Good Times with the Family

Mitchell had his 3rd birthday last week. He is such a sweet guy! Everyone is the family is quite taken with him, even Annalisa. (She's the toughest to win over) He is pleasant, cheerful, happy, and always amazed at the world around him. Maren told me she wishes she could be his godmother or something, if only Mormons did that sort of thing. 

He loves monkeys, and he is also afraid of monkeys, This may have to something to do with big brother Chase's nighttime stories. Anyway, Mariah is following in her Aunt April's footsteps and made him a special cake. She even ran to the neighbors at the last minute to get a banana for a finishing touch. (Too many people thought the cake was a teddy bear)

Cousins from Arkansas were there for the occasion and their for their Spring Break.

Mariah was on top of everything for this birthday. She even hung the streamers. 

She loves her little brother. She was so excited to see the look of surprise on Mitchell's face when he walked into the room and saw his birthday decorations. Mitchell's expressions of surprise are very gratifying. Seeing Mitchell experience Halloween was awesome.

Elena holding little Max

The Burdge girls were loving having a baby in the house.

There's that stinky ferret. 

Poor guy. I mean- look at him...

Geoff offered up a caption for the ferret picture-

"Keep playing dead. Someday your dream will come true."

Everyone wanted a turn holding the baby.

There was a bit of chaos in the opening of the presents. 

Too many willing participants, I think. Mitchell looked slightly terrified at times.

Like right here.

"London Bridges"

Aren't they adorable?

 

Angelina came to my preschool last week. She got to make some new friends and play with all her old toys and things that Tally donated.

I heard her saying, "Hey, we have this at our house too!" 

Uh, no... you don't.

Trampolining

For Tally's belated birthday celebration, we got pedicures. 

After seeing April's amazing Japanese pedicures, this is on the boring side.

You never know exactly what you're going to get when you ask for nail art. Some times are better than others. Still, it felt really good to be pampered for a while.