Kate turns 4!

Last week, our baby girl turned 4 years old. It is hard to believe that it has been 4 years since she came to our family. She has been such a wonderful blessing for each of us and we all love her so much. She is the sweetest little girl and I feel so lucky to be her mother. Here are a few pictures of Kate:

This is Kate when she was 6 weeks old. It was her first photo session.

She was such a beautiful baby.This is Kate when she turned 1. She was such a happy baby, always smiling!

What a joy she is to our entire family.

This is Kate when she turned 2. Still smiling!

This is Kate at 3. Wow, did she grow up fast.

I haven't gotten her 4 year old pictures taken yet, but this is her preschool picture this year.

There are so many things that I love about Kate. I love how she is both a daddy's girl and a mommy's girl. She loves to help her daddy do things. She is the best helper of all. When we got the bunk beds for the girls, she stayed in there with him the entire time handing him screws and doing whatever he asked. She LOVES to help him. She doesn't like helping me so much because that would probably involve a little cleaning.

I love how she loves her brothers and sister SO much. They are all so good with her most of the time and she truly adores each of them. When Josie went to school all day I thought it was going to literally break her heart. She could not stand to be away from Josie for that long.

I love how she gives me hugs and kisses constantly and likes to pat my back while hugging me. It is such a sweet and tender thing to do.

I love how she refers to her Grandma Anderson as the grandma who can sew and who knows Lilly and her Grandma Linda as the grandma who lives by us and knows Savannah.

I love how she knows where we are going before I even tell her. She pays attention while we are driving. Everytime we drive by the bridge on Highway 6, she tells me that is Jessi's bridge and that is where we need to turn to go to her house. She has also learned about stop lights at school and is quite the backseat driver.

I could go on and on. She is an amazing little girl who has completed our family in every way. She brings joy and sunshine into my life every day. I thank my Heavenly Father every day that she is mine! Happy Birthday, Kate! I love you!!

Kate's Birthday Celebration at Preschool

On Tuesday, Kate got to celebrate her birthday at school. She took pictures of herself so they could spotlight her and a treat for all of the little girls in her class. She had so much fun. As you can see she LOVES Miss Courtney. Kate has had a great time at preschool this year. She has loved being in Miss Courtney's class and she has learned so much. I amazed at how much she already knows.

1st Grade Humpty Dumpty Egg Drop

At school Josie had to make something to hold an egg that would hopefully survive being thrown off the of roof of the school. It was for the Humpty Dumpty Egg Drop. Well, this last week was so busy for us, that Steve was up late the night before designing the perfect thing. It actually worked pretty well. The egg cracked a little bit, but not too bad. Josie really had a lot of fun.

There is Josie in the middle of the picture watching them drop the eggs off of the roof. She really had fun watching.

This is Mr. Moon and a few others throwing all of the eggs off of the roof. The wind was blowing really hard. I felt so bad for them being up there. I am sure it was SO cold.

Grandma Linda's Easter Egg Hunt

After Sunday dinner we headed to my mom's for another Easter Egg hunt with my family. The kids were excited and ready to go again. Taylor wanted to be in charge of hiding all of the eggs for all of the little kids.
It was a race to find all of the eggs. The kids really had a blast. Thanks, mom, for a great time.

Grandma Linda also gave the kids an easter gift. They were all really excited and happy to get that from her. Of course, my camera didn't get any good pictures of any of their gifts. I really need a new camera.

Easter Sunday

We had a nice Easter Sunday this year. Here are the kids before church. The Easter Bunny definitely made it to our house and the kids had a lot of fun. Especially the girls. They are at such fun ages. Josie and Kate were so excited and they look so cute in their Easter dresses.

The best part of Easter is being able to go to church and to hear the talks and lessons that are given about our Savior. I had to do sharing time on Easter and it was such a good thing for me to focus so much on the Savior and all He has done for me. I am so grateful for Him. I really enjoyed teaching the primary kids about His life here on the earth and His ressurrection. What a wonderful way to spend Easter Sunday.

Grandma Anderson's Easter Breakfast

After the Easter egg hunt we headed to Grandma Anderson's for another hunt and a yummy breakfast. It was really good and fun for the kids. By the time we got there it had started raining so they had the hunt inside the house. Grandma had prepared a separate treasure hunt for the older kids and they had a blast doing it. She is always doing fun things and puts alot of work into everything for the family. We really appreciate her alot. Grandpa and Grandma gave all of the kids a little gift for Easter. As you can see, most of them got new cool sunglasses. Josie got flipflops to go with her swimsuit. This picture didn't turn out very well, but the kids had fun and looked cute.

Easter Egg Hunt

Every year we take the kids down to the Benjamin Easter Egg Hunt. The kids have so much fun. This is Taylor's last year, he has been going since he was born. Kate was all excited and ready to go until they blew the horn and it scared her so she wouldn't even look for the eggs. It was pretty funny.

Here are all of the kids after the hunt. They all got to pick a prize and had a good time. Kate was still acting funny so Steve had to be in the picture with her. It's hard to believe how old Taylor and Kayleigh look. They have grown up so fast.

Steve had to help Kate get the eggs.

As you can see, she was not very happy! Lilly was so funny. Sharla would help her put the eggs in her basket and she would dump them out. I don't think she realized they had candy in them!