Awesome

Awesome-est bedtime: took only 3 hours tonight! (vs 4.5 last night)
Awesome-evening - Michael and Daris and Ashley screeking around the yard laughing
Awesome-est night Pt. 1 - Girls downstairs laughing, eating third bowl of ice cream while daddy reads "Artimis Foul" Awesome-est night Pt. 2 -  Two boys upstairs giggling their heads off at "Roses are Pink, You have Stinky Feet" CD.
Have a nice evening.
(Remember this comes after the girls didn't want to move downstairs, and Daris said that Michael "was bothering him.)

Our new friends

After a phone call about an emergency placement, I was driving home from my first therapy appointment and the caseworker called and asked if we would take two kiddos - ages 5 and 2.
(I am sure you will remember it was literally on the way home from my celiac diagnosis that they called about Michael).
Anyway: Darius, aged 5 - he is smart, respectful and pretty cool:

Deanndra is 2 and a total cutie, but a bit scared:

We are doing good - I did have to go to Wally world this morning because there was NO WAY IN HECK I was taking all those kiddos to the store tomorrow) and skipped church after sacrament meeting.

And here are some random craftie turtles that people were making before and after church

Our $500 egg

Yep, we have an egg:


 After 4 months of eating, chicken rangling and pooping - our chicks have graduated to chickens! (when they actually start laying eggs)
Josh figures it like this:
Chicks: $28
Coop: $420
Bedding: $15
Feed: $30

And here is Ashley being EXCITED (sorry I couldn't make the letter big enough to show her excitement).

Hopefully we will be seeing more soon (both eggs and Ashley's excitement)
And here are some pictures of the famous chickens:

Other pictures

Here are some of the other pictures I have collected over the weeks  - for your viewing pleasure.
I think you have seen some of these before, but hey cute pictures are cute pictures.
Our great garden growing:

 Looking for rolly-pollies

 Cutie putie and our humming bird feeder - we yell "HB, HB" because time you say humming bird they are gone!

 Seriously ladies, I have the best and most crafty hubby ever! Here is one of our/his awesome tools (well I did buy it!)

Josh also use ordinary watercolors to create amazing designs:

Cuties

Heather and I are most lucky getting to see either FOUR times in ONE week! (7 Peaks day/Emma's birthday, Heather's birthday bash on Saturday and then then time last week for the cousin party! (It seemed there was another time in there too).