Naomi turns 1!

So you may be wondering were did the month of June go?  Well, last Sunday I went to upload my pictures from my camera and I wasn't paying attention to what I was doing and put my memory card in the dvd drive instead of the little slot next to it!  I have tried unsuccessfully to get it out and after being totally frustrated and mad at myself I have come to terms with the fact that I need someone else to try and get it out....in the meantime, I can update on recent posts!

Or baby girl turned one this week!  I can't believe it, where did my baby go?!  

We had our little celebration here on Sunday before Alan took off for the week to Colorado to go do a high adventure camp out with the varsity scouts.  (I know, daddy missed her first birthday!)  I had the bright idea the 3rd time around with 1 year old cakes to frost it with whipping cream instead of butter cream, because lets be honest, what 1 year old needs all that sugar?  I saw a beautiful cake decorated with white large roses and adapted to be more fun for Naomi.  I think it turned out pretty good!

 Naomi took her time exploring her cake but by the time she was done, it was upside down and in pieces!  That's my girl!

 Her brothers waiting patiently for their cake!

 I made a larger cake for everyone else.  It was vanilla with raspberries and cream in the middle, topped again with the cream.  If you want a stabilized whipped cream recipe, this one is what I used.  I have done it a few times and it turned out great every time.

 Everyone had finished their cake and ice cream and she was still going strong!  I love the look of concentration in this picture!

 She had been trying to feed Alan her cake all night but he was busying socializing so mommy gave in and let her feed me!

 And here she is right before mommy took the cake away since more and more was ending up on the floor...I think she did a pretty good job of demolishing her cake!

 Daddy finally let her feed him and I think she would have fed him the rest of the cake is he would have let her!

Happy birthday my sweet little girl!  You bring so much joy to our very blessed life!  Or family feels complete!  Some stats for Naomi...she has 4 teeth with 2 more on the way, she is walking, mostly refused to sign because she knows that someone will give in and give her what she wants.  She thinks her big brothers are the funniest people ever, she has daddy wrapped around her little finger and she reminds mommy of herself!  She is such a happy girl, a little more on the reserved side but usually happy and content.  She says da-dy and tries to say "boo-K" and "Is-K", has said Mommy once and can sign milk, down and up.  She loves to read books, color, be outside and mimic anything and everything her brothers do!  We sure do love her to pieces!

Spring fun and graduation

After recovering from our trip we enjoyed our spring, even if it was a little chilly!  Naomi loves to sit in the grass and pick the clover flowers and chew on them.  I wonder if that will help her have no allergies kinda like eating local honey?

The last week of school the boys had a field trip to Deanna Rose Gardens and I got a sitter for Naomi and went as a parent helper.  Peter and Isaac were in different groups and I was a helper for Isaac's group.  Here we are waiting for the bus to go...(I almost think this was more exciting than the actual field trip)

We fed a lot of goats among many other animals.

Here is a peacock showing off his feathers!

Issac looking a little bored waiting to move to the next site.  The problem with this field trip is that we have been here a couple time before, so nothing was really "new", but the weather was great and it was fun to see him interact with his classmates.

Sarah and her family came for a quick visit and the cousins had fun playing together.

Jackson loved pushing around our cars and this little toy lawn mower.

Here is Jackson giving Naomi some "love"  which she is not too thrilled about...

..and here she is running away...

...and then they were friends again after a snuggle with mom

I have been trying to provide the boys with fun and stimulating activities for the boys this summer.  One week we played with shaving cream...this particular day I dyed it and they painted outside with it.

and of course, it turned into rubbing it all over themselves...

We also played with it in the bathtub and used it to send our matchbox cars through a "car wash"

At the end of the month the boys' preschool ended and there was a little year end celebration along with a graduation for the older kiddos going into kindergarten.  I loved this last year, because the skits were so adorable.  This year did not disappoint either!

Isaac's class sang about the different parts of the body and his favorite was one about "bones"

Peter's class educated us about the solar system, he was scientist studying the sun.

Here is Peter in his graduation robes, he was SO excited!  He could barely contain himself and had a hard time focusing on what he was supposed to be doing because of it!

He was so proud of his certificate, it is still hanging on our fridge!

He was so excited to graduate that I don't have the heart to tell him that he won't be starting kindergarten until next year because of when his birthday falls...I am sure he will figure it out.  I was surprised how emotional I was for the boys to be ending at their preschool...it has been such a wonderful and nurturing environment for them and I just love their teachers and all the respectful and peaceful problem solving and behavior they learned!

Visiting Grandpa Jensen

We made the forever long trip out to Idaho this May to visit grandpa Jensen.  Two days in the car with 3 kiddos sounded like torture, but all things considered they did awesome!  And thanks to Pintrest for lots of good ideas for traveling activities.

The weather was still pretty chilly but we took advantage of every sunny moment we could to be outside.  Here's one happy girl in the swing.

  

and three happy boys on the trampoline...they had a lot of fun jumping with daddy and getting bounced to bits, they even slept out on the tramp one night with him.  Way too cold for my liking and I thought for sure we would end up with someone coming back in in the middle of the night, but they didn't.  I was impressed!

One afternoon we headed to Pocatello to the Natural Science Museum to check out their prehistoric shark exhibit, but we missed it by one day.  But they had lots of fun fossils of different things and a fun little play and explore area for the kiddos.
Alan wanted a picture of this horse found on North America...who says they only came from Europe??

We did lots of other fun things like hiking up in the mountains through the snow, going swimming with cousins, watching a movie, cooking dinner in the dutch ovens, going hiking some more without mom, going to a soccer game, taking Alan out to breakfast for his birthday, walking along the river and just hanging out with Grandpa.  But of course I did not get any pictures of those, but I did at least get one with grandpa :)

It was a super fun visit, nice and relaxing and the kiddos had so much fun with their grandpa!  They are already talking about going back.

On the way home we stopped at this geyser, but we missed it going off...maybe another time we will have to hit up Yellowstone.