Three Rocks

The three rocks are pretty much an institution in our house and a premiere walk destination.

Eating grass...a right of passage...

Vitamin D

It has been a nice winter but spring is on the way. Although we've had a few nice days the last 2 months, today was extra beautiful. So...we had a impromptu picnic and soaked up our vitamin D! Plus my camera was not out of batteries like I thought so here you go...

Hy climbs...

Stella, the cutest one year old on the planet...

Dallan as "spider"

Lizzy Beth loves being outside...

Paula led the way up the dirt mountain...

Ultimate...

Seth in cattail seeds...

Finishing up...

Hair

Beppy sometimes has some fun hair. It is especially bad when John combs it because he thinks it is great to stick it standing straight up but unfortunately you have to totally dunk her hair again to fix it. This night John had combed it the wrong way. Then I was flipping her on the bed and the static was creating extra special hair...

I call this one, "The 70's were bad for everyone."

And this one, "Teenage angst" because it looks like that crazy way all the teenage boys like to do their hair.

3 kiddos fasting + 3 more kiddos + church + talk in RS + NO daddy = mildly easy day

For your viewing pleasure, a little taste of how Bep likes to listen to music...little Bep is a huge Bach fan!! John isn't just making that up to make himself feel good, she loves it. However, she is also a big alphaville fan so...she has refined taste :)

Swoon...

Our little bippity Beppity boo...

Sorry for the picture overload but really...how could I resist with these sitting on my camera and don't pretend she isn't one of the absolute cutest things you have ever seen. Plus grandmas really like picture overloads :)

Science pays...

Well, it is a sad/happy day when Josh has made more money on his original research than his biochemist father has made on his original research. The district handed out cash prizes for awards!! Josh was pretty excited...

Explaining his project to Gpa...

Seth...being him...

Sam standing in front of my old locker. I can't remember exactly which one it was but it is one of them right around him...different color now. It is always strange going back to your high school...at least I can see they got rid of stud wall :)

Daddy's Valentines...

John decided to take his "girls" out tonight. We got to do girl things like go to an art exhibit I have been wanting to see! Josh was kind enough to take some pictures of us looking our best :)

I promised Josh I would put this one on the blog :)

The crew...

With this crew Sundays are always busy...

Current Dr. Prince & future Dr. Prince

This the final product for Josh's Reflection contest. He won the photography contest. We were especially proud since in this contest adult participation is completely forbidden. The students have to do everything without help. Josh decided on what to do with the theme, took the pictures, decided on editing and composition. The only thing we really did was upload the pictures and upload the final product to the site to be printed.

In a surprising twist, Josh also won the science fair and is moving on to the district level. This was his final project. I guess when both your parents are scientists it is inevitable that some of the kiddos will enjoy science. Josh is one of those kids!

But in this "science" pond we have an even bigger fish and here he is at pack meeting putting on a chemistry magic show. When your wife is in charge of pack meeting you end up doing chemistry magic shows :) He was VERY popular and even managed to entertain the teenagers too! The scouts and all the other kiddos could barely stay in their seats he was that entertaining. And people, when I say entertaining I mean entertaining...John has his chemistry shtick down!

And this is why my hallway is still full of shoes and my kitchen is full of dishes...but I only have two more huge things to get through this week and then it begins again next Monday :)

When I went into Sammer's room this morning, I found this...

Apparently Seth could not get Sam out to play with him so instead Seth climbed in. He was reading Sam a book when I peeked in...

I was very glad my camera was right outside the door :)

Later Seth was playing with his "Teddy" so I snapped a few cute shots...

Dallan and Carrie's reception...

Blogger doesn't want to let me upload too many pictures but here are a few fun ones...

Lizzy Beth about to make her family party debut...

My dad and Brittany...

Jessica and Simon

Wende, Rosie, Clara, Bep and John

Devin...he was kind enough to look "aloof" and let me try lots of different flash options in the terrible lighting!!

Paula and Simon

Francis and Kerry

Cutie Stella and Joe

Baby swap...

The happy couple...Carrie and Dallan