May week 3 - "Press forward through the mist of darkness, clinging to the rod of iron"

Sunday playing "picking Manna"

Building a playpen for our bunny

Three Brothers Grim

Let's try it again without a screaming baby

Building an amazing fort

Playing with the chickens

Our wonderfully generous neighbor gave us some gigantic stuffed animals

...and some outdoor furniture

The kids and I finally fixed the gazebo

The "bunny bathroom"

 I LOVE having seating in here!

We LOVED this hike at the top of 27th

It is perfect for kids

It was short and flat

and had a natural spring at the top with ponds, to play in and drink from.

Learning to walk!

Building her a home...so to speak

Unwrapping it...

Discovering it

and then playing with it for the next ten hours

Our happy birthday girl - six-years-old

She chose to go on a date to the mall with Troy and ride the quarter rides

Our dear friend bought her an easy bake oven 

and made her an adorable pink Minnie mouse cake

LOVE this girl!!

New hat and sunglasses

Scripture: "Press forward through the mist of darkness, clinging to the rod of iron" - 1 Nephi 8

Song: "When Faith Endures, Hymn #128

week 2 - stir them up in remembrance of the oath which they had made

gumming a strawberry (still no teeth)

Building a puzzle while visiting my Grandma Pat

It is so fun to have such a cute model to show off all these work projects.

Here are the REAL workers, though

I hear you cluckin' little chicken

Treehouse Museum with the Beesley Cousins! Yay!

Happy Birthday Greg!

Our new bunny "Angel" - Troy has taken on most responsibility for her

And what kinds of week is one without our homeschooling buddies the Garcias?

It's a great life we have

NOT falling in the creek :)

Man it feels good to work! I spent a couple hours cleaning up all the weeds, leaves, debris from this rose bed.

Our sweet strawberry picker

Time for the dentist!

A great trip to the library

Cousin Party! All four of Greg's sisters, their kids and their husbands under one (fortunately large) roof! It was wonderful.

scripture of the week (picked by Troy) = "Stir them up in remembrance of the oath which they had made" - Mosiah 6:3

Song of the week= 3rd verse of Armies of Helaman

"We know his plan and we will prepare. Increase our knowledge through study and prayer. Daily we'll learn until we are called to take the Gospel to all the world"