Sand dunes

Brian is also capturing Rob's awesome jump!

see, cropped is better.

Rob pulling some kids on the sled.  We woke up early one Fall break day and headed an hour away to the sand dunes to play.  I think we were there for 4 or 5 hours.

Can Michael hang on to Christopher?

Rob's pulling Matthew...I think Zachary is riding in front of Rob.

How many kids can ride at one time?

Brian's turn to drive

How long will they stay on?  Matthew in front, then Joseph, then Michael.  We got there early in the morning, had lunch, glad we brought TP bcuz the outhouses were out and the summer bathrooms were closed.  It was crowded in the parking area, but we found a fun place to play that wasn't interrupted too often by side by sides.

 

End of September

It's amazing how much Emma's hair has grown in a year.

Cute baby newborn pics.

Zachary makes some great faces.

In its holister.

Makayla missed a few days of school due to a cold, so I had her do some assignments.  I thought her teacher would have had more to do, because it would be ready for the kids missing with covid, but she just said do some reading and math.  So I added writing.

Playing a game we got for Christmas from the Davis'

Here is a link to Emma wearing the same outfit

Adalyn's cousin Brooklyn was born 2 weeks before her, so we had to get a pic to see them grow. Spoiler: Adalyn started out alot bigger, but you will see that change over the next year.

Rob likes to make pb&j sandwiches with 3 pieces of bread.  Matthew often made them with 4 pieces!

Sleeepy baby.

Joseph made himself with a mask at school.

Sleepy baby.  Here is a link to Emma in the same outfit, from my sister Calais.  The pic is at the end of the post.

Emma was excited to wear the 4 wheeler helmet.

Zachary is ready to go!

Adalyn wide-eyed at church

And wide-eyed at Grandma & Grandpa Stephensons.  Makayla chose this outfit as her 'going home from the hospital outfit."

Here's a link to Emma wearing this outfit.

Makayla did my hair and took a pic of her hard work.

Mommy-baby selfie!

Emma loves playing with the Animals upon Animals game Uncle Taylor gave us years ago.  All the kids like it, so this is a rare time she gets a turn.

Courtesy of Joseph

Emma and Mommy selfie

Trying to get all 3 of us in the pic.

Sweet sleeping baby.

 Now Emma is a baby cow and closes her eyes when you say 'smile!"

Adalyn's baby blessing

So sweet.  She's wearing the same blessing dress I wore (and Makayla and Emma and my sisters).  My Grandma Call made it and some of my aunts wore it too.

Because of Covid19, we blessed her at home with only my parents and one bishopric member present.  We did broadcast it over Zoom to family too.

Rob's Grandma Stephenson made this blanket for her.

After the blessing, we drove to the Payson Temple and took some pictures.

 

Beginning of September

I took some pictures of Adalyn in the hospital in some newborn clothes.  They didn't fit her very well though...

Wrapped up all snug.  The bassinet most of our kids and even I used....bit the dust.  We borrowed one from my sister-in-law, Kimberly and this one was awesome!  It had them at an angle, which we tried to do with our other one by putting books under the mattress, because of how much they spit up.  So to have one that was already and an angle was awesome!  And this is probably the only time she took a binkie.

Going home in her cute outfit that Makayla picket out.  She was not happy about being in the carseat.  She looks so tiny in it!

Played lots of cover your assets.  Zachary wanted to play on Daddy apparently

Trying to recreate a "Makayla" picture. But I can't find the picture I was trying to recreate. 

Sweet sleeping baby

Selfie with Makayla

Our ward put up this sign when we had our baby.  They just passed it from yard to yard as people had something happen in their life.

I feel like this deserves a special meme caption. Maybe "I have how many siblings?!"

2 cutie pies

Trying to zoom in a selfie

Wish it wasn't so blurry for these cutie pies.  Emma's hair grows so fast!

Aww...so sweet

Posing.

Sad baby.  She cried alot too.

Joseph and Adalyn photo shoot.  I had a hard time just choosing one to post.  Because this face is how she still looks at 9 months.

This one she's watching someone

This one she's going cross-eyed

And one with Matthew.  He loves the babies!

I was trying to get a cute picture of Adalyn with the flowers my mother-in-law brought me in the hospital, but Adalyn kept crying.  You can kinda see a picture frame in the back.  Someone put an old picture of Christopher (that used to hang on our wall) next to the flowers and Makayla said "It's like when someone dies and they put their picture next to the flowers."  That made me laugh every time I saw the flower/picture combo.

Trying to get a good pic of her in the cute bow and jammies.

Happy Emma and Zach outside.

A few more from the hospital that I forgot to put in her first post.

Holding (and seeing!) Adalyn for the first time.  This is the first time the kids weren't allowed at the hospital (because of Covid), so they met her at home, when she was 4 days old.

Joseph is happy it's his turn. Maybe I should have put the support band under my shirt, so it wasn't in the pictures...

Matthew & Adalyn

Michael and Adalyn

Zachary and Adalyn match!

Christopher loving cuddling with Adalyn.

Adalyn cuddling with Daddy.

Awake time

Oh!

 Talking with Daddy.