Derek is 6 months old

I'm not sure how this baby got so old so fast. It just seems to fly by. He is still a really good baby, except for when he was teething and had an ear infection. Then we spent a couple of nights up together. He now has his bottom 2 teeth. He can sit up unless he is reaching for a toy and then he falls. He is very smiley and loves to watch and laugh at his siblings. He likes the exersaucer, but his favorite is the bumbo. He loves it because he can be in the middle of everything while sitting in it. During dinner he is usally our center piece and he likes to sit on the counter in it and watch me cook.

He also loves covering his face with blankets and playing with the laundry. In this picture I was folding the laundry and he got hold of one of Haley's nightgowns and played with it until he fell asleep. He does it everytime I do wash.

At 6 months he is 20 lbs 1 oz and 27 and 1/4 inches. The doctor walked into the room and said how's "Big D" (he has called Derek that since birth) and took one look at him and said well with him the name is appropriate.

Crazies, Make-up and Crayons

The other day Haley came down because she wanted me to tie a ribbon in her hair because she was being a princess. Logan was the prince and they were getting married. Here all three of them are ready for "wedding". They did their own make-up.

Great Art Project!

Put rocks in the oven at 350 for 15 min. While the rocks are cooking remove the wrappers from the crayons. Then when the rocks are done have the kids color on the rocks, as they do the crayons melt, like paint

The Living Planet Aquarium

I took all the kids to the aquarium. We got there just in time to see a rainforest show. They brought out live animals, including a rainbow boa, scorpion, tarantula, hissing cockroach, a green parrot, a macaw, and a gray parrot. After the show the kids were allowed to go to the front and touch the cockroach and the snake. All four kids touched both the animals.

Touching the stingrays. The stingrays were very active this time and the kids were able to touch them several times. They were also able to touch a starfish, horshoe crabs, and sea urchins.

After the aquarium the kids talked me into buying them Icee's.

Bed Time

The fairy gets the pillow.


We bought a new tent and sleeping bags for the kids, so Kevin set the tent up in the basement to make sure everything was good, and we let the kids sleep in it for two nights.

We let the kids have a movie night. They stayed up late and I set up blankets and pillows. It was dark outside and we turned off all the lights so it was like a movie theater. Even Isaac got to stay up and watch. I brought them popcorn downstairs (where we usually don't allow food) and they thought it was Christmas. Logan was the only one who fell asleep.

Slip and Slide

Derek sleeping. I thought it was so cute how he was holding his foot.

Kevin set up the slip and slide for the kids and they had a blast.

Canyon Cook Out

The other night we went up American Fork Canyon with the Reese family to have a cookout.

We cooked some hot dogs.

We did some romping in the woods.

We took some pictures.

We skipped some stones.

We ate some Smores.

I got all the Smore stuff out and turned around. Next thing I know Isaac was eating the chocolate bar.

We had a great time!