fun for kids

so i like to visit glacier national park's webcam page every so often. my parents took us there almost every summer because we all loved it so much. it's my favorite place to go camping so i like to view the webcams every so often. they very recently put up a new camera. robins decided to build a nest right outside a window at park headquarters. they've positioned the camera so you can see right into the nest. it's pretty cool. there is a robin tending her eggs right now and they estimate her eggs could hatch around the fourth of july. pretty cool, huh?

my kids and i are going to keep checking back so we can see this little robin and hopefully her little chicks in the future.

i just thought that this might be fun for a lot of you so i thought i'd share. go check it out!

they also have a camera positioned to view an osprey's nest. you can't see in the nest like you can for the robin, but it is still cool.

i also like yellowstone national park's webcams. there is one for old faithful. it's fun to see it erupt and they make that easy for you by letting you know the estimated time for the next eruption.

lincoln 2 months old

i can't believe that lincoln will be 2 months old tomorrow. he's so much fun and is a really good baby. the kids love him and lincoln is very patient with all the hugs and kisses.

isn't he a cutie?

more lincoln

here are some updated pictures of lincoln. he is six weeks old now. he LOVES when people talk to him. he smiles and tries to talk back. he loves to cuddle, is a very happy boy and loves his tummy time.

isn't he so handsome?

here is one of his happy smiles.

cute little toesies.

i'd put him on his side and he managed to roll to his tummy from there.

he loves his siblings and cousins and they all love him. lincoln had a special moment with his cousin tyson(14) on sunday. as soon as tyson began holding him lincoln talked and smiled and laughed! that was his first laugh. and he just kept laughing at tyson. it was really cute.

precious moments?

the kids and i have been looking through some old pictures today. after we looked at pictures of when hudson was born he said to me, "mom, i'm tired of being out of your tummy."

family prayer

tonight hudson said the family prayer. it went like this:

"Heavenly Father, thank you for this day. please help us to sleep safely. please help the tigers not get us and please make the tigers kill (he meant 'die') and help the tigers to go to heaven. in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."

he wasn't trying to be silly or funny so i found it pretty funny. that kid cracks me up.

libby

libby continues to be the most exciting member of our family. she is so incredibly cute, although infuriating at times. she's still the most fun of any of my babies but also the craziest! the things she finds to put in her mouth . . . ! sometimes we are just amazed.

here she's trying to make faces for the camera.

she walks up and down the stairs like a pro.

watching the birds outside.

making friends/enemies with the ants. she loves to watch them. the other day she was trying to stomp them with her bare feet and some time before i caught her trying to eat one.

i wish you all could hear her jibber-jabber. she has the sweetest little voice. she likes to sing, too. maybe i can get her on video sometime.

mother's day cards

it was a great mother's day this year. i had to post the cards ethan and the kids gave me because they are so cute.

ethan gave me this card. inside it says: "your shipment of diapers has arrived."

it's funny(sad) cuz it's true! i change sooooo many diapers. three kids in diapers!

the kids did this for me. i love it. so cute.

we had a wonderful mother's day picnic in our yard with grilled turkey burgers, fruit salad, pasta salad and other yummy things. i have such a great family!