A Visit to Poky!

Playing baseball.

Jillian loves dogs just like her Daddy. She has since she was about seven months old.

Jace chekcing out Grandpa's house decor.

The kids in the sink.

Grandpa, Jace, Jillian, Grandma.

The view from the top of Grandpa's house.

Grandpa with Colton.

Aunt Jill was coming to town so when that happens we all try to meet in Poky so we can all see her. It was kind of last minute so I wasn't able to get work off so right after work we put the kids in jammies and we were off. As soon as I got to the house everyone sat me down and was real weird. ( Honestly I thought something awful had happened.. I kept asking my Dad if he was okay because I only have one Grandpa left. He seemed fine?) So finally after a couple minutes of awkward silence Jill says "Joy.. I'm pregnant" It took my breath away and I just gasped and started crying! I am so excited for her. Now I didn't get any pictures because everyone else was taking pictures of me and Jill but it was a moment I will never forget. (She is doing great and having a California girl in early December) So after the big announcement we all chatted and played with the kids and then made it off to bed. The next day we played and went swimming and had plenty of baby talk with a wonderful meal prepared by my Dad. He loves cooking when we all get together. The next night we stayed with our Grandpa in the woods. Colton, Grandpa and I took a hike to the top of his property and it was beautiful. He showed me all the perks and even carried Colton on his shoulders through the thick wet stuff. He is in great shape! After that we played some baseball with Fallon, Alex, Grandpa, and our cousin Elijah. Following our big game we headed for home. It was a great quick trip.

Colton's Shark Tooth!

Many of you may not know but Colton is extra special because he was made with an extra tooth! We are learning more about it as we go. He has been to the dentist every two months since he was about 18 months old. He has had a real cleaning and x-rays. He goes back with Angie our hygienist all by himself. They think is extra tooth is merged with the real one which makes it prone to cavities. Today he was so brave and got the cavity filled in his extra tooth (with no pain killers or gas). This is him in the parking lot showing me his new filling in his extra tooth! Way to go bud!

May

Jillian watching Daddy and Jace mow the lawn.

Jillian on her pooh toy.

Colton going really fast!
Jace climbing in his car. He loves life behind the wheel!

Colton and his good buddy Matt with a butterfly.

Jillian being real cute.

I try so hard to get a picture with all the kids together. I haven't been successful yet but this is as close as I have come. They are all looking at the camera!

One of Colton's pictures... If you look he did pretty good with his name. I have the green marker and he did the red. We would take turns with the letters.

Another attempt with kids together in a picture...

Daddy and Jace on the mower.

Jace hanging out in Aunt Tobi's rocking chair.

We had a wonderful month of May. It started with some lawn mowing and cleaning up the yard. Brian loves yard work and you can tell because we have a great yard for the kiddos. Then on May 8th Dad and Colton drove to Montana to help Aunt Tobi celebrate her graduation. Colton loved the adventure. Grandpa and Grandma Schultz continued west and came to see us. However I am not sure they will keep coming because every time they come Brian has a chore list for them. This trip the project was to organize, clean, paint the garage along with putting in an attic ladder and epoxy on the floor. Louise helped for a weekend and then had to head home for work. Dutch stayed another week. I helped by heading home with all the kids to give Brian a weekend by himself to put the finishing touches in the garage. It has been so nice. It feels like an extra playroom because of the epoxy on the floor. Thanks for all your help papa dutch and grandma weez. We finished out May enjoying our new "playroom" on all the rainy days. Some of the new tricks in the house include jace clicking his tongue, jumping, and saying two. Jillian blows on a pinwheel, climbs up and goes down the slide by herself, and does half a sommer sault. Colton does a front flip on the trampoline and wanted to "play with grandma sal's eyeballs" (her contact case) "because he saw her put her eyeballs in there."