Birthday Blastsssss!

Luke celebrated his 5th Birthday. He will be starting kindergarten in a few weeks. I remember thinking about this day when we first started medical school. We just had one kid and I thought residency would never come and that Luke would never be 5 and here we are...

Love you Luke!

We spent his birthday with all of his cousins at a hotel in Page, AZ in great anticipation for the house boat!

Chloe celebrated her birthday today. She is our princess. She is so into nail polish and lip gloss I don't know what I am going to do. She even tried to paint Kyle's toe nails tonight. He would have none of it!

We love you Chloe!



This video is hilarious! I asked Chloe what she wanted to name her Barbie and she came up with "Gemisence!" all of her own. I have no idea how she thinks of these things. She is going to be my best buddy as she grows up!

Lake Powell and Other Utah Adventures

We had a great time at the Hobbs Farm once again.
This is all the cousins hanging out in the creek bed going on a "hike".

Here are the boys hanging out at our traditional hot dog roast.

The girls at Lake Powell. Why am I always the whitest one?!

Luke and Chloe were not fans of the water. Um..... well what else are you supposed to do at Lake Powell. So they just sweat to death playing in the sand.

Rhett lived in the Bumbo on the boat. He is such a trooper!

Here is Farmer Jake. We will miss him when he goes on his mission. He is such an incredible person. Love you Jake!

And by the end of the trip we were all so exhausted the kids were falling asleep on ice chests!

Rhett's Lips

Rhett has these killer lips. They are so cute and he does the funniest thing with them. I hope you laugh as much as I did!

Grandpa Frayne

My dear Grandpa Frayne passed away last week. We were not able to make it to the funeral on Friday so we decided to dedicate the day to him.

We started the morning off eating oatmeal. This was in honor of "Grandpa you flooded me out!" When I was about 4 or 5 grandpa made me oatmeal and drowned it with milk just how he liked to eat it, but it did not fit my fancy. We have used that quote my whole life and laugh every time.

For lunch we had "Salvation Savve (PB) & Jelly Sandwiches". I think I gained my love of peanut butter from my Grandpa Frayne.

Then we played a mean round of miniature golf since golfing was one of his favorite things.

We came home and enjoyed a thirst quenching snack of Peanuts and Pepsi. My kids loved it!

Then we spent the night with friends at a BBQ and finished off the night with Frozen Twinkies.

We love you Grandpa. You have filled our lives with so many great memories. I am thankful for eternal families and that we will be able to see him once again.

Saying Goodbye

Leaving Kansas City was hard. EVERY time I said good-bye to someone I started to cry. Not because I was DEVASTATED to leave, but because as I looked into each persons eyes I remembered how they all impacted my life. I am a better person for knowing all my KC pals!
Our final Burneson BBQ!

Packing the Shepherd's truck.

My "Riverside Roommates"! Seriously I know I wasn't the one going to school, but these girls were with me every step of the way just like my BYU roommates. Miss you!

Shout out to Flintridge Road!!! These 3 girls are my "life savers" and the best neighbors ever. I depended on them so much. In fact, Rhett would have been born at home without them! Thank you for all your service to our family.

Pizza and movie nights. Amy was always so good at putting these fun nights together. Thank you.

Doctor and Home Owner All in One Week!

Happy Birthday to Kyle!!! We want to congratulate him on becoming a doctor and a home owner all in one week and before he turned 31!

Graduation was great. We had a ton of fun dinners and ceremonies throughout the week.

Even I got an award!? Yes, for being a supportive spouse. Thanks Donna Jones Montisugu for sponsoring this award. I don't know if I was always the most supportive, but I tried!

Rhett was the only kid who could come to graduation. What a lucky dude.

We enjoyed spending time with Ross and Kay. Thank you for coming!

After graduation we headed to St. Louis to close on our house. We were happy to find that we still liked it as much as we did when we first saw it. We spent one night there, sleeping on the floor. We deep cleaned the whole house so it is move in ready.

The kids played around in our backyard the whole time we were cleaning. They were great.

Next to come is pictures of our move! We love you KC and will miss all our dear, dear friends!

Easter

We were able to continue our Easter tradition and have dinner with our dear friends the Barker's. We will miss all our friends in KC.

We watched "The Lamb of God" video at the Barker's and the kids were mesmerized. Luke and Chloe had so many questions about Christ's atonement and resurrection. We were trying to teach the kids about His great sacrifice and Chloe blurted out, "I colored the resurrection at church". Translation, "I learned about the resurrection in nursery and we colored a picture of Jesus."

It was a beautiful day and as I contemplate the life of Christ I have a new vigor to be a better, more patient me!