Sweeping with Seattle

So I woke up in a hurry, as I do everyday...it's 8:00 and the kids have to be to school by 8:30...and I haven't had ANYONE come get their hair done, nor any of the babies come wake me up...strange.

I look over at the nightstand and I notice Boston is still mad at me for telling him he couldn't play the Wii yesterday...he left me a sweet note, see?

It's never good news when the house is quiet.  When I get downstairs I see that there is a total cereal mess on the floor,  but the kids are all ready for school, yay!  Then I hear the garage door open and close, but don't really pay attention to who opened it...because I'm in too obsessed with getting everyone's backpacks and shoes on!

A second later, Seattle passes me with a broom...on a total mission!  She ATTEMPTS to clean up the spilled cheerios on the floor...then proceeds back to the garage to put the broom away...amazing.  I'm completely speechless!  Now if only my 10, 8, and 6 year olds would do the same thing...

I've got teeth...and a little personality!

Berlin has finally gotten her two front teeth in, they look a little goofy but I LOVE the style they add to her little grins!  She's started waving and she gets so excited when she's doing it...so I had to take a picture:)

This picture is from Paris to Nana.  One of the things Paris LOVES to do everyday is read books and draw pictures to her Nana, (mom you're a lifesaver!)  it's a nightly routine they have and usually the pictures are sent via text message, but this time it's going on the blog!  I'm so thankful for modern technology!!!!!!

Madison turns 4...almost:)

We decided to celebrate Madison's birthday a little early (April 13th) since my dad was in town! 

By request, we had pink "princess ice cream cupcakes"...well it was my version anyway.  There wasn't any ice cream involved...but they looked like ice cream, so I think that counts! 

 

She LOVED her gifts! So did Haven and Seattle:)

She had to put her "twinkle toes" on immediately and ran into the bathroom with the other kids to turn off the lights and watch them light up!  Oooh I remember when that would have been the highlight of my night too;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADISON:)

--For some reason, Madison never liked saying she was 3.  Seriously, whenever I would ask her age she would say she was 8.  No matter how often we would practice her name, birthday, and age...she would always get her age purposely wrong.  SO I tried again after her birthday and she smiled a HUGE smile and said 4!  Yay!  I don't think I'll ever know why she didn't like being 3...but I'm glad she likes being 4! 

Playing with Papa!

My mom is in South Carolina with Sarah, who is having baby boy # 3!  Yay!  Since she'll be there awhile we wanted to surprise my dad and have him come out and play with his Arizona grandkids!  Shavonne had a "free" flight earned, so it was PERFECT.  Greg and her purchased the flight and then we got to call him on conference (my family's favorite) and tell him what time he had to be to the airport...because he was coming out for a visit!!! 

It was awesome, he was pretty excited!  Shavonne and Greg are the best!  It's still perfect weather, low to mid 80's during the day, so definitely warm enough to hop in some water...but not quite swimming pool status, yet.  Shavonne and my dad took a little trip and picked up one of these beauties...it actually held all seven of them!  Crazy!

Behind the scenes...what you wouldn't know from looking at this picture is, my dad hooked the hose to fill this pool up, directly to the water heater!  He made sure all the kids were out and far away first, then he filled it up half way with hot water, then the rest with some buckets of cold from the tap!  Why didn't we think of that????  The kids LOVED it!   Of course while pouring in the buckets of cold water...it wouldn't be my dad unless he poured it on everyone!

Easter Morning...

Easter with the Wyatts

Easter at our house is all about the Egg Hunt in the morning:)  Our Easter Bunny leaves grass everywhere that he's been upstairs to get the kids excited about the "Hunt!"  The kids had to wait this year until Dad and Mom had the video and regular cam's ready!  Phil and I had EXTRA fun this year hiding Brooklyn and Boston's eggs!  Ha ha, every year they get harder and harder.  It's was hard keeping every one's eggs straight for the hunt, so the last couple of years we've had everyone have their own "themed" eggs...and then of course the rest are a free for all:)  It totally helps!

Some highlights...Paris got underwear from the Easter Bunny in her basket:)  I think they were put there as a joke, but were left to see her reaction.  When we saw her go over to the basket and pick them up, her face was pretty expressionless...so we had to ask!  "Paris, did the Easter bunny seriously bring you underwear, what a weirdo!?" -Me  "No, it was actually pretty nice, because Madison always steals mine and I need some more."-Paris
Ha Ha Ha!  Never would have thought that would some how come off as normal at all!  I guess it's a good thing she got underwear then...

Madison and Seattle took forever to find their eggs, because the minute they would find one...they were literally shaking with excitement while opening them to see what kind of candy was inside...(either the kind they could poor directly into their mouths or the kind they would need to unwrap first)  They were total addicts!

