Goings on in the Wardle Family

This year both of our older boys participated in Herriman Baseball. It was Nathan's first year in T-Ball, and surprisingly it was Jacob's third year playing. I say surprisingly because you would think that after three years of playing a sport you would have a little better grasp of how to play the game. I just don't think it is his thing. I think this will be his last year of baseball. I am not sure about Nathan yet. Anyway, because they were both playing we has baseball games 4 nights a week. This is our last week and I couldn't be happier about it. Nathan's team was the Sea Dogs, Randy was the assistant coach. He played on a team with his cousins Alyssa and Alayna.

Jacob also played Soccer this year. This is much more his speed, running around chasing a ball instead of standing in one place waiting for one to come your way. He tried so hard all season to make a goal. He has several close ones and lots of assists, but never one on his own. Finally at the last game he made one. You should have seen his face, he was so proud of himself.

Jacob his last day of Kindergarten last Thursday. I can't believe it is already over, didn't it just start. They had a little program that was so cute. I tried to post video, but apparently Blogger's video feature isn't working, sorry mom. This is him with his teacher, Ms. Schmidt, and his best friend, Katelynn (it was a super windy day).
Natalie is getting so big. She turned 6 months old a few days ago. We have just started to feed her solid food, or at least attempt to. She is still not sure what to think about it.
And she can sit up now too, at least for a little while. Look how happy she is.
She is seriously the best baby. I am very blessed that I got such an easy one. She is sweet and happy. She only cries when she needs something. Mostly she just sits and watches what is going on around her.

Nathan's Birthday and Memorial Day Weekend

Nathan's 4th Birthday was on the Wednesday before Memorial Day. That happens to be our craziest day of the week so we had a little family party for him on the Sunday before. We had my brothers over for dinner and then some of Randy's family came over for cake. I made this awesome Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake. I got the recipe from America's Test Kitchen. It was very dark and rich, Randy didn't particularly like it, but he was the only one. I think that I will try to make it again with semisweet and milk chocolate instead of bittersweet. This was also a going away party of sorts for my brother Aaron and his family. Yesterday they moved to New Mexico where my sister-in-law Sophia is going to go to graduate school. I am going to miss them so much. It has been nice having them here in Utah.

On Nathan's Birthday we had a little party for him during the day. We just had a few cousins and neighbors come over. I made Rainbow cupcakes from the blog Mindika Moments. They were so fun. Seriously, some of the awesomest cupcakes I have ever made, they looked so cool. Even the crumbs were pretty. We didn't do anything particularly fun that evening. I had cub scouts, Nathan played in a T-ball game. I did convince Randy to skip out on Boy Scouts to spend a little time with the family.

We had a fun Memorial Day weekend. On Sunday we decided to take a drive down to Provo Canyon, to Bridal Veil Falls. Bridal Veil Falls is special place for me and Randy, as I am sure it is for many BUY couples. We had our first kiss in front of the falls, and then, a mere 2 1/2 months later, he took me back there to propose. And now look at us, just over ten years later, we have all these kids. This picture is me and our kids sitting in the exact place where Randy put a ring on my finger.

And here is Randy and the boys on top of a nearby rock.

On Monday, Memorial Day, we took our yearly trip to Lagoon. We took advantage of my brother-in-law, Steve's, IHC employee discount, it is the only way to go. We had a lot of fun there with Randy's mom and his sister, Kristin, and brother, Ryan, and their families. And, the weather was perfect, finally.

Adam with his cousins, Sunny, Alyssa, and Hayden

Randy on the little roller coaster with Adam, Jacob and Nathan are in front of them.

Jacob said his favorite ride was the Ody Sea. He also loved the Bat. It was the only big ride he was tall enough to go on. Nathan says his favorite ride was the Musik Express, crazy kid! I was excited to ride some roller coasters, but after twice on the Colossus and once on Wicked I was done. It gave me a headache.

This last picture is just because. Isn't Natalie sweet. We love her. The time has gone fast, she is almost 6 months old.

Busy

I am the mother of 4 children, ages 6, 4, 2, and 5 months.
They are on 3 sports teams (T-ball for Nathan, Baseball and Soccer for Jacob).
I have 4 callings (Webelos leader, RS music leader, RS activities comity, ward chorister).
My husband has 2, big ones (Scout Master and 2nd counselor in the YM presidency).
We have something on our calendar 7 days a week.
No wonder I have 0 time for hobbies, or a job.

Catching Up

I was looking through my pictures and realized that I have missed posting some of the fun things we have done. So here is my attempt to catch up.

