Brigham's 4th Birthday!

I love this little boy so much! He is such a sweet little boy and he brings so much joy to my life. Like most little boys he has lots of energy and loves to wrestle and play, but he is also so thoughtful and sweet. He's loves doing things for me and then saying "Do you know why I did that mommy?" When I say "Why?" he says...."Because I lub you." It makes my heart melt!Brigham opening his presents surrounded by his sisters. Brigham loves playing with his sisters, especially his sister Rachel. Rachel calls him her "little buddy".Brigham with one of his favorite birthday presents "Stinky".

The Adventures of Mr. Toad

Emma, Eliza, and Rachel were in their first play this May. The local college, EAC, has a children's theatre program that does a couple of productions a year, one for kids 4-11 and one for kids 11-14. Every kid that tries out gets a part and they attend practices for about a month in preparation for their four performances. This year's production was "The Adventures of Mr. Toad". They had a lot of fun learning the songs and they each had one small speaking part. We attended three out of the four performances and they got better with each one. It was fun to see them really get into it and have so much fun experiencing it together.

One of Rachel's best friends from school, Addie, was in the play with her.

Our Easter Weekend!

We had a fun Easter weekend with lots of family to share it with. On Saturday, we colored Easter eggs and had an egg hunt.
The highlight of Brigham's weekend was this new spiderman bike that Grandpa bought him as an early birthday present.
Our friends, the Arbizo's, were having a birthday party for their daughters at the bowling alley in town so we all went bowling Saturday afternoon. Matthew and Jenny were surprisingly good bowlers...maybe they should join a bowling league?On Easter Sunday we went to Stake Conference with both sets of Grandparents.

Hazel and Grandma BarfusEmma and Eliza did not really want this picture taken, but they did a good job at faking it;)

Sweet girlHazel laughing as mommy chased her with the camera.My mom's birthday happened to be on Easter this year. I made her this apron. It was fun to have her here! Love you mom!

Eliza's baptism day

Our sweet Eliza Beth was baptized today. Ben and I are so proud of Eliza and her decision to be baptized. She is such a tender-hearted little girl with such a strong desire to do what is right. I know that as she continues to grow in the gospel and in her testimony that she will do so much good in her life. We love you sooooo much Ellie!

It was a special day for our family and also for the Spanish branch. Four children from the branch were baptized all on the same night which is a pretty amazing thing for the branch. Another little girl was also baptized the next day making five baptisms for the branch in one weekend!

Eliza was baptized by her dad.

We were so lucky to have lots of family there for the baptism. Both my parents and Ben's parents were there as well as Jenny and Matthew. Of course, Matt and Nikki and David and Ruth were there to support us and Eliza. Thanks everyone!

Kitchen Remodel

The week before Eliza's baptism we had our kitchen completely torn up for a kitchen remodel. We got all new granite countertops and had our island reconfigured so that instead of being two levels and curved, it is now one big island that goes straight out. It's so nice to have more counterspace and my kitchen actually seems so much more roomy now that the island is straight instead of curved. And the best thing is that the contractors actually had it done when they said they would and it was completely done when all of our company arrived!We were without a kitchen sink for about three days. One night, we resorted to washing dishes in the bathtub and the kids thought it was great fun!

Eliza's 8!

Eliza turned 8 today! I can hardly believe that child #2 is already 8 years old and ready to get baptized! Ben and I must be getting old...

Eliza had a fun birthday and is very excited for her big day in a couple of weeks. We also had a little party with a few of her friends on Friday.

Painting with friends at her party.Eating pizza!Opening presents.Blowing out the candles.Eliza on her actual birthday. We had homemade cinnamon rolls with Matt, Nikki, David, Ruth and the fam.Here's the birthday girl with some of her presents: White shoes, white bracelet, scriptures, scripture case. Anyone else seeing a theme here?Next post: Baptism day!

Silly Uncle Matt!