Some Belated Christmas-y Pics

Eli's Christmas concert. 

He's immediately under the wreath. Yay for being one of the "tall" kids! (With HIS parents?!)

My three chitlins. Iris displaying her beloved belly button. She loves it. Seriously.

Here are some pictures of our Christmas decorations that Eli took. I love the realism. See how he didn't edit out the vacuum cleaner, or the pile of mail on the chair? Makes me feel like a wonderful housekeeper! :) 

Iris on the phone with Tutu

The ONLY picture I took on Christmas...

Eli with the gingerbread house he made in Kindergarten. He made sure to tell everyone who saw it not to eat it, because there were raw eggs in the icing!

Easter

Eli and Iris' Easter Sunday

We had Stake Conference. Both babies were really really good for two hours. I was so proud of them. We had a family dinner with cousins, and we ate lamb and ham.

Outfits... bow-tie, dress, hair-bow, and bracelet by Mom, sweater by Tutu.

My Sweet Little Sheep ~ and other Christmas happenings

Last night was our ward Christmas party. 

Eli was a sheep in the Nativity play. 

(eating his dinner)

 (uh... is this mutton!?)

(waiting oh so patiently for the play to start)

(baaa...)

(with the other sheep)

When Eli is sixteen wanting to borrow my car, I will of course have to say "no", because I will always remember him as a sweet little sheep. 

Iris ate a carrot!

and got a goodie bag from the three pimps wise men

(she wouldn't take it from them! my kids fear people in costume... except for Batman, oddly)

Eli got a goodie bag from his buddy, the Bishop

baaaa....

Salmon for the 4th

We went to Margo's cabin in Salmon for the 4th of July weekend...

Went on a loooong 4 wheeler ride 

all the way into Montana!

Eli had a great time throwing rocks and pine cones into the pond...

We rode to an old forest service fire spotting station

saw a pica...

them's endangered, they are!

Guess who was super sad to have to come home?

Oh, and so Iris doesn't feel left out... :D

You're a Grand Old Flag

The view from my living room

The view from my front walk 

Eli painted the bottom red stripe all by himself!

Iris' First Camping Trip

Iris went camping for the first time this Memorial Day weekend.

She went for a hike,

where we picked up a LOT of garbage...

She had her very own camp chair!

Batman was there, and he helped her a lot!

Eli had Jeremy cut a branch off a tree, and he

"planted" it in the middle of our camp.

Eli spent lots of quality time with the 4-wheeler...

So did their cousin, Scotty...

The place we were camping didn't have any seating,

so of course the Heer men had to make some

I don't know what they'd do with themselves if they went

on a trip and didn't get to use their chainsaws!

We went for a hike and ended up in the creek

I love the Batman-like flapping of his cape in this pic!

Anyhow, Iris did great, she loved being outside, she slept great in

the tent in Mom's sleeping bag, and she was sweet and happy

pretty much the whole time! I think we'll be camping a lot this summer!

Mother's Day

After my Mother's Day All Bran in bed, it was time for church!

Today my baby boy sang in Sacrament Meeting with the rest of his Sunbeam class.

I used to roll my eyes at my Mom for crying when we sang on Mother's Day...

I cried. A bunch. Of course, since this is Eli, I was crying with mirth.

He was so proud to go up front with the rest of the Primary, and since he is a little Sunbeam, he was right in the front. Right in front of the stairs. He did not sing a note of the four songs sung, instead he gripped the hand rails and swung his legs back and forth like a gymnast. He swung the entire time, and when they were done singing and wanted to go back to their parents, they were blocked by the littlest Sunbeam. The Primary president picked him up and moved him out of the way.

And that is my big boy.

Happy Mother's Day!