Mark is a great helper. He shoots siblings with Nerf guns whenever we ask. He shouts like a Wookie to scare off intruders. And he holds Baby Emma to help her go to sleep. See? He’s a great helper!
It looked like so much fun that Neil decided to join him.
Mark was really excited to enter the Junior High Spring Art Festival. He’s never considered himself much of an “artist,” so when he saw that they had a woodworking category, he was excited. He made this moose puzzle on the scroll saw Grandpa Woodward gave him. He did an awesome job!
Jessie won second place in the 3-D art category for her quilled-paper flower in a shadow box. She was really excited to get the cash prize! The banzai tree to her right won 1st place in that division. 
Emma is so smiley, even when she’s sleeping! See, told you she was cute!
Isaac was walking past our dresser and saw these binoculars. He grabbed them and said, “camera!” He put them to his eyes (backwards) and said “CHEESE!”
Look – Mr. Potato Isaac is back! With Abbie this time. She sure is a wonderful big sister.
We got an awesome group game for Christmas called Telestrations. It’s kind of like the telephone game, but you draw a picture instead of whispering. So the first person writes a word or phrase, and the second person draws a picture of it. The third person doesn’t get to look at the written words, just the picture drawn by the second person; he writes down what he thinks it is, then passes to the next person who draws what he wrote. That’s how “Secret Service” became a “Dunk Tank!” So, want to come play with us?
Because this is a group game and everyone is writing/drawing at the same time, it’s tough to know when everyone is done and ready to pass their notepad to the next person. We decided that when you’re done, you should put the notepad on your head. Isaac demonstrated for us…. “All done!”
A first attempt at portraits of Emma. Face plant; thumb; aaaahhh! I’m done!
The family went for to David’s and Lisa’s to celebrate family time on Sunday night. We played games and ate brownies made from kidney beans. Ken was … doing something that night. Probably a meeting. 
Jessie took this sunset photo off our back deck. So colorful!
Becca is learning to do digital scrapbooking and wanted to come down for a Photoshop lesson. Neil and Isaac love to “help,” so Rachel came too to entertain the little boys. She brought finger paints and everyone had a BLAST. Thanks Roo-Roo! You’re awesome.
The weather is turning warmer, which means our back yard is turning into a baseball diamond. Okay, it’s too narrow to be a real diamond, and they have to be careful not to hit it over the fence into one of the EIGHT yards that border ours, but they love to have fun out there anyway.
When taking a teenager to a doctor appointment and bringing three small children along, you have to do something to entertain said small ones. What could be better than a cow sticker on your forehead to pass the time? (Mark ended up having a strep infection in his lymph nodes, explaining the unwelcome lumps in his throat. We’re a little sensitive to those things in our family!)
"I am Batman!” (Should we tell him that Batman doesn’t wear dragon glasses upside down? Nah…)
For Christmas, Abbie got a coupon book from Mom with an activity to share with another family member each month. In February (on a balmy 60-degree day!) she and Spencer got Frosties to eat at the park. 
While we were gone, Jessie made homemade bubble solution for the little boys to play with. Neil wanted to blow bubbles; Isaac just wanted to play in it.
No, this is not dyeing Easter Eggs. This is what happens when Rachel doesn’t come down to supervise during a Photoshop lesson. This time while Julie and Becca were working on Photoshop, Spencer decided to follow the instructions on the back of the food coloring box to make every conceivable color combination. Apricot; teal; fuchsia; true black; avocado green; old meatloaf…
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