Berlin was a cutie, she was exited about the 1 egg that was in the world's smallest Easter basket!  She also had fun emptying everyone else's baskets too...

We finished off the morning with my special "Carmel Baked French Toast" and watched General Conference.  What a perfect morning!

Grandma Norma comes to visit!

My beautiful Grandmother and her sweet husband Fred were visiting some family out here in Arizona and on their way home got to stop by and visit with us for a while.  It was so nice to get to see them again.  My older 3 kids were so sad they didn't get to see her, (they were still in school) but hopefully we'll get to go to California soon and visit with them again! 

Just the girls...(Drake was sleeping)

This was as good as it ever got!  Someone was either covering their faces, crying, or not looking in EVERY single picture!  And just think...this was only with half of the kids here!

I have no idea what's going on in this picture...that's why I included it!  Grandma and Fred are leaving...Haven is wearing her HOTT wig and heading in the opposite direction while Seattle appears to be sending them some "Huggie" love while sporting Cinderella shoes!  I wish I could see what was going on in their little heads! 

Seattle and Berlin posing:)

I love how you can see Shavonne and I both going for the photo in the reflection!  HA Ha!  We are such dorks, but you can't really blame us!  Grandma you look beautiful and it was so nice to see you and Fred again!  Come back and visit any time!

Spring Training 2010

Uncle Mike is in town for Spring Training!

Uncle Mike and his neighbor, Bruce come out every year to enjoy back to back spring training games... for like a week!  Not my idea of fun, but we do enjoy visiting with him...and of course Phil would never turn down an opportunity to catch a CUBS spring training game!!

I loved that he even has A's shoes!  He's a super duper A's fan!
p.s.  Everyone that knows Seattle and her obsession with undressing...can appreciate the nice gray tank I've created for her:)

We took him to Smashburger...of course...then the boys all went out and watched Alice In Wonderland (3D)...because the girls and I saw it the weekend before:)

The kids all had so much fun!  MISS YOU UNCLE MIKE!

Happy Birthday Seattle!

Seattle is 2!

I can't believe how fast time flies!  It's crazy to think that Seattle is 2 already!  Between Shavonne and I (my youngest 3)we have girls at 4, 3, 2, and nearly 1!  That's just crazy!  It's hard now, but it will be so much fun when they can really understand and appreciate how cool it will be to have built in friends close to your age! 

P.S. The baby that Seattle is holding up top...cries really loudly and she's clearly concerned!  Ha Ha!

Shavonne, Greg, Haven, and Drake came over and helped celebrate!  My mom and aunt Joanie both got to visit within weeks of her "big day" too, so she got to open even more presents!  YAY!  As you can see...her favorite gift probably cost all of $.50!  When will we learn to chuck the toys and just invest in candy?!  I'm sure our dentist and my wallet would object...but it would make for a bunch of happy kids!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEATTLE!!!

Berlin is 8 mos!

BERLIN is 8 MONTHS OLD! 

Wow that went really, really fast:(

 I know I totally went picture CRAZY, but she has this CUTE outfit from pinkbowtique.com/ with a bunch of cute headbands!  I couldn't decide on only 1!  I get so many compliments on her bows/headbands/flowers...so check out there website if you get a chance! 

 She just got her first tooth on the bottom...it's so "snaggly" and cute!  Do those two words even make sense in the same sentence?  Ha ha!

 She's sitting, crawling, and pulling herself up EVERYWHERE! 

 Her cute little personality coming out:)

 I LOVE LOVE LOVE this outfit!  The ruffles on the bum are adoreable!!!

The socks are too cute too!  So I had to include her chubby little footsies!

Awwww, I'm Loved...

 I woke up this morning...went downstairs to make sure the kids were eating breakfast and all ready for school...when I came back I found this little note on top of my neatly made bed:)  It was sweet...and yes, I paid it forward!   

Happy Valentines Day!

I decided to make some yummy "lovey" treats today, giving me an excuse to use my new mini cake stand! 

I made these using...
1 cube of butter melted
1 pkg mini marshmallows
6-7C  Rice Crispy cereal

After the ingredients were combined and taken off the stove, I added the festive little pink heart marshmallows in too!  They looked so pretty and pink...but I couldn't stop there...

SO I dipped each one in melted Ghiradelli chocolate and sprinkled each with M&M's and sprinkles:)

 

A Royal Party!

Haven turned 3 on the 1st, and everyone got a "Royal Invitation!"  It was so cute and everyone was supposed to come dressed up as royalty...the kids were super excited!

My mom was in town, so we all got to have a "royally sweet" time;)

Happy Birthday Haven!

Seattle was sooo excited!!

Drake...really digging the pizza!

The cupcakes were so yummy and looked awesome!!!