Backyard Camping

My boys are camping enthusiasts just like their father. They beg to sleep out at least weekly if not daily. A couple of weeks ago we agreed to a backyard camp out. It was complete with a fire, roasted hot dogs and marshmallows, and the boys sleeping in the tent with dad.I love Adam's hot dog eating style

Cross Country Skiing

Randy's sister, Kristin, invited us to go cross country skiing. This was a first for us, but we were up for the challenge. Plus we thought it would be a fun date. We went to Millcreek Canyon. Going up was tons of fun and great exercise. Going down was a different story. Let me just say that my knees still hurt from falling on them.

Steve, Kristin, and I ended up taking off or skis and walking down, my knees, and my ego, couldn't take anymore.

Randy, however, figured it out and skied to the end.

Randy's Addiction

Hot Sauce

House Party

Have you heard of House Party? It is awesome. I signed up to host a party at houseparty.com. Mine was a DiGiorno House Party. They sent me a party pack with coupons for free Pizza and Breadsticks to serve at the party, coupons to give away, games to play, and decorations all for free. Basically, companies want you to try their product, and to get all your friends and family to try it too. I just had to take a survey after to let them know what we thought of the new product. It was so much fun. I have applied to do two more, one for Bryer's Ice Cream and one for home canning products. I hope I get picked!

Enjoying some yummy, free, DiGiorno Pizza

Natalie's Blessing

Natalie was blessed in Church on March 28th. My parents were here from Washington, and my Grandma Vicky, whom Natalie Victoria was named for, was also able to come up from California. It was a great day. We are so happy to have our sweet little girl in our family.

This is the best family picture we could get.

I need to take photography lessons from my dad.

Adam

Today my sweet, and often troublesome, little towhead is 2 years old. Adam already keeps me on my toes, I can only imagine the kind of trouble he will get into now that he is two. He is very curious, and always into everything. There are not many things in this house that he has not explored. I can't leave anything I don't want him to get into anywhere that he can get to it. He is a great climber, but luckily he is not tall enough to open doors yet. Here are some pictures of fun ways I found Adam in the last few weeks.Playing with silly glasses

Where is Adam?

He gave himself whiskers

He found a highlighter I had been using and forgot to put away, I love his face, it says, "What, I didn't do anything."

Finger painting, in this case I gave him the paints, what was I thinking?

In bed with Jacob, you would think that this was his bed since he is on the pillow, but no, I guess Jacob just moved out of his way. This is actually a huge problem for Jacob. When we put them to bed Adam is all over the room and climbs up with Jacob almost every night. We have had to start putting him to bed first so he can't bug Jacob.
Sleeping with Nathan, Nathan slept in their room while my Grandma was visiting.

Just this morning I found him sitting on the toy shelf pretending to be a toy


Happy Birthday Adam! Even though you are trouble, we love you so much. You make us laugh everyday. And that face is just so dang cute!

April Fools

My Daffodils

Is it just me, or did I wake up sometime in January? I thought it was April 1st today. These pictures really were taken today, no joke.

I have been kind of a blog slacker lately. You have to excuse me, I do have FOUR children that take up all of my time. I will have to post a catch up soon because I have some cute pictures.

Snapshots of My Day

After I had Adam I did a post about my crazy day with three little kids. This is sort of the same thing except in picture form. Here is a look into my life with a Kindergartner, a preschooler, a toddler, and a new baby.


Watching Curious George, at 7 am.


Good Morning!


Breakfast, theirs and mine. I am on Weight Watchers, I have to eat something a little more substantial than their favorite, cold cereal.


Adam all dressed, what this picture doesn't show is how I had to wrestle his clothes on him.


Laundry.


Nathan all ready for Joy School.


Before my shower, and after.


A diaper change, one of countless.


Adam having a tantrum.


The elusive smile, the first one caught on camera.


A quick trip to Wal Mart, with only three kids.


Unloading the dishes with my little helper.


Yes, that is what you think it is.


All clean!


They had lunch, she had lunch, I had lunch, in that order.


Jacob all ready for Kindergarten.


Another load of laundry.


Naps.


Reading stories.


The one thing I do for myself everyday is exercise for about 30 minutes. While I don't love workout videos, I do like this set I found by Lindsey Brin. She says it is like a tummy tuck with out the surgery. We will see. I do feel my abs getting stronger, which I defiantly need after 4 babies.


Snack time.


My messy house.


Checking email.


Diaper leak. Two in diapers is too many.


Brothers wrestling.


Picking up Jacob from school.


Snack time, frosted sugar cookies, nice and messy. As you can see, they like to lick the frosting off first, then they beg for more.


Homework.


Yeah! Daddy is home!


Dinner-Thai Peanut Stir Fry


Randy set up our new tent in the basement. It is the perfect place to play and have story time.


Tooth Brush time.


The children were nestled all snug in their beds, or in this case the older boys were snuggled in their sleeping bags in the tent.


Daddy finally gets some Natalie time.