since.

Happy Birthday to my sweet Hannah!!!

My little Hannah is truly an angel. She is sweet, loving, funny as can be, and such a good helper. She is daring and adventurous. Hannah loves her brother, Richard, so much. They are best buds. If one is sleeping, the other wakes him/her up just to play and be together. Hannah loves to run away from her Daddy's hugs and kisses, she thinks it's a great game. And she always eats the food that Richard doesn't finish. She is so funny! I love you so much Hannah banners.

Mother's Day

What a nice day we had yesterday. Got up and went to church. Spent some time at Chris's parent's new home with the family, and stopped to see my Mom and some of my family. I love being able to see everyone we can and spend time together.

Hannah also had a special day because she got her birthday present from Grandma and Grandpa Taggart. They gave her a darling Elmo restaurant. All the kids had so much fun.

(Thank you Bryce for the extra photos. They are so cute! Or "dute" as Hannah would say.)

Aprons and gardening...

The lighting is terrible on these photos, but I had to get some cute pics of the kids in their new aprons. I bought them at Roberts or Michaels and got iron-ons to personalized them. Richard picked out a frog, and Hannah picked a flower. I think they turned out so cute! I love my little chefs!

Today we planted our garden. It is so nice to have it done. Well, almost done. We need to buy more seeds. But, it looks great and I'm so excited to grow our own produce. We eat so many veggies that it just makes sense.

And the kids had so much fun helping out. There are awesome helpers!

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mom's (and future mom's)

Before I was a Mom,I never tripped over toysor forgot words to a lullaby.I didn't worry whether or notmy plants were poisonous.I never thought about immunizations.Before I was a Mom,I had never been puked on.Pooped on.Chewed on.Peed on.I had complete control of my mindand my thoughts.I slept all night.Before I was a Mom,I never held down a screaming childso doctors could do tests.Or give shots.I never looked into teary eyes and cried.I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.I never sat up late hours at nightwatching a baby sleep.Before I was a Mom,I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop thehurt.I never knew that something so smallcould affect my life so much.I never knew that I could love someone so much.I never knew I would love being a Mom.Before I was a Mom,I didn't know the feeling ofhaving my heart outside my body..I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.I didn't know that bondbetween a mother and her child.I didn't know that something so smallcould make me feel so important and happy.Before I was a Mom,I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to makesure all was okay.I had never known the warmth,the joy,the love,the heartache,the wondermentor the satisfaction of being a Mom.I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom .

Another nice day

Not much has been going on in our house, except illness. But I think we are all just about over it. So, today was a nice day, not too hot, but the kids love swimming and sprinklers so I let them play for a little while. They were both pretty cold so it didn't last long. :)

Hannah said, "It cold."

Richard is crazy about the water. Whether it is a bubble bath, a swimming pool, drinking water, the sprinklers, or a water gun. This boy loves it all!

The tulips that have been coming up in the middle of my lawn for 3 years. I finally let them grow this year and I love it! :)

Here Hannah kept saying, "It get me." She was speaking of the sprinklers out of the slip-n-slide.

She finally got brave when Richard turned it down real low.