Wonderful Weekend

We had a great weekend with my family last weekend! Marisa and her family got to my house Saturday, May 7th, around lunch and after taking some pictures for them, we got back home and had a yummy dinner with my parents and Matt's Family. We had Ooey Gooey Chicken, it was so good! Nick kept the kids entertained with rides on his riding lawn mower before the engine finally blew, so now he needs to rebuild it again! Then the kids just played and later that night Me, Marisa, and my mom went for ice cream at Orange Leaf! Here are some pictures from our Saturday!

Saturday Night Matt & Nat were brave enough to take 4 extra kids home with them. Austin, Braydon, Carson & Kaylee. It made for a very quiet and easy Sunday Morning. Church wasn't until one, so we had time to give Livy a bath and get all of the luncheon food ready. Mom also opened her mothers day gift from dad, which was a hand mixer. When Mayci saw it on the box, she thought it was a toilet. It was so funny!

We made it to church and the Blessing was wonderful. Nicholas did a great job and I was so proud of him! It was amazing to see all of the love and support from our family who attended. Those who stood in the circle with Nick included Ted, Kerry, Ryan, Matt, Justin, Bishop Hawkes, Brian Horne (Our Home Teacher) and Randall Graff. I guess Brian did a good job of making sure Alivia's binky stayed in her mouth!

After the blessing, we went back to our house and had a light luncheon. We served Chicken Salad Croissant sandwiches, fruit, jello salad, veggies, and lots of yummy desserts!

Grandma Karen made Alivia's pretty blessing dress. It was so beautiful on her!

It wasn't long after we got home and started eating that we got a call from Uncle Chris! We were able to Skype with him! I think that was the highlight of Mom's day! We all enjoyed talking with him and showing him the two new babies!

We enjoyed visiting and hanging out with our family and friends for the afternoon.

It was a long but super fun day! And before Livy went to bed we got lots of cute smiles out of her! Isn't she cute?? It was a perfect way to spend Mothers Day!

Sonerholm family update!

I decided I should probably take some time and post something on here.  In April Tiffany went to UT/ID to see the family and the new babies that were born in March.  Cooper was blessed on the 10th of April so that was the Idaho part!  It was great to see the family and to hold the babies while they were still little!  The next time I will see them will be in July and by then they will be so much bigger! :

 Britt & Alivia, Ris & Cooper

Grandpa Brower & Cooper

Ris and Mayci getting ready for church

Grandpa Edstrom and Cooper, Grandma Edstrom & Alivia

Alivia born March 18, Cooper born March 24

Ris, Tiff, Mom, & Britt

Grandpa with both babies

Tiff with Cooper

Tiff with Alivia

It was so nice for me to be with my family, we had a bunch of fun, especially on Saturday when the women went to lunch then did some shopping.  We were a bit silly but we had fun!

These next pics are of the kids here at home.  The latest thing they do is take the camera out on the tramp and take pics of each other jumping, it's pretty funny to see the pics they end up with.

The next pics are us waiting for the fire to be ready to roast marshmallows and making smores in our backyard!

This is pretty much what we have been up to the past couple months. We are excited for the weather to get nice and warm so we can go camping and do more outdoor activities.  When that happens I will be sure to take the camera along and get some pictures.  I don't know that they will be posted right away but I will take pictures!