Isaac’s Blessing and more

Neil loves to wear his BYU hat.  When he puts it on himself this is how it looks.  He puts it on so far forward and pulls it down that to see anything he has to tip his head way back.  It’s so funny.

Here’s some cute baby pictures.

Abbie was helping me take that last set of Isaac pictures and when we were done she and Neil played “Goliath” on my bed.  As kids we called this game “timber.”  I’m not sure how it got renamed in my family, but it’s an appropriate name, if you recall Goliath’s ending.While my mom was here visiting I didn’t get too many pictures. I hate it when I do that.  Taking pictures is the only way I remember things!  Mom was kind enough to help us start packing for our up coming move.  The first thing we did was take down all the silk flowers, baskets and blown eggs I had above my cupboards. I’m not even going to describe how much dust had collected on them in the last 4 or 5 years.  We took them to the backyard and filled a bucket with some soap and a little bleach and another with rinse water and then tossed them onto a clean sheet to dry in the sun.  Part way through Neil woke up from his nap and joined us.  He was a fabulous helper.  When Grandma was done washing them, he would swish them in the rinse water and chuck them onto the sheet.  This throwing was rather vigorous and quite entertaining.  By the end his pants were completely soaked.Spencer’s third tooth to come out was pulled out by Mark after school before they rode home.  That way Spencer could go to the office and get a tooth necklace to store his tooth in and an “I lost a tooth” sticker.  What an exciting day.While my mom was here she and I and the two little boys went and bought snapdragons and a few other flowers for the front flower beds.  While we were there we saw three turtles they have roaming around in between the green houses.  That was just cool!Neil “helped” me make a balloon wreath for a friend’s birthday.  We was supposed to be handing me balloons, but instead he just tried blowing all of them up.Abbie and Spencer made some mud pie for us – or maybe it was a mud cake.  I can’t tell from the picture.  :-)Abbie is a great big sister and often watches Neil play outside while I fix dinner.  She does a great job too and I’m so thankful that she is responsible enough to do that and that she has so much fun playing with him too.Jessie finished up this stitching project from Activity Days.  She sure does great work.For Sports Day at school we had three soccer players.Another BBQ.  Boy are we getting good use out of the grill Ken’s dad gave us.  It’s so much fun.  Rachel also got us some pineapple to grill and made us a Waldorf Salad to boot.  What a fun night.  Oh and having fresh lilacs on the table is just divine!

As it so happens one of my cousins was passing through Provo on her way to Idaho and we all met at Rachel’s apartment for lots of dessert, a game of Apples to Apples and visiting.  It was so fun to see Cami and her new baby and meet her husband.  Good luck with the summer! (David was there too, he’s just taking the picture.)For Isaac’s blessing Mom carved up a baby basinet out of the watermelon.  She did a super job, but I forgot to get a picture of the finished product.  :-(Isaac's blessing was really nice.  Thanks to all the family and friends that joined us.  You guys are great.

Just in case Aunt Chris is reading this – I think you have the coolest son ever!  Abbie became Robert’s little buddy on Sunday and she had a blast with him.  Robert was ready to help finish getting lunch on, but there wasn’t much to do, so jokingly I said he could wash dishes afterwards.  Then to my surprise after he and Abbie had finished eating they washed up all the forks from lunch together.  We wish him luck on his summer plans in Japan.

Spencer brought home a book from school called Dinosaur verses Bedtime!  He had so much enthusiasm and personality when he read it that it was an instant hit with Neil – “Die-saur vus BEDTIME!”Nothing like some bunny ears to make picture taking fun.