Lindsay Life: June 2009

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Splish Splash

We were lucky enough to have our niece Aalissa come and visit for a few days. She was such a big help with the kids and the new baby. It was nice to be able to get out of the house during the day and go play with the kids at the kiddy pool with an extra set of hands. The weather has been so nice during the day, even with the occasional rain storm. We had just enough sunshine to spend a couple hours at the pool before the dark clouds started to role in.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

T-ball Time

We just finished up our first season of T-ball. This was the boys’ first year and they were short on coaches, even though this wasn’t the best year for us to volunteer and we didn’t know the first thing about coaching t-ball we wanted to help out so we volunteered to coach, fortunately we had a bye the day Celeste was born (thanks Tashie ;) It was a little crazy with Chad’s work schedule, the new baby and packing four kids and t-ball equipment all up for games, but we had a lot of help from friends and family. We had a really young team this year and since this was our first year as well we all fit pretty well together. We learned a lot about t-ball and had fun spending time as a family. It has been a really good learning experience for us and the kids always got treats after all the games so they always left with big smiles on their faces and we even finished up the season with a WIN!!

Batter up CJ

Batter Up Quinn

CJ batting

Q-man batting

CJ taking a break

Carissa loved the pink helmet

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Happy Father's Day!!

I just wanted to take a minute and write down a few of the reasons I am grateful for Chad and the wonderful father he is to our little ones:

· He is not only my best friend, but the kid’s best friend as well.

· He is a wonderful provider and works hard so we can enjoy the comforts we do.

· He is a very giving person, of his time, talents, and anything else he can offer.

· He is honest and trustworthy.

· I am grateful for his strength, not only physical but he is the rock when things aren’t always perfect.

· He is a great listener and knows the right thing to say.

· He loves his family and would do anything for them.

· He is one of smartest people I have ever met and is a great teacher.

· He has a strong testimony and loves his Heavenly Father.

· I love his sense of humor, he is so fun to be around and to laugh with, he has a great laugh.

· He is my love and I am so grateful for him and that he is the father of my children. I am so grateful I have eternity to spend with him and our family. I love you Chad.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Little Celeste

Celeste is getting so big so fast! She is such a little cuddle bug and just a sweet mellow baby, fortunately she just goes with the flow of our on the go, hectic life, we are enjoying every minute with her. Her brothers and sister just adore her and she loves it when they talk and sing to her, she is the perfect fit to our family.

Belated Birthday

I am a little late but I really did want to thank everyone for helping me celebrate my birthday! My birthday was on a Friday this year and also the day before State Games. The boys wanted to compete so Chad and Uncle Russ took the boys to Casper Friday night so they could compete the next day (Russ got a bunch of great pics. of the boys running and jumping that I need to track down.) Chad and the kids threw me a party Friday afternoon before they had to take off and then Sunday we went over to mom and dads for dinner and more cake. Always a bonus to have multiple parties.

Cute Kid Quotes

03/24/09
I always tell myself I need to write these things down, when my kids come up with their cute little sayings. Today when Chad came home from work he asked Quinn how he got so cute. Q answered "well, Jesus made me:)" Too cute, I love how their little minds work.

04/08/09
This morning CJ and I were reviewing his vocabulary words. Carissa was sitting by us and when CJ was done he asked Carissa if she knew any words. She thought for a min. and said "I know I yub (love) you CJ." He just smiled and giggled, what a great way to start the day:)

04/22/09
When Jodi (CJ's teacher) came to pick up her boys today she told me she had to brag on CJ for a min, and of course who doesn't like to hear others brag about their kids. She said Mrs. Coe does an end of the year reading test with all the kindergarteners to make sure they are ready to move on and when she brought CJ back she said she had to stop him after level 14 he was just cruising through, their big goal is to get them to a level 3 by the end of kindergarten so he is doing GREAT! She also added that he was just the funnest little kid, which who am I to argue:)

5/21/2009
Today Quinn was telling me how much he loved Jesus because he made this beautiful world for us. I said "yep, he must love us a lot, huh?" Then he told me that when he was in Heaven a bad guy was telling everyone to hurt Jesus and Quinn said "I whispered to some kids to not listen to the bad guy and to listen to Jesus":)

10/03/2009
We were watching the morning session of General Conference together as a family and as we were listening to L. Whitney Clayton talk about the importnce of having a testimony Quinn asked "Mom, what happens if you don't have a testimony?" Caught a little off gaurd I answered the best I could and told him how important it is to have a testimony so we can share what we know with others and return to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus again. He answered with a simple, "Oh" as only Quinn can:) Even when I don't think he is, he is always listening and those little wheels are turning:)

07/04/10
Carissa has been so sick this past week, we went and stocked up on Gatorade to try and keep her hydrated to avoid having to admit her for IVs. When I filled her cup up and went to hand it to her she asked me what it was. I told her gatorade and she looked at me with a very scared look, and said I don't want to drink alligators. I had to quickly change my story and tell her is was juice. Too, funny. It took me awhile to catch on that she thaught GATORade was made from alliGATORS. LOL;)