Spencer Kid Photo Shoot

Yesterday I met Karen at the BYU botany pond to do a little photo shoot with the kids. I'm so happy with how the pictures turned out. The kids were really good...for the most part. It was a lot of fun and something I hadn't had the chance to do in a long time. 

[jonah was all smiles...until the very end]

[brothers]

[so silly]

[pretty close...]

[there was always one kid not smiling!]

[see that face Jacob is making? Look at Jonah's hand...haha. i would be making that face too! Yikes!]

[i had fun editing this one]

[the winner!!] 

[beautiful girl]

[this picture just cracks me up. I feel like Jacob's face is saying, "don't be mad, I'm trying to love her!"]

[this is a great action shot of Lydia running. You can tell by her wispy hair blowing up from the breeze]

[so adorable!]

[although their faces might not show it...they were having fun]

[cute emma]

[haha]

Aren't I just so lucky! I have the cutest nieces and nephews in the world! :) 

Thanks Karen!

Promotion

Well, word is finally out, so I can tell my blogger world too! Josh got a big promotion at work. This means many things...

1. We will be in Provo a while longer than we had planned. At least another year.

2. Josh will not be working at 6am everyday anymore, but instead, will be closing every night.

3. Josh and I will not see each other at all in the fall.

Even those these can be seen in a negative light, this is a great blessing. Josh has been the catering guy at Kneaders since he was hired working 4-5 days a week from 6am-2pm. He is know working 5 days a week from 2:30-10:30pm. He is an assistant to the general manager and will be performing all the general manager tasks but with the night crew. He is really excited and I am, oh, so proud of him! 

Plus, this will be a big pay raise! 

Josh and I are both working at Kneaders right now but as soon as my student teaching starts in the fall, I will be quitting my job and spending all day every day at my assigned school. Unfortunately, this means Josh and I will be just missing each other everyday. I will kiss him goodbye at 7am and see him when he gets home at 10:30. Thank goodness he will have Saturdays off.

Well, that's our exciting news! :)

Babysitting

Tuesday was Joe and Karen's anniversary so I babysat all four kiddos! We watched Madagascar 2 and spent an hour or so at the park swinging, playing on the toys and playing in the water from the drinking fountain. I snapped this picture while we were all perched on the couch watching the movie. Aren't they adorable??

Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to two great dads! 

[the cards this year are done with paint. I did light brush strokes of black and green acrylic paints, let them dry, cut them out and used white stickers to do the lettering]

[not only do they look awesome, they feel really cool too

Lydia's Birthday!

I can't remember if I have already mentioned this or not...but, Joe and Karen (and the kids) are here! Joe is working at BYU for the summer so they are back for a couple of months. It's been so fun having them back. We always miss them when they're gone. Well, last week was little baby Lydia's first birthday. So, they had a party...and we went! 


I bought Lydia some bath toys and a book and then I picked up some other toys for the kids at the Dollar Tree. I got them sidewalk chalk, a styrofoam airplane and a helicopter toy. They really enjoyed them. And Lydia loved her bath toys. She was such a cute birthday girl. 

[don't let josh's face deceive you...he was having lots of fun] 

[he might me frowning because he's wearing a little girl butterfly party hat...but i can't say for sure]

[opening her bath toys]

 [Emma put Lydia's bow in the top of her hat. So cute]

[it looks like Jacob blows out the candle, but joe actually did]

[eating her cake]

[Lydia eating her cake]

[the girls]

[opening her bath toys]

[playing with her link toys]

[cute girl!]

[representing Kneaders...haha]

[playing with the styrofoam plane outside]

 [that plane was totally worth $1]

[flying the plane outside]

[and here is a little picture of why i think i've been sniffling...that is cotton...in the grass]