Happy 29th Birthday to Katy!

Happy Birthday: It was a good birthday this year! I've never been to the Salt Lake temple and really wanted to go so we took the Kiddos over to Aunt Molly's house so we could go on my birthday date. They had lots of fun and were decently well behaved for her on our 4 our absence ;) I loved seeing all the beautiful murrals in the rooms and feeling the special spirit of the temple. Afterwards we went to Red Robin where I got my Guacamole Bacon burger and endless rootbeer float! Sounds like a pretty good birthday to me!

Mommy and Zeyta

On my actual birthday we had family over for Spaghetti dinner and chocolate cake and cookie dough icecream. I blew out all my candles and got to use the special birthday knife

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cutting mycake complete with gummy bears on top!

Soccer Star: Chloe's last day of soccer was last Thursday and they gave her a special soccer shirt. I was so proud of all that she's learned. She is dribbling really well and fights for the ball even when it's 2 against one and they other players are bigger boys. What a tough girl!

 Chloe showing off her new shirt

Zeyta 8 months: My sweet little Zeyta is 8 months and couldn't be cuter!! She is babbling, blowing bubbles, and starting to push herself backwards when on her belly.

 All stretched out on her blankie

 gearing up to crawl!

Marie Spends the night: It had been way too long since we've had Marie for a sleep over so we kept that little cutie overnight for some fun! We did stamps, played with Bella and the chickens, and the Gummy Bear song in Spanish to name a few. She was really good and played so nicely with all her cousins. We love you Marie!

 All 5 kiddos watching the gummy bear video after dinner - Chloe is learning the Spanish version in her music class so we let them watch it a couple times

Marie and Avenlea playing dragons

Seedlings: We have a bunch of broccoli sprouts growing in the window! Chloe and Blain are really good at helping me keep the soil moist by spraying it a couple times a day. Still no Tomatoes or peppers but I think those take longer to sprout anyways... but the broccoli is doing good and I have high hopes for all 18 plants making it!

 You can barely see the little sprouts coming through the soil in this picture, but now they are fully emerged and almost every square has a little plant growing!