I am so behind on my blogging.  I am about a month behind because of the move!  Love summer days :) Here are a few of the kids playing in the sprinklers! We are missing you Z-bug :( and everyone else too.   But we are adjusting well to a new place and feel welcomed by so many new friends.  I will catch up soon hopefully and then my posts will be current.

Easter in Spanish Fork with Grandma and Grandpa Ludlow.  These two people are amazing. They raised seven wonderful children in this little house!  It was such a special easter it took me back to when I was a kid.  We always had Easter at grandma's  house.  It was so fun seeing my kids easter egg hunt just like I did as a kiddo.

Our little angels looked so cute in their Easter dresses made by Grandma Linda.  We spent one evening taking pictures in these awesome industrial tubes where I worried every second that one of the girls was going to fall and get hurt on the bolts that were sticking out everywhere.  For Easter, we went to Northern Utah to enjoy a wonderful weekend with Ruby's family.  We visited the new City Creek Center in Salt Lake, swam at the Dimple Dell Recreation Center, and had a wonderful lunch and Easter egg hunt at Ruby's Grandma's house in Spanish Fork.  We feel so blessed to have so much!

Taylor:  "Are you a baby or a big girl?"

Penny:  "I a Baby!"

Please stay a baby forever, your mischievousness will get you in trouble 

one day, but combined with your sweet innocence, it's adorable.

The other day Lydia was in the tub when Penny got out of bed.  Lydia turned to Ruby and said, "it's a good thing I am taking a bath, my private parts stink bad."  Penny, never one to be left out said, "mah praht pahts sink, ......... bad!"  This is one little girl who wants to do everything big sister does.

   

Lydia has surprised all of us with her bike riding skills.  For awhile she was terrified to have her training wheels off and one day she asked if she could ride the neighbor boy's bike which did not have training wheels.  She got on and after Ruby held the seat for about 50 feet, she let go and Lydia was off and going alone.  She never looked back.  Since that day she has spent almost every waking hour riding her bike.  She tries to copy all of the tricks the neighbor kids do and has personalized them by naming each one.

She can ride one-handed, standing up, standing on her bar, side saddle, in the dirt and grass, in the "butterfly" position, and nutbar down ... not sure what that means.  She is also obsessed with riding up to "Bluffstreet" (Bluffview Townhomes) and back.  Way to go Lydia.

We had a great time at the air show this year.  Thanks to the Rasmussen's for the free tickets.  The company was as enjoyable as the show.  Lydia enjoyed sitting in the cockpit of a huge cargo plane, and Penny enjoyed eating chicken strips that turned out to be fried batter with a frozen chicken breast inside ... whoops!  Overall it was a neat experience.