Family Pictures

Family Pictures...not my favorite thing in the world, but we had help choosing clothing and colors and the opportunity was given to us. We have not had family pictures taken since Payge was about Tabytha's age so I guess it was about time. Thanks to Aunt Bonnie the girls had beautiful fun new dresses to wear for pictures.

Baylee Age 9

Payge age 7

Green Family Back Row: Dawn, Tabytha, Jeremy, Barbra, David, Christain, Rob, Lucy, Elise, Hillori, Middle: Payge, Baylee, Audry, Ashton Sitting Front: Bonnie, Eric, Neil, Ryan, Caranna Front Row: Bill, Austin, Aiden, Leanna, Canton, Oran, Tate Maggy Age 4

Tabytha 11 Months (yes I always have this dirty look!)

Last but not least was the reason for the celebration! Bill (4) and Austin (5) Green were sealed to Bonnie and Eric in the Twin Falls Temple. What sweet, fun, ADORABLE little boys! They couldn't have a better Mom and Dad as Bonnie and Eric, and nobody deserves these two sweet boys more than they do. It just goes to prove the fact that, the best things come to those who wait. Like Bonnie said, "They even came potty trained!" Welcome to the Green Family Bill and Austin we love you already!

Each Life That Touches Ours for Good

Jeremy and I have been certified as foster parents for 2 years now and just the other day got a call asking if we would be willing to help out a newborn baby girl. How could I say no to that? I know that it was a crazy move given the fact that we have four girls of our own, Taby being the youngest at 10 1/2 months. We gave it a try and so far it has been very busy but rewarding.

What a sweet tiny, little thing she is. So mild mannered, and a welcome addition to our family for a little while. The trick is trying not to become to attached. (Good Luck, right?)

Tabytha adores her and won't leave her a lone. We have to be very careful to keep her out of arms reach. Taby will pull her blanket to get closer to the baby.

She loves giving her kisses. I wish that she loved giving me kisses....


Each Life That Touches Ours for Good

Each life that touches ours for good reflects thine own great mercy, Lord; thou sendest blessings from above the words and deeds of those who love.

What greater gift dost thou bestow, what greater goodness can we know than Christ-like friends, whose gentle ways strengthen our faith, enrich our days.

When such a friend from us departs, we hold forever in our hearts a sweet and hallowed memory, bringing us nearer, Lord, to thee.

Sunday Waffles for Breakfast

Waffles are a favorite at our house. It doesn't even have to be breakfast time. Any type of pancake/waffle will get gobbled-up at our house. I think that this is a "green gene." Meaning that I grew-up eating eggs and bacon while Jeremy grew-up eating pancakes and waffles. To this day I still prefer eggs and bacon over the sweetness of pancakes any day!

Maggy's our biggest pancake fan. She would eat them everyday!

We took Ryver to church with us today so Raini and Scott could deal with some difficult things today. Again I'm so thankful for four beautiful girls.

Getting dressed in PJ's right after church is a "Yost Gene" A Gene that I've passed on to the girl's. It does make it better since church is at 1 p.m. and it's just about bed time after dinner anyway!

Taby obviously enjoyed her strawberry waffles. I think she even got a bath after!

Easter

This was the first Easter that we have spent at our house in many, many years. In fact this was the first Easter Maggy has had at home. Maggy wanted to go to Grandma Sherry and Grandpa Gordon's house because she was convinced that the Easter Bunny wouldn't know that we were at our own house.

"Eggciting"

Easter morning. Just about as good as Christmas morning without all the hype. It was a very special Easter. It was General Conference Weekend, and we could just enjoy the whole day as a family. The kids all got new church shoes and enough candy to keep them busy and quiet all day!

Taby wasn't to interested in anything until we put the eggs in a box and then she wanted to play. She would take them in and out of the box, thinking that this was "hot" stuff.

My girls are so easy to please. Give them a pen and a new tablet and they think they've died and gone to heaven. I hope they always stay this low maintenance!

Taby liked eating the hard boiled eggs. It's a good thing since we boiled 3 dozen. Someone better eat them!

Home Improvement

The "Hot Tub Room" has been on the to-do-list since we moved into the house. Jeremy finally decided it was time "to-do" the room. Our plan is to remove the hot tub and redo the floor and the roof. The door also needs replacing.

First chore is moving the freezer and extra refrigerator. Good thing I clean and organized the freezer so Dad could dump it all in the wheel barrow.

Dad and Jeremy contemplating how this is going to be done. First they had to remove water from 2 years ago, and the dead mouse they found in the hot tub. YUCK!

Next comes the demolition. Cutting the tub out with a saw and throwing it out the window. The kids were banished inside so they became spectators.

After the hot tub was removed Dad and Jer built a new floor and insulated the floor. I hope it helps keep things a little more regulated. They also got the door taken down, but soon found out the good ole Chuck put in the wrong sized door frame. So our nonhot tub room now is half finished without a door. Someday Jeremy will find the time to finish. I just hope it's sooner than later.

Is It Spring?

Maggy is our outside girl. She was so excited to be able to play outside. Almost all the snow is gone and it was warm and sunny so we spent the afternoon enjoying the fresh air.

Maggy is such a little talker. She will talk non-stop to anyone who is around to listen. Actually it doesn't even matter if they listen...she will still talk. She gets lonely while Baylee and Payge are at school. So today I played sidewalk chalk with her.

She has learned so much at preschool this year. She loves to write her name, and ask, "how do you spell...." then you have to spell the word really slow and at the end she will ask, "did I get all the numbers right?" silly girl!

Practicing writing her ABC's. At the beginning of preschool she couldn't even spell or recognize her name. Now she is one smart cookie, spelling her name and writing most of the alphabet all by herself! It's amazing how fast these little ones can learn.