Okay, okay here are some pictures!

Life has been pretty busy since my last post. We had Christmas here in Carlsbad with Grandma, Uncle Justy, Aunt Helen, Uncle Taylor and Granee coming to enjoy the festivities with us. We (Mason, the four babes and I) then went to Cloudcroft, NM to stay in a cabin for the week. It was an adventure with 2 visits to the ER with Clara after burning her arm on a radiant heater in the bathroom and a day of vomiting! Never a dull moment where ever we go!
After Christmas we settled into the norm of sick babies and me running everyday sometimes twice a day. Here is an update on what the babes are up to.



(Did I mention we received a foot of snow on Christmas Eve! Yes, in the middle of the desert! Mason and the kids built their first ever snowman for all involved!)


Dallin: Has discovered his nose and er are constantly telling him to take his finger our of his nose. He also enjoys playing cowboy and bad guy and He-Man (something Mason on hooked him on!). He is always doing something and we have enjoyed him (mostly) since turning 3!



Clara: She is our princess. She has started ballet classes and loves them. We don't go anywhere (store, bed, etc.) without wearing some princess dress and accessories. She is very dramatic and often goes into character when wearing a specific dress! Mason doesn't know what to do with this girly girl!




Ava: She is still our sweetheart baby. She is so mellow and often plays on the floor alone and happily talks to herself. She just started crawling and is very deliberate at it! She continues to sleep through the night and wakes with big smiles.



Bennett: Seek and destroy child. Has 2 teeth on the bottom and has declared himself the bully of the house with toy stealing, hair pulling and climbing over anything and everyone when he wants to. He has also started pulling himself up to a standing position and received his first goose egg on his forehead this week. He does not sleep through the night and Mason has threatened to put him outside at night! He is a happy and silly baby and loves taking baths!



Mason and I have been busy with life. Mason is working on school full time and working full time and has been called as the scout master in the ward. Needless to say, we do not see him much these days. I have been grateful for Granee who has been with us during the week. More to come later, but here are the pictures of the babies for the past couple of months!

New Family Photos

Thanks Heather for a great photo shoot! Aren't my babies adorable?! I may be a bit biased. Also, first family photos we have taken with my mom in over 12 years!

Halloween Spooks!

Tons of activities on Halloween! The picture of Bennett and the pumpkin is what he won at the library during the Tot class. He was really excited as you can tell! Getting pictures of 4 babies in costumes was a little entertaining, but we tried our best.
List of spooks for those who can't figure it out:
Aviator - Dallin
Princess Belle - Clara
Lady Bug - Ava
Dinosaur - Bennett

Really hard to get pics of kids together...

Dallin not smiling after his nap today. So serious!


Clara had to take a picture with "chunk-a-monk" she is getting so big and is still the drama queen or princess as she calls herself!


Bennett high centered and flying as he does a lot! We love his sweet spirit and constant smile. He is finally feeling better after a bought of sickness.



Ava baby is our sweet baby. I still cannot believe the blue eyes! She has just figured out how to roll onto her tummy, but has forgotten how to roll back! She just screams when she is done on her tummy!


I have been really lazy about taking pictures these days. I finally pulled the camera out when only Ava was awake so all the pictures are of the babes as they got up from naps today.
Life has been wild. It is crazy all day, everyday, but we love it and wouldn't change it. I have decided to make it crazier by signing up for a Ragnar race in February with 11 other crazies who are going to run a 200 mile race in AZ. My 3 legs make up for about 18.5 miles. I know, crazy but fun. Training has begun and life just got crazier.

Ok, ok...here are some pictures!

My sweet babies are 5 months old! Dallin and Clara are going to be 3 in less than 2 months! Here are some new pics of my adorable yet monster like children whom I love!




Bennett (aka Chunka Munk): The baby of the family by 1 minute, yet I believe he will be our biggest kid. He is rolling everywhere and has been for about a month. He is our happiest baby. He loves to laugh and make funny noises. He also loves making a spitting sound, especially when I am feeding him. He sleeps through the night and is a very easy going baby. He makes us smile.



Ava (aka Abba): She is a very mellow baby with incredible blue eyes. She has been a little fussy lately because she has been sick with 2 UTIs in the past month, but for the most part she is very content to lay on the floor and watch what is going on. She can roll but is not interested, which is fine with momma! She is a momma's girl, much to daddy's dismay! We love our sweet Ava girl.



Clara (aka Baby): She is our accessory girl. Very girly and loves to dance and sing. She knows every princess song and movie by heart and loves to watch princess movies. She is going to be my challenge child. Mason says it is because we are exactly alike and that is why we butt heads a lot. I love her tons and try everyday to keep her out of her room as much as possible! Clara is daddy's girl and he loves every minute of it!




Dallin (aka Honey): The oldest by 12 minutes, he keeps us on our toes. That boy remembers EVERYTHING! He wants to do everything you are doing in the house and loves to help clean and cook. He sings the hymns in church a little too loud for daddy's liking, but I love that he wants to sing. He wants to go everywhere in daddy's truck and insists he is big enough to drive! He has just been potty trained and thinks he is quite the BIG boy, but still believes he needs to sleep with his mommy! Yes, he is still very much a momma's boy, but we love him and there is never a dull moment with this boy in our family!

When I'm a big boy...

The other night, we were eating dinner and as usual when asked if she wanted cheese on her spaghetti, Clara said, "no cheese." She has been anti-cheese for a few months unless it is in melted form. Dallin then said he wanted cheese because he was a big boy. The following conversation happened between Dallin and Clara:
Dallin: "I a big boy and like cheese."
Clara: "I not a big boy"
Dallin: "Big boys eat cheese."
Clara: "When I a big boy I eat cheese, okay?"
Dallin: "Okay!"
I didn't correct her about being a girl instead of a boy until a few days later when I asked her if she wanted cheese for lunch and she said yes. I gave her some cheese expecting the usual of saying "no cheese" but she happily ate cheese. Dallin then looked at her and said, "yea, baby is a big boy (he calls her baby)!" Clara responded by smiling and clapping saying, "I a big boy now!"
After this realization, I told her that she was a big girl not boy and she looked at me like I was crazy and said, "no I a big boy!"
What do mom's know anyway! LOL!
PS Pictures to come in the next day or so!

Life with four babies in pictures!

I am too tired to go through all the photos and add some witty and cute comment about my children, so the picture post will have to suffice! If you have questions on who is who, please note that Bennett has the most hair and it is really dark and Ava has the only blue eyes in the family (we don't know if she will keep them yet). Clara is the one wearing all the accessories (except for first picture as Dallin was dressed by Lena our student charge for a month in June) and Dallin is the one looking a little tired and has crazy hair. Enjoy!