Preston's Birthday Party!

Yesterday was Preston's 6th birthday, so my Mom made 7 (!) pizzas for the party. Some were pepperoni and some were Barbecue Chicken. I was in charge of holding the baby...:)

These are only 4 of them!

I also made Preston a double layer, Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake. YUM! Fiona helped too...;)

Preston wanted a Military battle scene on the top of his cake:

I got to lick the chocolate pan once it was done!

We also made some Caramel French Toast for breakfast! Whenever someone has a birthday, we always order that! Our favorite.

Very chewy!

Bennett got to lick the caramel pan.

Then after breakfast, Preston got to open his presents!

Both Fiona and Preston were fascinated by this new pink Easter Bunny! :0

This is what Tilly did while all the excitement was going on...

This is what Bennett and Preston built on his birthday:

On Tuesday, we went to the Mammoth Community Center gym (in Yellowstone) to "blow the stink off", as my Mom calls it. :) They have all kinds of toys there that you can play with. We were the only ones there!

This is what Tilly did when we were playing:

Today, the horses got out of the field...we didn't know how they had gotten out. They ran across the highway to our neighbors horse farm. Then we noticed the broken fences that the buffalo had knocked down trying to get into the field. We finally caught the horses and let them loose in our field and then they got out again!  "Those dirty rugrats", my Dad said when we put them back into the corral for their "punishment"...;)

We also fixed the fence where the buffalo had run through it. Uncle Paul helped us too.

Fiona got to hold the nail bag.

Spring Cleaning!

Dad read a book called, "Getting Things Done" so, he got inspired and started organizing the house.  We are expecting 3 families (not including us) for Preston's Birthday Party on Monday.  So we all cleaned like crazy!

The boys moved their "Lego table" into their room, instead of in the homeschool room.  

Mom vacuumed while the baby was sleeping.

Dad swept the "wood room"...

Here is our clean homeschool campus (Dad built two bookshelves for us):

Here is what Tilly did while we were cleaning...:)


Before:

After:

Mom also gave Fiona and Dad haircuts. Fiona got another bob, shorter than it already was! It is really cute.

Dad got "the usual".  Mom got a tip..."Don't eat yellow snow." :)

My New Hat!

Today, Becky Kurtz and I finished my pink hat!! YAY! It is really cute. Becky and I decided that we are going to make a bunch of hats and scarves to sell at the Library Bazaar this November. I am really excited (Becky is going to make the hats and I am going to make the scarves)!

We are almost done!

While I was knitting my hat, Fiona was "helping" Becky knit her hat...;)

We're DONE!!!!

Yesterday, Bennett and Dad thought it would be a good time to clean out both chimneys, because they were getting clogged up with soot. So Dad went up on the roof with the Walkie Talkie and Bennett stayed inside (with a Walkie Talkie too) and pull on the chimney sweeper when Dad told him to. Afterward, his hands were all covered in black soot!

Matilda has been smiling a lot more than she used to. She sometimes smiles for nothing...but it is really cute when she does!

She also likes to sit up on the couch.  I like her "Chill Out" outfit! :)

Yesterday, we saw 6 elk out in the field. One of them had a spike (a young bull).  The horses tried to scare them off!