Camping in Big Bear

In May we decided it would be fun to go camping in Big Bear. We invited Chad and my parents to come along and we all had a great time.

Family picture

Paul in front of the tent with his truck. That truck kept him busy the whole time!!

Chad and his boys Grant and Drew with my mom.

We decided to take the ski lift at Snow summit and eat lunch at the top. The kids loved the ride and the view was gorgeous! That is something everyone should try. I'd like to do it again soon.

Chad and his boys on the ski lift behind my mom and Greg.

Lunch at the top of the mountain.

After lunch we went fishing at Big Bear lake. We didn't have any luck with the fish, but the kids had a good time!

Brig just didn't want to leave until he caught a fish. We bribed him by telling him we's take him fishing later. Anyway we had a really great weekend!

Paul's Birthday...2 months later!

I know it has been a while since I blogged but as I was looking through my blog I realized that I forgot to post Pauls 2nd birthday. We had lots of fun! Chuck E Cheese of course...that's always our back-up plan in case something goes wrong. Here are some cute pictures of him.

What a sweetheart!!!

Joseph is such a sweet boy!! He came up to me with these flowers from our yard and said "Mommy, will you marry me??? Do they get any sweeter than this?

Welcome baby Sydney!!!!

My brother Tommy and his wife Jaime welcomed a beautiful baby girl into their family on Monday, May 5th. She is so precious! She is a tiny little thing and never makes a sound. She has such a sweet face doesn't she?

My mom and her 4th grandbaby girl (out of 19 grandbaby's!)

This is the closest Joseph is ever going to get to having the baby sister he always wanted. Sorry Joseph looks like it's gonna be all bro's for you! He was so excited to hold her.

The whole group. Bryce was so excited to see his new baby sister. Jaime has cute pics of that on her camera. Congrats Tommy and Jaime, she is sooooo cute!

Womens Conference

We had such an amazing time at Womens Conference last week. I always love to visit Utah, but I especially love it when I go for this conference! It was so spiritual and uplifting. It was a great opportunity to rejuvinate an put things into perspective. In a later post I want to share some of the things I learned at Conference, but because of time I'll just tell you a little about the trip and show a few pictures. I went with my mom, my sister and my 2 cousins Emily and Amber. We had such a fun time eating out, shopping, going to the movies, going to the Temple and of course attending Conference. Here are a few pictures from our trip.

First stop....Cafe Rio of course!!!!

Here we are at Conference standing in front of the Marriot Center. Aunt Lynda joined us for the last day! Left to right: Emily, Amber, Kim, Mom, Me, Aunt Lynda.

The Thompson women.

I met up with my friend of 18 years, Malinda (Bradford) Barnes on Friday and we attended some classes together, went to dinner at Rubt River (YUM!) and attended the Thurday night concert with Hillary Weeks, Kenneth Cope, Michael Mclean and many others. I'm so glad we have kept in touch all these years we always have so much fun together.

My mom and her sister Aunt Lynda. Aren't they beautiful!!

Speaking of beauty....here is a picture of some of the flowers on Temple Square. It was absolutely gorgeous this time of year!

My mom and her girls at Temple Square.

The Temple is always so beautiful! This was just before we left for the airport to come home. I had such a great time, but I was soooo excited to see my hubby and my kids!

Any Ideas???

OK so our oven has been broken for about 2 months now and I am desperate for some good dinner recipes that don't involve an oven! Crock pot and stove is about all I've got! I have made the same spaghetti, roast, chicken gravy, crock pot chicken and cheeseburgers for the last month and I'm really tired of it. If you have any ideas please let me know!!!

I thought this was pretty cute. This weekend we had to stop by my office for about an hour and Brigham decided to write me a story while he waited for me. He left it on my desk and I found it this morning when I went in to the office. He wrote it in exactly the same format as the stories that he has to read for kindergarten. Also I just like how he sounded out the words phonetically. For those of you who don't read kindergartner I have translated for you below the picture. Brigham Brigham found a ladybug
Brigham and dad found a ladybug
Brigham found a ladybug (he drew the bug after lady just like his book would have)

Camping Trip

Last month Summer and I took the boys camping for the weekend. We went up to Lake Kaweah by Visalia. We camped for 3 nights and took the boys up to see the Giant Sequoia trees. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Family Pictures

Well we got some new family pictures taken with Ray (Mike's dad) and again with Mary (Mike's mom). His brother Kevin is leaving for his mission in a couple weeks so they each wanted to get family pictures taken. These are the pictures of our family we got taken with Ray.

It's a...

Can you believe it!! Another boy! That means I am going to be out numbered 5 boys to 1 girl! I'm actually kind-of scared for when they are teenagers! We are really excited, I think it will be fun to have a house full of rowdy boys! We are still trying to come to grips with the fact that we won't be able to have nice things in our home for about 25 years, our walls will probably have chipped paint, dents and crayon marks for another 6 years and our grocery bill will be outrageous for another 18 years. But I'm sure we'll have alot of fun along the way! Some of you may be wondering if we are done and the answer is no. I think we will try for a girl 1 more time and if we have one great and if not, 5 boys will be more fun than 4 right??? I actually wanted 5 kids regardless of if they are boys or girls. Anyway ...just wanted to share our exciting news! I have been super busy lately with company, birthdays and Disneyland so I'm hoping I'll be able to update our blog soon.

Easter Fun

Easter this year was a bit different than years past. Usually the boys wake up and come into our room to wake us up so they can find their Easter baskets. We usually take lots of pictures while they are looking for their baskets and when they find it. The problem this year was that the boys skipped the part where the come into our room and wake us up!!! I was so exhausted I woke up at 8:30 to a bunch of boys running around with their new cowboy outfits and guns with candy all over the place! So that is why I have no pictures of Easter morning.

We went to church and had an awesome meeting that focused on Christ, The Atonement and Ressurrection. I was really able to feel the Spirit and it set the tone for the rest of my day and helped me to remember why we celebrate Easter. I took a picture of Brig and Joseph with their new sunglasses on after church. Paul was asleep.

Later we went to my parents house for our big Easter Dinner and egg hunt! It was lots of fun. I love spending time with my family, they are all so fun and the kids love being with their cousins.

The little cousins

The three "prego's"

St Patricks Day

So for St Patricks Day I tried to be the fun mom that went all out for the holidays. I dressed them for school in green and told them if they didn't wear green everyone could pinch them (In the pictures Brig's wearing his b-ball shirt cause he had practice). For dinner I decided to make everything green, from food and drinks to dessert, but it kind of back fired on me!!! When everyone saw the green chicken and rice casserole they lost there appetite (and if I'm honest, so did I). I learned my lesson and next year we will not have a green dinner, but as you can see they loved there green cake!

Little Slugger

Brigham has started T-Ball again and I have to say that this year he really seems to be getting more into the game. I can tell he is a little more coordinated now that he is 6 years old. He catches better and hits better and a dad could not be more proud. Here are some pictures from his first game.

Boys Gone Wild

Warning: For all of you who have a bunch of sweet little girls and have no idea what raising boys is like...you might want to sit down for this!

This video gets a little long but it is worth watching till the end. This is my life....and I love it!!Mike and I were cracking up at how little Paul just hangs in there with the "Big Boys"! The kid is a brut! There is one part where Brig just throws him and he just gets up and keeps on going! I hope you get as good a laugh out of this as we did!

**Remember to turn off my music so you get the full effect***

The Video