Our BEST Family Picture EVER

Dallin & Julie took our BEST family picture yet! :) It cracks me up because Stewart (on Derek's lap) looks proud to be a part of our craziness and Spencer (on my lap) looks scared to be in our fam! :) Disclaimer: Emma dressed herself and if I had known Stewart didn't have shorts on, I would've put some on.

Dallin & Julie

Dallin (Derek's brother)& Julie spent a few days with us and had some New York fun. It was so great to have them here. The kids loved it, too.

Father's Day

Derek is a wonderful father and husband! I don't know how he does it!! He's in the middle of residency, dad to six kids 7 and under, puts up with me, just called to be Elders Quorum Pres in our church. He's a good guy to say the least. His 2nd year in residency ends July 1st--YEAH!!! This means he's done with weekend work and being on call over night!! He's backup if someone else needs help, but we can deal with that!! :)WE LOVE DADDY!! See exhibit A below!! :)

Exhibit A

Derek took the kids to a Memorial Day celebration. I had to stay home cause the babies were napping. As usual, Derek volunteered to take them by himself. It's difficult, but he always wants them to enjoy life. A week later we went to the park and flew kites--All of us. IT WAS SUCH A BLAST! But of course, I forgot the camera!

Help GRANDMA!!

I thought I was handling everything okay, but when I wasn't looking, Stewart tried to make a quick call to Grandma Whitmer and Grandma Higgins to get them to come back out here and help again. Good thing he can't use the phone yet!! Joseph is such a good big brother. It's so cute whenever he's having fun with the boys, he calls for me to take a picture. It's good cause otherwise we wouldn't have any pictures!

I Guess They Are Identical

Where did May go? Susie, right after I talked to you everything got crazy. I promised some new pics on our blog and that was...weeks ago. Here are a couple. I couldn't find the thingy to upload the pictures from our camera. Wow! Things sure are tougher now that my mom went back to her normal life in Arizona. :) School is almost out here in New York. I think this year we will finally make it to upstate New York for the Palmyra Pageant and Niagra Falls. Fun Fun! Charlie and Joshua are going to be having summer school this year and I'm going to try to sign Emma and Joseph up for some fun activities for part of that time. Looks like I'll still be doing a full load of taxi driving this summer!! I hope the twins will put up with it! :) Have a happy day!