Enjoy the Journey

This picture totally sums up life with kids. If you can't read it, it says, "Enjoy the Journey." I walked in the front room the other day and noticed it was upside down. I love the little reminders all over my house that tell me I am completely outnumber by kids.

Before I had kids (well, actually just until this year) I swore my kids would never write on my walls. I guess the joke is on me. Technically, they have never written on anything upstairs though. These are all in the unfinished basement and credit for the work goes to Sunny and Lila.

Can you see how nasty the side of the door is. Lots of little sticky hands opening and closing it. (The dirt has since lost its battle with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser...those things are a life saver).

This was some sort of growth chart Sunny made. She was pretty proud of it.

I am so grateful that Ryan and I have been able to fill up our home with kids. They bring lots of messes, and lots of love.

I am absolutely "Enjoying the Journey!"

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St. George Part 3

St. George Part 2

St. George Part 1

Cute little G. I think we have a picture from last year that looks almost identical. I'll have to see if I can find it.


Back in October, we went on a little vacation to St. George. It was wonderful. What was not wonderful, was that I forgot my camera. Mom made me a cd of her pictures, but it's not working right, so all I have are a few pictures from Snow Canyon. Hopefully I'll get the rest soon because I know there are some super cute ones.

Bear was the hero of the sand dunes. He took the kids on a little hike, and they found lots of cool rocks. Everything is more fun when Bear is around.

I'm pretty sure Cam spent 95% of our trip in the Moby wrap. I guess that's okay because he was only 6 weeks old. He was so good. We hardly noticed he was there.

I love the shadows. It was such a beautiful day.

We had the whole place to ourselves for about an hour. The kids were thrilled.

This was the place for Griffin. He could run, jump, yell, scream, and just generally act like a fool. He loved it.

This is What Happens...

...when Lila's in charge.

I left Lila in charge of Cam while I went to put G-man down for a nap. When I came back, Cameron was having a little play date with Big Baby. Have I introduced you to Big Baby before? I believe I have. She usually wears a witch costume, if you recall. She is pretty much treated like our 6th child.

Lila is so funny. She told me Cam was having a fun time playing with Big Baby, and judging by Mr. Cam's smiles, she was right. I think I've got a pretty good little babysitter in Lila.

Silly Griff

Griffin is super talented in 2 areas...driving people CRAZY, and making them LAUGH. This was definitely a laughing moment. First, he wanted to wear Jackson's clothes to bed. Second, he wanted a pony tail like the girls. Then he wanted pictures of himself.

I love how he knows he is funny.