Easter

We had an awesome Easter weekend filled with so many fun activities for the kids and reflecting on the Resurrection of our Savior. On Saturday we colored Easter eggs. Quinton picked out a spider man coloring kit at the store and was really excited to put it to use.

Q painting one of his eggs. Look at that concentration...

The finished line up. He was pretty proud of these beauties:)

Me with my handsome boys before church. My whole family talked in their ward that Sunday so we decided to go listen to them speak. They all did a great job.

We planted "magical" jelly beans in the yard the night before Easter.  Q could not wait to see what they grew into the next morning. He told me before bed that night that he thought his jelly beans were probably going to grow into a tree or a bean stock. Haha I think he was quite surprised to see suckers instead.

The Easter Bunny set up a little scavenger hunt to lead Quinton and Liam to their baskets. Q loved it!!

Dad reading him a clue.





Liam was thrilled that the Easter Bunny left him mickey mouse.

Q testing out the super hero bubble machine he got in his basket.

Later that night my parents had an Easter egg hunt at their house with all the grand kids.

Q made a haul...

Grandma Garner doing what she does best.

The engaged couple with all the nephews.

Quinton's first Scripture

Quinton was asked to give the scripture and Prayer in Primary last month for the first time and he did such a good job.  He was SO excited to go to Church that day. It was adorable watching him sit in front of the primary in his assigned chair with his arms folded and the biggest grin on his face. You could definitely tell he was beyond thrilled:) I was a little worried he would get super shy up there and I would end up saying the scripture and prayer but oh was I wrong. He was not shy at ALL!! Way to go Q! I got a voicemail later that night from a lady in our ward who was substituting that day saying that she wanted to tell me how much she loved hearing Q talk in primary. She said it was the cutest thing she had heard in awhile and it made her tear up.  I may have shed a tear myself after listening to her sweet message.  He sure made his mommy and daddy proud!

Indoor activities

Here are a few things we did while stuck indoors the last couple months of winter.
Q spent days playing in his box house and he also kept Liam entertained during the process. Win-win for me!!

We made ice cream in a bag.

We've watched a lot of basketball.  I love how Q is hanging on to Liam's arm. It must have been an intense game!

We lounged around on cold gloomy mornings watching cartoons. I love laying in bed and looking over at these two cuties. My day couldn't start out any better. Almost every morning when Q wakes up the first thing he does is goes straight into Liam's room, flips on the lights and crawls into his crib.  We have told Q not to do this anymore but it's kinda hard to get mad at him cause it's pretty darn cute( Liam probably doesn't think so).   I love hearing them through the monitor each morning talking and laughing at each other.  

Giving piggy back rides pant less...of course. I'm so glad it is warming up outside so we can now spend most of our days in the sun!!

Liam



I wanted to do a six month update on Liam but I'm now just getting around to it...Oops(our month of February was super busy). Here's his stats at six months
Weight-15.3
Height-25 3/4
He was in the 10th percentile of both.  He's a little dude just like his older brother :)



At seven months
-still has no teeth
-is sitting up all by himself
-loves watching his older brother at all times. Every time he sees Q he smiles and giggles.
-loves to take showers
-He has some horrible eczema on his back and upper thighs. We started putting a prescription cream on it and that seems to be helping quite a bit. Hopefully it continues to get better.
-He is not a good sleeper. He has his good nights every now and again but for the most part he is up every 2-3 hours. Q  was not a good sleeper until he was 2 years old so apparently I'm doing something terribly wrong.
-He is becoming super active and tries to grab everything in sight.
-He is such a good natured baby and always smiling.
-he loves getting the back of his neck/head tickled.
-he lights up when he sees mom or dad.



He loves this horse

I started feeding Liam cereal at about 5 1/2 months and he LOVES it!! I'm so glad he's not a picky eater. Fruits or veggies...he loves it all. He giggles every time I start to mix it up. The boy loves to eat!

I never want to forget these chubby legs. Love the rolls!!

Cabin Getaway

Here's a re-cap of our weekend at the cabin.

Q got to hang out with some of his favorite people....like Aunt Madi.

And Uncle Logan and a few of his buddies. The kids think these boys are the coolest.

We played outside A LOT!! Bryler,Quinton and Conley on the sled

Liam(6 1/2 months)and Lawson. Poor little Lawson got super sick on Sunday so the Bennetts went home a day early to take him to the doctor. Sick babies are the worst!

These boys went on some intense tube rides. I wish I could have gotten Logan and his friends on video when Branden scared them one night outside. Hilarious!!

Love these two!!

Valentine's Day and Branden's Birthday

We started Valentine's Day off with some heart shaped pancakes.

Q made Valentine's Day cards for his Dad and Grandmas & Grandpas.  He thought they turned out so cool and insisted on showing Liam every detail over and over. (pic. below)

We also made heart shaped sugar cookies to go with his cute little cards. Q LOVES helping  me in the kitchen. 

He was a big helper collecting the scrapes around the hearts.

I love how the simplest things can make these little boys so happy.

The day after Valentines we celebrated Bran's 28th Birthday. We went out to dinner with his Mom and Greg and then headed home for some ice cream cake. I'm guessing the night ended how most of our nights end now a days...watching some Thunder basketball!! Happy Birthday Bran!  We love you!