Summer fun at the Hyrum house with my side of the family

We all love to Jet Ski









Luke loves playing with his "big boy cousins" My sister's boys Zack and Ben are in this photo.













Sarah and Gwen loved taking their naps on the beach this summer.

I think that is Gwenyth walking on a lovely trail down from the house.

AnnaKate's Baptism

Darling AnnaKate was baptized this July.

Gwenyth the relentless!

I need to write a little about Gwenyth. These pictures explain her personality pretty well. The bowl of cereal she is eating....she poured herself. She is 2. She got herself a bowl, climbed up on the counter where the cereal was and poured herself some, got a spoon out of the drawer, some how climbed down from the counter with the bowl of cereal without spilling. Walked down stairs and ate infront of the TV (this is against the rules at our house). Thank goodness she did not get into the fridge to pour milk on it. She has carried a heavy pitcher of juice upstairs bringing a cup of course so I could pour her a glass. She is a hands on do it yourselfer kind of baby. In this picture she is also wearing her naked proof outfit. The twins had to wear this ridiculous combination of jammies and dresses to keep them from stripping and taking off their poopy diapers. I am very happy to say they have grown out of this terrible phase. Now if she could just learn the concept of "wait a minute" then I'd be set!

Genny "I wun watch Wiggles" she says in a sweet voice

me "Mommy is so hungry, just a minute"

Gwenny yelling in a panicked voice "Mommy, I wun watch Wiggles! I wun watch Wiggles! Wiggles mommy! Wiggles mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! I wun watch Wiggles! Please mommy! Please mommy!

me (I'm super hungry and really want to eat it while its hot. I also don't want her to think this is how she gets what she wants. I also know she has no concept of wait) "Gwenny! Ok! Say 'please mommy' in a soft voice."

Gwenny "Please mommy" (in the cutest voice you've ever heard)

I just realized I didn't take enough pictures on Easter. Hmmmmm, darn. My kids looked so cute sunday morning but we have 9am church and I needed to get there early so I thought I'd take a picture of all of them later. By the time we got home from church I was so mad and eshausted from trying to sit through the meeting with them that the thought of taking pictures of them was not anywhere near my conciousness. They were lucky I didn't lock them out of the house. We did have a fun egg hunt at Grammy and Papa's house though.

Luke's Star Wars party

He did not want to go bowling or swiming or Chuckecheese. He wanted to go to the church gym and play Star Wars games. It was fun.

Luke's 5th Birthday!

Luke is obsessed with Star Wars. He love Obi Wan because he doesn't lose any limbs and never turns to the dark side. He is here with with my brother David who's birthday is on the same day (March 28th). My brother flew in from New York for the week of his birthday. It was great to have him home.

Maybe this will ease my anxiety over not scrapbooking

I have boxes of pictures that are not put in even a sipmle photo album, I'm pretty sure its going to be when the twins are in first grade that I can get around to doing something with them. Or maybe I'll leave it for Emmaline, she is very Martha Stewart, I am not a crafty person and have no interest in scrapbooking. I also feel so overwhelmed with motherhood that the thought of organizing pictures makes me queasy. This blogging thing seems like a good way to keep a history of our family so I am going to give it a try. I find writing very thraputic so maybe it will help me with my manic mood swings I seem to have 5 times a day. I'm pretty sure I am way too sensitive. I think my emotional pain tolerance is very very low. I am going to try to post some Easter pictures today. Sarah is sick, and to be honest I'm relieved to just stay home on this rainy day. Costco will just have to wait another day. I like putting off going to Costco, it gives me a false sense that I have money. I have my wad of Costco cash in my purse just sitting there making me feel rich. Sure we are running out of basic supplies but at least I have money for a couple extra days. The twins have been watching Barney and Wiggles all morning and now its almost luch time. I'm pretty sure their little brains will be ok, The other 3 seem to have made it through the toddler years of too much tv just fine.