Visit to Idaho too!

We were able to stop in and visit with family in Idaho as well and had a good time. The kids loved playing with their cousins, especially Kiki, since she is the closest to their age. They are still talking about how much fun they had with a sensory play Gram-Gram planned for them. They got to play in Styrofoam packing peanuts and made a complete mess of the main floor of Gram-Gram and Grandpa's house. But, they sure had a great time! Sadly, we didn't even think to pull the camera out while we were there. The Styrofoam was a sight to see- it looked like it had snowed in the living room.

Timothy and I were able to make a quick trip to the Boise Temple while Cindy watched the children for which we are very grateful! It was much easier than coordinating a 6 hour babysitter and a huge drive if we had gone to our temple from home.

Playing at Grandma's

We were able to make a trip to Utah last week and the kids got to play at grandma's with cousins and aunts and even grandma joined the fun! We had a great visit!

Hyrum, Mikayla, Rebekah, Brigham, Emma

We're glad we were able to make the trip. The real reason we went was because the Murry Symphony was playing an orchestral arrangement of Timothy's and they wanted him to guest conduct. That was a good experience too, and sadly, I didn't get a picture. Although the symphony did send a DVD of him conducting his piece, so at least we have some record of it.

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I got Rebekah a new dress that she was very excited about. Brigham got this outfit from Christmas from Bethany. And Hyrum is wearing Brigham's old outfit for the first time.

Sensory play

The children have really been into sensory type play lately.

We recently expanded Hyrum's ball pit from Christmas to the swimming pool- adding two more bags of balls. It's not quiet enough to fill the pool, but they sure have fun with it anyway and they can all fit at the same time which solves a lot of problems.(The extra legs in the pictures belong to a little friend.)

They also have been very interested in playing with some old, expired beans. I pulled these out and set them on the floor with a few measuring cups and bowls and they were content while I made breakfast.

Hyrum is so excited about the beans, the ball pit, and also play dough. That he's constantly asking to play with one of them. It's nice to have him interested in something other than getting into my things. This morning he asked to play with the beans and I told he needed to wash the table and then put his blankets on his bed - then he could play with the beans. So, he promptly washed the table, put the cloth away and then ran (without prompting) to the living room, gathered his blankets and put them on his bed, and before I knew it he was back in the kitchen asking for the beans. I was very impressed that he remembered all those steps and got them done so fast!